A Good Read

Harriett Gilbert and her guests - actors, Julian Rhind-Tutt and Steve Oram - discuss favourite books by Annie Proulx, John Steinbeck and Martin Amis. Close Range: Brokeback Mountain and Other Stories by Annie Proulx Publisher: Harper PerennialsOf Mice and Men by John Steinbeck Publisher: PenguinExperience by Martin Amis Publisher: VintageFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2014.

Harriett Gilbert and her guests - comedian Al Murray, aka The Pub Landlord, and Egyptian political economist, Tarek Osman - discuss their favourite books by Naguib Mahfouz, Philip Roth and Joseph Heller.Children of The Alley by Naguib Mahfouz Publisher: Doubleday USCatch-22 by Joseph Heller Publisher: VintageEveryman by Philip Roth Publisher: Vintage First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2014.

Harriett Gilbert and her guest - former MP, Edwina Currie and actor, Nicholas Le Provost - discuss their favourite books by Beryl Bainbridge, Dorothy Whipple and Azar Nafisi. 'An Awfully Big Adventure’ by Beryl Bainbridge. Publisher: Abacus‘The Priory’ by Dorothy Whipple. Publisher: Persephone Books‘Lolita in Tehran’ by Azar Nafisi. Publisher: Harper PerennialFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2014.

Harriett Gilbert and her guests - journalist and author India Knight and financial adviser Alvin Hall - discuss favourite books by Barbara Pym, Rebecca Skloot and Boris Akunin. Jane and Prudence by Barbara Pym Publisher: ViragoThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot Publisher: Pan MacmillanThe Winter Queen by Boris Akunin Publisher: OrionFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2014.

Harriett Gilbert and her guests - author, Fay Weldon and Serpentine Galleries curator, Hans Ulrich Obrist - discuss favourite books by Etel Adnan, Gabriel Gbadamosi, RL Stevenson.Sitt Marie Rose by Etel Adnan Publisher: Post Apollo Press Vauxhall by Gabriel Gbadamosi Publisher: Telegram Books Treasure Island by RL Stevenson Publisher: PenguinFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2014.

Harriett Gilbert and her guests - Notting Hill film director, Roger Michell and writer, Aminatta Forna - discuss favourite books by Laura Alcoba, Mark Twain and Robert Graves. The Rabbit House by Laura Alcoba Publisher: Portobello BooksThe Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain Publisher: Collins ClassicsGoodbye to All That by Robert Graves Publisher: PenguinFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2014.

Harriett Gilbert and her guests - broadcaster, Aasmah Mir and beer writer, Pete Brown - discuss great food books by Mohsin Hamid, Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin and John Lanchester. Recorded with an audience at the Bristol Food Connections Festival. Moth Smoke by Mohsin Hamid Publisher: PenguinThe Physiology of Taste by Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin Publisher: EverymanThe Debt to Pleasure by John Lanchester Publisher: PicadorFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2014.

Harriett Gilbert and her guests - DJ Annie Mac and author Kathy Lette - discuss their favourite books by John Green, WM Thackeray and Penelope Fitzgerald. The Fault In Our Stars by John Green Publisher: PenguinVanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray Publisher: Wordsworth EditionsOffshore by Penelope Fitzgerald Publisher: Fourth EstateFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2014.

Harriett Gilbert and her guests - writer, Julie Burchill and broadcaster, Fred MacAulay - discuss their favourite books by Harriet Lane, JD Salinger and Elmore Leonard. Alys, Always by Harriet Lane Publisher: PhoenixCatcher in the Rye by J D Salinger Publisher: PenguinGet Shorty by Elmore Leonard Publisher: PhoenixFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2014.

Harriett Gilbert and her guests - TV presenter, Lorraine Kelly and writer, Romesh Gunesekera - discuss their favourite books by Jack Kerouac, George Mackay Brown and Molly Keane.On the Road by Jack Kerouac Publisher: PenguinGreenvoe by George Mackay Brown Publisher: PolygonGood Behaviour by Molly Keane Publisher: ViragoFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2014.