Books and Authors

Scott Turow talks to Mariella Frostrup about his new thriller Identical; Paul Bailey and Manda Scott on gay literature; and Charlie Hill on fiction that's bad for your health.

Michael Dobbs, author of House of Cards, and broadcaster Katie Puckrik talk to Harriett Gilbert about their favourite books. They include the highly-praised A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan, the devastating Watching the Door - Cheating Death in 1970s Belfast by Kevin Myers and Of Love and Other Demons by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Produced by Beth O'Dea.

R2 presenter Johnnie Walker and BBC newsreader Kate Silverton talk about their favourite books with Harriett Gilbert. Johnnie discusses Zen and the Art of Motor Cycle Maintentance by Robert M. Pirsig. Kate chooses the biography of her heroine. It's Daughter of the Desert - the Remarkable Life of Gertrude Bell by Georgina Howell. And Excellent Women by Barbara Pym is the recommendation of presenter Harriett Gilbert. Produced Beth O'Dea

Margaret Drabble on her novel The Pure Gold Baby; Sebastian Faulks and Helen Dunmore on WWI novels; and Dedicated to..the wonderful things people write in books to their loved one.

From Everest's peak to a 1930s London bedsit, and a painfully funny portrait of a literary marriage in decline. Harriett Gilbert talks books with John Inverdale and Rachel Cooke. Produced by Melvin Rickarby

Harriett Gilbert talks to guests about their favourite books. Eve Pollard chooses Canada by Richard Ford and Julie Bindel picks Chinua Achebe's classic African novel Things Fall Apart. Harriett's choice is the hilarious Me Talk Pretty One Day, by David Sedaris. Produced by Melvin Rickarby.

Justin Cartwright on his novel Lion Heart; Joe Sacco on his graphic novel of The Great War

Harriett Gilbert talks to Brendan O'Neill and Gabriel Gbadamosi about their favourite books. Brendan O'Neill, editor of the online magazine Spiked, chooses Graham Greene - Monsignor Quixote. Writer Gabriel Gbadamosi recommends the Norwegian classic: The Ice Palace by Tarjei Vesaas. And presenter Harriett Gilbert chooses The Last Sherlock Holmes Story by Michael Dibdin. Produced Beth O'Dea.

Conn Iggulden on Stormbird, the first in his new series set during the Wars of the Roses; Horatio Clare and Susie Boyt discuss Autumn in literature; and the best of non-fiction.

Arlene Phillips, choreographer and Strictly Come Dancing judge, and Jocelyn Jee Esien, comedian and star of the BBC's Little Miss Jocelyn, talk to presenter Harriett Gilbert about the books they love. Arlene's recommendation is Heartbreak Hotel, by Deborah Moggach. Jocelyn chooses Prisoner to the Streets by Robyn Travis. And Harriett brings So Long, See You Tomorrow by William Maxwell. Produced Beth O'Dea

Philip Pullman discusses the great Soviet children's classics of the 1920s and 30s, Jung Chang on Empress Dowager Cixi and Alexander McCall Smith on the book he'd never lend.

In the first of a new series, Alex Polizzi, presenter of TV's The Hotel Inspector and The Fixer, and Peter Robinson, author of the DCI Banks crime novels, talk to Harriett Gilbert about the books they love. Alex has chosen Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem. Peter's choice is A Month in the Country by J.L. Carr. And Harriett flies the flag for I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith. Produced Beth O'Dea

Sathnam Sanghera on his novel Marriage Material and not just the land of football, Open Book explores Brazil's vast literary scene and the inaugural Harrogate History Festival.

Victoria Hislop has edited a new anthology of women's short stories called The Story. From Helen Simpson to Angela Carter, she explains how she chose her 100 favourites.

Jo Nesbo on his new Harry Hole thriller Police, we go in search of buried gems as Mariella Frostrup discusses pirate literature and Frank Tallis on the book he'd never lend.