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Books by Kate Atkinson mentioned on podcasts
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Life After Life
Life After Life by Kate Atkinson is a celebrated novel that follows protagonist Ursula Todd as she repeatedly dies and is reborn across different eras of the twentieth century, most notably the Second World War.
Recommended“and she's written some beautiful novels, especially Life After Life, which is one of my favorite books of all time.”
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A god in ruins
A god in ruins by Kate Atkinson is a companion novel and sequel to Life After Life, following the life of Teddy Todd during and after the London World War II Blitz era.
Discussed“in the 2010s two of her other novels Life After Life and its sequel a God in Ruins won the Costa Award for best novel of the year in Britain”
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Transcription
Transcription by Kate Atkinson is a historical spy novel that follows a young woman recruited to monitor British fascist sympathizers during the Second World War.
Discussed“so tell us about transcription it's um set in two time frames 1940 1950 and sent us around a girl called Juliet Armstrong who in 1940 is 18 and she's smart but she's naive”
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One Good Turn
One Good Turn by Kate Atkinson is a crime novel featuring the recurring investigator Jackson Brody.
Recommended“well I finally finished Kate Atkinson's one good turn which I loved it's the third of her Jackson Brody books that I've read”
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Behind the scenes at the museum
Discussed“her debut novel behind the scenes at the Museum won the wit breeds book of the Year award in 1996”
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Case Histories
Case Histories by Kate Atkinson is a compelling contemporary detective novel featuring private investigator Jackson Brodie.
Discussed“and the same actually with the adaptation of the Kate Atkinson book that's on our list case uh histories which is such a fantastic book and Jason Issacs, who's a great actor, plays the main detective in that, who's wonderful, but it just couldn't do justice.”
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Death at the Sign of the Rook
Death at the Sign of the Rook by Kate Atkinson is a captivating mystery novel that marks the return of the author's beloved private eye, Jackson Brody.
Recommended“and one of those books if you're a mystery fan will likely be Death At The Sign of The Rook by Kate Atkinson this is the sixth novel starring Atkinson's beloved private eye Jackson Brody”
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Our Noble Selves
Our Noble Selves is a post-World War II mystery novel by Kate Atkinson.
Recommended“Our Noble Selves by Kate Atkinson out in September. Kate Atkinson is the beloved English mystery writer. She has written the Jackson Brody series of books.”
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Started Early, Took My Dog
Discussed“and of course one of the titles of your one of your Jackson Brody books comes from a poem of hers I long time I wanted to write a novel had an Emily diggson first line line as the title for no good reason part of him to amuse myself and that's the reason in that book that Jackson gets”
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