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Junot Diaz: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Dominican-American writer Junot Diaz on his novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Celeste Ng: Everything I Never Told You
Celeste Ng discusses her bestsellling novel Everything I Never Told You
Sarah Waters: Tipping the Velvet
Harriett Gilbert talks to British writer Sarah Waters about her novel, Tipping the Velvet
Amy Bloom: Away
Writer Amy Bloom's novel, Away, is a searing tale of migration, exile, and motherhood
Anuradha Roy: An Atlas of Impossible Longing
Indian writer Anuradha Roy discusses her much-loved novel, An Atlas of Impossible Longing
Hilary Mantel: Bring Up the Bodies
World Book Club discusses Bring Up the Bodies with Man Booker prize-winner Hilary Mantel
James Ellroy - American Tabloid
American Tabloid exposes the underbelly of a country on the brink of Kennedy's golden age
Kate Atkinson: Life After Life
Kate Atkinson discusses her celebrated novel Life After Life
Lijia Zhang: Lotus
In Beijing discussing Lotus, about a migrant worker who ends up a prostitute in Shenzen
Chan Koonchung - The Fat Years
Chan Koonchung s the World Book Club to discuss his dystopian novel The Fat Years
Lee Child - Killing Floor
Leading thriller writer Lee Child discusses Killing Floor and its hero Jack Reacher
JoJo Moyes - Me Before You
JoJo Moyes discusses her wildly popular novel Me Before You
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o - A Grain of Wheat
A special edition from Nairobi University's bustling bookshop, where Ngugi was a director.
Tessa Hadley - The Past
British author Tessa Hadley talks to Harriett Gilbert about her award-winning novel.
Donna Leon - Death at La Fenice
Donna Leon discusses her celebrated novel Death at La Fenice.
Siri Hustvedt - What I Loved
Award-winning writer Siri Hustvedt discusses her novel What I Loved with the WBC audience.
Andrea Levy - Small Island
Another chance to hear Andrea Levy talking about her prize-winning novel Small Island.
Chigozie Obioma - The Fishermen
Acclaimed Nigerian writer Chigozie Obioma talks about his novel The Fishermen
Ann Cleeves - Raven Black
Ann Cleeves discusses her novel Raven Black with Harriett Gilbert and the WBC audience
Héctor Abad - Oblivion
A tribute to the author's father who was murdered by Columbian paramilitaries in 1987
David Nicholls - Us
David Nicholls talks about his internationally successful novel 'Us'.
Jenny Erpenbeck - Visitation
The horrors of twentieth century filtered through the beauty of one house
Naomi Alderman - The Power
A speculative fiction imagining women and a new ‘power’ helps them take over the world
Petina Gappah - The Book of Memory
A Zimbabwean woman charged with murdering her adoptive father awaits her execution
Leïla Slimani - Lullaby
An acclaimed French thriller which probes at the fault lines of gender, class and race
Fatima Bhutto - The Shadow of the Crescent Moon
Five young Pakistani men and women try to live and love in a world on fire
Hilary Mantel - Bring Up the Bodies
The rise and fall of Cromwell, the most powerful minister in the court of King Henry VIII
Deborah Levy - Hot Milk
A hypnotic tale of female sexuality set with the lush backdrop of southern Spain
Bernardine Evaristo: Girl, Woman, Other
A novel that offers an unforgettable insight into life in today’s multi-cultural Britain
Helen Garner: The Spare Room
Friendship, caring, nursing and anger in a short, fierce novel from Australia
Elizabeth Strout: Olive Kitteridge
Harriett Gilbert talks to the world-renowned American author Elizabeth Strout
