Sorry for a bit of a delay (because I had to read two quite long books) – and advance apologies for the delay before our next episode, as Rachel moves house and completes her dissertation. Thanks for bearing with us! In this episode, we use a recommendation from my friend Rachel (a different one) and ask about characters and food. In the second half, we compare John Fowles’ The French Lieutenant’s Woman with Tracy Chevalier’s Remarkable Creatures. Do let us know your thoughts on either!

Letters by Virginia Woolf

The Diary of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell

Famous Five series by Enid Blyton

Malory Towers series by Enid Blyton

Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome

The Debt to Pleasure by John Lanchester

Five Quarters of the Orange by Joanne Harris

Chocolat by Joanne Harris

The Edible Woman by Margaret Atwood

The Cazalet Chronicles by Elizabeth Jane Howard

The Sea, The Sea by Iris Murdoch

Edith Wharton

Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell

The Heat of the Day by Elizabeth Bowen

Provincial Lady series by E.M. Delafield

To The Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl

Matilda by Roald Dahl

The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender

Girl With a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier

Golden Hill by Francis Spufford

The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton

Patricia Brent, Spinster by Herbert Jenkins

Speaking of Love by Angela Young

Concert Pitch by Theodora Benson

Mr Pim Passes By by A.A. Milne

Four Days’ Wonder by A.A. Milne

Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell

Animal Farm by George Orwell