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All Episodes

The Radio 2 Book Club — 92 episodes

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1

Lisa Jewell (live from the Crossed Wires Festival)

2

'The Girl With A Thousand Faces' by Sunyi Dean

3

'Mrs Dickens' by Emily Howes

4

'John Of John' by Douglas Stuart

5

The Carnegies 2026

6

'Dissection Of A Murder' by Jo Murray

7

The Radio 2 Book Club Award

8

'The Wreck' by Lizzy Stewart

9

A Comic Book Celebration - with Jamie Smart, Neill Cameron, Jess Bradley and more

10

Celebrating Fairy Tales - with Dr Sharon Blackie

11

'Yesteryear' by Caro Claire Burke

12

'Love Lane' by Patrick Gale

13

'Under Water' by Tara Menon

14

Superstar Librarian Maggie Ross

15

'This Story Might Save Your Life' by Tiffany Crum

16

'Minbak' by Ela Lee

17

Jamie Smart joins us for World Book Day!

18

The Royal Library at Windsor Castle (celebrating 500 Words)

19

'Saoirse' by Charleen Hurtubise

20

Harriet Tyce on her new novel 'Witch Trial' (and The Traitors)

21

'The Keeper Of Lost Children' by Sadeqa Johnson

22

Cressida Cowell on the joy of reading

23

'This Book Made Me Think Of You' by Libby Page

24

Superstar Librarian Phoenix Cooper shares their Top Five Reads Of The Year (well, 2025)

25

'The Poet Empress' by Shen Tao

26

Superstar librarian Louisa Steel picks her Top Five Reads Of The Year

27

The White Octopus Hotel by Alexandra Bell

28

Celebrating Jane Austen

29

'The Merge' by Grace Walker

30

The Radio 2 Book Club Christmas Special

31

Superstar Librarian, Karen McPherson, shares her Top Five Reads of the Year

32

'The Shapeshifter's Daughter' by Sally Magnusson

33

'King Sorrow' by Joe Hill

34

'The Eleventh Hour' by Salman Rushdie

35

Halloween Special

36

'The Murder At World's End' by Ross Montgomery

37

Superstar librarian Kelly Greenwood picks her Top Five Reads Of The Year

38

'Artificial Wisdom' by Thomas R. Weaver

39

Maggie O'Farrell on Writing

40

A 500 Words Special: with Charlie Higson

41

'A Splintering' by Dur e Aziz Amna

42

Dawn O'Porter (recorded at Radio 2 In The Park)

43

'The Two Roberts' by Damian Barr

44

'Katabasis' by R.F. Kuang

45

Listener reviewer Chantelle picks her Top Five Books of the year

46

'Dead Lucky' by Connor Hutchinson

47

A Summer Reads Special (with Simon Savidge)

48

'The Compound' by Aisling Rawle

49

Lee Child, Kate Mosse, Abir Mukherjee and more join Jeremy Vine for a crime fiction special

50

Listener reviewer Rose picks her Top Five Reads of the year so far

51

'The Art Of A Lie' by Laura Shepherd Robinson

52

Celebrating Pride Month: with the Queer Girls Book Club

53

'Atmosphere' by Taylor Jenkins Reid

54

'The Rush' by Beth Lewis

55

The Carnegies 2025!

56

'Bury Our Bones In The Midnight Soil' by V.E. Schwab

57

Superstar Librarian Luke shares his Top Five Reads

58

'The Book Of Guilt' by Catherine Chidgey

59

Listener Reviewer Stef Loughrey

60

'The Correspondent' by Virginia Evans

61

Superstar librarian, Becki Pritchard, shares her Top Five Reads

62

'Ordinary Saints' by Niamh Ni Mhaoileoin

63

Clare Kenney's Top Five Reads

64

'Who Wants To Live Forever' by Hanna Thomas Uose

65

'Fundamentally' by Nussaibah Younis

66

The Favourites by Layne Fargo

67

A World Book Day Special: with Stephen Mangan

68

Listener Reviewer, Rebecca, gives us her Top Five Reads

69

Seth Insua discusses his debut novel, "Human, Animal"

70

Listener Reviewer: Harriet Thomas

71

Sara welcomes debut novelist Roisin O'Donnell to the Radio 2 Book Club to talk about 'Nesting'

72

Sara is joined by listener reviewer Fiona Buckland, who gives us her Top 5 Reads of the Year (well, 2024)

73

Author Asia Mackay talks about 'A Serial Killer's Guide To Marriage'

74

The Radio 2 Book Club Christmas Special

75

Author Marjan Kamali discusses her new novel 'The Lion Women Of Tehran'

76

Bestselling author Niall Williams joins Sara for a chat about his new novel, 'Time Of The Child'

77

Alan Murrin, Rufi Thorpe and Kaliane Bradley discuss their new novels

78

Pulitzer Prize winning author, Richard Powers, joins Sara for the Book Club

79

Abir Mukherjee, Marian Keyes and Percival Everett

80

Kathleen Glasgow discusses ‘The Glass Girl’

81

David Nicholls, Helen Heckety and Amor Towles discuss their latest books

82

The Radio 2 Book Club with C.J. Cooke

83

Sara Cox welcomes Robert Harris, Benjamin Myers and Sally Smith to the Book Club!

84

The Radio 2 Book Club is back! With Sara Cox at the helm...

85

Zoe chats to debut author Vanessa Chan about her brilliant new novel, The Storm We Made

86

Zoe welcomes bestselling author, Katherine Howe, to the Book Club to discuss her new pirate novel.

87

Zoe welcomes author and screenwriter, Femi Kayode, to the Radio 2 Book Club

88

International bestselling author and screenwriter, Terry Hayes, joins Zoe for a natter about his new novel

89

Zoe talks to Superstar Librarian Sarah Davis, who recommends us some books

90

Author Caroline Bond joins Zoe in the Book Club to talk about her new novel

91

Zoe chats about Tana French, Bonnie Garmus and strong female characters

92

Librarian Pete Hughes discusses books by Patrick Gale, Andy Weir and Sally Rooney.