A Good Read

Harriett Gilbert and her guests - comedian, Adam Hills and psychologist, Steven Pinker - discuss their favourite books by Albert Camus, Richard Bach and Jonathan Livingston. Jonathan Livingstone Seagull by Richard Bach Publisher: Harper Collins (Harper NonFiction) The Elements of Style by Strunk and White Publisher: Longman now Pearson The Outsider by Albert Camus Publisher: Penguin Modern Classic...

Harriett Gilbert and her guests - actress and author, Dame Sheila Hancock and journalist, Cosmo Landesman - discuss their favourite books by Toby Young, John Williams and Sylvia Townsend Warner. Stoner by John Williams Publisher: Vintage How To Lose Friends and Alienate People by Toby Young Publisher: Abacus Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner Publisher: Virago First broadcast on BBC Radio 4...

Harriett Gilbert and her guests - broadcaster, Jeremy Paxman and classicist, Dame Mary Beard - discuss their favourite books by Natalie Zemon Davis, Ben Fountain and Graham Greene. Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain Publisher: Canongate Travels with my Aunt by Graham Greene Publisher: Vintage The Return of Martin Guerre by Natalie Zemon Davis Publisher: Harvard University Press First broadcast on...

Paralympian Ade Adepitan and comedian Dominic Holland talk books with Harriett Gilbert. Books under discussion are: Sue Townsend's delicious tale of teenage angst, The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4, In Cold Blood, Truman Capote's 'non-fiction novel' about the murders of four family members in a Kansas farmhouse in 1959 and Roddy Doyle's The Snapper, a comic portrayal of an unplanned preg...

Shami Chakrabarti, director of human rights organisation Liberty, and Monica Ali, author of Brick Lane, talk about their favourite reads with Harriett Gilbert. Books under discussion are Evelyn Waugh's satire on the Anglo-American relationship staged in and around an LA funeral business, The Loved One, Rachel Holmes' biography of Eleanor Marx, and the children's classic, Charlotte's Web. Conversat...

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 Perennials Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck Publisher: Penguin Experience by Martin Amis Publisher: Vintage First 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 US Catch-22 by Joseph Heller Publisher: Vintage Everyman 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 Perennial First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in J...

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: Virago The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot Publisher: Pan Macmillan The Winter Queen by Boris Akunin Publisher: Orion First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 201...

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: Penguin First 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 Books The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain Publisher: Collins Classics Goodbye to All That by Robert Graves Publisher: Penguin First broadcast on BBC Radio 4...

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: Penguin The Physiology of Taste by Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin Publisher: Everyman The Debt to Pleasure by John...

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: Penguin Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Offshore by Penelope Fitzgerald Publisher: Fourth Estate First 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: Phoenix Catcher in the Rye by J D Salinger Publisher: Penguin Get Shorty by Elmore Leonard Publisher: Phoenix First 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: Penguin Greenvoe by George Mackay Brown Publisher: Polygon Good Behaviour by Molly Keane Publisher: Virago First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2014.

Harriett Gilbert and her guests - novelist, Dame Penelope Lively and comedy writer, Will Smith - discuss their favourite books by John Kennedy Toole, Barry Lopez and Kingsley Amis. ‘A Confederacy of Dunces’ by John Kennedy Toole Publisher: Penguin ‘Arctic Dreams’ by Barry Lopez Publisher: Penguin ‘Lucky Jim’ by Kingsley Amis Publisher: Harvill First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2014.

Harriett Gilbert and her guests - Irish stand-up comedian, Andrew Maxwell and Pakistani writer, Kamila Shamsie - discuss their favourite books by Doris Lessing, Anita Desai and John Steinbeck. Clear Light of Day by Anita Desai Publisher: Vintage Tortilla Flat by John Steinbeck Publisher: Penguin In Pursuit of the English by Doris Lessing Publisher: Fourth Estate First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in F...

Harriett Gilbert and her guests - comedian Richard Herring and actor Tracy-Ann Oberman - discuss their favourite books by Jack Womack, Rupert Everett and Kurt Vonnegut. Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut Publisher: Vintage Random Acts of Senseless Violence by Jack Womack Publisher: Gollancz Vanished Years by Rupert Everett Publisher: Abacus First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2014.

Harriett Gilbert and her guests - journalist, Daniel Finkelstein, Baron Finkelstein of Pinner, and writer, Jill Paton Walsh - discuss their favourite books by Robert Cialdini, Michael J Sandel and Roddy Doyle. Influence: the Psychology of Persuasion by Robert B Cialdini Publisher: Collins Business What Money Can't Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets by Michael J Sandel Publisher: Penguin The Van by R...

Harriett Gilbert and her guests - former Governor of the Bank of England, Mervyn King and comic actor and writer, Arabella Weir - discuss their favourite books by Machiavelli, Jon Canter and Eric Newby. The Prince by Machiavelli Publisher: Penguin A Short Gentleman by Jon Canter Publisher: Vintage Love and War in the Apennines by Eric Newby Publisher: HarperCollins First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 i...

TV presenter and novelist Fern Britton and Olympic gold medallist rower Katherine Grainger join Harriett Gilbert to discuss favourite books by Harper Lee, Susan Hill and Alan Bennett. To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee Publisher: Arrow The Various Haunts of Men by Susan Hill Publisher: Vintage The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett Publisher: Profile Books and Faber & Faber First broadcast on BB...

Harriett Gilbert and her guests - playwright, Mark Ravenhill and DJ, Nihal Arthanayake - discuss favourite books by James Ellroy, Nadine Gordimer and Wolfgang von Goethe. Elective Affinities by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Publisher: Oxford World Classics American Tabloid by James Ellroy Publisher: Windmill Books July's People by Nadine Gordimer Publisher: Bloomsbury First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 i...

Harriett Gilbert and her guests - author, Michael Dobbs and broadcaster, Katie Puckrik - discuss favourite books by Kevin Myers, Jennifer Egan and Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Watching the Door - Cheating Death in 1970s Belfast by Kevin Myers Publisher: Atlantic A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan Publisher: Corsair Of Love and Other Demons by Gabriel Garcia Marquez Publisher: Penguin First br...

Harriett Gilbert. and her guests - BBC Radio 2 presenter, Johnnie Walker and BBC newsreader, Kate Silverton talk about their favourite books by Robert M Pirsig, Georgina Howell and Barbara Pym. Zen and the Art of Motor Cycle Maintenance by Robert M Pirsig Publisher: Vintage Daughter of the Desert - the Remarkable Life of Gertrude Bell by Georgina Howell Publisher: Pan MacMillan Excellent Women by...

Harriett Gilbert and her guests - broadcaster, John Inverdale and journalist, Rachel Cooke - discuss favourite books by Jan Morris, George Orwell and Meg Wolitzer. Coronation Everest by Jan Morris Publisher: Faber and Faber The Wife by Meg Wolitzer Publisher: Vintage Keep the Aspidistra Flying by George Orwell Publisher: Penguin Classics First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2013.