Bestsellers

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Episode 2 is all about the very funny and humble Andy Weir. Why do you know that name..? Because he wrote and brought you The Martian, which was turned into a Hollywood blockbuster starring Matt Damon, directed by Ridley Scott and he's now back with a new story called Project Hail Mary, where one astronaut has to save planet earth.

Find out how Andy makes the science fit the fiction and how he got his Ryans mixed up, whilst on the phone to Gosling, but calling him Reynolds...!

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Iiiiiiiiiiits Christmas. 2020. One of the shittest years on record. But throughout this difficult year there have been some amazing books.In this seasonal special, Phil & Natalie offer you their five books of the year each. With enough time to still go and buy one of them for you or for a loved one, we hope this will inspire you in some way to find solace and peace in a book.

Thank you for listening to season one of BestSellers. We'll be back in 2021 with Season 2.

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SEASON FINALE: Robert Harris

In the last episode of Season 1, Phil & Natalie talk to international bestseller Robert Harris. V2 tells the story of the rockets the Nazis built at the very end of the second world war, through the eyes of one of the rocket scientists who really only wanted to send rockets to space and a woman photo analyst for the WAAF.

Hear Robert talk about writing this in lockdown; his family of writers, including Nick Hornby and how they all read each other's books and how this story from the end of WWII very much resonates with today's strange times.

Robert Harris is a true best seller and a great way to conclude S1.

You can buy the book here: https://amzn.to/318Y6n3 We benefit from qualifying purchases.

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Lee Lawrence was an eleven year old boy in 1985, when armed police burst into the family home looking for his brother. He wasn't there. They shot his mum, Cherry Groce, and that shooting sparked the Brixton riots, or as Lee prefers to call them, the Brixton Uprising. She survived the shooting but died from her injuries many years later. In this episode of Bestsellers, Lee tells Phil & Natalie of his thirty year struggle for justice; the constant negotiating with the Met Police to read an internal report about what happened and how witnessing your Mum being shot by the very people you're taught will protect you, shaped his adult life ahead.

You can buy The Louder I Will Sing here https://amzn.to/3l3wrLO We benefit from qualifying purchases

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This. Is. Special. Lee Child and his official biographer Heather Martin join Phil & Natalie to discuss Heather's new book of Lee's life: The Reacher Guy. It's an extraordinarily candid interview, so much so, we felt compelled to split it into two parts. Listen out for Lee's view of the Booker Prize and how he's set his bullshit detector on it; the truth about Tom Cruise and those Reacher films, and the time Lee became Reacher and beat up a Frat boy racially abusing a taxi driver.

You can buy Heather's incredible biography of one of the greatest EVER crime writers here: https://amzn.to/3mtWpJR We benefit from qualifying purchases.

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This. Is. Special. Lee Child and his official biographer Heather Martin join Phil & Natalie to discuss Heather's new book of Lee's life: The Reacher Guy. It's an extraordinarily candid interview, so much so, we felt compelled to split it into two parts. Listen out for Lee's view of the Booker Prize and how he's set his bullshit detector on it; the truth about Tom Cruise and those Reacher films, and the time Lee became Reacher and beat up a Frat boy racially abusing a taxi driver.

You can buy Heather's incredible biography of one of the greatest EVER crime writers here: https://amzn.to/3mtWpJR We benefit from qualifying purchases.

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For Episode 18, Phil & Natalie speak with former Anti-Social Behaviour Officer, Stand Up Comic turned writer, Nick Pettigrew. His new memoir tells the story of a calendar year in his old job with the council, whilst his stress levels and medication rise per chapter. He encounters a naked Nazi Paedophile, human excrement and someone who consistently smells dope in their block of flats, when none can be found. Frankie Boyle loves this book. And so do we.

You can buy Anti-Social here: https://amzn.to/3h6H0vn

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