The Radio 2 Book Club

BBC Radio 2 100 - 'Agrippa' by Robert Harris

The Radio 2 Book club celebrates the best in new fiction and recommends great reads. Sara will be interviewing top authors about their latest novels, and she’ll be catching up with librarians and reading groups from across the UK. Whether you’re after a summer blockbuster, a twist-filled thriller, or want to curl up with a heart-warming love story, Sara has you covered!

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The Radio 2 Book Club

Episodes

'Agrippa' by Robert Harris

'Ghost Month' by Simon Wroe

Superstar Librarian - Evie Loy O'Neill - picks her Top Five Reads of the Year

'The House That Eats The Dead' by Max Doty

'The Scandalous Ladies Football Club' by Frances Quinn

A Crime Fiction Special: with David Baldacci, Anthony Horowitz, Ann Cleeves, Vaseem Khan and many more

'Time To Burn' by Ellery Lloyd

'The Leveret' by Anna Goldreich

Lisa Jewell (live from the Crossed Wires Festival)

'The Girl With A Thousand Faces' by Sunyi Dean

'Mrs Dickens' by Emily Howes

'John Of John' by Douglas Stuart

The Carnegies 2026

'Dissection Of A Murder' by Jo Murray

The Radio 2 Book Club Award

'The Wreck' by Lizzy Stewart

A Comic Book Celebration - with Jamie Smart, Neill Cameron, Jess Bradley and more

Celebrating Fairy Tales - with Dr Sharon Blackie

'Yesteryear' by Caro Claire Burke

'Love Lane' by Patrick Gale

'Under Water' by Tara Menon

Superstar Librarian Maggie Ross

'This Story Might Save Your Life' by Tiffany Crum

'Minbak' by Ela Lee

Jamie Smart joins us for World Book Day!

The Royal Library at Windsor Castle (celebrating 500 Words)

'Saoirse' by Charleen Hurtubise

Harriet Tyce on her new novel 'Witch Trial' (and The Traitors)

'The Keeper Of Lost Children' by Sadeqa Johnson

Cressida Cowell on the joy of reading

'This Book Made Me Think Of You' by Libby Page

Superstar Librarian Phoenix Cooper shares their Top Five Reads Of The Year (well, 2025)

'The Poet Empress' by Shen Tao

Superstar librarian Louisa Steel picks her Top Five Reads Of The Year

The White Octopus Hotel by Alexandra Bell

Celebrating Jane Austen

'The Merge' by Grace Walker

The Radio 2 Book Club Christmas Special

Superstar Librarian, Karen McPherson, shares her Top Five Reads of the Year

'The Shapeshifter's Daughter' by Sally Magnusson

'King Sorrow' by Joe Hill

'The Eleventh Hour' by Salman Rushdie

Halloween Special

'The Murder At World's End' by Ross Montgomery

Superstar librarian Kelly Greenwood picks her Top Five Reads Of The Year

'Artificial Wisdom' by Thomas R. Weaver

Maggie O'Farrell on Writing

A 500 Words Special: with Charlie Higson

'A Splintering' by Dur e Aziz Amna

Dawn O'Porter (recorded at Radio 2 In The Park)