The Radio 2 Book Club - The best books we've ever read

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As part of Radio 2's Book Week celebrations, Sara Cox asked a whole host of comedians, actors, authors - and Radio 2 Presenters - to share their favourite books and tell us why they love them so much.

Here's our list of featured guests and their book choices!

(This is your reading list sorted for the next couple of year)

Stephen Graham - 'Jonathan Livingston Seagull' by Richard Bach

Dame Jaqueline Wilson - 'I Capture The Castle' by Dodie Smith

Mel Giedroyc - 'One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish' by Dr. Seuss

Clive Myrie - 'A Christmas Carol' by Charles Dickens

Susie Dent - 'Le Grand Meaulnes' by Henri Alain-Fournier

Lee Child - 'Ice Station Zebra' by Alistair Maclean

Mark Radcliffe - 'As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning' by Laurie Lee

Sir Lenny Henry - 'The Cat In The Hat' by Dr. Seuss

Philip Pullman - 'Sir Patrick Spens' by Anonymous

Marian Keyes - 'Cold Comfort Farm' by Stella Gibbons

Val McDermid - 'The Crow Road' by Iain Banks

Matt Lucas - 'Oliver Twist' by Charles Dickens

Jamie Oliver - 'Kitchen Confidential' by Anthony Bourdain

OJ Borge - 'A Short History of Nearly Everything' by Bill Bryson

Published on Tuesday, 13th October 2026.

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