Find reading inspiration with favourite books chosen by our guests.
Radio 4,·718 episodes
Margaret Forster, Joan Bakewell and Gerard McBurney select books to debate.
21 Dec 1999,·30 mins
Bonnie Greer and guests discuss paperbacks by JM Coetzee, Keith Ward and Alison Lurie.
14 Dec 1999,·30 mins
Jeremy Isaacs and Mary Douglas discuss Laurence Sterne, RL Stevenson and Barbara Reynolds.
07 Dec 1999,·30 mins
Discussing paperbacks by Fannie Flagg, Ralph Ellison and Giles Foden. From November 1999.
30 Nov 1999,·30 mins
Bel Mooney, John Sergeant and Hunter Davies discuss Evelyn Waugh and Alfred Wainwright.
23 Nov 1999,·30 mins
Baroness Blackstone and Julian Le Grand discuss JM Coetzee, Patrick O'Brian, Jane Gardam.
07 Sep 1999,·30 mins
Souad Faress and John Sutherland discuss books by Salman Rushdie and James Baldwin.
31 Aug 1999,·30 mins
Mike Figgis and Mike Hodges discuss books by James Blinn, Frederick Exley and Barbara Pym.
24 Aug 1999,·30 mins
Mavis and Robert discuss books by Jerome K Jerome, Cormac McCarthy and Norman Lewis.
17 Aug 1999,·30 mins
Sarah, Peter and Anna discuss books by Cicely Hamilton, Raymond Chandler and Rose Tremain.
10 Aug 1999,·30 mins
Sarah, Phill and Pippa discuss books by Helene Hanff, Stephen Fry and Amy Tan.
03 Aug 1999,·30 mins
Sarah, Simon and Jenny discuss books by Ellen Gilchrist, Michael Frayn and Anthony Powell.
27 Jul 1999,·30 mins
Bibi and Giles talk about books by Patrick McCabe, Paul Muldoon and Eric Newby.
20 Jul 1999,·30 mins
Sara, Howard and Alexander discuss books by Primo Levi, Stefan Zweig and George Orwell.
13 Jul 1999,·30 mins
Sarah, Richard and Hilary discuss books by Molly Keane, Arnold Wesker and Henry James.
06 Jul 1999,·30 mins
Gareth and Jenny books by Bill Bryson, Penelope Fitzgerald and Jonathan Raban.
20 Apr 1999,·30 mins
Sarah, Jim and Marina discuss works by JM Synge, Robert Graves and Maeve Binchy.
13 Apr 1999,·30 mins
Rob and Sara discuss books by David C Korten, Robert Byron and Margaret Forster.
06 Apr 1999,·30 mins
Sarah LeFanu, Shirley Hughes and Ken Smith on books by Arnold Bennett and E Annie Proulx.
30 Mar 1999,·30 mins
Brian and Richard discuss books by T Coraghesson Boyle, Bernhard Schlink and Graham Greene
23 Mar 1999,·30 mins
Mick and Penelope discuss paperbacks by Oliver Rackham, RL Stevenson and William Golding.
05 Jan 1999,·30 mins
Guests discuss books by Lidiya Ginzburg, Jonathan Coe, Randolph Nesse and George Williams.
22 Dec 1998,·30 mins
Simon and Sir Crispin discuss books by Richard Fortey, Daniel Defoe and Muriel Spark.
15 Dec 1998,·30 mins
Marie and Charles on books by Steinbeck, Elizabeth Gaskell and Antoine de Saint-Exupery.
08 Dec 1998,·30 mins
Guests discuss books by Evelyn Waugh, Apsley Cherry-Garrard and Marguerite Yourcenar.
01 Dec 1998,·30 mins
Monty and Penny discuss books by the Oxford Dictionary, Hilary Mantel and William Cobbett.
24 Nov 1998,·30 mins
Peter and Judith discuss books by Rohinton Mistry, Cecil Lewis and John Banville.
17 Nov 1998,·30 mins
Fanthorpe and Knight discuss books by Gerald of Wales, Ursula LeGuin and Robert Holdstock.
10 Nov 1998,·30 mins
David and Anna discuss paperbacks by Elie Wiesel, Somerset Maugham and Rose Macaulay.
03 Nov 1998,·30 mins
Neil and Martin discuss paperbacks by Frederick Rolfe, Richard Ford and Ian McEwan.
01 Sep 1998,·30 mins
