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The Book Club Review - The Bestseller Test • Are bestsellers worth the hype? • Episode

What makes a bestseller? Is it the quality of the writing, or just the right book at the right time? This week Kate is joined by co-host Laura Potter and returning guest Phil Chaffee to find out. Between us we've tackled six of the biggest bestsellers out there – Dan Brown's The Secret of Secrets, Freida McFadden's The Housemaid, Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary, Matt Dinnerman's Dungeon Crawler Carl, SenLinYu's Alchemised, and Sarah Adams' In Your Dreams – and we have some opinions. We're sharing our honest experiences of each one: what worked, what didn't, and whether these books truly earned their place on the bestseller lists. But this isn't just a round of verdicts. We're also pooling our recommendations for the bestsellers we genuinely think are worth your time, like The Correspondant by Virginia Evans – because there are some real gems out there among the hype. And as always, we round off with our current and upcoming reads. Press play to find out which bestsellers passed the test – and which ones didn't. Support the pod on Patreon Explore all the benefits of membership. Kate's weekly reading diary is available to free members. Paid tiers include ad-free episodes, extra shows, chat group access and our monthly book club at Patreon.com/thebookclubreview (  / thebookclubreview  . Booklist You can also find all the books mentioned in The Book Club Review bookshop (https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/186-the...) on Bookshop.org, the online bookstore that supports independent bookshops. The Secret of Secrets (https://uk.bookshop.org/a/2647/978178...) by Dan Brown The Da Vinci Code (https://uk.bookshop.org/a/2647/978055...) by Dan Brown The Housemaid (https://uk.bookshop.org/a/2647/978034...) by Frieda McFadden by Gillian Flynn In Your Dreams (https://uk.bookshop.org/a/2647/978103...) by Sarah Adams Alchemized (https://uk.bookshop.org/a/2647/978024...) by SenLinYu Gideon the Ninth (https://uk.bookshop.org/a/2647/978125...) by Tamsyn Muir by Matt Dinniman The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (https://uk.bookshop.org/a/2647/978152...) by Douglas Adams Project Hail Mary (https://uk.bookshop.org/a/2647/978180...) by Andy Weir The Martian (https://uk.bookshop.org/a/2647/978178...) by Andy Weir by Harlen Cobden by Virginia Evans The Count of Monte Cristo (https://uk.bookshop.org/a/2647/978935...) by Alexandre Dumas (Robin Buss) Rivals (https://uk.bookshop.org/a/2647/978180...) by Jilly Cooper The novels of Stephen King by Audrey Niffenegger The Smiley books by John Le Carre by Colson Whitehead The Night Always Comes (https://uk.bookshop.org/a/2647/978057...) by Willy Vlautin Ice (https://uk.bookshop.org/a/2647/978178...) by Jacek Dukaj (Author) (https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/author/...) , Ursula Phillips (Translator) (https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/author/...) The Virgin in the Garden (https://uk.bookshop.org/a/2647/978009...) by A.S. Byatt I'll Take The Fire (https://uk.bookshop.org/a/2647/978057...) by Leïla Slimani (also The Country of Others (https://uk.bookshop.org/a/2647/978057...) and Watch US Dance (https://uk.bookshop.org/a/2647/978057...) Lullaby (https://uk.bookshop.org/a/2647/978057...) / The Perfect Nanny by Leïla Slimani Nearly Departed (https://uk.bookshop.org/a/2647/978183...) by Lucas Oakeley Captain Corelli's Mandolin (https://uk.bookshop.org/a/2647/978184...) by Louis de Bernieres The Covenant of Water (https://uk.bookshop.org/a/2647/978180...) by Abraham Verghese Demon Copperhead (https://uk.bookshop.org/a/2647/978057...) by Barbara Kingsolver See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy (https://art19.com/privacy) and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell... (https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell.... Episode link: https://play.headliner.app/episode/31... The Book Club Review