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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Signup to Generate a PitchThe 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.
Recent episodes include "'Contrapposto' by Dave Eggers" (19 October 2026, 17 minutes), "The best books we've ever read" (13 October 2026, 23 minutes), and "Marian Keyes celebrates The National Year of Reading" (6 October 2026, 11 minutes).
The Radio 2 Book Club publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 19 minutes across 104 episodes.
Booking probability for The Radio 2 Book Club is 34%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Radio 2 Book Club requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The Radio 2 Book Club's contact route on record: verified email.
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The Radio 2 Book Club
Author, publisher and Pulitzer Prize finalist, Dave Eggers, joins Sara for a chat about his new novel 'Contrapposto'. They discuss his inspirations for the story, his fascination with the art world - and - how Dave...
The Radio 2 Book Club
As part of Radio 2's Book Week celebrations, Sara Cox asked a whole host of comedians, actors, authors - and Radio 2 Presenters - to share their favourite books and tell us why they love them so much. Here's our list of...
The Radio 2 Book Club
Marian Keyes is a huge champion of books and reading - so who better to help us celebrate Book Week on Radio 2! She chats to Sara about the joys of books and gives some great tips on how to get back into reading, if...
The Radio 2 Book Club
Bestselling author, Donal Ryan, joins Sara in the Book Club to chat about his new novel, "Where Are The Kings". He reveals what inspired this book and why he very nearly didn't write it at all. There are lots of...
The Radio 2 Book Club
The Queen Of Crime - Val McDermid - and winner of our Radio 2 Book Club Award - Roisin O'Donnell - join Sara for some good ole book chat. Sara hosts this very special edition of the Radio 2 Book Club from the BBC Sounds...
The Radio 2 Book Club
Sara welcomes international bestselling author Robert Harris to the Book Club. This is Robert's FIFTH time on the Radio 2 Book Club, making his the author with the most appearances to date! They discuss 'Agrippa', his...
The Radio 2 Book Club
Author Simon Wroe joins Sara for a chat about his new novel, 'Ghost Month'. They discuss ghosts and spirits and the inspirations behind this story. The novel is set in London and told from four different character...
The Radio 2 Book Club
Debut author, Max Doty, joins Sara for a natter about his horror novel 'The House That Eats The Dead'. They discuss his love of the genre, the inspiration for this story (spoiler alert, his wife sparked the idea!) and...
The Radio 2 Book Club
Author Frances Quinn joins Sara in the studio to discuss her new novel, 'The Scandalous Ladies Football Club'. They chat about the real-life inspiration behind the story, how she nearly gave up writing the whole thing...
The Radio 2 Book Club
In this bumper episode of the Radio 2 Book Club, Jeremy Vine visits the Theakston Old Peculiar Crime Writing Festival in Harrogate. It's the world's largest crime writing festival, which welcomed over 20,000 crime...
The Radio 2 Book Club
Collette Lyons and Paul Vlitos (aka Ellery Lloyd) join Sara for a natter about their new novel, 'Time To Burn'. Paul and Collette not only write together, but are married too - and Sara has A LOT of questions! Their new...
The Radio 2 Book Club
Sara heads to Sheffield, for the Crossed Wires Festival, to speak with international bestselling author Lisa Jewell, in front of a live audience. Lisa chats about her new thriller, 'It Could Have Been Her', as well as...
The Radio 2 Book Club
Fantasy author Sunyi Dean joins Sara for the Book Club, to chat about her new novel and the inspirations behind it. They chat about Hong Kong, myths, legends, ghosts and dim sum! We also hear a clip from the audiobook...
The Radio 2 Book Club
<p>Emily Howes returns to the Radio 2 Book Club to discuss her new novel, Mrs Dickens; a fictional story about the life of Kate Hogarth - who was married to the author Charles Dickens for 22 years. </p><p>Sara chats to...
The Radio 2 Book Club
<p>Sara welcomes international bestselling author, Douglas Stuart, to the Book Club. </p><p>They discuss his beautiful new novel - John Of John - and his inspirations behind the story. Douglas tells Sara about his epic...
The Radio 2 Book Club
<p>Superstar librarian, Stella Hine, joins Sara for a chat about this year's Carnegie Awards (the UK's longest-running children's book awards)</p><p>She also shares her top five reads of the year (so far) which is a...
The Radio 2 Book Club
<p>Debut novelist Jo Murray joins Sara for a natter about her crime thriller 'Dissection Of A Murder' </p><p>Jo was a criminal barrister for many years before leaving the profession to spend more time with family and to...
The Radio 2 Book Club
<p>Jeremy Vine goes backstage at The British Book Awards ('The Nibbies') to speak with the great and the good of the book industry, including: Sir Tony Robinson, Michael Rosen, MC Grammar, Steph McGovern, Matt Cain...
The Radio 2 Book Club
<p>Author and illustrator, Lizzy Stewart, joins Sara in the Book Club to chat about her new illustrated novel, 'The Wreck'. </p><p>They talk about her writing (and drawing) routine, Eric Ravilious as an inspiration, 90s...
The Radio 2 Book Club
<p>Sara presents a special edition of the Radio 2 Book, celebrating all things comics, with a trip to Phoenix Fest in Oxford. </p><p>This two-day festival showcases some of the biggest names in the world of comic books...
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