A Good Read Episodes Episode guide
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Eleanor Bron and Roy Hattersley
Eleanor and Roy discuss books by Tobias Wolff, Angus Wilson and Simon Gray.
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Graeme Garden and Helen Lederer
Graeme and Helen discuss books by Laurie Graham, Richard Feynman and Julian Barnes.
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Penelope Fitzgerald and William Sieghart
Penelope and William discuss Sarah Orne Jewett, Alan Isler and Jane Austen.
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Orlando Figes and Michael Schmidt
Orlando and Michael discuss Elizabeth Bishop, Vladimir Nabokov and Henry James.
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Ken Livingstone and Polly Toynbee
Ken and Polly discuss Don de Lillo, Arthur C Clarke and Alexandre Dumas.
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Geoff Dyer and Richard Holmes
Richard and Geoff discuss works by Rudyard Kipling, Siegfried Sassoon and Thomas Bernard.
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Mavis Nicholson and Toyah Willcox
Mavis Nicholson and Toyah Willcox discuss books by Anne Tyler, Ben Okri and Fitzgerald.
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Warren Mitchell and Victor Adebowale
Tom Sutcliffe, Warren Mitchell and Victor Adebowale discuss Henry Mayhew.
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John Lanchester and Susannah Clapp
Tom Sutcliffe, Susannah Clapp and John Lanchester discuss Althea Hayter.
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John Bird and Professor Susan Greenfield
Tom Sutcliffe, Susan Greenfield and John Bird discuss Gitta Sereny and Jerzy Kosinski.
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Judy Simpson and Tom Watt
Tom Sutcliffe, Judy Simpson and Tom Watt on novels by Mary Shelley and Candia McWilliam.
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Tony Bullimore and Sophie Hannah
Tom Sutcliffe, Tony Bullimore and Sophie Hannah discuss Iris Murdoch and Primo Levi.
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Lisa Jardine and Dr Peter Jones
Tom Sutcliffe, Dr Peter Jones and Professor Lisa Jardine discuss Greek epigrams.
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Jo Brand and Jonathan Meades
Jo Brand and Jonathan Meades on books by Michel Tournier, John Carey and John Banville.
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Sarah Maguire and Gillian Reynolds
Sarah and Gillian discuss books by Peter Roget, Olaudah Equiano and Margaret Forster.
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Ann Widdecombe and Helen Wilkinson
Ann and Helen compare books by Richard Dawkins, Brian Moore and Antonia Fraser.
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Diane Abbott and Bill Nighy
Diane and Bill discuss titles by Mark Twain, John McGahern and Iain Sinclair.
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Anna Ford and Rick Stein
Rick and Anna discuss books by John Lanchester, Les Murray and Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
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Rachel Cusk and Lawrence Norfolk
Lawrence Norfolk and Rachel Cusk discuss books by Martin Amis and Anthony Burgess.
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Jude Kelly and Jatinder Verma
Jude and Jatinder discuss books by Amitav Ghosh, Robert Hughes and Jeanette Winterson.
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Simon Barnes and Chris Haskins
Christopher and Simon discuss books by Richard Ford, Jan Morris and Stephen J Gould.
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Mark Knopfler and Esther Freud
Esther and Mark discuss books by Alain De Botton, Robert Graves and Evelyn Waugh.
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Edwina Currie and Terry Wogan
Terry and Edwina discuss books by Frank McCourt, William Trevor and Garrison Keillor.
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Chinua Achebe and Doris Lessing
Doris and Chinua discuss books by Tsitsi Dangarembga, RK Narayan and Nawal El Sadawi.
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Kingsley Amis and Ruth Rendell
Kingsley and Ruth discuss paperbacks by Dick Francis, Paul Auster and Anthony Trollope.
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Tom Cox and Sophie Scott
Neuroscientist Sophie Scott and writer Tom Cox discuss books with Harriett Gilbert
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Mike Gayle & Deborah Moggach
Sue MacGregor is at the Birmingham Book Festival with Deborah Moggach and Mike Gayle.
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A Good Read: Rob Rinder and Juno Dawson
The barrister and the writer discuss books they feel passionate about.
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A Good Read: Maggie Gee & Nazir Afzal
Harriett Gilbert's guest author Maggie Gee and Nazir Afzal choose their favourite books
