A Good Read

Writer Tracy Chevalier, historian Niall Ferguson and Harriet Gilbert discuss favourite novels by Murial Spark, Robert Louis Stevenson and Irène Némirovsky.Driver's Seat by Muriel Spark Publisher: PenguinSouth Sea Tales by Robert Louis Stevenson Publisher: Oxford University PressSuite Française by Irène Némirovsky Publisher: VintageProducer: Sally HeavenFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2015.

Harriett Gilbert is joined by comic novelist Jonathan Coe and Radio 1 DJ Gemma Cairney to recommend favourite books.Jonathan's choice is the first part in a tragi-comic epic, 'The Complete Pratt',a semi-autobiographical novel by the late David Nobbs, creator of 'The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin'. It's called 'Second From Last in the Sack Race'.Gemma chooses a novel by Laura Dockrill, a vividly imagined story of mermaids and pirates, 'Lorali'.Harriett dusts off a novel from the 1940s by Nevil Shute, 'Pied Piper'. Its subject matter is sharply topical: an elderly man leads a growing group of refugee children across Europe, attempting to avoid the Nazi invaders.Producer...Mary Ward-Lowery.

News presenter Krishnan Guru-Murthy, crime writer Ann Cleeves and Harriet Gilbert discuss their favourite books by Alain-Fournier, George Orwell and Joanna Rakoff.The Lost Estate (Le Grande Meaulnes) by Alain-Fournier Publisher: PenguinThe Road To Wigan Pier by George Orwell Publisher: PenguinMy Salinger Year by Joanna Rakoff Publisher: BloomsburyProducer: Sally HeavenFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2015.

Editor of The Spectator Fraser Nelson, Adam Mars-Jones and Harriett Gilbert discuss their favourite books by Vilhelm Moberg, Hugo Williams and Elmore Leonard. I Knew The Bride by Hugo Williams Publisher: FaberThe Emigrants by Vilhelm Moberg Publisher: Borealis BooksRum Punch by Elmore Leonard Publisher: PhoenixProducer: Beth O'DeaFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2015.

Author Philip Pullman, journalist Caroline Criado-Perez and Harriett Gilbert discuss their favourite books by Graham Greene, Tove Jansson and Alice Munro. Sculptor's Daughter: A Childhood Memoir by Tove Jansson Publisher: Sort of BooksThe Beggar Maid: Stories of Flo and Rose by Alice Munro Publisher: VintageThe Quiet American by Graham Greene. Publisher: VintageFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2015.

Actor David Morrissey and writer Julia Blackburn join Harriett Gilbert to discuss favourite books by John O'Hara, JD Salinger and Alexandra Fuller. Appointment in Samarra by John O'Hara, Publisher: VintageFor Esme with Love and Squalor by JD Salinger Publisher: PenguinDon't Lets Go To The Dogs Tonight by Alexandra Fuller Publisher: PicadorProducer Mary Ward-Lowery.First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2015.

Green MP Caroline Lucas and columnist Rod Liddle join Harriett Gilbert to discuss favourite books by Barbara Kingsolver, David Peace and Alison Bechdel. Flight Behaviour by Barbara Kingsolver Publisher: FaberRed or Dead by David Peace Publisher: FaberFun Home by Alison Bechdel Publisher: Jonathan Cape First broadcast in October 2015.

Actress Miriam Margolyes, writer Mark Haddon and Harriett Gilbert discuss their favourite books by Charles Dickens, Virginia Woolf and Truman Capote. Great Expectations by Charles Dickens Publisher: PenguinTo the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf Publisher: PenguinBreakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote Publisher: PenguinFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2015.

Harriett Gilbert and her guests - journalist, Miranda Sawyer and singer, Tom Robinson - discuss their favourite books by Joan Didion, Alan Hollinghurst and Ben Aaronovitch. The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion Publisher: Fourth EstateRivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch Publisher: GallantsThe Swimming-Pool Library by Alan Hollinghurst Publisher: VintageFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2015.

Harriett Gilbert and her guests - actress Helen Baxendale and writer Helen Cros - discuss favourite books by George Monbiot, Kirsten Thorup and Julia Blackburn. From 2015.The God of Chance by Kirsten Thorup Pub: Norvick PressThe Three of Us by Julia Blackburn Pub: VintageFeral: Rewilding the Land, Sea and Human Life by George Monbiot Pub: PenguinProducer Mary Ward-LoweryFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2015.