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Simon Mayo's Books Of The Year

Simon Mayo and Matt Williams invite the world's finest authors in for a chat.

Ranked #1

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Alex Michaelides - The Silent Patient

Alex Michaelides - The Silent Patient

The author of one of the most anticipated thrillers of 2019 - The Silent Patient Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy ... Read more

7 Feb 2019

35mins

Ranked #2

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Gary Barlow

Gary Barlow

The Take That frontman opens up about his life, his eating disorder, his songwriting and the stress of being an X Factor... Read more

11 Oct 2018

39mins

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Lee Child

Lee Child

The multi million selling author of the Jack Reacher books pops in to the pod to talk coffee, movies and cotton buds. Ho... Read more

14 Nov 2018

44mins

Ranked #4

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Roger Daltrey

Roger Daltrey

An undiagnosed broken back, turning up to Woodstock in a VW Beetle, and 6 of the best on his bare arse. The legendary fr... Read more

13 Dec 2018

57mins

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Lee Child - Jack Reacher: Blue Moon

Lee Child - Jack Reacher: Blue Moon

Lee Child is a publishing phenomenon. His Jack Reacher novels have sold over 100 million copies. In his latest, Blue Moo... Read more

21 Nov 2019

47mins

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Heather Morris - The Tattooist of Auschwitz

Heather Morris - The Tattooist of Auschwitz

Heather's debut novel The Tattooist Of Auschwitz has become an international best seller. Based on the recollections of ... Read more

25 Oct 2018

33mins

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Michelle Paver & John Boyne

Michelle Paver & John Boyne

Michelle Paver is an international bestselling author with over 3 million copies of her books sold in 37 countries acros... Read more

18 Apr 2019

35mins

Ranked #8

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Jeanette Winterson (Frankissstein)

Jeanette Winterson (Frankissstein)

What will happen when homo sapiens is no longer the smartest being on the planet? Jeanette Winterson shows us how much c... Read more

3 Jul 2019

39mins

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Malcolm Gladwell (Talking To Strangers)

Malcolm Gladwell (Talking To Strangers)

Malcolm Gladwell is a journalist, author and podcast maker. His first five books were on The New York Times Best Seller ... Read more

5 Dec 2019

40mins

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Q&A Michelle Paver & John Boyne

Q&A Michelle Paver & John Boyne

Two hugely successful authors have a crack at our book Q&A Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informati... Read more

25 Apr 2019

21mins

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Helen Russell - Atlas of Happiness

Helen Russell - Atlas of Happiness

The Atlas of Happiness is a round-the-world trip through 33 international happiness concepts, from the bestselling autho... Read more

17 Jan 2019

40mins

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Michael Lewis (The Fifth Risk)

Michael Lewis (The Fifth Risk)

Michael Lewis is the global bestselling author of The Big Short and Moneyball - both of which were turned in to hugely s... Read more

19 Dec 2019

33mins

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Q&A with Malcolm Gladwell

Q&A with Malcolm Gladwell

Malcolm Gladwell is a journalist, author and podcast maker. His first five books were on The New York Times Best Seller ... Read more

12 Dec 2019

16mins

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Matt Haig

Matt Haig

Matt Haig pops in to chat about his new books: Evie and the Animals and The Truth Pixie. His children’s book A Boy Calle... Read more

28 Jul 2019

35mins

Ranked #15

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Q&A with Lee Child

Q&A with Lee Child

Multi million selling author Lee Child gives a rather candid glimpse in to his reading and writing habits Hosted on Acas... Read more

27 Nov 2019

13mins

Ranked #16

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Q&A with Heather Morris

Q&A with Heather Morris

Simon and Matt chat to the best selling author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz about her reading habits. Heather Morris' d... Read more

22 Oct 2018

17mins

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Dr Chris Naunton (Searching For The Lost Tombs of Egypt)

Dr Chris Naunton (Searching For The Lost Tombs of Egypt)

Where are the tombs of Alexander the Great or Cleopatra? Both rulers were buried in Egypt, but their tombs have never be... Read more

4 Aug 2019

29mins

Ranked #18

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John Simpson

John Simpson

John Simpson has been the BBC's World Affairs Editor for more than half his fifty-two year career. The legendary journal... Read more

5 Dec 2018

41mins

Ranked #19

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Adele Parks (Lies, Lies, Lies)

Adele Parks (Lies, Lies, Lies)

Adele Park's latest novel Lies Lies Lies is a Sunday Times bestseller. She has written 19 novels, selling over 3.5millio... Read more

13 Nov 2019

46mins

Ranked #20

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The QI Elves & Levison Wood

The QI Elves & Levison Wood

Dan and Anna from the No Such Thing As A Fish podcast discuss their Book of the Year - amazing facts from 2018. And expl... Read more

8 Nov 2018

36mins

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