Comedian Jessica Fostekew chooses Heretics by Will Storr, provoking a discussion about whether it is possible to empathise with someone, no matter what they believe, and writer Molly Naylor's choice of You're Not Listening by Kate Murphy causes everyone to listen attentively to what the others are saying. Harriett Gilbert loves The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O'Farrell, leading to speculation about which of them would be sent to an asylum had feminism not moved things on somewhat