World Book Club Episodes Episode guide
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Anuk Arudpragasam: A Passage North
A young Sri Lankan contemplates the horrifying aftermath of his country鈥檚 civil war
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Sunjeev Sahota - The Year of the Runaways
A group of young Indians desperately seek a better life for themselves in Sheffield.
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Tahmima Anam: A Golden Age
Passion, revolution and heroism against the backdrop of Bangladeshi War of Independence
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Brit Bennett: The Vanishing Half
American writer Brit Bennett talks about her unputdownable novel, The Vanishing Half.
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Ben Lerner: Leaving the Atocha Station
Searingly funny coming-of-age novel set in Madrid
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Yaa Gyasi: 成人快手going
The devastating legacy of slavery confronted through one family through the generations
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Mohsin Hamid: Exit West
Mohsin Hamid's profound meditation on love, hope and the psychology of exile
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World Book Cafe: Brooklyn
World Book Caf茅, the programme where writers reveal the secrets of their home cities
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Jennifer Egan: A Visit from the Goon Squad
Jennifer Egan answers audience questions about A Visit from the Goon Squad
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Bryan Washington: Memorial
A portrait of an edgy gay relationship seen from both men鈥檚 point of view.
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NoViolet Bulawayo: We Need New Names
Ten-year-old Darling from Zimbabwe has a choice: it's down or out
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Kiley Reid: Such a Fun Age
A carefully observed study of class and race, and biting portrait of white urban affluence
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Isabel Allende: Eva Luna
In Eva Luna, an orphaned girl tells stories to survive mid-century South America
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Naoise Dolan: Exciting Times
Irish writer Naoise Dolan talks about her dazzling novel Exciting Times
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Monique Roffey: The Mermaid of Black Conch
Harriett Gilbert talks to the award-winning Trinidadian-British author Monique Roffey
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Burhan S枚nmez: Istanbul, Istanbul
A powerfully political and intensely personal story of modern Turkish life
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Wole Soyinka
Nobel Prize-winner Wole Soyinka discusses English PEN centenary and his new novel.
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Maylis De Kerangal: Mend the Living
Award-winning French writer Maylis de Kerangal talks about her novel Mend the Living
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Crime and Punishment: Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Damnation and redemption in 19th Century St Petersburg
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Jane Harper: The Dry
Australian author Jane Harper talks about her internationally garlanded thriller The Dry.
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Manu Joseph: Serious Men
Manu Joseph discusses Serious Men, a satirical portrait of contemporary Indian society
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Louise Penny: Still Life
Award-winning murder mystery set in rural Quebec from Canada鈥檚 queen of crime-writing
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Robert Seethaler: A Whole Life
A mesmerizing tale of the beauty and harshness of a lonely life in the mountains
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Tsitsi Dangarembga: Nervous Conditions
Tsitsi Dangarembga talks about her coming-of-age novel Nervous Conditions
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Bill Bryson: Notes from a Small Island
Amusing and affectionate portrait of the island nation Bill Bryson proudly calls home
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Sj贸n - Moonstone: The Boy Who Never Was
Sj贸n answers questions from readers about his novel Moonstone: The Boy Who Never Was.
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Yaa Gyasi: 成人快手going
We discuss the prize-winning novel 成人快手going with its acclaimed Ghanaian author Yaa Gyasi
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Yiyun Li: The Vagrants
We talk to acclaimed Chinese author Yiyun Li about her harrowing debut novel The Vagrants
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Ali Smith: How to Be Both
We discuss the novel How to Be Both with its acclaimed British author Ali Smith
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Elizabeth Strout: Olive Kitteridge
Harriett Gilbert talks to the world-renowned American author Elizabeth Strout
