Uploaded November 2021 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago

---

When it comes to Yorkshire novels, everyone talks about either Dracula or the Brontes. Well, I'm talking about neither. In the first instalment of this mini-series, I've picked out seven novels - some famous, others less so - to read and review.

00:00 Intro
2:29 God's Own Country
3:24 The Good Companions
4:48 The Gallows Pole
6:12 A Woman of Substance
8:21 South Riding
9:23 A Month in the Country
10:23 The Secret Garden

Books reviewed in Part Two:

1. Billy Liar
2. This Sporting Life
3. Kes
4. Saville
5. There is a Happy Land
6. Windyridge
7. Bright Day