Podcast: Ep932: Books to Read and Re-Read

In this final edition of Open Book, Johny Pitts and Chris Power celebrate some of the outstanding novels from the last twenty six years.

They are joined by Kamila Shamsie, winner of the Women’s Prize for Fiction in 2018 for her novel Home Fire. Sara Collins, author of The Confessions of Frannie Langton, and one of this year's Booker Prize judges. Ted Hodgkinson, Head of Literature and Spoken Word at the Southbank Centre, and previous chair of the International Booker.

Kamila, Sara and Ted pick out some of the books, including Wolf Hall, Lincoln in the Bardo and On Beauty, which have stood out for them: books they'd recommend to others, and re-read again and again.

Producer: Kirsten Locke

Books List:

Best of Friends – Kamila Shamsie

Burnt Shadows – Kamila Shamsie

Home Fire – Kamila Shamsie

The Confessions of Frannie Langton – Sara Collins

In the City by the Sea – Kamila Shamsie

Wolf Hall – Hilary Mantel

Lincoln in the Bardo – George Saunders

Cloud Atlas – David Mitchell

Klara and the Sun – Kazuo Ishiguro

Seasonal Quartet – Ali Smith

The Bee Sting – Paul Murray

Maps for Lost Lovers – Nadeem Aslam

In Memoriam – Alice Winn

On Beauty – Zadie Smith