A Good Read

Poet Vanessa Kisuule and environmental writer Jonathon Porritt talk books with presenter Harriett Gilbert. Jonathon chooses Hiroshima by John Hersey, Vanessa picks the graphic novel Sabrina by Nick Drnaso, and Harriett goes for a poetry collection: Inside the Wave by Helen Dunmore. Producer: Becky Ripley Comment on instagram: @agoodreadbbc

Travel and food writer Yasmin Khan and novelist David Mitchell talk about the books they love with presenter Harriett Gilbert. David chooses Circe by Madeline Miller, Yasmin picks Shah of Shahs by Ryszard Kapuściński and Harriett loves Anne Tyler's Redhead by the Side of the Road. Producer: Becky Ripley Comment on instagram: @agoodreadbbc

Comedian Arabella Weir and novelist Deborah Levy join Harriett Gilbert to discuss favourite books by Paul Beatty, Marguerite Duras and Evan S Connell. The Sellout by Paul Beatty Publisher: One WorldThe Lover by Marguerite Duras Publisher: Everyman's Library (translator: Barbara Bray)Mrs Bridge by Evan S Connell Publisher: PenguinFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2020.

Writer Jonathan Safran Foer and comedian Daliso Chaponda join Harriett Gilbert to discuss favourite books by Natalia Ginzburg, Richard Brautigan, Orson Scott Card. The Little Virtues by Natalia Ginzburg Translator: Dick Davis Publisher: Daunt Books Sombrero Fallout by Richard Brautigan Publisher: CanongateSeventh Son by Orson Scott Card Publisher: Tor BooksFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2020.

Broadcaster Mark Radcliffe and playwright Patricia Cumper join Harriett Gilbert to nominate their favourite book by Toni Morrison, Elizabeth Strout and Helene Hanff. From 2020.Beloved by Toni Morrison Publisher: VintageOlive, Again by Elizabeth Strout Publisher: Viking 84 Charing Cross Road by Helen Hanff Publisher: Virago First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2020.

Writer Johny Pitts and barrister Dr Charlotte Proudman join Harriett to discuss their favourite books by Claude McKay, CA MacKinnon and Mary GaitskillRomance in Marseilles by Claude McKay Pub: Penguin Butterfly Politics by Catharine A MacKinnon Pub: Belknap PressThis is Pleasure by Mary Gaitskill Pub: Serpents Tail First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2020.

Writer, actor and Gavin and Stacey creator Ruth Jones and theatre and film director Dominic Cooke join Harriett Gilbert to discuss their favourite books by Kate Atkinson, Siri Hustvedt and John LahRuth and Dominic are old friends, but did they enjoy one another's books? And what happened to Ruth's pottery robot in her third set art class?Behind the Scenes at the Museum by Kate Atkinson Publisher: Black SwanWhat I Loved by Siri Hustvedt Publisher: Sceptre Prick Up Your Ears, John Lahr's biography of Joe Orton. Publisher: BloomsburyFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2020.

Journalist and author Nicholas Lezard and former BBC Radio 4 controller Gwyneth Williams join Harriett Gilbert to discuss their favourite books by Samuel Beckett, Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa and Sigrid Nunez. Nicholas chooses Watt by Samuel Beckett Publisher: FaberGwyneth chooses: The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa Publisher: VintageHarriett champions The Friend by Sigrid Nunez Publisher: ViragoFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2020.

Author Lissa Evans and comedian Sarah Keyworth join Harriett Gilbert to discuss their favourite books by Oliver Sacks, Cheryl Strayed and David Garnett. Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood by Oliver Sacks Publisher: PicadorWild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed Publisher: Atlantic BooksLady into Fox by David Garnett Publisher: Dover PublicationsFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2020.

Irish actors Fiona Shaw and Nicola Coughlan join Harriett Gilbert to discuss favourite books by Jon Ronson, Joan Didion and Dorothy M Hughes. The Psychopath Test by Jon Ronson Publisher: PicadorIn a Lonely Place by Dorothy M Hughes Publisher: PenguinSlouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion Publisher: Fourth EstateFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2020.