This is an episode-by-episode list of pretty much every book or story we’ve ever mentioned on the show. Big thanks to listener Laura Newsholme for helping us compile this.

Reading List for Episodes 1-25
Reading List for Episodes 26-50
Reading List for Episodes 51-75

Episode 76

Philip Pullman

Hobbit Book vs. Movie

His Dark Materials – Philip Pullman
Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm – Philip Pullman
The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ – Philip Pullman
The Hobbit – J R R Tolkien
The Juniper Tree – Brothers Grimm
Thousand Furs – Brothers Grimm
The Varieties of Religious Experience – William James
Lord of the Rings – J R R Tolkien
Game of Thrones – George R R Martin
Paradise Lost – John Milton
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Beowulf

Episode 77

Brandon Sanderson

Epic Fantasy Short Fiction

Mistborn – Brandon Sanderson
The Way of Kings – Brandon Sanderson
Alcatraz Series – Brandon Sanderson
A Memory of Light – Brandon Sanderson
Warbreaker – Brandon Sanderson
The Stormlight Archive – Brandon Sanderson
Legion – Brandon Sanderson
The Emperor’s Soul – Brandon Sanderson
The First Way of Kings – Brandon Sanderson
Steel Heart – Brandon Sanderson
The Wheel of Time – Robert Jordan
Knife of Dreams – Robert Jordan
Epic – John Joseph Adams (editor)
Armoured – John Joseph Adams (editor)
Oz Re-imagined – John Joseph Adams and Douglas Cohen (editors)
Games Dead People Play – Charlaine Harris (editor)
Conan Series – Robert E Howard
Kull Series – Robert E Howard
Solomon Kane Series – Robert E Howard
‘The Phoenix on the Sword’ – Robert E Howard
‘A Witch Shall be Born’ – Robert E Howard
‘Rogues in the House’ – Robert E Howard
‘Shadow of the Vulture’ – Robert E Howard

Episode 78

Jane Yolen

Swordfights

Foiled – Jane Yolen
Curses, Foiled Again – Jane Yolen
Princess and the City – Jane Yolen
Queen’s Own Fool – Jane Yolen
Oz Re-imagined – John Joseph Adams and Douglas Cohen (editors)
‘Blown Away’ – Jane Yolen
Harry Potter Series – J K Rowling
Twilight Series – Stephanie Meyer
Cryptomancy Series – Diana Wynn Jones
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Roald Dahl
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang – Ian Flemming
The Giver – Lois Lowry
War Horse – Michael Morpugo
The Colour Fairy Books – Andrew Lang
The Thirty-Nine Steps – John Buchan
The Princess Bride – William Goldman
John Carter Series – Edgar Rice Burroughs
Dune – Frank Herbert
Chronicles of Amber – Roger Zelazny
Game of Thrones – George R R Martin
The Wheel of Time – Robert Jordan
By the Sword – Richard Cohen
‘A Tornado of Dorothys’ – Kat Howard

Episode 79

Karen Russell

Weirdest Stories Ever

Swamplandia! – Karen Russell
St Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves – Karen Russell
Vampires in the Lemon Grove – Karen Russell
‘Proving Up’ – Karen Russell
‘The Graveless Doll of Eric Mutis’ – Karen Russell
‘The Barn at the End of Our Term’ – Karen Russell
Dune – Frank Herbert
Little House on the Prairie – Laura Ingles Wilder
The Mirror of her Dreams – Stephen R Donaldson
Bunnicula – James Howe
Factory Girls – Leslie T Chang
The Brief History of the Dead – Kevin Brockmeier
Chicks Dig Timelords – Lynne Thomas (editor)
Chicks Dig Comics – Lynne Thomas (editor)
Weedonistas – Lynne Thomas (editor)
Lord of the Rings – J R R Tolkien
Riddley Walker – Russell Hoban
A Clockwork Orange – Anthony Burgess
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland – Lewis Carroll
John Carter Series – Edgar Rice Burroughs
The World Beyond the Hill – Alexei and Cory Parshin
The Wizard of Oz – Frank L Baum
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas – Hunter S Thompson
The Ass Goblins of Auschwitz – Cameron Pierce
The Haunted Vagina – Carlton Mellick III
Meet Me in the Moon Room – Ray Vukcevich
Mechanique – Genevieve Valentine
Zara the Windseeker – Nnedi Okorafor
Who Fears Death – Nnedi Okorafor
The Bone Key – Sarah Monette
‘The Body’ – Stephen King
‘Tooth and Claw’ – T C Boyle
‘Armless Maidens of the American West’ – Genevieve Valentine
‘Story of Your Life’ – Ted Chiang
‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ – Kat Howard
‘Ballad of the Flexible Bullet’ – Stephen King
‘Trucks’ – Stephen King
‘Fatso’ – Etgar Keret
‘Abomination Rises on Filthy Wings’ – Rachael Swirsky
‘In the Hills, the Cities’ – Clive Barker
‘Alfred Bester is Alive and Well and Living in Winterset, Iowa’ – Bret Bertholf
‘You Have Never Been Here’ – M Rickert
‘Still Life With Boobs’ – Anne Harris
‘Her Husband’s Hands’ – Adam-Troy Castro
‘Bianca’s Hands’ – Theodore Sturgeon
‘Cucumber Gravy’ – Susan Powlick
‘RV’s’ – Adam-Troy Castro
Authors mentioned – Kelly Link, Chris Adrian, R L Stein

Episode 80

Gregory Maguire

The Wizard of Oz

Wicked – Gregory Maguire
Son of a Witch – Gregory Maguire
A Lion amongst Men – Gregory Maguire
Out of Oz – Gregory Maguire
Egg and Spoon – Gregory Maguire
‘How the Earth Went Wrong by Hapless Joey @ school.gov’ – Gregory Maguire
Oz Re-imagined – John Joseph Adams and Douglas Cohen (editors)
The Mad Scientist’s Guide to World Domination – John Joseph Adams (editor)
Oz Series – L Frank Baum
The Hunger Games – Suzanne Collins
After – Ellen Datlow (editor)
Riddley Walker – Russell Hoban
Lord of the Rings – J R R Tolkien
The Chronicles of Narnia – C S Lewis
Harry Potter Series – J K Rowling
A Song of Ice and Fire – George R R Martin
‘Lessons from a Clockwork Queen’ – Megan Arkenberg
‘Dead Blue’ – David Farland
‘One Flew Over the Rainbow’ – Robin Wasserman
‘A Meeting in Oz’ – Jeff Ford
‘Blown Away’ – Jane Yolen
‘They go Bump’ – David Barr Kirtley
‘Power Armour: A Love Story’ – David Barr Kirtley
Authors mentioned: Robert Heinlein, Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Doris Lessing, Ursula K LeGuin, H M Hoover, Orson Scott Card, Tad Williams

Episode 81

Nalo Hopkinson

Weirdest Movies Ever

Brown Girl in the Ring – Nalo Hopkinson
Midnight Robber – Nalo Hopkinson
The Salt Roads – Nalo Hopkinson
The New Moon Arms – Nalo Hopkinson
Skin Folk – Nalo Hopkinson
Sister Mine – Nalo Hopkinson
The Chaos – Nalo Hopkinson
Report from Planet Midnight – Nalo Hopkinson
Black Heart Man – Nalo Hopkinson
Oz Re-imagined – John Joseph Adams and Douglas Cohen (editors)
Goblin Market – Christina Rossetti
Drowned – Junot Diaz
Utopia – Thomas More
Frankenstein – Mary Shelley
Anansi Boys – Neil Gaiman
American Gods – Neil Gaiman
The Best of all Possible Worlds – Karen Lord
Green Grass, Running Water – Thomas King
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms – N K Jemisin
Love and Rockets – the Hernandez brothers
Bayou – Jeremy Love
Dune – Frank Herbert
Neuromancer – William Gibson
‘Ballad of the Flexible Bullet’ – Stephen King
‘Button, Button’ – Isaac Asimov

Episode 82

Robert J. Sawyer

Space Marine Trademark

Rollback – Robert J Sawyer
Triggers – Robert J Sawyer
WWW Trilogy – Robert J Sawyer
Red Planet Blues – Robert J Sawyer
Identity Theft – Robert J Sawyer
Golden Fleece – Robert J Sawyer
Hominids – Robert J Sawyer
FlashForward – Robert J Sawyer
Down these Dark Spaceways – Mike Resnick (editor)
The Long Arm of Gil Hamilton – Larry Niven
The Caves of Steel – Isaac Asimov
Who Goes There? – John W Campbell
Labyrinth of Night – Allen Steele
War of the Worlds – H G Wells
Red Mars – Kim Stanley Robinson
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame – Robert Silverberg (editor)
John Carter of Mars – Edgar Rice Burroughs
The Invisible Man – H G Wells
Bowl of Heaven – Larry Niven and Gregory Benford
Tau Ceti – Kevin J Anderson
Spots, the Space Marine – M C A Hogarth
Starship Troopers – Robert Heinlein
Superheroes – Rich Horton (editor)
Elric Series – Michael Moorcock
‘A Martian Odyssey’ – Stanley G Weinbaum

Episode 83

Hugh Howey

Self-Publishing

Wool – Hugh Howey
Shift – Hugh Howey
Dust – Hugh Howey
Halfway Home – Hugh Howey
Molly Fyde Series – Hugh Howey
The Walk up Nameless Ridge – Hugh Howey
I, Zombie – Hugh Howey
‘Deep Blood Kettle’ – Hugh Howey
Wastelands – John Joseph Adams (editor)
This Time of Darkness – H M Hoover
Ready Player One – Ernest Kline
Lord of the Flies – William Golding
1984 – George Orwell
Brave New World – Aldous Huxley
Fahrenheit 451 – Ray Bradbury
Enders Game – Orson Scott Card
Arctic Rising – Tobias S Buckell
Crystal Rain – Tobias S Buckell
Halo: The Cole Protocol – Tobias S Buckell
Tides from the New World – Tobias S Buckell
Mitigated Features – Tobias S Buckell
The Executionist – Tobias S Buckell
Ragamuffin – Tobias S Buckell
Sly Mongoose – Tobias S Buckell
A Song of Ice and Fire – George R R Martin
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Roald Dahl
Rendezvous with Rama – Arthur C Clarke