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.
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010 – Winter
2011 – Spring
2011 – Summer
2011 – Autumn
2012 – Spring
2012 – Summer
2012 – Autumn
2013 – Spring
2013 – Summer
2013 – Autumn
2014 – Spring
2014 – Summer
2014 – Autumn
2015 – Spring
2015 – Summer
2015 – Autumn
2016 – Spring
2016 – Summer
2016 – Autumn
2017 – Spring
2017 – Summer
2017 – Autumn
2018 – Spring
2018 – Summer
2018 – Late Summer
2018 – Autumn
2019 – Winter
2019 – Spring
2019 – Summer
2019 – Late Summer
2019 – Autumn
2020 – Winter
2020 – Spring
2020 – Summer
2020 – Autumn
2020 – October
2020 – Winter
2021 – Spring
2021 – April
2021 – Summer
2021 – Autumn
2021 – Winter
2022 – Spring
2022 – April
2022 – Summer
Richard & Judy returned to Channel 4 during the UK’s first COVID-19 lockdown in response to the rise in book sales. Over 5 consecutive evenings, starting on 4th May 2020 they fronted the series Richard & Judy: Keep Reading and Carry On. Guests included authors, celebrity guests & viewer’s children (in the Kid’s Review section) to discuss new releases & favourite reads. [1]
Episode 01
Other books mentioned during this episode include: The Stand by Stephen King, This Is Going To Hurt by Adam Kay and The Fear Bubble: Harness Fear and Live Without Limits by Ant Middleton.
Episode 02
Other books mentioned during this episode include: Behind The Mask by Tyson Fury, The Lady In Waiting: My Extraordinary Life in the Shadow of the Crown by Lady Anne Glenconner, War Doctor: Surgery on the Frontline by David Nott, So Me by Graham Norton, The Life and Loves of a He Devil by Graham Norton, Apeirogon by Colum McCann, The Other Side of the Bridge by Mary Lawson and Billy by Albert French.
Episode 03
Other books mentioned during this episode include: The Flatshare by Beth O'Leary, Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid, Deep South by Paul Theroux, We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson.
Episode 04
Other books mentioned during this episode include: Buried by Lynda La Plante, The Inn by James Pattinson, The Chain by Adrian McKinty, The Boy In The Dress by David Walliams, Gangsta Granny by David Walliams, The Witches by Roald Dahl and Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo.
Episode 05
Other books mentioned during this episode include: The Testaments by Margaret Atwood, Bossypants by Tina Fey, I Made a Mistake by Jane Corry, The Ordinary Princess by M. M. Kaye and I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes With Death by Maggie O'Farrell.
In 2007, Richard and Judy hosted a special Children's Book Club edition of the show as part of Channel 4's "Lost For Words" season. The featured books were chosen with the help of pupils from several schools around the UK. [2] [3]
5+ / Early
7+ / Developing
9+ / Confident
12+ / Fluent
In 2011, Richard & Judy relaunched the Children’s Book Club in conjunction with the BookTrust charity in an effort to get children reading & help parents choose books appropriate for their child’s literacy level. [4]
Fluent
Read by Yourself
Reading Together
Launched in October 2008, the club "highlights 12 debut writers over the course of a year". [5]
2008
2009
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