The Graham Norton Book Club

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 and gets the best book recommends from his stellar co-presenters, Alex Clark and Sara Collins.He also 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.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Danish poet, Olga Ravn, reveals the strange beginnings of her satirical workplace novel, The Employees, and the Clubbers disagree on its performance review. Plus, the darling diva of Strictly Come Dancing, Johannes Radebe, tells Graham about finally writing his own story in JoJo: Finally Home. Alex Clark gets experimental, and we take our last jog up the inside track of the charts for this series.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Aravind Adiga tells Graham the story behind his Booker prize-winning (and Netflix hit-inspiring) The White Tiger, while The IT Crowd’s Katherine Parkinson tells all about voicing Jilly Cooper’s latest blockbuster, Tackle! Plus Sara Collins chooses books that stir things up and we check out what’s moving and shaking in the charts. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Kiley Reid tells Graham about writing her Booker long-listed debut novel, Such a Fun Age, and former Conservative Party leadership candidate and The Rest is Politics co-host, Rory Stewart talks us through his Politics on the Edge. The Clubbers express some strong opinions, Alex goes a bit Downton Abbey and we get the inside track on what’s tearing up the charts.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Graham talks to Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah about his searing take-down of the US carceral system, Chain-Gang All-Stars. Our Clubbers deliver their verdict, Sara Collins does time with prison novels, and none other than Hollywood superstar, Arnold Schwarzenegger, tells us about his seven tools for life in Be Useful. All this plus chart news and other book chat. Come and join our club.Please note, the book this week contains references to violence that some people might find upsetting.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

UK Women’s Prize for Fiction winner, Kamila Shamsie, talks to Graham about her hit title, Best of Friends - and everyone’s favourite classicist, Mary Beard, lifts the lid on the more eccentric side of being Emperor of Rome. Alex Clark is all about the slightly naughty doorstoppers, from Lace to The Thorn Birds, and we get a sneak peek into the book charts.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Our book is Terry Pratchett’s tale of mail, Going Postal, and his biographer and assistant, Rob Wilkins, tells Graham about helping this master of fantasy create his magic. Derry Girls and Bridgerton star Nicola Coughlan talks about her knack for audiobooks and Sara Collins looks at the state of the nation. All this and Clubber debate, chart favourites and the answer to the burning question - what actually is an axelotl?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Graham speaks to Andrea Lawlor about their story of sex, shape-shifting and mix-tapes, Paul Takes the Form of Mortal Girl, while actor Matthew Holness takes the form of spoof horror writer Garth Marenghi for the audiobook of his terrifying Incarcerat. Sara Collins is all about the sport, our Clubbers agree to disagree and we discover what’s at the top of the charts.Just to note - Graham and the Club talk about books for adult readers, which means that, sometimes, some of the themes discussed may not be suitable for younger ears.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Graham talks to Booker Prize-winning author George Saunders about Lincoln in the Bardo, his innovative best-seller full of ghostly voices, and our Clubbers decide if it was heavenly or hellish. Plus, national treasure Clare Balding takes us on a tour of her Isle of Dogs, Alex Clark explores the supernatural and we discover what’s out of this world on the book charts.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Best-selling author Juno Dawson casts a spell on Graham with Her Majesty’s Royal Coven - a tale of witches, prophecies, supernatural happenings in Hebden Bridge and Spice Girls fandom. Were the clubbers spellbound or cursing? Plus, Blue Lights and Sex Education actress and stand-up, Andi Osho, talks about her Tough Crowd, Sara Collins gets nostalgic, and we get a heads up on the next big thing on the book charts.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.