Welcome to October’s Ready Steady Read. This month Chris and James discuss what role spy novels have in a world twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of the Cold War. Chris attempts to explain why Google are causing such a stir with their plan to digitise the world’s books. The boys also talk about what they’ve been reading this month, including Dan Brown’s new novel “The Lost Symbol”. And as always, there’s the popular “Bits and Pieces” and the “Book Swap”.

Enjoy the show, and if you’ve got any comments or suggestions for what Chris and James should be reading, then email books@podcastplace.co.uk