In celebration of our 100th episode we turn the spotlight on ourselves a little more than usual to answer listeners' questions. From our favourite childhood reads to the books that shaped us as adults, from books which kept us up all night to books we disagree on (with a shocking mid-show revelation from Laura that threatens to derail the whole discussion), listen in to learn more about us as readers and how we came to make the podcast.
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Booklist
Childhood reads
The Jungle Book and The Second Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
The Chalet School books by Elinor M. Brent Dyer
The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Miss Happiness and Miss Flower and Little Plum by Rumer Godden
Mrs Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O’Brien
Dark Canyon by Louis L’Amour
A Devil to Ride by Patricia Leitch
Cobbler’s Dream by Monica Dickens
Howl’s Moving Castle and other books by Diana Wynne Jones
The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper
White Boots, Ballet Shoes, Theatre Shoes, Hollywood Shoes by Noel Streatfield
Transition books
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien
General books
Night Flight by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
The Prophets of Eternal Fjord by Kim Leine
Mrs Death Misses Death by Salena Godden
Normal People by Sally Rooney
The Moth and the Mountain by Ed Caesar
The Time-Travellers Wife by Audrey Niffenneger
Watership Down by Douglas Adams
Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart
The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
The Idiot by Elif Batuman
Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason
The Ascent of Rum Doodle by W. E. Bowman
Happy All the Time by Laurie Colwin
The Neapolitan Quartet by Elena Ferrante
The Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
Miss Iceland by Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir
Parisian Lives by Deidre Bair
The Rest is Noise by Alex Ross
West With the Night by Beryl Markham
Travels by Michael Crichton