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On The Book Cafe with Clare English:

Jodi Picoult, best-selling author of 18 novels including "My Sisters Keeper." Not afraid of tackling tricky topics in her books; in her latest one "Lone Wolf" Jodi's looking at organ donation and the right to die - but with her usual page-turning, gripping style.

Jodi's books are hugely popular with book clubs but what makes for a great book group book? Librarian Stewart Bain and readers, Joyce Clerk and Ann MacLeod, talk us through some of their favourites and ponder whether there's such a thing as a "silver reader" - the sister of the online "silver surfer"?

Shhh... a new book "Quiet (The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking)" argues that the world should stop forcing introverts to come out of their shell. "Society is biased", says author, Susan Cain. You'd never see a job ad asking for a thoughtful, quiet introvert - but why not?

And let your mind drift into a philosophical adventure with Scottish author Jennie Erdal who has taken David Hume as her inspiration for her new book "The Missing Shade of Blue".