Series One (2020) Sara Cox talks to
guest stars about their favourite books as well as a book of the week pick from
2020, and a book written by one of the guests. These books are:
Book of the Week Pick (From 2020) •
The Midnight Library by
Matt Haig •
Love After Love by
Ingrid Persaud •
Fifty-Fifty by Steve Cavanagh •
This Lovely City by Louise Hare •
Small Pleasures by
Clare Chambers •
Love in Colour: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold by
Bolu Babalola •
The Devil and the Dark Water by
Stuart Turton Book Written By a Guest •
Sex Power Money (
2019) by
Sara Pascoe •
The Thursday Murder Club (
2020) by
Richard Osman •
Love and Other Thought Experiments (
2020) by
Sophie Ward •
To Be a Gay Man (
2020) by
Will Young •
Just Ignore Him (
2020) by
Alan Davies •
The Corner Shop (
2019) by
Babita Sharma •
Home Stretch (
2020) by
Graham Norton Series Two (2021) Sara Cox talks to
guest stars about their favourite books as well as a book recently published in
2021, and a popular book from
2020. These books are:
2021 •
The Fine Art of Invisible Detection by
Robert Goddard •
Should We Fall Behind by Sharon Duggal •
Sixteen Horses by
Greg Buchanan •
Another Life by Jodie Chapman •
The Last House on Needless Street by
Catriona Ward •
The Frequency of Us by Keith Stuart
2020 •
The Vanishing Half by
Brit Bennett •
The Lying Life of Adults by
Elena Ferrante •
The Girl with the Louding Voice by
Abi Daré •
Agent Running in the Field by
John le Carré •
Hamnet by
Maggie O’Farrell •
Shuggie Bain by
Douglas Stuart Series Three (2021) Sara Cox talks to
guest stars about their favourite books as well as a new book from
2021 and a
Booker Prize backlist gem. These books are:
2021 •
Sorrow And Bliss by
Meg Mason •
The Coward by
Jarred McGinnis •
Still Life by
Sarah Winman •
Ascension by Oliver Harris •
Small Things Like These by
Claire Keegan •
Sankofa by
Chibundu Onuzo Booker Prize backlist gems •
Good Behaviour (
1981) by
Molly Keane •
The Bookshop (
1978) by
Penelope Fitzgerald •
Exit West (
2017) by
Mohsin Hamid •
The Garden of Evening Mists (
2011) by
Tan Twan Eng •
Fingersmith (
2002) by
Sarah Waters •
The Secret Scripture (
2008) by
Sebastian Barry Series Four (2022) Sara Cox talks to
guest stars about their favourite books as well as a new book from
2022 and a book from the
Big Jubilee Read. These books are:
2022 •
People Person by
Candice Carty-Williams •
Two Storm Wood by Philip Gray •
Lessons In Chemistry by
Bonnie Garmus •
Love Marriage by
Monica Ali •
Metronome by Tom Watson •
Exactly What You Mean by Ben Hinshaw • ''The Dictator's Wife'' by Freya Berry
Big Jubilee Read •
The English Patient (
1992) by
Michael Ondaatje •
The Lonely Londoners (
1956) by
Sam Selvon •
Arrow Of God (
1964) by
Chinua Achebe • ''
The Handmaid's Tale'' (
1985) by
Margaret Atwood •
The Secret River (
2005) by
Kate Grenville •
The Night Tiger (
2019) by
Yangsze Choo •
The Crow Eaters (
1978) by
Bapsi Sidhwa Series Five (2022) Sara Cox talks to
guest stars about their favourite books as well as a new book from
2022 and one from the
Booker Prize back catalogue. These books are:
2022 •
The Perfect Golden Circle by
Benjamin Myers •
The Second Sight of Zachary Cloudesley by Sean Lusk •
Sometimes People Die by
Simon Stephenson •
The Night Ship by Jess Kidd •
Take My Hand by
Dolen Perkins-Valdez •
The Dance Tree by
Kiran Millwood Hargrave Booker Prize •
Cloud Atlas (
2004) by
David Mitchell •
Snap (
2018) by
Belinda Bauer •
The Long Song (
2010) by
Andrea Levy •
The Remains of the Day (
1989) by
Kazuo Ishiguro •
Moon Tiger (
1987) by
Penelope Lively •
Us (
2014) by
David Nicholls Series Six (2023) Sara Cox talks to
guest stars about their favourite books as well as a new book from
2023 and a book set in Europe to celebrate Eurovision.
2023 •
In the Blink of an Eye by Jo Callaghan •
The Space Between Us by
Doug Johnstone •
Weyward by
Emilia Hart •
Strange Sally Diamond by
Liz Nugent •
Hungry Ghosts by
Kevin Jared Hosein • ''Old God's Time'' by
Sebastian Barry Eurovision-inspired book •
Burial Rites (
2013) by
Hannah Kent •
Lullaby (
2016) by
Leïla Slimani •
Death and the Penguin (
1996) by
Andrey Kurkov •
The Summer Book (
1972) by
Tove Jansson • ''
I'm Not Scared'' (
2001) by
Niccolò Ammaniti •
My Family and Other Animals (
1956) by
Gerald Durrell Series Seven (2023) Sara Cox talks to
guest stars about their favourite books as well as a new book from
2023 and a classic from the
Booker back catalogue.
2023 •
The Seventh Son by
Sebastian Faulks •
The Square of Sevens by Laura Shepherd-Robinson •
Remember, Mr Sharma by A. P. Firdaus •
Falling Animals by Sheila Armstrong •
Devil’s Breath by Jill Johnson •
The Unspeakable Acts of Zina Pavlou by Eleni Kyriacou
Booker Prize •
The God of Small Things (
1997) by
Arundhati Roy •
Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha (
1993) by
Roddy Doyle •
The Light of Day (
2003) by
Graham Swift •
My Sister, the Serial Killer (
2019) by
Oyinkan Braithwaite •
Any Human Heart (
2002) by
William Boyd •
Redhead by the Side of the Road (
2020) by
Anne Tyler Series Eight (2024) Sara Cox talks to
guest stars about their favourite books as well as a book of the week pick from
2024.
2024 •
All the Colours of the Dark by
Chris Whitaker •
Glorious Exploits by
Ferdia Lennon •
There are Rivers in the Sky by
Elif Shafak •
Butter by
Asako Yuzuki •
Whale Fall by
Elizabeth O'Connor •
The Kellerby Code by
Jonny Sweet == Cancellation==