Bestsellers

About Bestsellers

Phil Williams and Natalie Jamieson interview the world's biggest selling writers of fiction, non-fiction, sport, cookery, children's and biography books. These are big selling, easy to read books you'll love. Featuring writers who've sold millions and uncovering gems from new talent. Each episode will feature a writer who'll read an extract of their book to you, discuss it with Phil & Natalie and also give their recommendations for other books to read. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

Publisher

Phil Williams and Natalie Jamieson

Category

arts

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

18 May 2020

Latest episode

9 Sept 2025

Latest episodes

106 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   9 Sept 2025

   Dan Brown - The Secret of Secrets

   This is a very special one off Episode of Bestsellers. Dan Brown joins us to discuss his first new book in around eight years: The Secret of Secrets. The Da Vinci Code guy has sold over 250 million books..! And now his latest explores the human conscience and whether there's more going on with our brains than we know about. Dan's very candid here about the heat his books get; why mind altering drugs aren't completely off the menu and what Netflix wants to do with his series of novel adaptations. We loved talking to Dan and you can find all of is book recommendations on our website: bestsellerspodcast.com (bestsellerspodcast.com)

2. 

   7 Aug 2025

   M.W. Craven - The Final Vow

   Mike Craven is celebrating his tenth anniversary in crime fiction. The Final Vow is an absolute humdinger of a book with which to celebrate. His long standing sleuth Washington Poe is back with Tilly Bradshaw as a random sniper's on the loose across the UK. It's a pulse raising heart stopper of a thriller and in this interview we discuss Mike's extensive research for each novel; why women' s pubes make good flyfishing ties and his next venture into the world of James Bond, for 9-12 year olds.

3. 

   31 Jul 2025

   Irvine Welsh - Men in Love

   We're honoured to have one of Britain's finest writers join us on Bestsellers this week: Irvine Welsh. The man who brought us Trainspotting three decades ago is back with a brand new novel which follows on immediately after Trainspotting and Renton legging it with the cash. They're all here: Renton, Spud, Begbie, Sick Boy...Trying to turn into Men in Love. Enjoy! We kindly thank Irvine Welsh for permission to use two tracks from the accompanying album to this book: Men in Love - Irvine Welsh and the Sci-Fi Soul Orchestra: You Gotta Be Strong - Irvine Welsh, The Sci-Fi Soul Orchestra, Louise Marshall. A Man in Love With Love - Irvine Welsh, The Sci-Fi Soul Orchestra, Shaun Escoffrey

Who has been a guest on Bestsellers

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Alison Espach
• Iris Mwanza
• Holly Brickley

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.4 / 5

9 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

5 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 35 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

37

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

84

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