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The Book Club Review

Discussion, debate, even a little dispute – expect it all on The Book Club Review. Every month hosts Kate and Laura bring you a new episode. That could be Book Club where we chat about the book read m... Read more

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9. This Is London by Ben Judah

9. This Is London by Ben Judah

Laura's latest book club read was This Is London by Ben Judah (2016), a spare and unflinching investigation into what li... Read more

16 Sep 2017

47mins

Ranked #2

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22. Educated by Tara Westover

22. Educated by Tara Westover

From no formal education before the age of seventeen to a PhD from Cambridge ten years later, Tara Westover’s transforma... Read more

5 Sep 2018

41mins

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35. Book Club: Normal People

35. Book Club: Normal People

Normal People was named Waterstones book of the year, was longlisted for the 2018 Booker Prize and most recently won the... Read more

11 Feb 2019

38mins

Ranked #4

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50. My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

50. My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

My Sister the Serial Killer, Oyinkan Braithwaite's superbly titled debut novel, has been one of the literary sensations ... Read more

3 Aug 2019

34mins

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60. Top 10 Book Club Books

60. Top 10 Book Club Books

Reading the right books is key to making your book club a success. But how to choose? Listen in to hear the top 10 books... Read more

25 Jan 2020

11mins

Ranked #6

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16. Call Me By Your Name by André Aciman

16. Call Me By Your Name by André Aciman

Proustian mediatation on love and desire? Atmospheric beach read? What did Laura’s book club make of André Aciman’s Call... Read more

4 Feb 2018

42mins

Ranked #7

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Archive: The Horror Book Club

Archive: The Horror Book Club

One of our favourite interviews, duly resurrected for any who heard Andy on our recent Haunting of Hill House show and w... Read more

25 Jan 2019

10mins

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43. Book Club: Milkman by Anna Burns

43. Book Club: Milkman by Anna Burns

Masterpiece from the contemporary heir to Samuel Beckett or demanding endurance read with not nearly enough paragraph br... Read more

22 May 2019

42mins

Ranked #9

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41. Book Club: A Different Drummer and If Beale Street Could Talk

41. Book Club: A Different Drummer and If Beale Street Could Talk

What happens when all the black people in a Southern town decide to pack their things and leave? First published in 1962... Read more

3 May 2019

41mins

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55. Bad Blood by John Carreyrou

55. Bad Blood by John Carreyrou

We delve into the whirlwind story of Elizabeth Holmes and her biotech company Theranos. At its height, valued at 9 billi... Read more

25 Oct 2019

37mins

Ranked #11

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44. Book Club: Golden Hill by Francis Spufford

44. Book Club: Golden Hill by Francis Spufford

We're joined by author Phyllis Richardson to discuss Golden Hill, Francis Spufford's rollicking historical novel. It has... Read more

9 Jun 2019

47mins

Ranked #12

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54. Bookshelf: What we're reading beyond book club

54. Bookshelf: What we're reading beyond book club

Listen in as we discuss the books we've reading outside of book club. In Laura's stack: Washington Black by Esi Edugyan,... Read more

19 Oct 2019

36mins

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Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders • Episode #8

Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders • Episode #8

Lincoln in the Bardo is a ghostly story that unfolds in a graveyard over the course of a single night. Narrated by a cho... Read more

5 Aug 2017

42mins

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Feature: The Reading Retreat

Feature: The Reading Retreat

If you've ever dreamed of switching everything off and being able to read for hours, then this is the show for you. Read... Read more

3 Jul 2019

20mins

Ranked #15

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33. Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

33. Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

Hill House, 'not sane, stood by itself against its hills, holding darkness within; it had stood so for eighty years and ... Read more

20 Jan 2019

36mins

Ranked #16

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59. How to Start a Book Club: The Ultimate Guide

59. How to Start a Book Club: The Ultimate Guide

Ready to start your own book club?  This special episode tells you how, from who to invite and what books (or genre) to ... Read more

15 Jan 2020

38mins

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20. Do Not Say We Have Nothing by Madeleine Thien

20. Do Not Say We Have Nothing by Madeleine Thien

The New York Times called it a 'powerfully expansive novel' and it was shortlisted for the Booker, but what did Laura's ... Read more

2 Jul 2018

40mins

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63. Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang

63. Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang

Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang clocked in at number 80 on The Guardian's list of the 100 Best Books of th... Read more

1 Mar 2020

37mins

Ranked #19

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46. Bookshelf: What we're reading beyond book club

46. Bookshelf: What we're reading beyond book club

In our Bookshelf shows we discuss the books we're reading outside of book club, the ones we get to pick and choose! Join... Read more

6 Jul 2019

33mins

Ranked #20

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42. Close-up: Books on the Go Podcast

42. Close-up: Books on the Go Podcast

For a ton of great recommendations most of which were new to us we turned to Anna Bailie Karas from Australian podcast B... Read more

13 May 2019

24mins

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