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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10/01/2024 - Araminta Hall
24/01/2024 - David McCloskey
07/02/2024 - Alex Michaelides
21/02/2024 - Kiley Reid
06/03/2024 - Anna Keay
20/03/2024 - John O'Farrell
03/04/2024 - Erin Kelly
16/04/2024 - Tom Burgis
16/05/2024 - David Nicholls
29/05/2024 - Abir Mukherjee
12/06/2024 - Andrew O'Hagan
09/07/2024 - Mark Billingham
25/07/2024 - David Baddiel
07/08/2024 - Chris Whitaker
21/08/2024 - Chris Brookmyre
03/09/2024 - Ragnar Jonasson
18/09/2024 - David Hepworth
02/10/2024 - Ben Macintyre
16/10/2024 - Robert Harris
06/11/2024 - Ian Rankin
13/11/2024 - Jodi Picoult
27/11/2024 - Matt Haig
11/12/2024 - Michael Connelly

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1	Hunted by Abir Mukherjee (Goodreads Author) 3.78 avg rating — 4,915 ratings score: 191, and 2 people 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	One of the Good Guys by Araminta Hall 3.47 avg rating — 10,963 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
3	Moscow X by David McCloskey 4.21 avg rating — 11,279 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
4	The Fury by Alex Michaelides (Goodreads Author) 3.36 avg rating — 234,038 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
5	Come and Get It by Kiley Reid 3.33 avg rating — 45,132 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
6	The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown by Anna Keay 4.38 avg rating — 1,693 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
7	Family Politics by John O'Farrell 3.55 avg rating — 1,157 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
8	The House of Mirrors by Erin Kelly (Goodreads Author) 3.91 avg rating — 1,872 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
9	Cuckooland: Where the Rich Own the Truth by Tom Burgis 3.74 avg rating — 361 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
10	You Are Here by David Nicholls really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 85,263 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
11	Caledonian Road by Andrew O'Hagan 3.78 avg rating — 11,685 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	The Wrong Hands (Detective Miller #2) by Mark Billingham 4.26 avg rating — 4,726 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	My Family: The Memoir by David Baddiel 4.23 avg rating — 1,168 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
14	All the Colours of the Dark by Chris Whitaker (Goodreads Author) 4.25 avg rating — 449,917 ratings score: 87, 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
15	The Cracked Mirror by Chris Brookmyre 3.95 avg rating — 3,172 ratings score: 86, 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
16	Death at the Sanatorium by Ragnar Jónasson (Goodreads Author) 3.64 avg rating — 7,239 ratings score: 85, 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
17	Hope I Get Old Before I Die: How Rock’s Greatest Generation Kept Going to the End by David Hepworth (Goodreads Author) 4.07 avg rating — 320 ratings score: 84, 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
18	The Siege: A Six-Day Hostage Crisis and the Daring Special-Forces Operation That Shocked the World by Ben Macintyre 4.36 avg rating — 7,633 ratings score: 83, 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
19	Precipice by Robert Harris (Goodreads Author) 3.95 avg rating — 16,848 ratings score: 82, 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
20	Midnight and Blue (Inspector Rebus #25) by Ian Rankin (Goodreads Author) 4.29 avg rating — 9,670 ratings score: 81, 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
21	By Any Other Name by Jodi Picoult (Goodreads Author) 4.11 avg rating — 120,113 ratings score: 80, 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
22	The Life Impossible by Matt Haig (Goodreads Author) 3.47 avg rating — 153,947 ratings score: 79, 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
23	The Waiting (Renée Ballard, #6) by Michael Connelly (Goodreads Author) 4.36 avg rating — 68,582 ratings score: 78, 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