This week, to mix things up a little, it’s our annual round-up of books, old and new, you might enjoy over the summer. John, Andy and Backlisted’s producer Nicky discuss: O Caledonia by Elspeth Barker (W&N Essentials); Sheep’s Clothing by Celia Dale (Daunt Books); The Stirrings: A Memoir in Northern Time by Catherine Taylor (Weidenfeld & Nicolson); Old God’s Time by Sebastian Barry (Faber); A Spell of Good Things by Ayobami Adebayo (Canongate); and The KLF: Chaos, Magic and the Band Who Burned a Million Pounds (Weidenfeld and Nicolson).
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Galapágos by Kurt Vonnegut
A Kestrel For a Knave by Barry Hines (from Green Man Festival)
A Passage to India by E.M. Forster
The Millstone by Margaret Drabble
The Eustace Diamonds by Anthony Trollope
The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammet
Giordano Bruno and the Embassy Affair by John Bossy
Graham Greene
Rerun: All The Devils Are Here by David Seabrook
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So Long, See You Tomorrow by William Maxwell - rerun
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Good Morning, Midnight by Jean Rhys - rerun
Science Fiction Special
Fungus The Bogeyman by Raymond Briggs - Revisited
Backlisted Special - The books of our childhood
The Tortoise and the Hare by Elizabeth Jenkins - rerun
Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild
The Awakening by Kate Chopin
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