Tom's Book Club

By Thomas Watters

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Episodes: 48

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Tom’s Book Club is a weekly podcast about books and the world they reflect, featuring thoughtful, unhurried conversations with some of the most interesting authors writing today.


Hosted by Tom Watters, each episode goes beyond the usual questions about a new book to explore where stories come from, how writers work, the ideas behind their books and the questions they leave us with.


Recent guests include Isabel Allende, John Boyne, Hernan Diaz, Roddy Doyle, Louise Kennedy, Kate Atkinson, Maggie O’Farrell, Elif Shafak and Booker Prize winners George Saunders, Samantha Harvey and David Szalay.


Tom’s Book Club was shortlisted for the Independent Podcast Awards in the Books category and has been praised by The Telegraph, The Sunday Times, Radio Times and the Daily Mirror.


“There's no shortage of book-related podcasts out there but this is in the top tier” — The Telegraph


“A worthy rival to Radio 4’s Take Four Books” — Radio Times


“charming, disarming and genuinely curious” — Daily Mirror


New episodes every Tuesday.


📚 Buy books discussed on the podcast through the Tom’s Book Club Bookshop.org page: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/TomsBookClub


Tom’s Book Club may earn a small commission from purchases made through our Bookshop.org link, at no extra cost to you.


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Episode Date
Jonathan Coe on Lessons in Harmony
Nov 10, 2026
M John Harrison on The End of Everything
Nov 03, 2026
Min Jin Lee on American Hagwon
Oct 27, 2026
Luke Kennard on Black Bag
Oct 20, 2026
Roddy Doyle on A Ghostly Little Book
Oct 13, 2026
Hernan Diaz on Ply
Oct 06, 2026
John Boyne on The Weight of Angels
Sep 29, 2026
Louise Kennedy on Stations
Sep 24, 2026
Isabel Allende on Storytelling: A Masterclass in Crafting Stories
Sep 22, 2026
Derek Owusu on The Recovery House
Sep 17, 2026
Emily St. John Mandel on Exit Party
Sep 15, 2026
Meg Mason on Sophie, Standing There
Sep 08, 2026
Kate Atkinson on Our Noble Selves
Sep 01, 2026
Patrick Ryan on Buckeye
Aug 25, 2026
Avni Doshi on The First House
Aug 18, 2026
Behind The Books: Patrice Lawrence, Waterstones Children's Laureate
Aug 15, 2026
Katie Huttlestone on A Healthy Appetite
Aug 11, 2026
Samantha Harvey on Orbital
Aug 04, 2026
Colson Whitehead on Cool Machine
Jul 28, 2026
Daniel Mason on Country People
Jul 21, 2026
Aisling Rawle on The Compound
Jul 14, 2026
Behind the Books: Laura Hackett on Literary Criticism
Jul 11, 2026
Dave Eggers on Contrapposto
Jul 07, 2026
Bobby Palmer on Main Characters
Jun 30, 2026
Elif Shafak on Writing, Memory and the Power of Fiction
Jun 23, 2026
Rachel Clarke on The Story of a Heart
Jun 16, 2026
Behind the Books: Katie Clapham on Life as a Bookseller
Jun 13, 2026
Andrew Sean Greer on Villa Coco
Jun 09, 2026
Maggie O'Farrell on Land
Jun 02, 2026
Alexander Starritt on Drayton and Mackenzie
May 26, 2026
Eric Puchner on Dream State
May 19, 2026
Lucy Steeds on The Artist
May 12, 2026
Liz Moore on The God of the Woods
May 05, 2026
Lily King on Heart The Lover
Apr 28, 2026
Yael van der Wouden on The Safekeep
Apr 21, 2026
Brian Bilston on How to Lay an Egg with a Horse Inside
Apr 14, 2026
Charlotte Runcie on Bring The House Down
Apr 07, 2026
Erin Somers on The Ten Year Affair
Mar 31, 2026
David Szalay on Flesh
Mar 24, 2026
Claire Lynch on A Family Matter
Mar 17, 2026
John Lanchester on Look What You Made Me Do
Mar 10, 2026
Howard Jacobson on Howl
Mar 03, 2026
Sophie Elmhirst on Maurice and Maralyn
Feb 24, 2026
Lee Cole on Fulfillment
Feb 17, 2026
Nussaibah Younis on Fundamentally
Feb 10, 2026
Chloe Dalton on Raising Hare
Feb 03, 2026
George Saunders on Vigil
Feb 03, 2026
Tom's Book Club Trailer
Jan 29, 2026