The following is a list of books from the Richard & Judy Book Club, featured on the television chat show. The show was cancelled in 2009, but since 2010 the lists have been continued by the Richard and Judy Book Club, a website run in conjunction with retailer W. H. Smith.
Main list 2004 Monica Ali – Brick Lane Martina Cole – The Know William Dalrymple – White Mughals Zoë Heller – Notes on a Scandal David Nicholls – Starter for Ten Joseph O'Connor – Star of the Sea Alice Sebold – The Lovely Bones (winner) Åsne Seierstad – The Bookseller of Kabul Nigel Slater – Toast: The Story of a Boy's Hunger Adriana Trigiani – Lucía, Lucía
2005 William Brodrick – The Sixth Lamentation Paula Byrne – Perdita: The Life of Mary Robinson Justin Cartwright – The Promise of Happiness Karen Joy Fowler – The Jane Austen Book Club Chris Heath – Feel: Robbie Williams David Mitchell – Cloud Atlas (winner) Audrey Niffenegger – The Time Traveler's Wife Jodi Picoult – My Sister's Keeper Andrew Taylor – The American Boy Carlos Ruiz Zafón – The Shadow of the Wind
2006 Julian Barnes – Arthur & George Richard Benson – The Farm Geraldine Brooks – March Michael Connelly – The Lincoln Lawyer Martin Davies – The Conjuror's Bird Nicole Krauss – The History of Love Anchee Min – Empress Orchid Kate Mosse – Labyrinth (winner) Eva Rice – The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets Andrew Smith – Moondust: In Search of the Men Who Fell to Earth
2007 Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie – Half of a Yellow Sun William Boyd – Restless A. M. Homes – This Book Will Save Your Life Lori Lansens – The Girls James Robertson – The Testament of Gideon Mack Griff Rhys Jones – Semi-detached Jed Rubenfeld – The Interpretation of Murder (winner) Catherine Ryan Hyde – Love in the Present Tense
2008 Danny Scheinmann – Random Acts of Heroic Love Katharine McMahon – Rose of Sebastopol Roger Jon Ellory – A Quiet Belief in Angels Patrick Gale – Notes from an Exhibition Joshua Ferris – Then We Came to the End Mark Slouka – Visible World Lloyd Jones – Mister Pip Tim Butcher – Blood River Peter Ho Davies – The Welsh Girl Khaled Hosseini – A Thousand Splendid Suns (winner)
2009 Jesse Kellerman – The Brutal Art Kate Summerscale – The Suspicions of Mr Whicher Andrew Davidson – The Gargoyle Kate Atkinson – When Will There Be Good News? David Ebershoff – The 19th Wife Frances Osborne – The Bolter: Idina Sackville-The Woman Who Scandalised 1920s Society and Became White Mischief's Infamous Seductress Joseph O'Neill – Netherland Beatrice Colin – The Luminous Life of Lilly Aphrodite Elizabeth H. Winthrop – December Steven Galloway – The Cellist of Sarajevo
Summer book lists 2004 Jennifer Donnelly – A Gathering Light P. J. Tracy – Want to Play? Cecelia Ahern – PS, I Love You Maile Meloy – Liars and Saints Ben Richards – The Mermaid and the Drunks Bella Pollen – Hunting Unicorns
2005 Karen Quinn – The Ivy Chronicles George Hagen – The Laments Anthony Capella – The Food of Love Susan Fletcher – Eve Green Ben Sherwood – The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud David Wolstencroft – Good News, Bad News
2006 Jim Lynch – The Highest Tide Sam Bourne – The Righteous Men Victoria Hislop – The Island Dorothy Koomson – My Best Friend's Girl Elisabeth Hyde – The Abortionist's Daughter Elizabeth Kostova – The Historian
2007 Kim Edwards – The Memory Keeper's Daughter Simon Kernick – Relentless Kate Morton – The House at Riverton Paul Torday – Salmon Fishing in the Yemen Jane Fallon – Getting Rid of Matthew Mark Mills – The Savage Garden Jonathan Tropper – How to talk to a Widower Mary Lawson – The Other Side of the Bridge
2008 Sadie Jones – The Outcast Linwood Barclay – No Time For Goodbye Julia Gregson – East of the Sun John Hart – Down River Margret Cezair – The Pirate's Daughter Rebecca Miller – The Private Lives of Pippa Lee Toni Jordan – Addition James Bradley – The Resurrectionist
2009 Julian Fellowes – Past Imperfect Dave Boling – Guernica Stephen L. Carter – Palace Council Charles Elton – Mr Toppit Jill Dawson – The Great Lover Colin Bateman – Mystery Man Sue Miller – The Senator's Wife Janice Y. K. Lee – The Piano Teacher
Website book lists 2010 – Winter Rosamund Lupton – Sister Delphine de Vigan – No and Me Jo Nesbø – The Snowman Naseem Rakha – The Crying Tree Thomas Trofimuk – Waiting for Columbus Maria McCann – The Wilding Rachel Hore – A Place of Secrets Ben Macintyre – Operation Mincemeat
2011 – Spring Nigel Farndale – The Blasphemer Helen Simonson – Major Pettigrew's Last Stand Lucinda Riley – Hothouse Flower Suzanne Bugler – This Perfect World Emma Donoghue – Room Gregg Hurwitz – You're Next Rose Tremain – Trespass Sarah Blake – The Postmistress
2011 – Summer Sarah Winman – When God Was a Rabbit Suzannah Dunn – The Confessions of Katherine Howard Jed Rubenfeld – The Death Instinct Natasha Solomons – The Novel in the Viola Erin Kelly – The Poison Tree Elizabeth Speller – The Return of Captain John Emmett Anna Quindlen – Every Last One Bella Pollen – The Summer of the Bear
2011 – Autumn Megan Abbott – The End Of Everything Aimee Bender – The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake Peter May – The Blackhouse Lisa Genova – Left Neglected Michelle Paver – Dark Matter Carol Birch – Jamrach's Menagerie Araminta Hall – Everything and Nothing David Hosp – Next of Kin
2012 – Spring Amanda Brooke – Yesterday's Sun Louisa Young – My Dear i Wanted To Tell You Paula McLain – The Paris Wife S. J. Watson – Before I Go To Sleep Mons Kallentoft – Midwinter Sacrifice Jojo Moyes – Me Before You Alison Littlewood – A Cold Season Rachel Simon – The Story of Beautiful Girl
2012 – Summer Victoria Hislop – The Thread Erin Morgenstern – The Night Circus Louise Douglas – The Secret Between Us Laura Harrington – Alice Bliss Shelley Harris – Jubilee Robert Harris – The Fear Index Lars Kepler – The Hypnotist Penny Hancock – Tideline Emylia Hall – The Book Of Summers Patrick Gale – A Perfectly Good Man
2012 – Autumn Elizabeth Noble -Between A Mother And Her Child Maria Duenas – The Seamstress Lisa Ballantyne – The Guilty One Ben Macintyre – Double Cross Eowyn Ivey – The Snow Child Hannah Richell – Secrets Of The Tides Adriana Trigiani – The Shoemaker's Wife Robert Goddard – Fault Line Helen Dunmore – The Greatcoat Anthony Horowitz – The House Of Silk
2013 – Spring Rachel Joyce -The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry David Mark – Dark Winter John Green – The Fault in Our Stars Charity Norman – After The Fall Gillian Flynn – Gone Girl Chris Cleave – Gold Julia Gregson – Jasmine Nights Noah Hawley – The Good Father Grace McCleen – The Land Of Decoration Jennifer McVeigh – The Fever Tree
2013 – Summer Karen Walker – The Age Of Miracles Sophie McKenzie – close My Eyes Kathleen MacMahon – This Is How It Ends James Oswald – Natural Causes M. L. Stedman – The Light Between Oceans Joanna Rossiter – The Sea Change Gavin Extence – The Universe Versus Alex Woods Simon Mawer – The Girl Who Fell From The Sky Lucy Clarke – The Sea Sisters Liza Klaussman – Tigers In Red Weather
2013 – Autumn Lauren Beukes – The Shining Girls Maggie O'Farrell – Instructions For A Heatwave Deborah Moggach – Heartbreak Hotel Tim Weaver – Never Coming Back Tracy Chevalier – The Last Runaway Saskia Sarginson – The Twins Liane Moriarty – The Husband's Secret Nele Neuhaus – Snow White Must Die
2014 – Spring Jodi Picoult – The Storyteller Louise Doughty – Apple Tree Yard Sian Busby – A Commonplace Killing Graeme Simsion – The Rosie Project Koethi Zan – The Never List Curtis Sittenfeld – Sisterland Jo Baker – Longbourn Becky Masterman – Rage Against Dying
2014 – Summer Khaled Hosseini – And the Mountains Echoed Terry Hayes – I Am Pilgrim Robert Harris – An Officer and a Spy Helen Dunmore – The Lie M. J. Arlidge – Eeny Meeny Julie Cohen – Dear Thing Lucie Whitehouse – Before We Met Sinead Moriarty – Mad About You
2014 – Autumn Jane Shemilt – Daughter Claire North – The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August Daisy Goodwin – The Fortune Hunter Andy Weir – The Martian Sarah Hilary – Someone Else's Skin Rowan Coleman – The Memory Book Antonia Hodgson – The Devil in the Marshalsea Rick Stein – Under a Mackerel Sky
2015 – Spring Jessie Burton – The Miniaturist Claire Kendal – The Book of You Emma Healey – Elizabeth is Missing Tony Parsons – The Murder Bag Anna McPartlin – The Last Days of Rabbit Hayes Sheila Hancock – Miss Carter's War Charles Cumming – A Colder War Naomi Wood – Mrs. Hemingway
2015 – Summer David Nicholls – Us Joel Dicker – The Truth About The Harry Quebert Affair Linwood Barclay – No Safe House Fredrik Backman – A Man Called Ove Nick Hornby – Funny Girl Vanessa Lafaye – Summertime Clare Mackintosh – I Let You Go Carys Bray – A Song For Issy Bradley
2015 – Autumn Kate Mosse – The Taxidermist's Daughter Peter Swanson – The Kind Worth Killing Anne Tyler – A Spool of Blue Thread Dinah Jefferies – The Tea Planter's Wife S K Tremayne – The Ice Twins Lucie Brownlee – Life After You Catherine Chanter – The Well Joseph Kanon – Leaving Berlin
2016 – Spring Laura Barnett – The Versions of Us Rosamund Lupton – The Quality of Silence Ruth Ware – In a Dark, Dark Wood Mason Cross – The Samaritan Jenny Eclair – Moving Sarah Winman – A Year of Marvellous Ways Claire Fuller – Our Endless Numbered Days Debbie Howells – The Bones of You
2016 – Summer Paula Hawkins – The Girl on the Train John Grisham – Rogue Lawyer Dawn French – According to Yes Stuart Neville – Those We Left Behind William Boyd – Sweet Caress Lisa Jewell – The Girls Jackie Copleton – A Dictionary of Mutual Understanding Cathy Rentzenbrink – The Last Act of Love
2016 – Autumn Gregg Hurwitz – Orphan X Fiona Barton – The Widow Susie Steiner – Missing Presumed Paula McLain – Circling the Sun Sharon Guskin – The Forgetting Time Katarina Bivald – The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend Christobel Kent – The Loving Husband Anna Hope – The Ballroom
2017 – Spring Jessie Burton – The Muse Samuel Bjork – I'm Travelling Alone Hollie Overton – Baby Doll Joanna Cannon – The Trouble with Goats and Sheep Bryony Gordon – Mad Girl Sabine Durant – Lie with Me Keith Stuart – A Boy Made of Blocks Liz Nugent – Lying in Wait
2017 – Summer Jodi Picoult – Small Great Things Shari Lapena – The Couple Next Door Maggie O'Farrell – This Must Be The Place Clare Mackintosh – I See You Robert Harris – Conclave Sarah Perry – The Essex Serpent Kate Eberlen – Miss You Tana French – The Trespasser
2017 – Autumn Ali Land - Good Me Bad Me Ruth Hogan - The Keeper of Lost Things Rachel Rhys - Dangerous Crossing Amy Engel - The Roanoke Girls Sandrone Dazieri - Kill the Father Fiona Neill - The Betrayals Victoria Hislop - Cartes Postales from Greece Stef Penney - Under a Pole Star
2018 – Spring Matt Haig – How to Stop Time John Boyne – The Heart's Invisible Furies Lisa Jewell – Then She Was Gone Jo Nesbø – The Thirst Fiona Barton – The Child Michelle Richmond – The Marriage Pact Cara Hunter – Close to Home Beth Underdown – The Witch Finder's Sister
2018 – Summer Elizabeth Day – The Party Julie Cohen – Together Susie Steiner – Persons Unknown Celeste Ng – Little Fires Everywhere Dinah Jefferies – The Sapphire Widow Harriet Evans – The Wildflowers Erin Kelly – He Said She Said Lee Child – The Midnight Line
2018 – Late Summer Leïla Slimani – Lullaby Joanna Cannon – Three Things About Elsie Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen – The Wife Between Us Catherine Isaac – You, Me, Everything David Baldacci – End Game Rachel Hore – Last Letter Home
2018 – Autumn Heather Morris – Tattooist of Auschwitz Amy Lloyd – The Innocent Wife Sarah Vaughan – Anatomy of a Scandal Tom Hanks – Uncommon Type: Some Stories Rhiannon Navin – Only Child Sarah Haywood – The Cactus
2019 – Winter Alex Reeve – The House on Half Moon Street