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Bookclub Episodes

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    Ben Lerner - Leaving the Atocha Station

    American author Ben Lerner on his novel Leaving the Atocha Station. With James Naughtie

  2. Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding

    Helen Fielding talks about Bridget Jones's Diary with James Naughtie and readers

  3. Colson Whitehead - The Underground Railroad

    Colson Whitehead, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Underground Railroad.

  4. Aminatta Forna - The Memory of Love

    Aminatta Forna and readers discuss her novel The Memory of Love with James Naughtie

  5. Owen Sheers - I Saw A Man

    Owen Sheers talks about his novel I Saw A Man. Presented by James Naughtie.

  6. Gail Honeyman - Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine

    Gail Honeyman talks about her best-selling hit novel Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

  7. David Szalay - All That Man Is

    David Szalay discusses his novel All That Man Is with James Naughtie and readers.

  8. Louise Doughty - Apple Tree Yard

    Louise Doughty talks about Apple Tree Yard with James Naughtie and readers

  9. Richard Holmes - The Age of Wonder

    Richard Holmes talks about The Age of Wonder. With James Naughtie.

  10. Simon Mawer - Tightrope

    Simon Mawer talks about Tightrope, an espionage thriller. With James Naughtie.

  11. Alice Oswald - Falling Awake

    Alice Oswald, Radio 4's Poet in Residence discusses her collection Falling Awake

  12. Jessie Burton - The Miniaturist

    Jessie Burton discusses The Miniaturist with James Naughtie and readers

  13. Meg Wolitzer - The Interestings

    Meg Wolitzer discusses her novel The Interestings with James Naughtie and readers.

  14. Andrew Michael Hurley - The Loney

    Andrew Michael Hurley discusses his book The Loney with James Naughtie and readers.

  15. Karl Ove Knausgaard - A Death in the Family

    Karl Ove Knausgaard discusses A Death in the Family with James Naughtie and readers

  16. Madeline Miller - The Song of Achilles

    Madeline Miller discusses The Song of Achilles which won the Orange Prize for Fiction 2012

  17. Neel Mukherjee - The Lives of Others

    James Naughtie and author Neel Mukherjee meet the reading group at Styal Prison, Cheshire.

  18. Colm TΓ³ibΓ­n - Brooklyn

    James Naughtie and a group of readers talk to Colm Toibin about his 2009 novel Brooklyn.

  19. Margaret Atwood - The Handmaid's Tale

    Margaret Atwood on her dystopian masterpiece The Handmaid's Tale. With James Naughtie.

  20. Jo NesbΓΈ - The Snowman

    Jo Nesbo talks about his Harry Hole novel The Snowman with James Naughtie and readers.

  21. Sarah Perry - The Essex Serpent

    Sarah Perry discusses her hit novel The Essex Serpent with James Naughtie and readers.

  22. Patrick Gale - A Place Called Winter

    Patrick Gale talks about his novel A Place Called Winter with James Naughtie and readers.

  23. Eimear McBride - A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing

    James Naughtie and readers talk to Irish writer Eimear McBride.

  24. Colin Thubron - In Siberia

    James Naughtie and a group of readers talk to travel writer Colin Thubron about In Siberia

  25. Jennifer Egan: A Visit from the Goon Squad

    Jennifer Egan talks to James Naughtie and readers about A Visit from the Goon Squad.

  26. Edward St Aubyn - Mother's Milk

    James Naughtie and a group of readers talk to novelist Edward St Aubyn about Mother's Milk

  27. Peter Hoeg - Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow

    James Naughtie discusses Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow by Danish writer Peter Hoeg.

  28. Patrick McCabe - The Butcher Boy

    Patrick McCabe discusses his modern classic novel The Butcher Boy with James Naughtie.

  29. Salman Rushdie

    Sir Salman Rushdie talks to James Naughtie about his Booker-winner Midnight's Children.

  30. Ann Patchett - Bel Canto

    Ann Patchett talks to James Naughtie about her Orange Prize-winning novel Bel Canto.

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