Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Hello, I’m Bob, and as part of my project to read all the books shortlisted for the Booker Prize across its history, here are my favourites from the 1980s!

Books Mentioned:

00:00 Introduction and Context
02:02 JL Carr- A Month In The Country (1980)
04:57 DM Thomas- The White Hotel (1981)
09:00 Graham Swift- Waterland (1983)
11:29 Salman Rushdie- Shame (1983)
15:24 Anita Desai- In Custody (1984)
18:59 Julian Barnes- Flaubert’s Parrot (1984)
21:14 Doris Lessing- The Good Terrorist (1985)
24:04 Margaret Atwood- The Handmaid’s Tale (1986)
27:46 Penelope Fitzgerald- The Beginning of Spring (1988)
30:36 Honorary Mention- Rose Tremain- Restoration
31:05 Margaret Atwood- Cat’s Eye
34:21 End Chatter