Backlisted
The literary podcast presented by John Mitchinson and Andy Miller. For show notes visit backlisted.fm and get an extra two shows a month by supporting the pod at patreon.com/backlisted
242 episodes transcribedSilence by Shūsaku Endō
Episode Date: October 12, 2020Silence (1966) is Shūsaku Endō’s masterpiece, a novel set in 17th Japan, following two Portuguese Jesuits posted there to search for their former teac...
The Odd Women By George Gissing
Episode Date: September 28, 2020George Gissing's The Odd Women (1893) is the groundbreaking book featured in this episode of Backlisted. Joining John and Andy to discuss this fascina...
Thérèse Raquin by Émile Zola
Episode Date: September 14, 2020Thérèse Raquin (1868), the third novel by French writer Émile Zola, is the book featured in this episode of Backlisted. Joining John and Andy to discu...
I, Lalla: The Poems of Lal Dĕd
Episode Date: August 31, 2020I, Lalla: The Poems of Lal Dĕd, translated by Ranjit Hoskote, is the subject of this episode of Backlisted. Joining John and Andy to discuss this mode...
Summer Reading 2020
Episode Date: August 17, 2020It's a summer reading episode of Backlisted. We are showcasing books John, Andy and the show's producer Nicky have been reading during lockdown. These...
The Varieties of Religious Experience by William James
Episode Date: August 3, 2020William James's The Varieties of Religious Experience (1902) is the groundbreaking book featured in this episode of Backlisted. Joining John and Andy...
How to Cook a Wolf by M.F.K. Fisher
Episode Date: July 20, 2020How to Cook a Wolf (1942) by the inimitable M.F.K. Fisher is the book featured in this episode of Backlisted. Joining John and Andy to heed this call...
The Diary of a Nobody by George and Weedon Grossmith
Episode Date: July 6, 2020The Diary of a Nobody (1892) by George and Weedon Grossmith is the book featured in this episode of Backlisted. Joining John and Andy to celebrate thi...
The Inheritors by William Golding
Episode Date: June 22, 2020William Golding's second novel The Inheritors (1955) is the book featured in this episode of Backlisted. Joining John and Andy to explore this intense...
The Constant Nymph by Margaret Kennedy
Episode Date: June 8, 2020Margaret Kennedy's bestselling novel The Constant Nymph (1924) is the book featured in this episode of Backlisted. Joining John and Andy to discuss th...
Frost in May by Antonia White
Episode Date: May 25, 2020Antonia White's debut novel Frost in May(1933) is the book under discussion in this episode of Backlisted. Joining John and Andy to discuss this power...
The World According to Garp by John Irving
Episode Date: May 11, 2020John Irving's fourth novel The World According to Garp (1978) is the subject of this episode of Backlisted. Joining John and Andy to explore this unli...
The Journal of a Disappointed Man by W.N.P. Barbellion
Episode Date: April 26, 2020W.N.P Barbellion's The Journal of a Disappointed Man, first published in 1919, is the subject of this episode of Backlisted. Joining John and Andy to...
Excellent Women by Barbara Pym
Episode Date: April 12, 2020We're back! Barbara Pym's second novel Excellent Women, first published in 1952, is the subject of this episode of Backlisted. Joining John and Andy t...
A La Recherche du Temps Perdu by Marcel Proust
Episode Date: December 25, 2019Marcel Proust's A La Recherche du Temps Perdu AKA In Search of Lost Time is the subject of this bumper Christmas special episode, which was recorded l...
Riceyman Steps by Arnold Bennett
Episode Date: December 9, 2019Arnold Bennett's 1923 novel Riceyman Steps is the subject of this episode. Joining John and Andy to discuss it are journalist Charlotte Higgins and no...
Edith's Diary by Patricia Highsmith
Episode Date: November 25, 2019Patricia Highsmith's novel Edith's Diary (1977) is the book under discussion. John and Andy are joined by writers Karen McLeod and John Grindrod. Plus...
The Rings of Saturn by W.G. Sebald
Episode Date: November 11, 2019W.G. Sebald's book The Rings of Saturn, first published in Germany in 1995, is the subject of this episode. Joining John and Andy to walk around this...
The Breaking Point by Daphne du Maurier
Episode Date: October 28, 2019It's Halloween! Daphne du Maurier's The Breaking Point AKA The Blue Lenses is a collection of psychological horror stories that was first published in...