The Year in Fiction

Available for over a year

2023 has been a great year for fiction, and in this programme, Chris Power looks back at some of Open Book’s highlights, including interviews with Zadie Smith, Bret Easton Ellis, Eleanor Catton and Richard Ford. They reflect on their literary influences and the echoes of the past which help them write their way into the future. Book List – Monday 25 December and Thursday 28 December The Shards by Bret Easton Ellis Lunar Park by Bret Easton Ellis The World and All That It Holds by Aleksandar Hemon Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton Julia by Sandra Newman The Future by Naomi Alderman The Future Future by Adam Thirlwell Macbeth by William Shakespeare Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell The Fraud by Zadie Smith Be Mine by Richard Ford Watch Us Dance by Leila Slimani Great Expectations by Charles Dickens Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot Lost Illusions by Honoré de Balzac