Simon Mayo's Books Of The Year

Simon Mayo's Books Of The Year - 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018

Simon Mayo and Matt Williams invite the world's finest authors in for a chat.

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11/01/2022 - Jo Browning Wroe
01/02/2022 - Justin Webb
13/04/2022 - Claire Powell
12/05/2022 - Tom Bradby
23/05/2022 - Mick Herron
28/07/2022 - Jonathan Freedland
17/08/2022 - Simon Mayo
07/09/2022 - Robert Harris
13/09/2022 - Anthony Horowitz
02/11/2022 - Marina Hyde
16/11/2022 - Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan
30/11/2022 - Ben Macintyre
14/12/2022 - Sebastian Payne

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1	A Terrible Kindness by Jo Browning Wroe 4.29 avg rating — 24,210 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	The Gift of a Radio by Justin Webb 3.95 avg rating — 436 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	At the Table by Claire Powell (Goodreads Author) 3.72 avg rating — 4,057 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Yesterday's Spy by Tom Bradby 3.88 avg rating — 1,649 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Bad Actors (Slough House, #8) by Mick Herron 4.36 avg rating — 21,569 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World by Jonathan Freedland 4.36 avg rating — 25,091 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Tick Tock by Simon Mayo 3.90 avg rating — 1,883 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Act of Oblivion by Robert Harris (Goodreads Author) 4.06 avg rating — 20,956 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	The Twist of a Knife (Hawthorne & Horowitz #4) by Anthony Horowitz (Goodreads Author) 4.09 avg rating — 38,513 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	What Just Happened?! by Marina Hyde 4.05 avg rating — 847 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult (Goodreads Author) 4.07 avg rating — 579,004 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Colditz: Prisoners of the Castle by Ben Macintyre 4.26 avg rating — 10,579 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	The Fall of Boris Johnson: The Full Story by Sebastian Payne 3.70 avg rating — 607 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars