On Campus: Ella’s first Sally Rooney, Booker Prizes and an exclusive reading of May We Feed The King by Rebecca Perry

It’s freshers week for Jake and Ella as they share their favourite campus-set novels. Whether you’re talking Uni or College, consider these books your set texts for September - educational, fun and full of mistakes. Plus, Ella has finally read Normal People and you can hear an exclusive extract from Booker-longlisted May We Feed the King, read by the author. The books featured in this week’s STACK: Black Bag by Luke Kennard The Secret History by Donna Tartt The Rayburn Affair by Laurie Petrou The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss The House on Otley Road by Rosa Silverman Normal People by Sally Rooney Also mentioned: May We Feed the King by Rebecca Perry - with exclusive reading provided by the author Thank you so much to our episode sponsor Quercus Books. You can order a copy of Fellow Creatures by Emma Lowther here: https://www.waterstones.com/book/fellow-creatures/emma-lowther/9781529444056. STACK with Jake and Ella is the books podcast helping you fall in love - and stay in love - with reading. Each fortnight, we’ll be sharing curated lists on a theme of the books that are worth your time. Don’t forget to follow us on your podcast player or subscribe on YouTube so that you never miss an episode, and please leave us a review wherever you’re listening. It’s the best way to support the show so that we can keep making it. We are @stackpodcast on socials. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stackpodcast/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@stackpodcast Please get in touch if you read any of the books from this week’s episode, or have a bookish problem for our Shelf Help section. STACK with Jake and Ella is an independent podcast production. It is produced by Jake Williams and Ella Horne. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices