Episode 16

The Book Show gets its tickling stick out this week with a triumvirate of authors known for their skill at capturing humour on the page: Andrea Levy, Marina Lewycka and the First Lord of Discworld, Terry Pratchett.

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Mariella’s Recommended Reads
If you’ve read one of the featured books by one of this week's guests and you're in the market for something similar, have a look at Mariella's suggestions for further reading in our If You Liked That, You’ll Love This section...

Bedside Table
Cherie Blair gives us an introduction to the two books currently not collecting any dust at all on her bedside table...

Fine Line
Author of The Return, Victoria Hislop, lets us in on her all-time favourite line from a book...

Book Club
The Book Show goes West this week to find out what the good booksellers of West End Lane Books in West Hampstead would like to recommend to the Book Show audience.

The Write Place
We take a trip to Ireland for a sneaky peek at the place where Sebastian Barry was inspired to write last year’s Costa Book Award winner The Secret Scripture.

Book of the Decade
Andrea Levy, Marina Lewycka and Terry Pratchett reveal the book they consider to be the finest of the last decade.

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