A Good Read

Actor Nina Sosanya and writer David Nicholls share their favourite books with Harriett. Nina chooses The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, The Girls of Slender Means by Muriel Spark is David's favourite. Harriett picks Beneath the Streets by Adam Macqueen, a thriller which asks: what if Jeremy Thorpe's hired thugs had been successful? Producer Sally Heaven Follow us on Instagram at @agoodreadbbc

American avant-garde artist Laurie Anderson and BBC 6 Music DJ Stuart Maconie join Harriett Gilbert to chat about their favourite books by Hunter S Thompson, LTC Rolt and James Lever. Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas by Hunter S Thompson Publisher: Harper Perennial Sleep No More by LTC Rolt Publisher: The History PressMe Cheetah: The Autobiography by James Lever Publisher: Fourth EstateFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2020.

Crime writer Val McDermid and businesswoman Martha Lane Fox join Harriett Gilbert to discuss favourite books by Emma Smith, Ali Smith and Patrick Hamilton. From 2020.This Is Shakespeare: How to Read the World's Greatest Playwright by Emma Smith Publisher: Pelican How to be Both by Ali Smith Publisher: PenguinThe Slaves of Solitude by Patrick Hamilton Publisher: Little BrownFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2020.

Actresses and friends Pippa Haywood (Greenwing, The Bodyguard) and Felicity Montagu (Alan Partridge) talk about their favourite books with Harriett Gilbert. They are: The Salt Path by Raynor Winn, Three Hours by Rosamund Lupton, and Ethel & Ernest by Raymond Briggs. They may be old friends, but do they have the same taste in books? Follow us on Instagram @agoodreadbbc to share your thoughts on books and more. Producer: Becky Ripley.

The two founders of Black Girls Book Club, Natalie Carter and Melissa Cummings-Quarry join Harriett Gilbert to talk about their favourite books by Alice Walker, Virginia Woolf and Zora N Hurston. The Color Purple by Alice Walker Publisher: OrionTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston Publisher: ViragoMrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf Publisher: VintageFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2020.

Nazir Afzal prosecuted dozens of men responsible for grooming young girls during his time as head of the CPS in the North West of England. His role was dramatised in BBC1's harrowing Three Girls series which told the story of three teenage girls who were abused by a gang of Asian men. He is a strong advocate for women and his choice of book reflects this. It's the late journalist Sue Lloyd Roberts' The War on Women. Novelist Maggie Gee has written many books including My Driver, My Cleaner and The Flood. She has chosen The First Breath by Olivia Gordon which she describes as a rather neglected book on the lives of pre-term babies, their parents and the doctors and nurses in a premature babies unit. She calls it "riveting, touching and informative." Harriett's choice is Waiting for the Barbarians by JM Coetzee, the story of a magistrate in an unnamed colonial town on the edge of the British Empire where the indigenous people are referred to as 'barbarians'. These books provoke some very interesting discussion. Tell us what you think on @agoodreadbbcTHE WAR ON WOMEN By Sue Lloyd Roberts THE FIRST BREATH by Olivia Gordon WAITING FOR THE BARBARIANS by JM CoetzeeProducer: Maggie Ayre

Comedians Helen Lederer and Angela Barnes and presenter Harriett Gilbert discuss books by David Nicholls, Alan Taylor and Anna Funder. The Understudy by David Nicholls Publisher: HodderAppointment in Arezzo by Alan Taylor Publisher: PolygonStasiland by Anna Funder Publisher: GrantaFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2020.

Texas frontwoman Sharleen Spiteri and comedian Hugh Dennis join Harriett Gilbert to discuss books by Renee Knight, Peter Ackroyd and Caitlin Moran.The Secretary by Renee Knight Publisher: Black SwanHawksmoor by Peter Ackroyd Publisher: PenguinHow to be a Woman by Caitlin Moran Publisher: Ebury PressFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2020.

Maths genius Bobby Seagull and poet and comedy writer Henry Normal join presenter Harriett Gilbert to discuss their favourite books by Richard Bach, Brian Bilston and William Golding. Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach Publisher: ThorsonsDiary of a Somebody by Brian Bilston Publisher: PicadorLord of the Flies by William Golding Publisher: FaberFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2020.

Author Neil Forsyth and historian Neil Oliver join Harriett Gilbert to discuss their favourite books by John Lewis-Stempel, Alexander Masters and Sara Paretsky. The Glorious Life of the Oak by John Lewis-Stempel Publisher DoubledayStuart a Life Backwards by Alexander Masters Publisher Fourth EstateIndemnity Only by Sara Paretsky Publisher HodderFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2020.