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Simon Mayo"s Books of the Year

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Simon Mayo & Matt Williams invite the world"s finest authors in for a chat

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19:31

Abigail Dean Q&A

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2025/04/23

Bestselling author Abigail Dean joins Simon and Matt for a Q&A. She talks about some of her favourite authors, gives us some book recommendations - and - reveals who she would invite to her fantasy dinner party. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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41:04

Abigail Dean

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2025/04/17

Bestselling thriller writer, Abigail Dean, joins Simon and Matt to discuss her latest novel, 'The Death Of Us' This has been an idea she's been thinking about for over a decade, but the timing hasn't been right to write it until recently. She talks about her inspirations and influences - and how she reacted to learning that Stephen King had read it! Here's a little more about the book: t’s the story everyone wants to hear. That spring night in South London, when Isabel and Edward’s lives

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19:49

Robert Crais Q&A

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2025/04/10

Screenwriter and novelist, Robert Crais, joins Simon and Matt for a chat about his processes, favourite authors, screen adaptations - and who he'd invite to his fantasy dinner party. We also hear from fellow crime author, Steve Cavanagh, who is a huge Robert Crais fan - and - put him on our radar in the first place! (so it seemed apt) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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44:01

Robert Crais

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2025/04/03

International bestselling author and screenwriter, Robert Crais, joins Simon and Matt for a chat about his new novel 'The Big Empty'. They chat about his inspirations for the story and characters, and how the classic TV shows he worked on in the 70s and 80s have influenced his writing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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18:00

Elif Shafak Q&A

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2025/03/26

Bestselling author and essayist, Elif Shafak, answers questions about her writing process, inspirations and favourite authors. She also tells us the shocking and extraordinary story of when she was arrested in Turkey, in the name of fiction. We also find out who she would invite to her fantasy dinner party. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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39:39

Elif Shafak

Simon Mayo"s Books of the Year ·

2025/03/19

International bestselling author, essayist and activist - Elif Shafak - joins Simon and Matt for a chat about her novel, 'There Are Rivers In The Sky'She talks about her inspirations for this epic tale, why she writes with history in mind and who she is writing for. Here's more on the book: In Victorian London, an extraordinary child is born at the edge of the dirt-black Thames. When his brilliant memory earns him a spot as an apprentice at a printing press, the world opens up far beyond the

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17:16

Scott Turow Q&A

Simon Mayo"s Books of the Year ·

2025/03/05

Simon and Matt ask lawyer turned bestselling author, Scott Turow, questions about his processes and favourite authors. As well as learning about how he writes - and where - we also find out who he would invite to his fantasy dinner party. There's also a surprise question from a global superstar author! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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39:30

Scott Turow

Simon Mayo"s Books of the Year ·

2025/02/26

Lawyer turned bestselling author, Scott Turow, joins Simon and Matt for a chat about his new novel, 'Presumed Guilty' (the sequel to his 1987 masterpiece, 'Presumed Innocent') Scott joins us down the line from Florida and discusses writing an 'older' protagonist, the soothing components of jazz music, Keith Jarrett and how much legalise is too much legalise. This episode comes complete with a crashing of dishes in the background, courtesy of the Turow household. Here's some more info on the

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23:18

Jojo Moyes Q&A

Simon Mayo"s Books of the Year ·

2025/02/19

The international bestselling author Jojo Moyes joins Simon and Matt for a Q&A. She gives us some great book recommendations, tells us a little about her reading and writing habits - and we find out who she'd invite to her fantasy dinner party. Lisa Jewell also makes a surprise appearance - to ask Jojo a question about being more sinister! You can hear more from Jojo on our previous episode, where we dive into her new novel, "We All Live Here" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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37:01

Jojo Moyes

Simon Mayo"s Books of the Year ·

2025/02/12

International bestselling sensation, Jojo Moyes, returns to the podcast to tell us about her new novel. Simon and Matt talk to her about writing nasty characters, whether it's harder to come up with plots seventeen books in, and how she may have accidentally based a character on David Soul, who she met 30 odd years ago! More on the book: Lila Kennedy has a lot on her plate. A recently broken marriage, two wayward daughters, a house that is falling apart, and an elderly stepfather who seems to

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31:17

Simon Mayo Q&A

Simon Mayo"s Books of the Year ·

2025/02/05

This week, we put broadcasting legend and bestselling author Simon Mayo under the Q&A spotlight. Marianna Spring joins Matt Williams as our guest host, and asks about Simon's writing process, inspirations - and who he would invite to his fantasy dinner party. There's also a surprise question from fellow author and broadcaster, Tom Bradby! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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38:34

Simon Mayo

Simon Mayo"s Books of the Year ·

2025/01/29

Yes, it's that time again, where the the tables turn and the Host becomes the Guest on Books Of The Year. This week we welcome a superstar co-host Marianna Spring to the studio, who steps into the Mayo shoes and, along with Matt, interviews Broadcaster and Author Simon Mayo about his new novel, 'Black Tag'. They talk about about his inspirations for the book, why he has brought back a character from a previous novel and what it says about journalism, and journalists, working today. Learn more

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18:27

Miguel Delaney Q&A

Simon Mayo"s Books of the Year ·

2025/01/22

Simon and Matt put a range of questions to our special guest, the author and sports journalist Miguel Delaney. They ask about his favourite authors, which books he's jealous of and wished he'd written, his writing processes - especially when touring so much - and who he'd invite to his fantasy dinner party. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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45:41

Miguel Delaney

Simon Mayo"s Books of the Year ·

2025/01/15

Miguel Delaney is no stranger to writing about sport, or indeed football, as he is the Chief Football Writer for The Independent. In his new book, States Of Play, he looks at the incredibly interesting (and controversial) topic of Sportswashing. Simon and Matt find out more what this means, how it is affecting sport (especially football) and what Miguel has found out from his many years of researching and investigating. If you're not a football fan, this may not seem like a book for you, but

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18:01

Michael Connelly Q&A

Simon Mayo"s Books of the Year ·

2024/12/18

Michael Connelly joins Simon and Matt for a bonus Q&A episode. He talks about his writing processes, inspirations, favourite authors -and who he would invite to his fantasy dinner party. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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41:30

Michael Connelly

Simon Mayo"s Books of the Year ·

2024/12/11

Simon and Matt welcome international bestselling author Michael Connelly to Books Of The Year.They discuss his new book The Waiting, as well as his inspirations, Los Angeles basements, the constant nagging of an author's head and how he feels about Bosch getting older. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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23:57

Matt Haig Q&A

Simon Mayo"s Books of the Year ·

2024/12/04

Matt Haig joins Simon and Matt for a little does of Q&A.He gives us some great book recommendations, talks about his writing process, the power of walking and who he'd invite to his fantasy dinner party. We also surprise him with a question from fan - and friend - Bryony Gordon! And remember, for a limited time, you can £100 off any HD light and free UK delivery. Just visit seriousreaders.com/booksoftheyear to find out more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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39:15

Matt Haig

Simon Mayo"s Books of the Year ·

2024/11/27

International bestselling author Matt Haig drops by the studio for a chat with Simon and Matt.His new novel, The Life Impossible, is - in his words - "not The Midnight Library 2" - but it does share some themes. Matt talks about facing fears and going back to Ibiza, a place where he nearly committed suicide and which held a lot of trauma. He talks about his fish out of water characters, why he doesn't like the term 'magical realism' and how he nearly stopped writing altogether to become a

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18:08

Jodi Picoult Q&A

Simon Mayo"s Books of the Year ·

2024/11/20

Simon and Matt welcome international bestselling author, Jodi Picoult, back to the studio for a slice of Q&A.She talks about some of her favourite authors and gives us some book recommendations. Plus we hear from crime writer Gillian McAllister and learn who Jodi would invite to her fantasy dinner party. We hope you enjoy the chat! And remember, for a limited time, you can get a 10% discount at Serious Readers by using the discount code BOTY Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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41:10

Jodi Picoult

Simon Mayo"s Books of the Year ·

2024/11/13

Jodi Picoult is baaaack! And she joins Simon and Matt in the studio to discuss her new novel. They chat about the myths surrounding Shakespeare and his work, whether he really wrote all the plays he's credited to have written, and why the history of women writers of the time is completely unknown. Women used writing to record their wisdom at the time, but this specific part of history hasn't been explored properly. We hope you enjoy this lively and quite fulsome debate! (and here's a little more on

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