A Good Read Folgen

Harriett Gilbert is joined by the BBC's Economics Editor Stephanie Flanders and novelist and journalist Roisin McAuley to discuss favourite books.Stephanie Flanders' choice is 'The Great Crash 1929', a classic account of financial disaster by one of the twentieth century's most influential economists, John Kenneth Galbraith. A witty and elegant analysis which is compelling even to those who can't tell their leverage from their margins.Roisin McAuley chooses a novel by the award-winning Patricia Ferguson, 'Peripheral Vision'. The quality of her writing and the intelligence of her psychological insights into her characters has drawn comparisons to Muriel Spark.Harriett's choice this week is a classic fifties detective story from Dame Ngaio Marsh: 'Singing in the Shrouds', her twelfth novel to feature the detective hero, Roderick Alleyn.Producer: Mary Ward-LoweryFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2011.

Christopher Frayling, Professor Emeritus at the Royal College of Art, and broadcaster Nikki Bedi talk to Harriett Gilbert about the books they love. Christopher's recommendation is a passionate political polemic: Ill Fares The Land: A Treatise On Our Present Discontents, by Tony Judt. Nikki picks The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri, the story of a boy growing up in an Indian family in America.Harriett's choice is the first in the celebrated Tales of the City series by Armistead Maupin.Producer: Beth O'Dea First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2011.

Chef Rick Stein and Michael Dobbs, author of House of Cards, recommend favourite books to presenter Harriett Gilbert. Rick Stein talks about Lifting the Latch (A Life on the Land) by Sheila Stewart, which he enjoyed because it's set in the area of Oxfordshire in which he was born and spent his childhood. The true-life story of rural labourer Mont Abbott, It's been described as a rival to Lark Rise of Candleford.Lord Dobbs' choice is Train to Trieste by Domnica Radulescu, a powerful love story set in Ceausescu's Romania.Then Harriett Gilbert brings something completely different to the table: Farewell My Lovely by Raymond Chandler.Producer: Beth O'DeaFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2011.