Our Top 10 Books from the First Five Seasons of Strong Sense of Place

Our Top 10 Books from the First Five Seasons of Strong Sense of Place

Saturday, 17 May, 2025

Since we launched Strong Sense of Place in 2020, produced five seasons — that’s 56 episodes — of the show. We’ve also shared our love for books through 101 episodes of The Library of Lost Time podcast — and we’ve introduced to 500 books we love.

Thanks to you, we’ve had over one million downloads (!) and, the best part of all, we feel like we’re part of a massive book club filled with the best people. Thank you for that!

In this mini-episode, we each looked back through our book recommendations to find our top 10 titles from the first fives seasons of the show. Maybe you’ll find your new favorites, too!

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Full transcript of this episode.

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Dave’s Top 10

Mel’s Top 10

Our Top 10 Books from the First Five Seasons of Strong Sense of Place

Since we launched Strong Sense of Place in 2020, produced five seasons — that’s 56 episodes — of the show. We’ve also shared our love for books through 101 episodes of The Library of Lost Time podcast — and we’ve introduced to 500 books we love.

Thanks to you, we’ve had over one million downloads (!) and, the best part of all, we feel like we’re part of a massive book club filled with the best people. Thank you for that!

In this mini-episode, we each looked back through our book recommendations to find our top 10 titles from the first fives seasons of the show. Maybe you’ll find your new favorites, too!

Transcript of this episode.

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