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.