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Monday 12 April 2021 : Clarice Lispector's Água Viva is the subject of this episode of Backlisted. Like several of Lispector's remarkable novels, this slim book...
Thursday 01 April 2021 : The Fish Can Sing by Halldór Laxness is the subject of this episode. The book was first published in Iceland as Brekkukotsannáll in 1957,...
Monday 15 March 2021 : Penelope Mortimer's fourth novel Daddy's Gone A-Hunting (1958) is the subject of this episode of Backlisted. Joining John and Andy to...
Monday 01 March 2021 : Josephine Tey's classic mystery Miss Pym Disposes (1946) is the subject of this special episode of Backlisted, recorded as part of...
Monday 15 February 2021 : Joseph Roth's Job: The Story of a Simple Man (1930) is the subject of this episode of Backlisted. Joining John and Andy to explore this...
Monday 08 February 2021 : This Locklisted episode is the sequel to our earlier Children's Books Special. It was recorded in August 2020 and was previously available...
Monday 01 February 2021 : Karoo (1998), a posthumously-published cult novel by screenwriter and playwright Steve Tesich is the subject of this episode of Backlisted....
Monday 18 January 2021 : Rosemary Tonks is the subject of this episode of Backlisted. Our starting point is her fascinating third novel The Bloater (1968) - which is...
Monday 11 January 2021 : This Locklisted special on children's books was recorded in August 2020 and was previously available exclusively to supporters of our...
Friday 25 December 2020 : Susan Cooper's magical novel The Dark Is Rising (1973) is the subject of a bumper Christmas special episode of Backlisted. Joining John and...
Monday 07 December 2020 : The Victorian Chaise-longue (1953) is a terrifying short novel by the writer, broadcaster and lexicographer Marghanita Laski. Joining Andy...
Monday 23 November 2020 : The Compleet Molesworth (1958) by Geoffrey Willans and Ronald Searle is the beloved book we're celebrating in this special fifth birthday...
Monday 09 November 2020 : Doctor Who and the Brain of Morbius (1977) by Terrance Dicks is the much-loved book featured in this episode of Backlisted. Joining John and...
Monday 26 October 2020 : It's our Hallowe'en special ! For this year’s Hallowe’en episode our subject is the Old English poem, Beowulf, composed somewhere in...
Monday 12 October 2020 : Silence (1966) is Shūsaku Endō’s masterpiece, a novel set in 17th Japan, following two Portuguese Jesuits posted there to search for...
Monday 28 September 2020 : George Gissing's The Odd Women (1893) is the groundbreaking book featured in this episode of Backlisted. Joining John and Andy to discuss...
Monday 14 September 2020 : Thérèse Raquin (1868), the third novel by French writer Émile Zola, is the book featured in this episode of Backlisted. Joining John and...
Monday 31 August 2020 : I, Lalla: The Poems of Lal Dĕd, translated by Ranjit Hoskote, is the subject of this episode of Backlisted. Joining John and Andy to...
Monday 17 August 2020 : It's a summer reading episode of Backlisted. We are showcasing books John, Andy and the show's producer Nicky have been reading during...
Monday 03 August 2020 : William James's The Varieties of Religious Experience (1902) is the groundbreaking book featured in this episode of Backlisted. Joining John...
Monday 20 July 2020 : How to Cook a Wolf (1942) by the inimitable M.F.K. Fisher is the book featured in this episode of Backlisted. Joining John and Andy to heed...
Monday 06 July 2020 : The Diary of a Nobody (1892) by George and Weedon Grossmith is the book featured in this episode of Backlisted. Joining John and Andy to...
Monday 22 June 2020 : William Golding's second novel The Inheritors (1955) is the book featured in this episode of Backlisted. Joining John and Andy to explore...
Monday 08 June 2020 : Margaret Kennedy's bestselling novel The Constant Nymph (1924) is the book featured in this episode of Backlisted. Joining John and Andy to...
Monday 25 May 2020 : Antonia White's debut novel Frost in May(1933) is the book under discussion in this episode of Backlisted. Joining John and Andy to discuss...
Backlisted
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Água Viva by Clarice Lispector
Clarice Lispector's Água Viva is the subject of this episode of Backlisted. Like several of Lispector's remarkable novels, this slim book...
The Fish Can Sing by Halldór Laxness
The Fish Can Sing by Halldór Laxness is the subject of this episode. The book was first published in Iceland as Brekkukotsannáll in 1957,...
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting by Penelope Mortimer
Penelope Mortimer's fourth novel Daddy's Gone A-Hunting (1958) is the subject of this episode of Backlisted. Joining John and Andy to...
Miss Pym Disposes by Josephine Tey
Josephine Tey's classic mystery Miss Pym Disposes (1946) is the subject of this special episode of Backlisted, recorded as part of...
Job: The Story of a Simple Man by Joseph Roth
Joseph Roth's Job: The Story of a Simple Man (1930) is the subject of this episode of Backlisted. Joining John and Andy to explore this...
Locklisted: Teenage Books Special
This Locklisted episode is the sequel to our earlier Children's Books Special. It was recorded in August 2020 and was previously available...
Karoo by Steve Tesich
Karoo (1998), a posthumously-published cult novel by screenwriter and playwright Steve Tesich is the subject of this episode of Backlisted....
The Bloater by Rosemary Tonks
Rosemary Tonks is the subject of this episode of Backlisted. Our starting point is her fascinating third novel The Bloater (1968) - which is...
Locklisted: Children's Books Special, Part One
This Locklisted special on children's books was recorded in August 2020 and was previously available exclusively to supporters of our...
The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper
Susan Cooper's magical novel The Dark Is Rising (1973) is the subject of a bumper Christmas special episode of Backlisted. Joining John and...
The Victorian Chaise-longue by Marghanita Laski
The Victorian Chaise-longue (1953) is a terrifying short novel by the writer, broadcaster and lexicographer Marghanita Laski. Joining Andy...
The Compleet Molesworth by Geoffrey Willans & Ronald Searle
The Compleet Molesworth (1958) by Geoffrey Willans and Ronald Searle is the beloved book we're celebrating in this special fifth birthday...
Doctor Who and the Brain of Morbius by Terrance Dicks
Doctor Who and the Brain of Morbius (1977) by Terrance Dicks is the much-loved book featured in this episode of Backlisted. Joining John and...
Beowulf
It's our Hallowe'en special ! For this year’s Hallowe’en episode our subject is the Old English poem, Beowulf, composed somewhere in...
Silence by Shūsaku Endō
Silence (1966) is Shūsaku Endō’s masterpiece, a novel set in 17th Japan, following two Portuguese Jesuits posted there to search for...
The Odd Women By George Gissing
George Gissing's The Odd Women (1893) is the groundbreaking book featured in this episode of Backlisted. Joining John and Andy to discuss...
Thérèse Raquin by Émile Zola
Thérèse Raquin (1868), the third novel by French writer Émile Zola, is the book featured in this episode of Backlisted. Joining John and...
I, Lalla: The Poems of Lal Dĕd
I, Lalla: The Poems of Lal Dĕd, translated by Ranjit Hoskote, is the subject of this episode of Backlisted. Joining John and Andy to...
Summer Reading 2020
It's a summer reading episode of Backlisted. We are showcasing books John, Andy and the show's producer Nicky have been reading during...
The Varieties of Religious Experience by William James
William James's The Varieties of Religious Experience (1902) is the groundbreaking book featured in this episode of Backlisted. Joining John...
How to Cook a Wolf by M.F.K. Fisher
How to Cook a Wolf (1942) by the inimitable M.F.K. Fisher is the book featured in this episode of Backlisted. Joining John and Andy to heed...
The Diary of a Nobody by George and Weedon Grossmith
The Diary of a Nobody (1892) by George and Weedon Grossmith is the book featured in this episode of Backlisted. Joining John and Andy to...
The Inheritors by William Golding
William Golding's second novel The Inheritors (1955) is the book featured in this episode of Backlisted. Joining John and Andy to explore...
The Constant Nymph by Margaret Kennedy
Margaret Kennedy's bestselling novel The Constant Nymph (1924) is the book featured in this episode of Backlisted. Joining John and Andy to...
Frost in May by Antonia White
Antonia White's debut novel Frost in May(1933) is the book under discussion in this episode of Backlisted. Joining John and Andy to discuss...
