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Bookclub Episodes

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    Emma Donoghue - Room

    Emma Donoghue talks to James Naughtie about her Man Booker shortlisted novel Room.

  2. Christos Tsiolkas - The Slap

    Christos Tsiolkas talks to James Naughtie and readers about his 2010 novel The Slap.

  3. John Banville - The Sea

    John Banville discusses his Man Booker-winning novel The Sea. With James Naughtie.

  4. Disobedience - Naomi Alderman

    Naomi Alderman talks about her novel Disobedience. With James Naughtie.

  5. Khaled Hosseini - The Kite Runner

    Khaled Hosseini talks about his global bestselling novel The Kite Runner.

  6. Donna Tartt - The Secret History

    Donna Tartt talks about her cult bestseller The Secret History. With James Naughtie.

  7. Lee Child - Killing Floor

    Lee Child talks about Killing Floor, the first Jack Reacher book. With James Naughtie.

  8. Matthew Hollis - Now All Roads Lead to France

    Matthew Hollis talks to James Naughtie about his biography of poet Edward Thomas.

  9. Hilary Mantel - Bring Up the Bodies

    James Naughtie talks to Dame Hilary Mantel about Bring Up the Bodies. From 2013.

  10. Paul Theroux - Dark Star Safari

    Paul Theroux discusses his travel book Dark Star Safari with James Naughtie.

  11. Deborah Moggach - Tulip Fever

    Deborah Moggach discusses her novel Tulip Fever with James Naughtie and a group of readers

  12. Audrey Niffenegger - The Time Traveler's Wife

    Audrey Niffenegger discusses her bestselling novel The Time Traveler's Wife.

  13. Jim Crace - Quarantine

    Jim Crace discusses his 1997 Booker-shortlisted novel Quarantine with James Naughtie.

  14. Poet Gillian Clarke - Ice

    Gillian Clarke discusses her poetry collection Ice with James Naughtie and readers.

  15. Elif Shafak - The Forty Rules of Love

    Elif Shafak discusses her bestselling novel The Forty Rules of Love.

  16. Andrew Miller on his Costa award-winning novel Pure

    Andrew Miller discusses his novel Pure, winner of the Costa Prize 2011.

  17. George Orwell's Homage to Catalonia

    John Simpson and Hilary Spurling discuss George Orwell's Homage to Catalonia.

  18. Ben Macintyre - Agent Zigzag

    Ben Macintyre talks about his bestselling book Agent Zigzag, a true spy story from WWII.

  19. Sathnam Sanghera - The Boy with the Topknot

    Sathnam Sanghera discusses his award-winning memoir The Boy with the Topknot.

  20. David Almond - Skellig

    James Naughtie talks to David Almond about his prize-winning novel Skellig.

  21. Marilynne Robinson - Gilead

    American writer Marilynne Robinson talks to James Naughtie about her novel Gilead.

  22. Victoria Hislop - The Island

    Victoria Hislop talks to James Naughtie about her debut novel The Island.

  23. Michael Ondaatje - The English Patient

    Michael Ondaatje talks about his 1992 Booker prize-winning novel The English Patient.

  24. David Baddiel talks about Elizabeth Taylor's Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont

    David Baddiel is our guide to novelist Elizabeth Taylor's Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont.

  25. Philippa Gregory: The Other Boleyn Girl

    Philippa Gregory talks to James Naughtie about her historical novel.

  26. Ross Raisin - God's Own Country

    Ross Raisin and James Naughtie discuss Ross' debut novel, God's Own Country.

  27. Anne Enright - The Gathering

    Anne Enright talks about her Man Booker prize-winning novel The Gathering.

  28. Alan Hollinghurst - The Line of Beauty

    Alan Hollinghurst talks about his Man Booker prize-winning novel The Line of Beauty.

  29. Art Spiegelman - Maus

    Art Spiegelman talks to James Naughtie and readers about his graphic novel Maus.

  30. Hunter Davies on The Beatles

    Hunter Davies discusses his authorised biography of The Beatles, recorded at the Cavern.

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