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The Radio 2 Book Club

Sara Cox celebrates the best in new fiction, with author interviews and listener reviews from across the UK.

Radio 2,66 episodes

Episodes

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The Carnegies 2025!
Sara welcomes head judge of The Carnegies, Ros Harding, to the Radio 2 Book Club
03 Jun 2025,9 mins
'Bury Our Bones In The Midnight Soil' by V.E. Schwab
Sara welcomes author VE Schwab back to the Book Club to discuss her new novel.
27 May 2025,18 mins
Superstar Librarian Luke shares his Top Five Reads
Sara welcomes one of our Superstar Librarians to share their Top Five Reads of the year
20 May 2025,12 mins
'The Book Of Guilt' by Catherine Chidgey
Author Catherine Chidgey s Sara for a chat about her eerie new novel.
13 May 2025,15 mins
Listener Reviewer Stef Loughrey
Sara welcomes listener Stef to the podcast, to give us her Top Five Reads of the year!
06 May 2025,15 mins
'The Correspondent' by Virginia Evans
Sara welcomes author Virginia Evans to the podcast to discuss her new novel
29 Apr 2025,16 mins
Superstar librarian, Becki Pritchard, shares her Top Five Reads
Sara welcomes librarian Becki Pritchard to the pod to share some of her recommendations
22 Apr 2025,14 mins
'Ordinary Saints' by Niamh Ni Mhaoileoin
Sara welcomes debut authore Niamh Ni Mhaoileoin to the Radio 2 Book Club
15 Apr 2025,19 mins
Clare Kenney's Top Five Reads
Sara welcomes listener Clare Kenney to the Book Club, to share some recommendations.
08 Apr 2025,13 mins
'Who Wants To Live Forever' by Hanna Thomas Uose
Sara welcomes debut novelist, Hanna Thomas Uose, to the Radio 2 Book Club.
01 Apr 2025,17 mins
'Fundamentally' by Nussaibah Younis
Debut novelist Nussaibah Younis s Sara for a natter.
18 Mar 2025,14 mins
The Favourites by Layne Fargo
Sara welcomes Layne Fargo to the pod to discuss her brilliant new novel.
11 Mar 2025,13 mins
A World Book Day Special: with Stephen Mangan
Author and actor Stephen Mangan s Sara for a chat and faces our Junior Book Reviewers
05 Mar 2025,36 mins
Listener Reviewer, Rebecca, gives us her Top Five Reads
Sara welcomes listener Rebecca Chalmers to the Book Club to give us some recommendations.
25 Feb 2025,12 mins
Seth Insua discusses his debut novel, "Human, Animal"
Sara welcomes debut author Seth Insua to the Radio 2 Book Club
18 Feb 2025,13 mins
Listener Reviewer: Harriet Thomas
Sara welcomes listener Harriet Thomas to tell us about her Top Five Reads of the year.
11 Feb 2025,19 mins
Sara welcomes debut novelist Roisin O'Donnell to the Radio 2 Book Club to talk about 'Nesting'
Debut novelist Roisin O'Donnell s Sara in the Book Club
05 Feb 2025,19 mins
Sara is ed by listener reviewer Fiona Buckland, who gives us her Top 5 Reads of the Year (well, 2024)
Today's episode is all about recommendations
28 Jan 2025,10 mins
Author Asia Mackay talks about 'A Serial Killer's Guide To Marriage'
Sara welcomes author Asia Mackay to the Radio 2 Book Club.
21 Jan 2025,20 mins
The Radio 2 Book Club Christmas Special
Sara invites fellow Radio 2 presenters to share what they'll be reading this Christmas.
17 Dec 2024,11 mins
Author Marjan Kamali discusses her new novel 'The Lion Women Of Tehran'
Sara welcomes bestselling author Marjan Kamali to the Radio 2 Book Club!
10 Dec 2024,18 mins
Bestselling author Niall Williams s Sara for a chat about his new novel, 'Time Of The Child'
Sara welcomes Niall Williams to the Radio 2 Book Club to chat about his new novel.
02 Dec 2024,18 mins
Alan Murrin, Rufi Thorpe and Kaliane Bradley discuss their new novels
Sara welcomes authors Alan Murrin, Rufi Thorpe and Kaliane Bradley to the Book Club.
26 Nov 2024,32 mins
Pulitzer Prize winning author, Richard Powers, s Sara for the Book Club
Sara welcomes Richard Powers to the Radio 2 Book Club to discuss his novel, 'Playground'
19 Nov 2024,14 mins
Abir Mukherjee, Marian Keyes and Percival Everett
Sara shines a light on some of the books we have loved reading recently.
13 Nov 2024,32 mins
Kathleen Glasgow discusses ‘The Glass Girl’
Sara welcomes bestselling YA author Kathleen Glasgow to the Book Club.
18 mins
David Nicholls, Helen Heckety and Amor Towles discuss their latest books
Sara welcomes three brilliant authors to the Radio 2 Book Club.
29 Oct 2024,31 mins
The Radio 2 Book Club with C.J. Cooke
Sara welcomes gothic fiction author, C.J. Cooke to the Radio 2 Book Club
22 Oct 2024,13 mins
Sara Cox welcomes Robert Harris, Benjamin Myers and Sally Smith to the Book Club!
Sara Cox welcomes Robert Harris, Benjamin Myers and Sally Smith to the Book Club!
15 Oct 2024,21 mins
The Radio 2 Book Club is back! With Sara Cox at the helm...
Sara welcomes Booker Prize winning author, Alan Hollinghurst, to The Radio 2 Book Club
08 Oct 2024,15 mins