The Shop is bursting at the seams here at Christmas-time, but Hannah and Sam haven't stopped reading! With their favorites of the year behind them, they look to the past and future for new things to consume (such as "Minority Report" and "The Dream Hotel"). But you'll have to wait for the full discussion on that. On the full agenda this episode is:

- "Age of Innocence," by Edith Wharton
- "The Quiet American," by Graham Greene (from 1955, NOT the 1970s, Sam)
- "Rental House," by Weike Wang
- "The Ladies of Grace Adieu," by Susanna Clarke
- "What the Chicken Knows," by Sy Montgomery (much giggling ensues)
- "Persepolis," by Marjane Satrapi
- "What Happened to the McCrays," by Tracey Lange (with much middle school hockey discussion)
- "The Last Dragon on Mars," by Scott Reintgen