Highlights of 2019
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Graham Greene special
100 Novels That Shaped Our World: Identity
Deepa Anappara on her debut novel Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line
Deepa Anappara and Rob Doyle on their new novels; Helen Fielding's book she'd never lend
Jeanine Cummins on American Dirt, and forgotten classic The Street with Tayari Jones
A Good Read: Nick Hornby & Carlo Rovelli
Nick Hornby and Carlo Rovelli tell Harriett Gilbert about the books they love the most.
A Good Read: Syima Aslam & Stig Abell
Harriett Gilbert talks to Syima Aslam and Stig Abell about books they love - all classics
100 Novels; Love and Romance with Marian Keyes, David Nicholls, Sara Collins
Sarah Phelps & Dane Baptiste
Sarah Phelps and Dane Baptiste talk to Harriett Gilbert about books they love.
Isabel Allende
Isabel Allende, Magic Realism, The Foundling
Gail Honeyman & Mavis Cheek
Authors Gail Honeyman and Mavis Cheek talk to Harriett Gilbert about the books they love.
Colum McCann
Colum McCann, George Orwell, new fiction set in Windrush-era London
Richard Harrington & Njambi McGrath
Books worth reading chosen by actor Richard Harrington and comedian Njambi McGrath
Neil Forsyth & Neil Oliver
Books worth reading chosen by Neil Oliver and Neil Forsyth.
Kiley Reid on her debut novel, Such a Fun Age
Kiley Reid, Lucy Foley and Abir Mukherjee, Peter Swanson
Henry Normal & Bobby Seagull
Harriett Gilbert talks to Henry Normal and Bobby Seagull about their favourite books.
Christos Tsiolkas, Mothers and Daughters in fiction, Nairobi books
A Good Read:Sharleen Spiteri & Hugh Dennis
Texas frontwoman Sharleen Spiteri and actor Hugh Dennis choose favourite books.
Petina Gappah on her new book, Out of Darkness, Shining Light
Petina Gappah. Plus Henry Porter on adventure writing and the joys of fictional journeys.
A Good Read: Helen Lederer & Angela Barnes
Helen Lederer and Angela Barnes nominate books they consider to be a good read.
Maggie O'Farrell on her new novel, Hamnet
Maggie O'Farrell Sophie Hannah and Reading in Isolation
A Good Read: Nazir Afzal and Maggie Gee
Books worth reading chosen by Nazir Afzal and Maggie Gee.
Evie Wyld, Louise Doughty on Ghostly Narrators, Polly Samson and Leonard Cohen's Hydra
Mariella Frostrup talks to Evie Wyld about new novel The Bass Rock
Ingrid Persaud, Short Fiction, Patricia Grace
Garth Greenwell
Garth Greenwell talks to Mariella Frostrup about his new book Cleanness.
Tayari Jones, Jane Eyre, John Freeman
Award winning autor Tayari Jones discusses her novel Silver Sparrow.
Curtis Sittenfeld on her new book, Rodham
Curtis Sittenfeld, Ian Rankin and Katherine Rundell
Daniel Mason, Pride and Prejudice, Bob Geldof
Daniel Mason discusses new short story collection, A Registry Of My Passage On Earth.
Paul Mendez, Class & Society novels, Thomas Keneally on Dickens
A Good Read: Melissa Cummings-Quarry and Natalie Carter
Natalie Carter & Melissa Cummings-Quarry (Black Girls Book Club) talk books with Harriett
Andr茅s Neuman, William Boyd on WW2 Novels, Singlit with Elaine Chiew
