Book of the Decade
With the first half of the series behind us Mariella invited her guests to look back over the 'noughties' and discuss their book of choice for the last 10 years.
Episode 15
Antonia Fraser:
"Berlin" by Antony Beevor.
Joanna Trollope:
"Wolf Hall" by Hilary Mantel.
Ian McEwan:
"Le Bal" by Irène Némirovsky.
Episode 16
Andrea Levy:
"English Passengers" by Matthew Kneale.
Marina Lewycka:
"White Teeth" by Zadie Smith.
Terry Pratchett:
"A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson.
Episode 17
Rose Tremain:
"The Corrections" by Jonathan Franzen.
Neel Mukherjee:
"Out Stealing Horses" by Per Petterson.
Philip Pullman:
"The letters of Vincent Van Gogh" by Vincent Van Gogh.
Episode 18
Nicky Haslam:
"Tony Duquette: A Strange Eden" by Wendy Goodman and Hutton Wilkinson.
Monty Don:
"Woodlands" by Oliver Rackham.
Lionel Shriver:
"As Meat Loves Salt" by Maria McCann.
Episode 19
John Boyne:
"The Road Home" by Rose Tremain.
Shirley Williams:
"The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas" by John Boyne.
Joshua Ferris:
"The Road" by Cormac McCarthy.
Episode 20
Natasha Walter:
"On Beauty" by Zadie Smith.
Roddy Doyle:
"The Plot Against America" by Philip Roth.
Martin Amis:
"Tales from Ovid" by Ted Hughes.
Episode 21
Alastair Campbell:
"Saturday" by Ian McEwan.
David Nicholls:
"Under the Skin" by Michel Faber.
Simon Kernick:
"The Road" by Cormac McCarthy.
Episode 22
Joanne Harris:
"Perfumes The A-Z Guide" by Luca Turin and Tania Sanchez.
Simon Armitage:
"Return To The City Of White Donkeys" by James Tate.
Geroge Pelecanos:
"Northline" by Willy Vlautin.
Episode 23
Blake Morrison:
"The Corrections" by Jonathan Franzen.
Maggie O'Farrell:
"Any Human Heart" by William Boyd.
Ben McIntyre:
"The Road" by Cormac McCarthy.
Episode 24
Jonathon Coe:
"Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro.
Joseph O'Connor:
"True History Of The Kelly Gang" by Peter Carey.
Robert Winston:
"Berlin" by Antony Beevor.
