Harriett Gilbert and her guests - Horrible Histories author, Terry Deary and comedian Shappi Khorsandi - talk to Harriett about their favourite books by GK Chesterton, Sue Townsend and John McGahern.

The Napoleon of Notting Hill by GK Chesterton

Adrian Mole and the Weapons of Mass Destruction by Sue Townsend

Amongst Women by John McGahern

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2013.

Harriett Gilbert and her guests - authors Gervase Phinn and Moni Mohsin - discuss their favourite books by Robert Roberts, Rudyard Kipling and Angela Carter.

A Ragged Schooling by Robert Roberts

Kim by Rudyard Kipling

Wise Children by Angela Carter

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2013.

Harriett Gilbertt and her guests - ex-Blue Peter presenter, Konnie Huq and Hue and Cry's Pat Kane - discuss books by Patrick Hamilton, Richard Sennett and Herman Koch.

The Dinner by Herman Koch

The Craftsman by Richard Sennett

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2013.

Harriett Gilbert and her guests - writer, Bernadine Evaristo and former BBC Business Editor, Robert Peston - discuss their favourite books by Irene Sabatini, Jessica Mitford and Sian Busby.

The Boy Next Door by Irene Sabatini

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2013.

Harriett Gilbert and her guests - poet, Daljit Nagra and radio critic, Susan Jeffrey - discuss their favourite books by Edna O'Brien, Margery Allingham and an anonymous author.

A Woman in Berlin (Anon)

The Country Girls by Edna O'Brien

Coroner's Pidgin by Margery Allingham

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2013.

Harriett Gilbert and her guests - TV presenter, Alistair Appleton and Professor Simon Baron-Cohen of the department of Psychiatry at Cambridge - discuss favourite books by Patrick Gayle, Ian McEwan and Michael Innes.

Notes From an Exhibition by Patrick Gale

Enduring Love by Ian McEwan

Operation Pax by Michael Innes

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2013.

Harriett Gilbert and her guests - writers, Sarah Moss and Francis Spufford. - discuss their favourite books by Dorothy Wordsworth, TH White and Penelope Fitzgerald.

The Grasmere Journals by Dorothy Wordsworth

Mistress Masham's Repose by TH White

Human Voices by Penelope Fitzgerald

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2013.

Harriett Gilbert is joined by her guests - writer, Meg Rosoff and comedian, Sara Pascoe - to discuss favourite books by Lynn Barber, Yasunari Kawabata and Ayn Rand.

Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata

The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand

An Education by Lynn Barber

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2013.

Harriett Gilbert and her guests - comedian, Miles Jupp and singer, Barb Jungr - discuss their favourite books by Jonathan Franzen, Michael Frayn and Andrey Kurko.

The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen

Spies by Michael Frayn

Death And The Penguin by Andrey Kurkov

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2013.

Harriet Gilbert and her guests - General Secretary Designate of the TUC, Frances O'Grady and historian, Ruth Richardson – discuss their favourite books by Anne Enright, TS Eliot and John Masefield.

Booker prize-winning 'The Gathering' by Anne Enright

'Four Quartets' by TS Eliot

‘The Box of Delights’ by John Masefield.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2011.