A Good Read

Rilla Askew on her latest novel Kind of Kin; Horatio Clare and Justin Cartwright on literature inspired by Summer; and David Mitchell on the book he'd never lend.

Denise Mina talks to Mariella Frostrup about her latest crime novel The Red Road; writers using their jobs as the backdrop to their novels and the WWII heroine Agent Marie.

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 Petterson

Publisher: Vintage

Publisher: Faber and Faber

The Orchard on Fire by Shena MacKay

Publisher: Vintage

First 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

Brother in the Land by Robert Swindells

Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2013.

Evie Wyld, one of Granta's 2013 best young British novelists, discusses her latest book All the Birds, Singing and we discuss the controversial emerging genre of New Adult

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

These Old Shades by Georgette Heyer

An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2013.

Neil Gaiman talks to Mariella Frostrup about his hugely popular novels for children and adults alike, from Coraline and Neverwhere to his latest The Ocean at the End of the Lane.

Harriett Gilbert and her guests - film critic, Antonia Quirke and actor, Kerry Shale - discuss their favourite books by Craig Thompson, Gavin Maxwell and Simon Armitage.

Short and Sweet: 101 Very Short Poems

Blankets by Craig Thompson

A Reed Shaken By The Wind: Travels Among The Marsh Arabs of Iraq by Gavin Maxwell

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2013.

Louise Doughty talks to Mariella Frostrup about her thriller Apple Tree Yard, we explore the world of Balkan literature and the first Pan-African prize for debut novelists.

Harriett Gilbert and her guests – BBC Radio 2’s Vanessa Feltz and performance poet, Elvis McGonagall - discuss books by Javier Marias. AA Milne and Jeff Torrington.

A Heart So white by Javier Marias, translated by Margaret Jull Costa

Two People by AA Milne

Swing Hammer Swing! by Jeff Torrington

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2013.