The Book Club
Goalhanger
The Book Club, hosted by Dominic Sandbrook and Tabitha Syrett, brings the historical context behind famous books to life. Each week, the hosts explore a classic or contemporary title, unpacking the world in which it was written and the story behind its author. This is not your typical literature podcast: The Book Club educates AND entertains, leaving you knowing some of the greatest stories ever told.
Top mentioned books
Here are the most frequently recommended books on The Book Club podcast:
#1 Mentioned in 3 episodes
Never Let Me Go
Kazuo Ishiguro
#2 Mentioned in 3 episodes
Frankenstein
Mary Shelley
#3 Mentioned in 3 episodes
The great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
#4 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Normal People
Sally Rooney
#5 Mentioned in 2 episodes
The Secret History
Donna Tartt
#6 Mentioned in 2 episodes
The Golden Compass
Philip Pullman
#7 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Hamnet
Lolita Chakrabarti
Maggie O’Farrell
#8 Mentioned in 2 episodes
1984
George Orwell
#9 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Jane Eyre
Edmund Morrison Wimperis
Edmund H. Garrett
Jant van der Weg-Laverman
Charlotte Brontë
#10 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Odyssey
Homer
#11 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Crime and Punishment
Bibliophile Bibliophile Pro
Constance Black Garnett
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY
#12 Mentioned in 1 episodes
La Bête Humaine
Émile Zola
#13 Mentioned in 1 episodes
This Side of Paradise
F. Scott Fitzgerald
#14 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The love song of J. Alfred Prufrock
T. S. Eliot
#15 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Midsummer Night's Dream
William Shakespeare
#16 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Wuthering Heights
Emily Brontë
#17 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Klara and the Sun
Kazuo Ishiguro
#18 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Tales of the Jazz Age
F. Scott Fitzgerald
#19 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Clarissa
Or, The History of a Young Lady
Samuel Richardson
#20 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Remains of the Day
Kazuo Ishiguro
