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World Book Club Episodes

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    Yasmina Khadra - The Swallows of Kabul

    Algerian novelist Yasmina Khadra on his searing novel, The Swallows of Kabul

  2. Marian Keyes - Rachel's Holiday

    Irish author Marian Keyes discusses her novel Rachel's Holiday

  3. Guenter Grass - The Tin Drum

    Another chance to hear Guenter Grass discuss The Tin Drum

  4. JD Salinger - The Catcher In The Rye

    A discussion recorded in the fabled Algonquin Hotel, New York

  5. Anne Tyler

    Pulitzer-Prize winning novelist Anne Tyler on her novel Dinner at the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔsick Restaurant

  6. William Gibson

    William Gibson discusses his influencial science fiction novel Neuromancer

  7. Daniel Kehlmann

    Daniel Kehlmann talks about his internationally acclaimed novel Measuring the World

  8. Marilynne Robinson

    Marilynne Robinson on her novel Gilead, which won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

  9. Herman Koch

    Dutch writer Herman Koch on his bestselling novel The Dinner

  10. Kathy Reichs - Deja Dead

    Forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan in most successful crime novel debut ever

  11. Pat Barker - Regeneration

    The author discusses the psychological impact of World War I

  12. Janice Galloway

    Award-winning writer Janice Galloway on her novel The Trick Is to Keep Breathing

  13. Jostein Gaarder

    Jostein Gaarder on his novel Sophie’s World, the story of a teenage girl and a philospher

  14. Per Petterson

    Norwegian author of Out Stealing Horses takes questions from a rapt audience

  15. Maya Angelou - I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings

    Maya Angelou reflects on some of her earliest and most difficult memories

  16. Harlan Coben

    Best-selling writer Harlan Coben on his thriller Six Years

  17. Malorie Blackman: Noughts and Crosses

    The British writer talks about her page-turning novel for teenagers and young adults

  18. Elif Shafak - The Forty Rules of Love

    A novel about love, mysticism and the life of the Sufi poet Rumi

  19. Christos Tsiolkas

    Author of award-winning novel The Slap on why his book has polarised opinions

  20. Pat Barker

    Harriett Gilbert talks to Pat Barker about her classic novel Regeneration

  21. Brian Aldiss

    Author Brian Aldiss talks about his classic sci-fi novel Greybeard

  22. Doris Lessing

    A tribute to Dorris Lessing who was the oldest winner of the Nobel Prize for literature

  23. Albert Camus - The Outsider

    Camus's classic is discussed by his biographer Oliver Todd and Professor David Walker

  24. Jhumpa Lahiri

    The Indian-American author on her book of short stories Unaccustomed Earth

  25. Neil Gaiman

    British writer Neil Gaiman talks about and reads extracts from his book American Gods

  26. Ahdaf Soueif - The Map of Love

    Egyptian author Ahdaf Soueif on what has gone wrong in Egypt in her eyes

  27. Amit Chaudhuri

    Harriett Gilbert talks to Amit Chaudhuri about his book The Immortals.

  28. Mohsin Hamid

    Author Mohsin Hamid on his book The Reluctant Fundamentalist, now made into a film

  29. World Book Club: The Great Gatsby

    American Classic: Jay McInerney talks to Harriett Gilbert about F Scott Fitzgerald's novel

  30. John Grisham - A Time To Kill

    Harriett Gilbert talks to author John Grisham about his book A Time To Kill.

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