Deborah Bull, former ballet dancer and Sam Leith, The Spectator’s literary editor join presenter, Harriett Gilbert to discuss their favourite books by Mervyn Peake, John Berryman and Gabriel Garcia Márquez.

'Mr Pye' by Mervyn Peake

'77 Dream Songs' by John Berryman

'News of a Kidnapping' by Gabriel García Márquez.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2016.

Comedian Natalie Haynes, Playwright David Greig and Harriett Gilbert discuss favourite books by Patricia Highsmith, David Foster Wallace and Zachary Mason.

'The Lost Books of the Odyssey' by Zachary Mason

'A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again' by David Foster Wallace

'Strangers on a Train', by Patricia Highsmith

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2016.

Actress Samantha Bond and editor of The New Statesman, Jason Cowley join Harriett Gilbert to discuss their favourite novels by Donna Tartt, Joseph Conrad and Hamid Ismailov.

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad

The Dead Lake' by Hamid Ismailov translated by Andrew Bromfield

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2016.

Rebecca Root, the first trans actor to play a trans role in a mainstream BBC series, Boy Meets Girl, and The Long Firm author, Jake Arnott join Harriet Gilbert to discuss favourite books by Chris Ware, Damien Barr and Kurt Vonnegut.

Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth by Chris Ware.

Maggie and Me by Damien Barr

Mother Night by Kurt Vonnegut

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2016.

Broadcaster Vanessa Feltz and music journalist, David Hepworth join Harriett Gilbert to discuss their favourite books by Hilary Mantel, Edith Wharton and Dodie Smith.

A Tale of Two Families by Dodie Smith

The Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton

Beyond Black by Hilary Mantel

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2016.

Science writer and botanist,James Wong, TV's Dr Christian Jessen and Harriett Gilbert discuss their favourite books by Michael Crichton, Louis Begley and Amos Oz.

Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton

Producer Sally Heaven

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2015.

Politician Shirley Williams and novelist Margaret Drabble join Harriett Gilbert to discuss their favourite books by Winifred Holtby, Mary McCarthy and James Joyce.

The Group by Mary McCarthy

South Riding by Winifred Holtby

Dubliners by James Joyce

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2015.

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

South Sea Tales by Robert Louis Stevenson

Suite Française by Irène Némirovsky

Producer: Sally Heaven

First 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

The Road To Wigan Pier by George Orwell

My Salinger Year by Joanna Rakoff

Producer: Sally Heaven

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2015.