Audible Originals

The Graham Norton Book Club

Arts EN ↓ 31 episodes

Welcome to The Graham Norton Book Club where each week Graham talks to a top author, hears from a famous voice behind a brilliant audiobook, gets the best book recommends from his stellar co-presenters, Alex Clark and Sara Collins, weighs up the pros and cons of the book of the week with his passionate band of book clubbers and finds out what’s hot and what’s hotter in the book charts. If you like books, you’ll love this. Come and join the club.

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Ep 6: Saima Mir and Susannah Constantine 02.03.2023 49:44

Saima Mir’s The Khan has been hailed as the UK’s answer to The Godfather . Our clubbers decide if it’s an offer they can’t refuse, while Saima herself tells Graham about bringing to life a complex female crime boss and the close-knit community around her. Sara Collins has recommendations from other British Pakistani writers, and style guru Susannah Constantine lifts the lid on the saucy secrets of...

Ep 5: Michael Rosen (on Émile Zola) and Jay Shetty 23.02.2023 48:56

We venture into 19th century France with Émile Zola’s story of passion, poverty, and industrial action, Germinal. Author, broadcaster, former Children’s Laureate, and Zola expert, Michael Rosen, helps us look inside this incredible world. Podcaster, internet sensation, and life coach, Jay Shetty ( Think Like a Monk ), guides us through his new 8 Rules of Love. Alex Clark selects the créme de...

Ep 4: Julia Armfield and Richard Armitage & Nicola Walker 16.02.2023 46:46

Julia Armfield’s mixture of marine horror, love, loss and scaly skin, Our Wives Under the Sea , is our book this week. She tells Graham about the challenges of writing about six months in a submarine and our clubbers decide if they’re on the crest of a wave or plumbing the depths. Plus, Spooks partners Nicola Walker and Richard Armitage team up again to bring his own audiobook, Geneva , to life an...

Ep 3: Leila Mottley and Al Murray 09.02.2023 48:52

Youngest ever Booker prize nominee, Leila Mottley, wrote most of Nightcrawling , when she was just 17! Graham finds out how she did it and we discover if our clubbers love it as much as the judges (and Oprah) did. Plus, comedian Al Murray’s passion for World War II history has resulted in a book to Command our attention and Sara Collins is in prize-winning mood with another set of ‘first-class’ re...

Ep 2: David Baldacci and Konnie Huq 02.02.2023 46:46

Our book this week is best-seller David Baldacci’s Memory Man . The clubbers decide if they’ll never forget it or whether it’s just a blank - and former Blue Peter presenter and now children’s author, Konnie Huq, tells us about bringing her Fearless Fairytales to life. Alex Clark has books inspired by big tech to press your buttons, and we spot more titles to watch in the charts. IMPORTANT NOTE: D...

Ep 1: Emma Donoghue and Bill Bryson 26.01.2023 48:06

Emma Donoghue takes Graham inside her smash hit book (and film), Room , and legendary travel writer Bill Bryson divulges why he’s back at the audiobook mic. Alex Clark has titles to get us through hard times, our clubbers debate each other’s reading choices and we discover what’s hot and happening in the book charts. Come and join the Club. IMPORTANT NOTE: Emma Donoghue's Room does include referen...