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World Book Club Episodes

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    Elizabeth Gilbert: Eat, Pray, Love

    Elizabeth Gilbert talks about her phenomenally successful novel Eat, Pray, Love

  2. Leila Aboulela - Minaret

    Harriet Gilbert talks to Sudanese writer Leila Aboulela about her novel Minaret.

  3. Jonathan Franzen - Freedom

    Epic of contemporary love and marriage capturing the temptations and burdens of liberty

  4. Deborah Moggach - Tulip Fever

    A richly imagined historic tale of art, beauty,lust and greed in.1630s Amsterdam.

  5. Andrey Kurkov - Death and the Penguin

    Ukrainian author Andrey Kurkov discusses his novel Death and the Penguin

  6. Jeanette Winterson - Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

    Jeanette Winterson discusses her novel Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

  7. Mark Haddon - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time

    Mark Haddon on his best-selling novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time

  8. Yasmina Khadra - The Swallows of Kabul

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

  9. Marian Keyes - Rachel's Holiday

    Irish author Marian Keyes discusses her novel Rachel's Holiday

  10. Guenter Grass - The Tin Drum

    Another chance to hear Guenter Grass discuss The Tin Drum

  11. JD Salinger - The Catcher In The Rye

    A discussion recorded in the fabled Algonquin Hotel, New York

  12. Anne Tyler

    Pulitzer-Prize winning novelist Anne Tyler on her novel Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant

  13. William Gibson

    William Gibson discusses his influencial science fiction novel Neuromancer

  14. Daniel Kehlmann

    Daniel Kehlmann talks about his internationally acclaimed novel Measuring the World

  15. Marilynne Robinson

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

  16. Herman Koch

    Dutch writer Herman Koch on his bestselling novel The Dinner

  17. Kathy Reichs - Deja Dead

    Forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan in most successful crime novel debut ever

  18. Pat Barker - Regeneration

    The author discusses the psychological impact of World War I

  19. Janice Galloway

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

  20. Jostein Gaarder

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

  21. Per Petterson

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

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

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

  23. Harlan Coben

    Best-selling writer Harlan Coben on his thriller Six Years

  24. Malorie Blackman: Noughts and Crosses

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

  25. Elif Shafak - The Forty Rules of Love

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

  26. Christos Tsiolkas

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

  27. Pat Barker

    Harriett Gilbert talks to Pat Barker about her classic novel Regeneration

  28. Brian Aldiss

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

  29. Doris Lessing

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

  30. Albert Camus - The Outsider

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

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