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

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

The Winter Queen by Boris Akunin

First 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

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

The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

Goodbye to All That by Robert Graves

First 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

The Physiology of Taste by Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

The Debt to Pleasure by John Lanchester

First 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

Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray

Offshore by Penelope Fitzgerald

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

Catcher in the Rye by J D Salinger

Get Shorty by Elmore Leonard

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

Greenvoe by George Mackay Brown

Good Behaviour by Molly Keane

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

‘Arctic Dreams’ by Barry Lopez

‘Lucky Jim’ by Kingsley Amis

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

Tortilla Flat by John Steinbeck

In Pursuit of the English by Doris Lessing

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2014.

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

Random Acts of Senseless Violence by Jack Womack

Vanished Years by Rupert Everett

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2014.