BBC World Service - World Book Club

Jane Harper

Australian author Jane Harper talks about her internationally garlanded thriller The Dry.

Manu Joseph discusses Serious Men, a satirical portrait of contemporary Indian society

Award-winning murder mystery set in rural Quebec from Canada’s queen of crime-writing

A mesmerizing tale of the beauty and harshness of a lonely life in the mountains

Tsitsi Dangarembga talks about her coming-of-age novel Nervous Conditions

Amusing and affectionate portrait of the island nation Bill Bryson proudly calls home

Sjón answers questions from readers about his novel Moonstone: The Boy Who Never Was.

We discuss the prize-winning novel Homegoing with its acclaimed Ghanaian author Yaa Gyasi

We talk to acclaimed Chinese author Yiyun Li about her harrowing debut novel The Vagrants

We discuss the novel How to Be Both with its acclaimed British author Ali Smith