16. Hannah Beckerman

This week’s guest is the author, critic and journalist Hannah Beckerman, whose new novel If Only I Could Tell You has dazzled and captivated readers. Hannah is a professional book addict. She’s a critic for the Observer, the FT and the Sunday Express, as well as regularly contributing to Sara Cox’s BBC Radio 2 show. She’s a frequent judge, panel host and festival guest, and she’s spent time with Phillip Roth and Jackie Collins. BOOKS (Click on titles for more) Daisy Buchanan - The Sisterhood Hannah Beckerman - If Only I Could Tell You Bill Clegg - Did You Ever Have a Family? Ayelet Gundar-Goshen - Liar Ayelet Gundar-Goshen - Waking Lions Enid Blyton - Secret Seven Enid Blyton - Famous Five Enid Blyton - St Clare's Enid Blyton - Malory Towers Anne Digby - Trebizon Enid Blyton - Naughtiest Girl in the School Judy Blume - Forever Judy Blume - Deenie Noel Streatfeild - Ballet Shoes Jackie Collins - Thrill Jackie Collins - The Santangelos Jonathan Coe - Middle England Ayisha Malik - This Green and Pleasant Land Noel Streatfeild - Apple Bough Stephen Moss - Dynasties Various - Explanatorium of Nature Ruth Symons - Story of Life: Evolution Gabrielle Balkan & Sam Brewster - Book of Bones Allie Esiri & Zanna Goldhawk - A Poem for Every Day of the Year Fiona Waters & Frann Preston-Gannon - I Am the Seed That Grew the Tree Rebecca Reid - Perfect Liars Isabel Sanchez Vegara - Little People Big Dreams: Agatha Christie Isabel Sanchez Vegara - Little People Big Dreams: Audrey Hepburn Jane Austen - Pride and Prejudice Alfred Lord Tennyson - Select Poems Andrew Thomson & Heidi Postlewait - Emergency Sex Various - Greek Island Hopping Maggie O’Farrell - This Must Be The Place Tessa Hadley - Late in the Day Sigmund Freud - Collected Works Adam Kay - This Is Going To Hurt Doris Lessing - The Golden Notebook Barbara Trapido - Brother of the More Famous Jack Elaine Dundy - Dud Avocado Doris Lessing - Martha Quest Sarah Waters - Tipping The Velvet Phillip Roth - Portnoy’s Complaint Phillip Roth - American Pastoral Lisa Halliday - Asymmetry David Nichols - One Day David Nichols - Us Edward St Aubyn - Some Hope Anita Brookner - Family and Friends Bret Easton Ellis - American Psycho Angela Carter - The Bloody Chamber