It's a Charlie Thing

By Charles Heathcote

Charlie and Charlie unite to bring you their unique take on life, books and perhaps carrots.

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August 31, 2026 Autumn Reading Recommendations
This week we're talking about the books we think are the best to read in autumn, from gothic masterpieces to coastal tales, we have some picks for you.

Books mentioned:

The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
The Secrets of Hartwood Hall by Katie Lumsden
Shadowplay by Joseph O'Connor

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42min
August 24, 2026 Which Zodiac Sign Produces the Best Authors?
Waterstones created a list, so naturally we had to respond to it.
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53min
August 17, 2026 What is the Best First Line from the Booker Longlist?
The Booker Prize Longlist for 2026 has been announced.

The Charlies read the first line from each title to determine which is best.

Books Mentioned:

The Shadow of the Object
Switzy
Helen of Nowhere
The End of Everything
The Disappearers
Black Bag
The Renovation
May We Feed the King
The Palm House
The Things We Never Say
John of John
All Them Dogs
The Vivisectors
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26min
August 10, 2026 Where the Hell is my Ostrich?!
In which we recommend books for Women in Translation month and Charlie is missing an ostrich.

Books Mentioned:

What You Are Looking For is in this Library by Michiko Aoyama, translated by Alison Watts
Death at Sunset Grove by Mina Lindgren, translated by Lola Rogers
Simple Passions by Annie Ernaux, translated by Tanya Leslie
Elena Knows by Claudia Piniero, translated by Frances Riddle
When the Cranes Fly South by Lisa Ridzen, translated by Alice Menzies
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk, translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones
Boulder by Eva Baltazar, translated by Julia Sanchez
Inkheart by Cornelia Funke, translated by Anthea Bell
The Eighth Life by Nino Haratschwili, translated by Ruth Martin and Charlotte Collins
Roman Mornings by Matson Taylor
It’s Not What You Think by Clare Mackintosh
Muckle Flugga by Michael Pedersen

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58min
August 03, 2026 Birth Year Books
It's 1981 vs 1992 in this week's episode as Charlie and Charlie chat about the book releases from their respective birth years. Charlie H rants about a book he didn't enjoy and Charlie B is exploring the Wainwright Prize.

Books Mentioned:

What We Can Know by Ian McEwan
Emotionally Weird by Kate Atkinson
Roman Mornings by Matson Taylor
An Inconvenience of Penguins by Jamie Lafferty
Love is a Toad by Lucy Lapwing
The Return of the King by JRR Tolkien
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love by Raymond Carver
George's Marvellous Medicine by Roald Dahl
Goodnight Mister Tom by Michelle Magorian
Tar Baby by Toni Morrison
Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie
Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death by MC Beaton
The Shadow Rising by Robert Jordan
All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
The Suitcase Kid by Jacqueline Wilson
Goosebumps by RL Stine
All that Remains by Patricia Cornwell
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55min
July 27, 2026 The Charlies are Reporting for Duty
In which the Charlies share their REPORTs.

Books Mentioned:

The Wren, the Wren by Anne Enright
We Pretty Pieces of Flesh by Colwill Brown
Emotionally Weird by Kate Atkinson
Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt by Ben Reeves
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42min
July 20, 2026 Top 10 Books of the Year ... so far
In which we share our favourite books of the year, halfway through. Will they still be on this list by the end of December.

Books Mentioned:

The Bottle Factory Outing by Beryl Bainbridge
An Unlikely Visitor by Joanna Cannon
The Correspondent by Virginia Evans
Leonard and Hungry Paul by Ronan Hession
Marking Time by Elizabeth Jane Howard
11.22.63 by Stephen King
Death and the Conjuror by Tom Mead
White Spaces by Elvin James Mensah
Agent Zo by Clare Mulley
Thunder on the Right by Mary Stewart
Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout
The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien
The Beginner's Goodbye by Anne Tyler
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30min
July 14, 2026 Freaking Out About Books
In which we complete the Mid-Year Book Freakout Tag

Books Mentioned:

The Bottle Factory Outing by Beryl Bainbridge
Marking Time by Elizabeth Jane Howard
The Bed and Breakfast Star by Jacqueline Wilson
The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout
An Unlikely Visitor by Joanna Cannon
The Rainshadow Orphans by Naomi Ishiguro
Leonard and Hungry Paul by Ronan Hession
The Two Towers by JRR Tolkien
The Other Valley by Scott Alexander Howard
White Spaces by Elvin James Mensah
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39min
July 06, 2026 Bumper Books Recap
In which we chat about all the books we've been reading recently.

Books Mentioned:

Isaac and the Egg by Bobby Palmer
The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout
The Driver’s Seat by Muriel Spark
Strange Houses by Uketsu
Graveyard Shift by ML Rio
Potato by Rebecca Earle
White Spaces by Elvin James Mensah
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
The Bottle Factory Outing by Beryl Bainbridge
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51min
June 29, 2026 Likely Visitors in London
In which we talk about our recent trip to London.
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1h 6min

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The podcast currently has 35 episodes available.