In the penultimate episode of the season, we unpack Claire North’s The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August—a time-travel tale with a twist.

From looping lives to moral grey zones in science, we unpack nonlinear storytelling and ask: if you could live your life over and over… should you?

Episode Timepoints:

00:00 - Intro

00:15 - Some Life Updates

06:55 - Spoiler and Trigger Warnings

08:05 - An Introduction to the Author

11:10 - The Blurb

11:55 - A Discussion of The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August

01:08:45 - The Book We Will Be Discussing Next Time

01:10:25 - Outro

Other Books Mentioned in This Episode:

The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton

City of Bones by Cassandra Clare

Mirror Dreams by Catherine Webb

Timekeepers by Claire North

The Extraordinary and Unusual Adventures of Horatio Lyle by Catherine Webb

Touch by Claire North

The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennet

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

Empire of the Vampire by Jay Kristoff

QualityLand by Marc-Uwe Kling

Links:

Claire North on Goodreads

Reading Materials on Goodreads

Lucia on Goodreads

Corrie on Goodreads

Reading Materials on Instagram (run by Lucia with minimal input from Corrie!!)

Thank you for listening! You can send your feedback, thoughts, questions and book recommendations to us at reading.materials.podcast@gmail.com.