Ranked #1
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
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47mins
Ranked #2
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
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41mins
Ranked #3
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
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38mins
Ranked #4
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
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34mins
Ranked #5
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
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11mins
Ranked #6
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
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42mins
Ranked #7
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
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10mins
Ranked #8
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
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42mins
Ranked #9
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
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41mins
Ranked #10
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
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37mins
Ranked #11
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
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47mins
Ranked #12
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
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36mins
Ranked #13
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
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42mins
Ranked #14
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
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20mins
Ranked #15
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
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36mins
Ranked #16
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
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38mins
Ranked #17
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
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40mins
Ranked #18
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
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37mins
Ranked #19
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
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33mins
Ranked #20
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
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24mins