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The Graham Norton Book Club (Series 2)

By: Graham Norton
Narrated by: Graham Norton
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Sharing stories is one of life's greatest pleasures and that is at the heart of this book club. Our choices are varied, our opinions sometimes very different, but a passion for a tale well told unites us all.

- Graham Norton

Episodes
  • Ep 1: Val McDermid and Dave Grohl
    Oct 24 2021

    In the first of a brand-new series, Graham talks to best-selling ‘tartan noir’ doyenne, Val McDermid, about her latest novel, 1979 and our clubbers debate whether it was, in fact, a good year.

    Plus, Nirvana and Foo Fighters rock legend, Dave Grohl, reveals how he created and voiced his memoir, The Storyteller. All this and plenty more including a glimpse behind the Booker prize curtain and an insiders-guide to what’s trending on the book charts.

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    47 mins
  • Ep 2: Margaret Atwood and Derren Brown
    Oct 27 2021

    The Book Club entertains literary royalty as Margaret Atwood tells Graham about her Booker-nominated story of murder and madness, Alias Grace, and the clubbers pass judgement on whether it stands up in court. Master illusionist, Derren Brown, reveals some of his ‘secrets’ and, inspired by Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, Alex Clark guides us through three books who have staged impressive come-backs. All this plus which chart-toppers to watch.

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    48 mins
  • Ep 3: Naoise Dolan and Miriam Margolyes
    Nov 4 2021

    Our book of the week is Naoise Dolan’s smash hit debut, Exciting Times. Graham talks to her about creating this story of young, misguided love and our clubbers reveal if they’re excited about it or not.

    National treasure and storyteller extraordinaire, Miram Margolyes, shares some ‘truths’ about her life and Sara Collins proves that size doesn’t matter (when it comes to books).

    We’ve also got chart choices and plenty of other reviews and recommendations.

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    49 mins

Meet the co-presenters


Alex Clark
Alex is a journalist and broadcaster regularly seen in the pages of The Guardian, Observer and Times Literary Supplement and heard on BBC Radio 4’s Front Row and Open Book. She’s also a former Man Booker and Orwell Prize judge. She says, I’ve been a voracious reader since I was a young child, haunting the local library whenever I could. I vividly remember falling in love with books by a whole range of women novelists from George Eliot to Iris Murdoch to Toni Morrison to Jilly Cooper (Octavia! Imogen! Harriet!) when I was a teenager. I’ve never really looked back and one of my main occupations is building new bookshelves. Among my favourite current writers are Kazuo Ishiguro, Ali Smith, Maggie Nelson and Rachel Cusk. And I adore thrillers.

Sara Collins
Sara is the author of the critically acclaimed novel, The Confessions of Frannie Langton, winner of the 2019 Costa First Novel Award. She’s also a literary critic and broadcaster for a variety of outlets. She says, Since I was a tiny bookworm desperate to return one stack to the library and check out another, I’ve loved nothing more than reading books and talking about them, so this gig really is a dream come true. I fell in love with gothic novels as a teenager, which proved useful when, decades later, I wrote my own! Anything that holds itself out as a complicated psychological thriller, or has everyone talking about its 'unlikeable protagonist', is an automatic buy for me. But I balance this out through a healthy obsession with chick lit.

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Love Love Love!

Love the book club. started listening as was in need of inspiration and have binged all episodes!

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Even better than series 1

This is my favourite podcast. A really entertaining listen and lots of inspiration for new reads

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Love you Graham

I enjoy this podcast so much - it’s really refreshing to hear a group of people honestly dissect a recent book, whether or not they enjoyed it, when many other podcasts are too in thrall to the author to be able to give any genuine critiques (which is no fun for the listener!) Graham is charming as ever and Sara Collins’ input is always interesting and funny too.

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Graham + Books

Graham Norton and lots of nice people talking about books. What's not to love? A must for any Bookworm.

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I am delighted that Graham Norton's book club is b

What a delight to have the second series of the brilliant Graham Norton book club. I discovered so many new books and authors that I have since purchased and look forward to discovering more in this new series. Graham is relaxed, witty and knowledgeable, reviewers are diverse and interesting and the insight from the authors is fascinating. A great format, well done and thank you.

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Great listen

Very enjoyable and informative podcast. It is nice to hear about new audiobooks and other people opinions about books🙂

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Here's Hoping for Series 3

I love both series and it has led me to several books I wouldn't have read or listened to otherwise or even have heard of. The format works really well with club members giving honest opinions positive and negative. I really hope there will be further series in the future

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a wonderful find

I stumbled across this just as the second series was about to start.
Not only is this a wonderful listen; Norton is hugely entertaining and his love of reading shines through, but the books covered are great.
Yes, I have read or listened to several of the Clubbers' choices.

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Great podcast to inspire your reading

Very inspiring podcast. A very good mix of readers who all bring their own tastes to the club. All opinions and experiences of regular books and audiobooks are valid and valued, and had a giggle about of course.

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Always a joy!

I love Graham Norton's book club - please bring back another series! I've read so many books off the back of this, and love hearing about the books I've already read.

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