A Good Read

Harriett Gilbert and her guests - journalists Eve Pollard and Julie Bindel - talk about their favourite books by Richard Ford, Chinua Achebe and David Sedaris. Canada by Richard Ford Publisher: BloomsburyThings Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe Publisher: Penguin Modern ClassicsMe Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris Publisher: AbacusFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2013.

Harriett Gilbert and her guests - former editor of Spiked, Brendan O'Neill, and writer Gabriel Gbadamosi - discuss their favourite books by Graham Greene, Tarjei Vesaas and Michael Dibdin. Monsignor Quixote by Graham Greene Publisher: Vintage The Ice Palace by Tarjei Vesaas Publisher: Peter OwenThe Last Sherlock Holmes Story by Michael Dibdin Publisher: FaberFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2013.

Harriett Gilbert and her guests - choreographer, Arlene Phillips and comedian and actress, Jocelyn Jee Esien - discuss their favourite books by Deborah Moggach, Robyn Travis and William Maxwell. Heartbreak Hotel by Deborah Moggach Publisher: Chatto & WindusPrisoner to the Streets by Robyn Travis Publisher: XPress BooksSo Long, See You Tomorrow by William Maxwell Publisher: VintageFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2013.

Harriett Gilbert and her guests - TV's Hotel Inspector, Alex Polizzi, and DCI Banks crime novels author, Peter Robinson - discuss their favourite books by Jonathan Lethem, JL Carr and Dodie Smith.Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem Published by Faber and FaberA Month in The Country by JL Carr Published by PenguinI Capture The Castle by Dodie Smith Published by VintageFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2013.

Harriett Gilbert and her guests - writers Lynne Truss and Diran Adebayo discuss their favourite books by Paul Theroux, Nick Barlay and Michael OndaatjeSir Vidia's Shadow: A Friendship Across Five Continents by Paul Theroux Publisher: PenguinHooky Gear by Nick Barlay Publisher: SceptreRunning in the Family by Michael Ondaatje Publisher: BloomsburyFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2013.

Harriett Gilbert and her guests - actor and writer, Meera Syal and psychoanalyst and author, Stephen Grosz - discuss favourite books by Anton Chekov, Katherine Boo and Agatha Christie.The Lady With the Little Dog and Other Stories (1896-1904) by Anton Chekhov Publisher: Penguin ClassicsBehind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death and Hope in a Mumbai Slum by Katherine Boo Published: Portobello BooksThe ABC Murders by Agatha Christie Publisher: HarperCollinsFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2013.

Harriett Gilbert and her guests - Deacon Blue frontman Ricky Ross and Countryfile reporter Tom Heap - discuss favourite books by Philip Kerr, Ron Ferguson and Elizabeth Taylor. March Violets by Philip Kerr (this edition is part of the Omnibus called Berlin Noir) Publisher: PenguinMole Under the Fence: Conversations with Roland Wallis by Ron Ferguson with Mark Chater Publisher: Saint Andrew PressMrs Palfrey at the Claremont by Elizabeth Taylor Publisher: ViragoFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2013.

Harriett Gilbert and her guests - children's author, Dame Jacqueline Wilson and TV presenter Richard Osman - discuss their favourite books by Michael Frayn, Shena MacKay and Per Petterson.Out Stealing Horses by Per PettersonPublisher: Vintage Towards the End of the Morning by Michael FraynPublisher: Faber and FaberThe Orchard on Fire by Shena MacKayPublisher: VintageFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2013.

Harriett Gilbert and her guests - writer Owen Jones and novelist Sarah Hall - discuss their favourite books by Robert Swindells, James Salter and Geoffrey Household. Burning the Days by James Salter Publisher: PicadorBrother in the Land by Robert Swindells Publisher: PuffinRogue Male by Geoffrey Household Publisher: OrionFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2013.

Harriett Gilbert and her guests - sports presenter, Colin Murray and comedian, Bob Mills - discuss their favourite books by Richard Brautigan, Georgette Heyer and Kazuo Ishiguro. In Watermelon Sugar by Richard Brautigan Publisher: VintageThese Old Shades by Georgette Heyer Publisher: Arrow BooksAn Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro Publisher: FaberFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2013.