Welcome to Top Shelf Reads. On today’s episode Naomi chats about the national book award finalists, Nick reviews The Promise and The Satanic Verses and we discuss creepypasta.

00:00 -- Abdulrazak Gurnah wins the Nobel Prize in Literature
02:15 -- National Book Awards 2021 Finalists
09:15 -- Short teaser impressions about Song for the Unraveling of the World
11:52 -- The Promise by Damon Galgut (Nick reviews)
21:20 -- The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie (Nick reviews)

• Other books mentioned: Song of Solomon, 100 Years of Solitude, Haruki Murakami's work

36:43   -- Discussion: Creepypasta

• Candle Cove
• Annora Petrova
• NoEnd House
• Ted the Caver
• The Devil Game
• Those Dark Wells (YouTube)

Spooky YouTube Short Films (to be watched with the lights off!)

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-5Upq2hcOA
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S51jIrunYuY
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKcOTr7N4lE
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08rj_ioKNSo
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rcoGsxulA4