The Radio 2 Book Club on Simon Mayo’s Drivetime show celebrates the best of new fiction, and we’re delighted to have been working with the BBC on the Radio 2 Book Club since 2013.
Our reading panel, made up of staff from public libraries and The Reading Agency, helps select the chosen titles from a huge number of books that are put forward by publishers.
So far this year, we’ve helped Radio 2 choose 12 brilliant books by great authors, from household names to the hottest new talent.
Here are the books that have been featured this year – let us know what you think.
• The Good Liar by Nicholas Searle (Viking)
• Coffin Road by Peter May (Quercus)
• Exposure by Helen Dunmore (Hutchinson)
• Freya by Anthony Quinn (Jonathan Cape)
• The Poison Artist by Jonathan Moore (Orion)
• How to Look for a Lost Dog by Ann M Martin (Usborne)
• Everyone Brave is Forgiven by Chris Cleave (Sceptre)
• Shtum by Jem Lester (Orion)
• This Must be the Place by Maggie O’Farrell (Tinder Press)
• My Name is Leon by Kit De Waal (Viking)
• The End of the World Running Club by Adrian J Walker (Del Rey)
• False Hearts by Laura Lam (Macmillan)
Get involved
Which of the Radio 2 Book Club titles have you read? Which was your favourite, and who do you think gave the best interview with Simon Mayo? Share your thoughts on Twitter using #R2BookClub or click on any title above to leave a review and see what other readers thought.
Keep checking back on Reading Groups for Everyone to find out about the latest Radio 2 Book Club titles as they are announced – you can get exclusive extracts, discussion questions, information about the books and authors, and even win sets of books for your reading group!
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Missed some of the shows? Take a look at BBC iPlayer and see what’s on catch up. Want to get more involved? Apply to become a Radio 2 Book Club reviewer and you might be featured on air!
