All Episodes

The Radio 2 Book Club Award

'The Wreck' by Lizzy Stewart

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

Celebrating Fairy Tales - with Dr Sharon Blackie

'Yesteryear' by Caro Claire Burke

'Love Lane' by Patrick Gale

'Under Water' by Tara Menon

Superstar Librarian Maggie Ross

'This Story Might Save Your Life' by Tiffany Crum

'Minbak' by Ela Lee

Jamie Smart joins us for World Book Day!

The Royal Library at Windsor Castle (celebrating 500 Words)

'Saoirse' by Charleen Hurtubise

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

'The Keeper Of Lost Children' by Sadeqa Johnson

Cressida Cowell on the joy of reading

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

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

'The Poet Empress' by Shen Tao

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

The White Octopus Hotel by Alexandra Bell

Celebrating Jane Austen

'The Merge' by Grace Walker

The Radio 2 Book Club Christmas Special

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

'The Shapeshifter's Daughter' by Sally Magnusson

'King Sorrow' by Joe Hill

'The Eleventh Hour' by Salman Rushdie

Halloween Special

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

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

'Artificial Wisdom' by Thomas R. Weaver

Maggie O'Farrell on Writing

A 500 Words Special: with Charlie Higson

'A Splintering' by Dur e Aziz Amna

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

'The Two Roberts' by Damian Barr

'Katabasis' by R.F. Kuang

Listener reviewer Chantelle picks her Top Five Books of the year

'Dead Lucky' by Connor Hutchinson

A Summer Reads Special (with Simon Savidge)

'The Compound' by Aisling Rawle

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

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

'The Art Of A Lie' by Laura Shepherd Robinson

Celebrating Pride Month: with the Queer Girls Book Club

'Atmosphere' by Taylor Jenkins Reid

'The Rush' by Beth Lewis

The Carnegies 2025!

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

Superstar Librarian Luke shares his Top Five Reads

'The Book Of Guilt' by Catherine Chidgey

Listener Reviewer Stef Loughrey

'The Correspondent' by Virginia Evans

Superstar librarian, Becki Pritchard, shares her Top Five Reads

'Ordinary Saints' by Niamh Ni Mhaoileoin

Clare Kenney's Top Five Reads

'Who Wants To Live Forever' by Hanna Thomas Uose

'Fundamentally' by Nussaibah Younis

The Favourites by Layne Fargo

A World Book Day Special: with Stephen Mangan

Listener Reviewer, Rebecca, gives us her Top Five Reads

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

Listener Reviewer: Harriet Thomas

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

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

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

The Radio 2 Book Club Christmas Special

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

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

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

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

Abir Mukherjee, Marian Keyes and Percival Everett

Kathleen Glasgow discusses ‘The Glass Girl’

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

The Radio 2 Book Club with C.J. Cooke

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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