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Was Klara and the Sun really that bad, or have the critics got it wrong?

Taika Waititi’s film of Kazuo Ishiguro’s Klara and the Sun has had one-star reviews and accusations of sentimentality. Some critics say it misunderstands the novel completely. Chaya and Sophie of The Bibliofilles have both seen it. Chaya loved it, and Sophie liked it but prefers the book “a million times over”. They ask whether the reviews are warranted, then go on to the bigger questions the story raises about AI, faith, grief and what makes us human.

📚 We discuss:

•⁠ ⁠Why critics have called the film twee, and whether sentimentality makes a story less intelligent

•⁠ ⁠A quiet, first-person Ishiguro novel on screen: what survives the adaptation and what is lost

•⁠ ⁠How the film changes the family story and the ending, and softens the genetic enhancement storyline

•⁠ ⁠Why “Klara is chat in 20 years”: AI flattery and the artificial friend

•⁠ ⁠Klara, the sun and our search for meaning: Ra, Amaterasu and why people reach for faith in a crisis

•⁠ ⁠What makes a person human, from Descartes to Derek Parfit’s Reasons and Persons and Altered Carbon

•⁠ ⁠Genetic enhancement and the “lifted” children: who gets access, and what risk would you take for your child?

•⁠ ⁠Grief, anticipatory grief and whether bringing someone back would help

•⁠ ⁠Would you want to live forever?

•⁠ ⁠Why Never Let Me Go is the book to read next

•⁠ ⁠Sophie and Chaya’s November book club picks

Have you seen the film? Were the critics right, or was it unfairly panned? Tell us in the comments, and let us know which Ishiguro novel we should tackle next.

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Who really deserves to win a literary prize, and which of the greatest authors in history have been overlooked? 📚🏆 In this episode of The Bibliofilles, Sophie and Chaya dive into the biggest scandals, controversies and shocking snubs in the history of literary awards. From Nobel Prize drama to Booker Prize rebellions, they explore why some of the world's most celebrated books have been overlooked, why certain winners spark outrage, and whether literary prizes really reflect the best of literature. The conversation explores some of the most controversial moments in literary history, including Bob Dylan winning the Nobel Prize in Literature, the 2018 Nobel Prize cancellation following a major scandal, the Booker Prize judges defying the rules to award the prize jointly to Margaret Atwood and Bernardine Evaristo, and the Pulitzer Prize jury's recommendation of Gravity's Rainbow being overruled. Sophie and Chaya also look at the authors who never received the recognition they deserved. From Leo Tolstoy and F. Scott Fitzgerald to James Baldwin, Virginia Woolf, James Joyce and Haruki Murakami, they ask why so many literary giants missed out on major awards. Plus, they discuss Toni Morrison's Beloved, Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall trilogy, Rohinton Mistry's overlooked novels and the controversy surrounding this year's Nobel Prize in Literature winner, Anne Carson. They also explore the role of literary gatekeepers, the lack of diversity in major literary awards, and whether prizes are about recognising the best books or simply reflecting the tastes of a select group of judges. With the Booker Prize approaching, Sophie and Chaya share their predictions, debate which shortlisted books deserve to win and reveal the novels they believe should have received more recognition. In this episode, we discuss: 🏆 The biggest scandals in the history of literary awards 📚 Bob Dylan and the controversy surrounding his Nobel Prize in Literature ⚖️ The 2019 Booker Prize controversy involving Margaret Atwood and Bernardine Evaristo 📖 Why Gravity's Rainbow was denied the Pulitzer Prize 💔 The greatest authors who never won major literary awards ✍️ Why Tolstoy, F. Scott Fitzgerald and James Baldwin were overlooked 📚 Toni Morrison, Beloved and the backlash against literary prize judges 🌍 Diversity, race and the Eurocentric history of the Nobel Prize 👀 The controversy surrounding Anne Carson's Nobel Prize win 📕 Whether literary prizes actually identify the best books 🔮 Sophie and Chaya's predictions for the upcoming Booker Prize 📚 Books Mentioned The Testaments by Margaret Atwood 👉 https://link.amazon/B092P6RGa Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo 👉 https://link.amazon/B0e7noL66 Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon 👉 https://link.amazon/B0bWy5aas Last Orders by Graham Swift 👉 https://link.amazon/B09fR3UNb As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner 👉 https://link.amazon/B0f7Rvr2K Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood 👉 https://link.amazon/B057icJpH A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry 👉 https://link.amazon/B04NP9pYs Beloved by Toni Morrison 👉 https://link.amazon/B0fZQTXjw The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald 👉 https://link.amazon/B04QLA3cG War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy 👉 https://link.amazon/B010lAdmY Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy 👉 https://link.amazon/B08PYjNJv Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin 👉 https://link.amazon/B06uUSjmO Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel 👉 https://link.amazon/B0htzqlwH Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel 👉 https://link.amazon/B0dUi2rNN Autobiography of Red by Anne Carson 👉 https://link.amazon/B0cPc0V0T Black Bag by Luke Kennard 👉 https://link.amazon/B06lckHMM The Disappearance by Marlon James 👉 https://link.amazon/B00qau654

The Mirror & the Light by Hilary Mantel

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What does it really take to become a writer and how do you find the courage to keep writing when you know people are going to judge your work?

In this very special episode of The Bibliofilles, Sophie and Chaya sit down with acclaimed author Min Jin Lee, author of Pachinko, Free Food for Millionaires and American Hagwon, for a wide-ranging conversation about books, identity, education, immigration, ambition and the craft of writing.

Min Jin Lee opens up about her unexpected journey from lawyer to novelist, why she never originally thought writing was a “real job”, and how books have shaped her entire life. She also explains why she sees herself first and foremost as a reader and why she believes the relationship between a writer and their reader is something genuinely special.

The conversation dives deep into American Hagwon, a multi-generational family story exploring education, ambition, identity, family expectations and the immigrant experience. Min Jin Lee discusses the research behind the novel, the complexities of the hagwon education system, and why we need to question the systems we assume are simply “normal”.

She also reflects on growing up between Korea and America, the experience of feeling like an outsider in both places, and how immigration and identity have shaped her characters and storytelling.

There’s also a fascinating discussion about parental expectations, the lives we don't live, hidden talents, religion, ambition and the gifts we leave unexplored plus Min Jin Lee reveals what her next novel is about.

And yes, we also talk about Pachinko. 📚

In this episode, we discuss:

• Min Jin Lee's journey from lawyer to writer
• Why books “saved her life”
• The making of Free Food for Millionaires and Pachinko
• American Hagwon and the pressure of education
• The immigrant experience and cultural identity
• Korean hagwon education and academic pressure
• Parenting, ambition and inherited expectations
• Religion, community and hierarchy
• How Min Jin Lee approaches research and character development
• Why she doesn't think of writing as self-expression
• Trusting readers rather than worrying about critics
• The inspiration behind her next novel, Marshall Plan

📚 Books Mentioned

Pachinko by Min Jin Lee 👉 https://link.amazon/B0g85u4Pb

American Hagwon by Min Jin Lee 👉 https://link.amazon/B0dLwhE31

A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry 👉 https://link.amazon/B08pJTcA2

A House for Mr Biswas by V. S. Naipaul 👉 https://link.amazon/B0fr0lSre

Clay Walls by R. K. Narayan 👉 https://link.amazon/B07N3fO5g

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Struggling to get into reading? Think you’re just not a book person? You might simply not have found the right book yet. In this episode of The Bibliofilles, Chaya and Sophie share the books they believe can turn even the most reluctant reader into someone who can’t put a book down.

From gripping true crime and psychological thrillers to epic fantasy, historical fiction, romance and literary classics, they explore the stories that pull you in, keep you turning the pages and stay with you long after you’ve finished reading. Whether you’re stuck in a reading slump, looking for your next obsession or hoping to get back into books after years away, there’s something here for every kind of reader.

They discuss why certain genres hook us, how finding books that match your existing interests can transform your relationship with reading, and why you don’t need to be a lifelong bookworm to fall in love with a great story. Expect controversial opinions, personal favourites and plenty of recommendations to add to your TBR.

👇 All books mentioned are linked below 👇

True Crime & Non-Fiction

Penance by Eliza Clark

👉 https://link.amazon/B08I5PvRK

Notes on an Execution

👉 https://link.amazon/B0dkiQTo1

In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

👉 https://link.amazon/B0d5YFd2t

Bad Blood by John Carreyrou

👉 https://link.amazon/B07YSr5un

Educated by Tara Westover

👉 https://link.amazon/B09bEMGYt

Careless People

👉 https://link.amazon/B0aMFT9xM

Historical Fiction & Epic Stories

Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry

👉 https://link.amazon/B0aZG5F5R

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

👉 https://link.amazon/B03ri1vAn

Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

👉 https://link.amazon/B01SVgibJ

Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

👉https://link.amazon/B0ialQhGv

The Women by Kristin Hannah

👉 https://link.amazon/B0ddV9oWb

The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah

👉 https://link.amazon/B01U9gkYr

Classics & Literary Fiction

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

👉https://link.amazon/B0hNYWmog

East of Eden by John Steinbeck

👉 https://link.amazon/B01Vjqf61

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

👉 https://link.amazon/B08JBGtoz

White Nights by Fyodor Dostoevsky

👉 https://link.amazon/B04ak2jBw

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

👉 https://link.amazon/B0jk0l7GI

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

👉 https://link.amazon/B04xnnJE2

The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin

👉 https://link.amazon/B0iT51VAf

Thrillers, Fantasy & Speculative Fiction

The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

👉https://link.amazon/B0fLaUUlN

Red Rising by Pierce Brown

👉 https://link.amazon/B0iC37Ww4

Witchcraft for Wayward Girls

👉 https://link.amazon/B04EqAnXa

The Devils

👉 https://link.amazon/B00da3BES

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

👉 https://link.amazon/B0fSXQpxs

Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

👉 https://link.amazon/B0hJAPWcV

Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas

👉 https://link.amazon/B0gk1RsOJ

Romance, Relationships & Unforgettable Characters

Talking at Night by Claire Daverley

👉 https://link.amazon/B0iTKk7fJ

People in Love by Claire Daverley

👉 https://link.amazon/B02MhvXs8

Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld

👉 https://link.amazon/B07KCpyg9

Disappoint Me

👉 https://link.amazon/B01GqoXJ0

My Friends

👉 https://link.amazon/B0f4uZOzt

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

👉 https://link.amazon/B02QWIHDo

Ordinary Love

👉https://link.amazon/B0iopAbAs

Mythology & Other Must-Reads:

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

👉 https://link.amazon/B059YgqjF

The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker

👉 https://link.amazon/B09G0mJJm

Kane and Abel by Jeffrey Archer

👉 https://link.amazon/B0fuf8seY

Wild Dark Shore

👉 https://link.amazon/B02qnmC8j

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Is Netflix’s East of Eden getting Cathy Ames completely wrong?

Sophie and Chaya discuss John Steinbeck’s East of Eden, the new Netflix series starring Florence Pugh, and the huge controversy surrounding its interpretation of Cathy Ames.

Is Netflix’s East of Eden faithful to the book? Why has Cathy Ames been rewritten as a more sympathetic character? And what does Steinbeck actually say about good, evil, free will and the power of choice?

In this episode of The Bibliofilles, we compare the East of Eden book and Netflix series, exploring the biggest changes to Cathy, the Trask brothers, the Hamilton family and the central themes of Steinbeck’s classic novel.

We also discuss “Timshel”, the biblical story of Cain and Abel, Steinbeck’s letters and the real-life inspirations behind East of Eden.

📚 We discuss:

• East of Eden by John Steinbeck

• The Netflix East of Eden adaptation

• Florence Pugh as Cathy Ames

• Cathy Ames: evil or misunderstood?

• East of Eden book vs TV series

• The meaning of Timshel

• Cain and Abel and the themes of good vs evil

• Free will and the power of choice

• The Trask and Hamilton families

• Steinbeck’s inspiration and personal life

• The biggest differences between the book and Netflix adaptation

If you’re watching East of Eden on Netflix, reading John Steinbeck’s novel, or looking for an East of Eden book vs series comparison, this episode dives into everything you need to know.

What do you think about Netflix’s version of Cathy Ames? Does the adaptation change the meaning of Steinbeck’s original story?

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Enjoy the pod!

Love,

Chaya and Sophie

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What happens when you go undercover inside the far right and discover how easily dangerous ideas can become normalised?

In this episode of The Bibliofilles, Sophie and Chaya dive into Harry Shukman’s The Year of the Rat, a gripping work of investigative nonfiction that follows Shukman as he spends more than a year undercover inside far-right groups using a hidden camera and the alias “Chris.”

From secret pub meetings and Holocaust denial to loneliness, online radicalisation and the communities that draw people into extremist movements, Sophie and Chaya explore what Shukman discovered while moving between nine different groups.

The conversation also takes a deeper look at some of the book’s most unsettling themes, including eugenics, IVF, falling birth rates, embryo screening, Silicon Valley funding and the ways dangerous ideas can be presented as completely ordinary.

They discuss the morality of undercover journalism, the psychological tension of gaining the trust of people whose beliefs you fundamentally oppose, and Shukman’s own conflict over whether he was helping the very groups he was investigating.

The episode also explores the book’s criticisms, including arguments that Shukman’s definition of the far right is too broad, before comparing The Year of the Rat with Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray and its themes of identity, disguise and living a double life.

📚 Books Mentioned The Year of the Rat by Harry Shukman
👉 https://link.amazon/B0iHxjhnC

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
👉 https://link.amazon/B0ff8BFt1

Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
👉 https://link.amazon/B0jd1dgu5

Free Food for Millionaires by Min Jin Lee
👉 https://link.amazon/B009dtWNa

The Odyssey by Homer
👉 https://link.amazon/B009dtWNa

What do you think draws people towards extremist communities? And can dangerous ideas become normal simply because they are presented in a convincing or familiar way?

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Is fiction getting weirder? This week on Bibliofilles, Chaya and Sophie dive into the wonderfully strange world of weird books, exploring some of the most bizarre, surreal and completely unexpected stories they’ve come across. From women falling in love with bears, planes and even a front door, to characters transforming into insects, dogs and other creatures, there are some books where the premise alone makes you stop and think: how did someone even come up with this? Chaya and Sophie unpack what makes these stories so strange, why authors are drawn to the bizarre, and whether there’s something about weird fiction that makes certain books impossible to forget. Expect bizarre plots, unconventional romances, surreal storytelling and plenty of books that are almost impossible to explain to someone who hasn’t read them. What’s the weirdest book you’ve ever read? 👍 Like, subscribe, and turn on notifications for more bookish conversations with Sophie & Chaya. #Bibliofilles #BookPodcast #BookRecommendations #WeirdBooks #StrangeBooks #FictionBooks #BookClub #BookTok #BookTube #LiteraryFiction

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Why are some of the most famous books in history called what they are? And what if they had kept their original titles?

In this episode of The Bibliofilles, Sophie and Chaya dive into the fascinating world of book titles, literary titles and the stories behind them including famous novels that were almost given completely different names.

From The Secret History originally being considered as The God of Illusions, to Pride and Prejudice almost becoming First Impressions, 1984 being considered as The Last Man in Europe, and To Kill a Mockingbird nearly being called Atticus, we explore how much a title can change the way we see a book.

They also look at the phenomenon of the "title drop", those brilliant moments when you suddenly realise why a book has been given its name and how titles can become bigger than the books themselves.

Plus, we're joined by bestselling author Meg Mason, author of Sorrow and Bliss and Sophie, Staring There, to talk about how she creates her book titles, why Sophie, Staring There was originally called Lilac, and how much a title can shape the writing process.

📚 Books Mentioned

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

👉 https://link.amazon/B047aiP9D

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

👉 https://link.amazon/B09p14rnN

Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell

👉 https://link.amazon/B0iGu7djN

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

👉 https://link.amazon/B0eifZY86

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

👉 https://link.amazon/B00UOOQrx

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

👉 https://link.amazon/B0g0z2BY5

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

👉 https://link.amazon/B0cFQ407B

Dracula by Bram Stoker

👉 https://link.amazon/B00bOgUH9

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

👉 https://link.amazon/B03bkVwbD

Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

👉 https://link.amazon/B06WOa116

Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

👉 https://link.amazon/B0jgs2dCs

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

👉 https://link.amazon/B07Py3TA1

Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

👉 https://link.amazon/B00ha1Vmk

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J. K. Rowling

👉 https://link.amazon/B0jaN8TpF

Northern Lights by Philip Pullman

👉 https://link.amazon/B090VVmIb

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick

👉 https://link.amazon/B0iRJO5dn

Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason

👉 https://link.amazon/B09A20K1h

Sophie, Standing There by Meg Mason

👉 https://link.amazon/B0dJ9P7fW

What’s a book title that you think is absolutely perfect? And what book do you think should have had a completely different name?

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In this episode of The Bibliofilles, Sophie and Chaya are back from their summer holidays with their September Book Club picks — The Year of the Rat by Harry Shukman and The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde — before diving into a much bigger question: who actually decides what we read? Inspired by new developments in Texas, where a mandatory school reading list includes more than 200 texts alongside Bible passages, Sophie and Chaya explore the politics of education, literary syllabuses and the power that comes with deciding which books students are exposed to. They look back at their own experiences of studying English, from The Great Gatsby, Frankenstein and War Poetry to The Go-Between, and ask whether students should have more choice over the books they study. The conversation then takes a deeper turn into university funding, foreign donations and the influence money can have on education, research and academic institutions. How much influence should donors have? Where does university funding come from? And can we really separate money, politics and what gets taught? Plus, Sophie and Chaya reveal the books they think should be on everyone's syllabus, including Toni Morrison, The Secret History, Giovanni's Room, Never Let Me Go, 1984 and more. Is there really such a thing as a neutral syllabus? And who gets to decide what the next generation reads? 📚 Books Mentioned The Year of the Rat by Harry Shukman 👉 https://link.amazon/B04jA3HWV The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde 👉 https://link.amazon/B0bUQ9I4G To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 👉 https://link.amazon/B0gNt1tL0 The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas 👉 https://link.amazon/B0awcdlLf Up from Slavery by Booker T. Washington 👉 https://link.amazon/B0bGQuaRH The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare 👉 https://link.amazon/B0cEz42Jj Great Expectations by Charles Dickens 👉 https://link.amazon/B01PWmQRu Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White 👉 https://link.amazon/B0hPvrxRS Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck 👉 https://link.amazon/B0dxjifSF The Rape of the Lock by Alexander Pope 👉 https://link.amazon/B0iNQ493Z Sula by Toni Morrison 👉 https://link.amazon/B025v28K1 Beloved by Toni Morrison 👉 https://link.amazon/B04pm2BVP The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald 👉 https://link.amazon/B064Bls4P The Secret History by Donna Tartt 👉 https://link.amazon/B0iBtIh8V Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin 👉 https://link.amazon/B06CMKsOs Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro 👉 https://link.amazon/B05B8w9ik Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell 👉 https://link.amazon/B04hFuY1N Frankenstein by Mary Shelley 👉 https://link.amazon/B0c6tqJ31 Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel 👉 https://link.amazon/B0bVI15Aa Mythos by Stephen Fry 👉 https://link.amazon/B0cfHtSmF I, Claudius by Robert Graves 👉 https://link.amazon/B01YLuLg1 Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall 👉 https://link.amazon/B01ofGRPf One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez 👉 https://link.amazon/B0bQKuN04 The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien 👉 https://link.amazon/B01V4NdmR Translations by Brian Friel 👉 https://link.amazon/B013y1XWF The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank 👉 https://link.amazon/B0gxXgiSi Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell 👉 https://link.amazon/B05EuH7Yh 📚 September Book Club Picks: The Year of the Rat — Harry Shukman The Picture of Dorian Gray — Oscar Wilde 👍 Like, subscribe, and turn on notifications for more bookish conversations with Chaya & Sophie. #TheBibliofilles #BookPodcast #BookTok #BookClub #ReadingList #Literature #Books #Education #BookRecommendations

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We sat down with Professor Luke Kennard to talk about Black Bag, our July Book Club pick, and honestly we're still thinking about it. 🖤📚 Luke is a poet, novelist and critic. His collection Cane was shortlisted for the International Dylan Thomas Prize, Notes on the Sonnets won the Forward Prize for Best Collection in 2021, and his debut novel The Transition was a BBC Radio 4 Book at Bedtime pick. He's now a professor of literature and creative writing at the University of Birmingham, and somehow also finds time to review for the London Review of Books, the Telegraph, the Poetry Review and the TLS. Black Bag follows an out of work actor who gets paid to sit inside a black leather bag as part of a psychology experiment, based on a real 1967 study into the "mere exposure effect", the idea that we come to like almost anything just by being repeatedly exposed to it. Luke told us where the idea actually came from, how a footnote in a completely unrelated academic paper turned into an obsession, and why he was determined to make the costume weirder than the original. We talked about writing male vulnerability without writing a manosphere book, why the majority experience of a creative life is frustration rather than success, and what it's like judging his students' work while sending his own out to be judged in exactly the same way. In this episode we chat about: 📖 The real experiment behind Black Bag, and the mere exposure effect 🎭 Writing a passive protagonist who denies his own agency 🧠 Masculinity, emotional dysregulation, and writing men without being didactic about it ✍️ Why failure, not success, is the real story of a creative life 🎓 Teaching creative writing at Birmingham while his own work gets rejected too 🌀 Anne Carson's influence on the shape and rhythm of the book Head over to Substack for the extended cut, we've got a bonus quick fire round with Luke that didn't make the main episode. 👍 Like, subscribe, and turn on notifications for more bookish conversations with Chaya & Sophie. #LukeKennard #BlackBag #BookTok #BookClub #AuthorInterview #ContemporaryFiction #BritishFiction

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What makes a great book adaptation and what happens when Hollywood gets it completely wrong? 📚🎬 In this episode of The Bibliofilles, Sophie and Chaya dive into the biggest book-to-film and book-to-TV adaptations, from the adaptations they absolutely loved to the ones that completely missed the point. Plus, they get into the hugely anticipated The Odyssey adaptation, discussing Christopher Nolan’s take on Homer’s epic, what was changed from the original poem, the missing intimacy and sexuality, the depiction of PTSD, Circe, the Cyclops and whether the film captures the heart of the original story. They also look ahead to upcoming adaptations including Klara and the Sun, Pride and Prejudice, East of Eden, The Love Hypothesis, In Memoriam and Buckeye and reveal the books they desperately want to see brought to the screen. In this episode: 📚 The best book-to-film adaptations 🎬 The adaptations that completely missed the mark ⚡ Books vs films: which is actually better? 🧙 Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings & Game of Thrones 💔 Never Let Me Go & We Need to Talk About Kevin 💕 Bridgerton, It Ends With Us & the rise of romance adaptations 🏛️ Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey adaptation 🔮 The books we want to see adapted next Which book adaptation do you think got it right — and which one completely ruined the book? 👇 All books mentioned are linked below 👇 Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien 👉 https://link.amazon/B0dKivsBE Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 👉 https://link.amazon/B0a2ffdKR The Godfather by Mario Puzo 👉 https://link.amazon/B0gWMEWLH Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling 👉 https://link.amazon/B08yksPbN The Shawshank Redemption by Stephen King 👉 https://link.amazon/B0faJ8h5R We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver 👉 https://link.amazon/B03WT5H1R Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke 👉 https://link.amazon/B07q2N2wT It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover 👉 https://link.amazon/B00VDC34Z Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir 👉 https://link.amazon/B0f8RsOa9 Dune by Frank Herbert 👉 https://link.amazon/B0dKfgPPs Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro 👉 https://link.amazon/B08C2JTr7 Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë 👉 https://link.amazon/B0dTefgkV Game of Thrones Series 👉 https://link.amazon/B05ipHoug Twilight Saga by Stephenie Meyer 👉 https://link.amazon/B005j12Si The Testaments by Margaret Atwood 👉 https://link.amazon/B0gLGYGBP Atonement by Ian McEwan 👉 https://link.amazon/B0cuSbjog The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins 👉 https://link.amazon/B0daEqVNI Call Me by Your Name by André Aciman 👉 https://link.amazon/B01eBEnaS Bridgerton Series by Julia Quinn 👉 https://link.amazon/B05AGH2og The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood 👉 https://link.amazon/B03zFAERq The Deal by Elle Kennedy 👉 https://link.amazon/B0dmC1VYR Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin 👉 https://link.amazon/B02XZ1df0 Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro 👉 https://link.amazon/B0a2ttTfO East of Eden by John Steinbeck 👉 https://link.amazon/B0gvYmbCL The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood 👉 https://link.amazon/B0dSpRau9 The Housemaid by Freida McFadden 👉 https://link.amazon/B0aptJMwk In Memoriam by Alice Winn 👉 https://link.amazon/B089c8smW Buckeye by Patrick Ryan 👉 https://link.amazon/B0bRaZPRy Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates 👉 https://link.amazon/B06N0L3gU The Odyssey (Emily Wilson translation) 👉 https://link.amazon/A0aVpgM5g #TheBibliofilles #BookTok #BookRecommendations #BookAdaptations #BookToFilm #BookToScreen #BookLovers #ReadingCommunity #BookPodcast #BooksAndMovies

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In this episode of The Bibliofilles, Sophie and Chaya round up the best books of the year so far and it's not just their own picks. They've spent hours combing through every major "best of" list from Goodreads, The New York Times and NPR, then added their own favourites, submissions from Bibliofilles Insiders, and an exclusive segment from senior editors across Spotify Audiobooks worldwide. From the most talked-about book of the year to a lit RPG series flying completely under the radar, a devastating non-fiction deep dive, and the sports romance nobody saw coming, this episode covers new releases, overlooked backlist gems, and the books they simply can't stop thinking about. 📖 In this episode: The most talked-about book of the year so far and why it's dividing readers The lit RPG series outselling literary fiction that nobody's talking about Non-fiction picks spanning true crime, memoir and modern history Sophie and Chaya's personal favourite reads of the year (including one not even out yet) Exclusive best books recommendations from senior editors at Spotify Audiobooks (US, UK, Canada and Australia) Insider picks from Bibliofilles Substack subscribers A recommendation from the National Year of Reading campaign Independent bookshop bestsellers from The Wandering Chapter The books they're most excited to read before the year is out Whether you're searching for the best books of 2026, new book releases, literary fiction, book club recommendations, or your next unputdownable read, this episode has something for every reader. 👇 All books mentioned are linked below 👇 Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke 👉 https://link.amazon/B05FZnSS2 Strangers by Belle Burden 👉 https://link.amazon/B08UUmiA7 Lost Lambs by Madeline Cash 👉 https://link.amazon/B0fC4AwVj Vigil by George Saunders 👉 https://link.amazon/B0aqKSm1Z The Calamity Club by Kathryn Stockett 👉 https://link.amazon/B0gUhlQrv The Palm House by Gwendoline Riley 👉 https://link.amazon/B0aaHd5kG London Falling by Patrick Radden Keefe 👉 https://link.amazon/B05yqno0R Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe 👉 https://link.amazon/B0aSVsxyD A Parade of Horribles by Matt Dinniman 👉 https://link.amazon/B0bzP9UYm Daughters of the Bamboo Grove by Barbara Demick 👉 https://link.amazon/B02liHBM5 Whistler by Ann Patchett 👉 https://link.amazon/B0hSM2YrE The Dutch House by Ann Patchett 👉 https://link.amazon/B06kWomYD John of John by Douglas Stuart 👉 https://link.amazon/B01tbDnoE Transcription by Ben Lerner 👉 https://link.amazon/B00hzS8lk This is Where the Serpent Lives by Daniyal Mueenuddin 👉 https://link.amazon/B01gLxEoj I Want You to be Happy by Jem Calder 👉 https://link.amazon/B01oYdh9a Famesick by Lena Dunham 👉 https://link.amazon/B0fx92u7y Lovelight series by BK Borison 👉 https://link.amazon/B0fx92u7y This Kingdom will not Kill Me by Ilona Andrews 👉 https://link.amazon/B03KOKKRr American Hagwon by Min Jin Lee 👉 https://link.amazon/B0e2TAAvB The Pretender by Jo Harkin 👉 https://link.amazon/B0h8HMY57 Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann 👉 https://link.amazon/B0hjI6qCS Buckeye by Patrick Ryan 👉 https://link.amazon/B09Qtnh4G A Private Man by Stephanie Sy-Quia 👉 https://link.amazon/B03Ngrey9 When the Cranes Fly South by Lisa Rizden 👉 https://link.amazon/B02w4XMYM The Girls by Emma Cline 👉 https://link.amazon/B0gLIDWMI The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout 👉 https://link.amazon/B0hIvqyde Country People by Daniel Mason 👉 https://link.amazon/B0dzDqSiL Empire of the Vampire by Jay Kristoff 👉 https://link.amazon/B0awQ3ksK Cathedrals by Claudia Piñeiro 👉 https://link.amazon/B05runErC Seek the Traitor's Sun by Veronica Roth 👉 https://link.amazon/B0a8VSPaN Fieldwork as a Sex Object by Meena Kandasamy 👉 https://link.amazon/B0gNbL3bc A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan 👉 https://link.amazon/B0j7Oazqf The Winged Game by Sophie Kim 👉 https://link.amazon/B0ifcOSpu Piranesi by Susanna Clarke 👉 https://link.amazon/B0dbl63If Life of Pi by Yann Martel 👉 https://link.amazon/B0dbZKMzL Munichs by David Peace 👉 https://link.amazon/B00VBaS89 The Correspondent by Virginia Evans 👉 https://link.amazon/B0cUEf1VN Doom Painting by AK Blakemore 👉 https://link.amazon/B0iF1Hulv We Go Way Back by Niamh Connolly 👉 https://link.amazon/B09lbWKXj 👍 Like, subscribe, and turn on notifications for more bookish conversations with Sophie & Chaya. 🎧 Subscribe on Substack for extended essays and exclusive bonus content. #BestBooksOfTheYear #BookRecommendations #BooksToRead #BestBooks2026 #MustReadBooks #BookTok #BookTube #BookClub #LiteraryFiction #ReadingList #BookLovers #ReadersOfInstagram #Bookstagram #TheBibliofilles #BookCommunity #NewBooks2026 #BookPodcast

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We've spoken to authors, journalists, teachers, data privacy lawyers, and sources inside publishing who've asked to remain anonymous and we're bringing you the inside scoop on what's actually being discussed behind closed doors.

In this episode of The Bibliofilles, Sophie and Chaya step away from book recommendations to tackle something bigger: what AI is actually doing to books, authors, and the publishing industry right now. From a warehouse guillotine slicing book spines for AI training data to a $1.5 billion court settlement, we unpack the legal, ethical, and deeply human stakes of the AI-and-books collision and why it's not going away any time soon.

📖 In this episode:

- Inside Anthropic's book-scanning operation and the machines behind it

- Bartz v. Anthropic: the piracy case and the $1.5 billion author payout

- Why owning a book legally doesn't erase an author's IP rights

- Authors accused of using AI with zero concrete proof and the reversal of the burden of proof

- A former Anthropic security researcher on AI agents that rewrite their own shutdown code

- OpenAI's AI agent that hacked Hugging Face undetected for a week

- Why "leaving in mistakes" might become the only proof a book is human-written

- Fahrenheit 451, Hans Zimmer, and what we lose when creativity gets automated

Whether you're searching for the Anthropic AI lawsuit, AI and copyright law, the future of publishing, or how AI is changing books in 2026, this episode has something for every reader who cares where their stories come from.

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In this episode of The Bibliofilles, Sophie and Chaya challenge the idea of the traditional summer read and explore whether the best books for summer are really the ones topping every bestseller list.

From literary fiction, Greek mythology retellings, and dystopian classics to romance, thrillers, BookTok favourites, and underrated novels, we share the books we genuinely believe deserve a place on your summer reading list—whether you're relaxing on the beach, by the pool, or curled up at home.

We also dive into the surprising research behind the "summer slide," why children should keep reading during the school holidays, and share some of our favourite books for young readers.

📖 In this episode:

- The biggest summer reading trends of 2026

- Why there is no such thing as the perfect "summer read"

- The most underrated books everyone should read

- Literary fiction worth taking on holiday

- Greek mythology retellings we love

- Romance, thrillers and hidden gems beyond BookTok

- Why summer reading is so important for children

- Our personal Summer TBR (To Be Read) lists

Whether you're searching for summer book recommendations, beach reads, literary fiction, BookTok books, classic novels, or the best books to read in 2026, this episode has something for every reader.

👇 All books mentioned are linked below 👇

The Children of Men

👉 https://link.amazon/B0hMNVNqN

Call Me By Your Name

👉 https://link.amazon/B0bNzpLtk

My Sister, The Serial Killer

👉 https://link.amazon/B07rO0md0

The Neapolitan Novels

👉 https://link.amazon/B0hgHiCPP

You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty

👉 https://link.amazon/B09apRAuW

Alias Grace

👉 https://link.amazon/B06zIB6ei

The Remains of the Day

👉 https://link.amazon/B0bBJ2Gm3

Ariadne

👉 https://link.amazon/B0bg48WnC

Welcome to Glorious Tuga

👉 https://link.amazon/B03t1yEaQ

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Do you have a Bren? 💔📖

This month's Bibliofilles Book Club pick is Claire Daverley's hugely anticipated second novel, People in Love the follow-up to the word-of-mouth phenomenon Talking at Night. Chaya and Sophie sit down with Claire to talk about writing a love triangle with no villain, why the ending had to be both "inevitable and surprising," and the pressure of following up a debut that outgrew every expectation.

They get into grief and secondary grief, writing a mother's mental illness with real tenderness, the narrative device readers are going to want to fight Claire over, and the difference between longing for a person and longing for a version of your own life. Plus, before the interview, they revisit their older book club pick, Octavia Butler's Parable of the Sower, and why a novel written in the '90s and set in 2024–2027 feels less like dystopian fiction and more like a documentary.

👇 All books mentioned are linked below 👇

People in Love by Claire Daverley

👉 https://amzn.to/4hsXNeI

Talking at Night by Claire Daverley

👉 https://amzn.to/45jhtuk

Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

👉 https://amzn.to/3RueHPx

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

👉 https://amzn.to/4wSMLE3

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Why has The Odyssey survived for over 3,000 years? ⚔️📚 This week, Chaya and Sophie dive into Homer's The Odyssey to explore why it's considered one of the greatest stories ever told. From the hero's journey and Greek mythology to translation debates, feminism, trauma, hospitality, and the enduring question of what makes someone a hero, they unpack the epic that shaped Western literature. They debate one of literature's most divisive protagonists, explore the women at the heart of the story - including Penelope, Athena, Circe and Calypso - and discuss why The Odyssey continues to inspire readers, writers and filmmakers thousands of years after it was first written. 👇 All books mentioned are linked below 👇 The Odyssey by Homer (Emily Wilson Translation) 👉 https://amzn.to/3RFScav Circe by Madeline Miller 👉 https://amzn.to/4vFSCf3 The Voyage Home by Pat Barker 👉 https://amzn.to/4wQWdYM The Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler 👉 https://amzn.to/4waEDPu Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 👉 https://amzn.to/4vznuOg The Iliad by Homer 👉 https://amzn.to/44CXNRV The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood 👉 https://amzn.to/44z1QyK 👍 Like, subscribe, and turn on notifications for more bookish conversations with Chaya & Sophie. #books #booktok #booktube #bookreview #classicliterature #greekmythology #theodyssey #homer #booklover #bookrecommendations

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What's the difference between a community and a cult? According to researchers and survivors not as much as you'd think.

In this episode of The Bibliofilles, we're going deep on one of the most fascinating, disturbing and frankly addictive topics out there: cults. We cover the psychology of why ordinary, intelligent people join them, the language that keeps them in, and why the world we live in now has made all of us more vulnerable than ever.

We discuss:

•⁠ ⁠Hannah Murray's (Skins, Game of Thrones) memoir The Make Believe — and how a Reiki healer in LA sent her down a rabbit hole she nearly didn't come back from

•⁠ ⁠Ruby Frankie, Eight Passengers and the cult of influencer culture and how it ended with her in prison

•⁠ ⁠Cultish by Amanda Montell — how the language of cults is already inside your Instagram feed, your fitness studio and your political news feed

•⁠ ⁠The BITE model — the framework built to explain exactly how cults control behaviour, information, thought and emotion

•⁠ ⁠Cult fiction: The Girls (Emma Cline), The Heart Goes Last (Margaret Atwood), Station 11, Arcadia and more

•⁠ ⁠One of our hosts' own family connection to EST — the therapy cult John Denver helped make famous

The uncomfortable argument at the centre of all of this? It's already happened to you.

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She's been sober for 16 years. Before that, she was deep in London's club scene, doing d*ugs with celebrities, DJing alongside Alexander McQueen, and watching people around her not make it out alive.

In this episode, DJ, producer and author Jodie joins us to talk about her debut memoir "You Had to Be There: An Odyssey Through Noughties London, One Night at a Time" and she does not hold back.

We talk about:

•⁠ ⁠Sneaking into the London Astoria at 15 with a fake ID and finding her "tribe"

•⁠ ⁠Falling into a*diction on the dance floor and getting sober at 25

•⁠ ⁠Losing friends to a*diction, including Amy Winehouse a year after she got clean

•⁠ ⁠Structuring her entire memoir around the clubs that raised her Astoria, Turnmills, Fabric, Pasha

•⁠ ⁠Why she refused to read any other memoirs while writing her own

•⁠ ⁠Getting "discovered" by a literary agent she didn't even know she had

Plus a rapid-fire book recommendations round covering Elena Ferrante, Donna Tartt, Barbara Kingsolver and Sarah Waters.

This is glamour, grief, queerness, addiction and recovery no filter, no spin.

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Jodies Book:

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We sat down with the incredible Imani Thompson to talk about her debut novel Honey and wow, did it deliver! 🍯📚

We talked about how she crafted Yrsa as a loveable, relatable, yet terrifying protagonist (think Villanelle from Killing Eve), why she leaned so heavily into humour to explore such dark themes, and how she wove critical race theory and Afropessimism naturally into a propulsive, page-turning plot.

We also get into the real world inspirations behind the book from incel culture and the manosphere to Audre Lorde's landmark essays on anger and the influence of Jamaica Kincaid's writing. Imani also opens up about her experience working at Daunt Books while editing the manuscript, her late night writing process, and gives us a very exciting first look at her second novel, set in Dorset and inspired by the Bibby Stockholm asylum seeker barge.

Before the interview, Sophie and Chaya also sit down to discuss this month's classic pairing Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys and why its themes of race, colonialism, and female identity connect so powerfully with Honey. In this episode we chat about: 📖 What inspired Honey & the creative process behind it 😤 Female rage, the manosphere & incel culture in fiction 🎓 Cambridge as a setting & intersectionality in literature 🌊 Why we paired it with Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys ✍️ Imani's late night writing habits & what's coming next 🗓️ Next Month's Book Club Picks: - People in Love by Claire Daverley - Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler 📌 If you enjoyed this episode, please like, subscribe and leave us a review it really helps! 🎧 Find us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts & YouTube 👍 Like, subscribe, and turn on notifications for more bookish conversations with Chaya & Sophie. #BookClub #ImaniThompson #Honey #FemaleRage #BookTok #BookRecommendations #CampusNovel

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When does wellness become a problem? This week on The Bibliofilles, we're diving into one of the most urgent cultural conversations of the moment looks maxing and optimisation culture and exploring it through the lens of literature.

From viral influencers using extreme methods to "engineer" attractiveness, to the Fitbit-ification of reading via Goodreads targets, we unpack how the obsession with maximising every aspect of life is quietly making us miserable and why fiction saw it all coming.

👇 All books mentioned are linked below 👇

Rouge by Mona Awad
👉 https://amzn.to/4uBKo73

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
👉 https://amzn.to/44gkf2Z

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
👉 https://amzn.to/4fOQddP

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
👉 https://amzn.to/4ozSWdn

Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
👉 https://amzn.to/4ovIFPe

Bridget Jones' Diary by Helen Fielding
👉 https://amzn.to/4oAQ9At

Female Chauvinist Pigs by Ariel Levy
👉 https://amzn.to/4uOMOiV

We also discuss the backlash to Steven Bartlett optimisation obsession, the incel-to-mainstream pipeline of looks culture, and why reading itself has been infected by optimisation thinking.

Perfect for: fans of feminist literary criticism, cultural commentary, book recommendations, and anyone who's ever felt exhausted by the pressure to self-optimise.

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