Fredrik Backman: My Friends

Today we’re joined by Anders Lustgarten whose new book Kill Billionaire follows a wise beyond her years 14 year old girl from rural Australia called Kayla, who starts taking down billionaires. I was so intrigued to ask Anders about crafting this character, and his outlook on the ...  Show more

Greg James has been a presenter for BBC Radio 1 since 2007 where he now host the coveted breakfast show. He is also a children’s author, known for the Kid Normal series he writes with Chris Smith, and now his memoir is here. It’s called All The Best For The Future, and it’s a med ...  Show more

This July, The New York Times Book Review published a list of The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century. The top choice was “My Brilliant Friend,” by Elena Ferrante, translat ...

Kendra talks to Meena Kandasamy about her novel When I Hit You; Or the Portrait of the Writer as a Young Wife, which is out now from Europa. Book Blind Date Sale: Get 15% off our hardback and paperback book blind dates! This episode is sponsored by Book of the Month. Get your fir ...  Show more

Karl Ove Knausgaard’s six autobiographical novels, published in Norway between 2009 and 2011 under the series title *Min Kamp* (‘My Struggle’) have excited controversy and critical acclaim in equal measure. Knausgaard’s unflinching and almost uncritical laying on of detail has le ...  Show more

‏In this episode, I’m sharing my top 10 books from this year so far. With one month left in the year, will I update this list? Well, who knows? Here’s the list of books: Nightbitch by Rachel YoderSaving Noah by Lucinda BerrySmall Things Like These by Claire KeeganThe Mustache by ...  Show more