EPISODE · Oct 28, 2025 · 20 MIN
Halloween Special
from The Radio 2 Book Club · host BBC Radio 2
Whether you're into the Halloween thing or not - we thought it was as good a time as any to celebrate some spooky, scary, dark, ghostly, chilling books which have recently come out - and - get some cracking recommendations. Sara has invited six brilliant authors - who write in the horror genre - to tell us about their latest novels and their favourite scary book.LISTEN IF YOU DARE MWAAAHAHAHA* (*they're all very nice really) Here are our featured authors - and - the books discussed:Gemma Amor - 'Itch' Daphne Du Maurier - 'The Birds And Other Stories'Tobi Coventry - 'He's The Devil' Algernon Blackwood - 'The Willows"Bora Chung - 'The Midnight Timetable' Stephen King - 'Thinner'Andrew Michael Hurley - 'Saltwash' Mariana Enriquez - 'Things We Lost In The Fire'Oyinkan Braithwaite - 'Cursed Daughters' Vikram Paralkar - 'Night Theatre'Thomas Olde Heuvelt - 'Darker Days' Stephen King - "Pet Sematary'
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Whether you're into the Halloween thing or not - we thought it was as good a time as any to celebrate some spooky, scary, dark, ghostly, chilling books which have recently come out - and - get some cracking recommendations. Sara has invited six brilliant authors - who write in the horror genre - to tell us about their latest novels and their favourite scary book.LISTEN IF YOU DARE MWAAAHAHAHA* (*they're all very nice really) Here are our featured authors - and - the books discussed:Gemma Amor - 'Itch' Daphne Du Maurier - 'The Birds And Other Stories'Tobi Coventry - 'He's The Devil' Algernon Blackwood - 'The Willows"Bora Chung - 'The Midnight Timetable' Stephen King - 'Thinner'Andrew Michael Hurley - 'Saltwash' Mariana Enriquez - 'Things We Lost In The Fire'Oyinkan Braithwaite - 'Cursed Daughters' Vikram Paralkar - 'Night Theatre'Thomas Olde Heuvelt - 'Darker Days' Stephen King - "Pet Sematary'
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