A Good Read Folgen

Harriett Gilbert and her guests - columnist and author, Michele Hanson and Director of External Affairs at the Science Museum Group, Roger Highfield - discuss their favourite books by Tobias Smollett, Siddhartha Mukherjee and John Le Carre. Michele Hanson's choice: 'Humphry Clinker' by Tobias SmollettRoger Highfield's choice: 'The Emperor of All Maladies' by Siddhartha MukherjeeHarriett Gilbert's choice: 'A Murder of Quality' by John le CarréFirst broadcast on Radio 4 in June 2012.

Harriett Gilbert and her guests - space scientist, Maggie Aderin-Pocock and music producer, William Orbit - discuss favourite books by John Wyndham, Janice Galloway and Tom Stoppard. 'Chocky' by John Wyndham Publisher: Penguin'Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead' by Tom Stoppard Publisher: Faber and Faber'Trick Is To Keep Breathing' by Janice Galloway Publisher: VintageFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2012.

Deadly 60 presenter Steve Backshall and Editor of Gransnet Geraldine Bedell discuss their favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.Geraldine picks 'The Idea of Perfection' by Kate Grenville, a touching romance between two people in the eccentric little backwater of Karakarook, Australia.Steve opts for a chilling ghost-story set around a scientific expedition to the Arctic Circle in 1937 - 'Dark Matter' by Michelle Paver.Harriett's choice is 'In the Country of Men' by Hisham Matar, a tender coming-of-age story about nine-year-old Suleiman who becomes the man of the house when his father goes away on business.Producer: Toby FieldFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2012.