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.

Daughter of the Desert - the Remarkable Life of Gertrude Bell by Georgina Howell

Excellent Women by Barbara Pym

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2013.

Harriett Gilbert and her guests - broadcaster, John Inverdale and journalist, Rachel Cooke - discuss favourite books by Jan Morris, George Orwell and Meg Wolitzer.

The Wife by Meg Wolitzer

Keep the Aspidistra Flying by George Orwell

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2013.

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

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris

First 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

The Ice Palace by Tarjei Vesaas

The Last Sherlock Holmes Story by Michael Dibdin

First 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

Prisoner to the Streets by Robyn Travis

So Long, See You Tomorrow by William Maxwell

First 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

A Month in The Country by JL Carr

I Capture The Castle by Dodie Smith

First 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 Ondaatje

Sir Vidia's Shadow:

Hooky Gear by Nick Barlay

Running in the Family by Michael Ondaatje

First 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

Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death and Hope in a Mumbai Slum by Katherine Boo

The ABC Murders by Agatha Christie

First 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)

Mole Under the Fence: Conversations with Roland Wallis by Ron Ferguson with Mark Chater

Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont by Elizabeth Taylor

First 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 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.