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A special episode of A Good Read, recorded live at the Hay Festival. The books are:
London Falling by Patrick Radden Keefe, chosen by psychotherapist and artist Philippa PerryAll Quiet on the Orient Express by Magnus Mills, chosen by presenter and writer Stuart MaconieLuka and the Fire of Life by Salman Rushdie, chosen by presenter Harriett Gilbert
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Two Scottish crime writers choose books by:Iain Banks (Espedair Street)Muriel Spark (Memento Mori)
And Harriett's choice is Summer by Edith Wharton
Producer: Maggie Ayre BBC Audio Bristol
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The books are:
Brighton Rock by Graham Greene, chosen by Harriet TyceAgent Zigzag by Ben Macintyre, chosen by Matt EdmondsonCluny Brown by Margery Sharp, chosen by Harriett Gilbert
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Three books that deal with the intricacies of relationships and marriage.
Not That Sort of Girl by Mary WesleyAftermath by Rachel CuskThree Days In June by Anne Tyler
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This time the community clothing entrepreneur and host of The Great British Sewing Bee Patrick Grant chooses his favourite book along with fellow guest anthropologist and broadcaster Mary-Ann Ochota.
The books are:
Parsnips Buttered by Joe LycettThe Flow by Amy Jane Beer Heatwave by Penelope Lively
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Newsreader Maryam Moshiri and Red Dwarf creator Doug Naylor discuss their chosen books, including Bridget Jones's Diary, with Harriett Gilbert.
Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding, chosen by Maryam Moshiri
Why You Should Read Children's Books, Even Though You Are So Old and Wise by Katherine Rundell, chosen by Doug Naylor
Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson, chosen by Harriett Gilbert
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THE LIVES AND LOVES OF A SHE DEVIL by Fay Weldon, chosen by Victoria PileTHE OLD MAN AND THE SEA by Ernest Hemingway, chosen by Julian BagginiCLEAR by Carys Davies, chosen by Harriett Gilbert
Comedy writer and director Victoria Pile joins philosopher and author Julian Baggini to talk about their favourite books with Harriett Gilbert. On the menu is a feminist revenge novel that is as dark as it is funny, a classic Hemingway novella that casts us out to sea, and an evocative short story set on a remote island off Scotland.
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This week's books are:How to Measure a Cow by Margaret Forster (chosen by Lolita Chakrabarti)The House of God by Samuel Shem (chosen by Guy Leschziner)A Very Easy Death by Simone de Beauvoir (chosen by Harriett Gilbert)
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The children's author Frank Cottrell-Boyce and the author of Wild Swans and Big Sister Little Sister Red Sister Jung Chang choose their good reads.
Where Should We Run To by Alan Garner chosen by Frank Cottrell-BoyceDeath of A Naturalist by Seamus Heaney chosen by Harriett GilbertHans Christian Andersen's Fairytales chosen by Jung Chang
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This week's books are:
Five Little Pigs by Agatha Christie, chosen by crime writer Martin EdwardsAt Swim-Two-Birds by Flann O'Brien, chosen by sociologist, bioethicist and comedian Tom ShakespeareThursday Night Widows by Claudia Pineiro, chosen by Harriett Gilbert
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This week's books are:Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler chosen by Maria Balshaw.The Overcoat by Nikolai Gogol (translated by Isabel Hapgood) chosen by Léa Ypi.Small Bomb at Dimperley by Lissa Evans chosen by Harriett Gilbert.
The producer is Eliza Lomas for BBC Audio Bristol. Join us over on Instagram @agoodreadbbc
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This week's books are:
Water Shall Refuse Them by Lucie McKnight Hardy, chosen by comedian Robin IncePnin by Vladimir Nabokov, chosen by Harriett GilbertEsther Waters by George Moore, chosen by writer Philip Hensher
Producer Sally Heaven, BBC Audio Bristol
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This week's books are:Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner chosen by the Welsh poet and writer Gwyneth LewisThe LIving Mountain by Nan Shepherd picked by author Annabel AbbsEmma by Jane Austen chosen by Harriett Gilbert ahead of the writer's 250th birthday in December 2025
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Michelle Ogundehin is a broadcaster, magazine editor and author also known as a presenter on TV's Interior Design Masters. She and author Lisa St Aubin de Terán give their book recommendations. Michelle's is 4000 Weeks: Time Management For Mortals by Oliver Burkeman which she says has helped her simplify her life. Lisa chooses Small Boat by Vincent Delecroix the powerful retelling of the 2021 incident in which 27 people drowned in the English Channel attempting to make the crossing from France. It's a fictionalised account of a real event told from the perspective of the French Coastguard blamed for not taking adequate action.Harriett's choice is The Party by Tessa Hadley set in post war Bristol.
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Producer: Maggie Ayre
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WEDLOCK: HOW GEORGIAN BRITAIN'S WORST HUSBAND MET HIS MATCH by Wendy Moore, chosen by Kate Lister GRAYSON PERRY: PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG GIRL by Wendy Jones, chosen by Harriett GilbertPLASTIC EMOTIONS by Shiromi Pinto, chosen by Roma Agrawal
Structural engineer Roma Agrawal, known for her work on buildings such as the Shard in London, and historian Kate Lister, who specialises in the history of sex, join Harriett Gilbert to share their favourite books. Kate's choice is Wedlock: How Georgian Britain's Worst Husband Met His Match by Wendy Moore, a gripping biography that tells the true story of Mary Eleanor Bowes's distrastrous marriage to Andrew Robinson Stoney, one of the wealthiest women in 18th-century Britain. Roma’s pick is Plastic Emotions by Shiromi Pinto, a novel inspired by the life of Minnette de Silva, Sri Lanka’s pioneering modernist architect, exploring love, politics and creativity in a time of upheaval. And Harriett brings Grayson Perry: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Girl by Wendy Jones, a candid and colourful account of the artist’s early life and identity.
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THE YEARS by Annie Ernaux chosen by Richard BensonTHE CORNER THAT HELD THEM by Sylvia Townsend Warner chosen by Amy SackvilleCOFFEE AND CIGARETTES by Ferdinand von Schirach chosen by Harriett Gilbert
Writer and former editor of the Face Richard Benson talks to fellow writer Amy Sackville and presenter Harriett Gilbert about favourite books.Richard chooses The Years by Nobel Laureate Annie Ernaux, saying it brings back memories of his French penpal's bohemian mother. Amy's choice of The Corner that Held Them by Sylvia Townsend Warner, about convent life in the 1300s, isn't as dry as that might sound, and Harriett's pick is Coffee and Cigarettes by German criminal defence lawyer Ferdinand von Schirach.
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FUNDAMENTALLY by Nussaibah Younis, chosen by Julia ShawYOUR LIFE IS MANUFACTURED by Tim Minshall, chosen by Hayaatun SillemROSARITA by Anita Desai, chosen by Harriett Gilbert
Criminal psychologist Julia Shaw joins engineer Hayaatun Sillem to discuss favourite books with Harriett Gilbert. Julia's choice, Fundamentally, is a bold debut novel by Nussaibah Younis which sparks a bit of debate. Younis writes a comedy story about an academic who takes a UN job in Iraq to lead a deradicalisation program for ISIS women. Hayaatun puts forward a very different book, a non-fiction by Tim Minshall, Professor of Innovation at the University of Cambridge. His book Your Life is Manufactured reveals the seismic impact that manufacturing has both on our lives and on the natural world. Finally, Harriett's choice is a haunting novella called Rosarita by Anita Desai, an unsettling riddle that follows a young Indian woman's quest through Mexico to find out more about her mother.
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Two books featuring teenage killers feature this time. Nicola Sturgeon MSP votes for Elif Shafak's Honour as her good read. It details the reasons behind the so-called honour killing carried out by a young Turkish Kurd living in London in the 1970s. Nicola says it provides valuable cultural insight into the reasons behind a particular form of violence against women.His Bloody Project by Graeme Macrae Burnet is set in the feudal system of the Highlands in the late 1800s where crofters were at the mercy of the local Laird and his staff. Roddy's father is barely eking out a living from a small patch of land near Applecross. When his family's livelihood is threatened by a local man exerting his power over them, Roddy commits a brutal triple murder. Harriett enjoys it because it traces the events leading up to the event and Roddy's subsequent trial posing the question of whether he is legally insane or criminally violent.Something gentler is Alistair McGowan's choice. Fair Stood The Wind For France is HE Bates' wartime novel of an RAF airman crash landing in occupied France. As he recovers from his injuries he falls for the daughter of a farming family who take him in. Alistair believes Bates to be one of the finest English writers of last century but being best known for The Darling Buds of May says he's often overlooked.
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THE STONE DIARIES by Carol Shields, chosen by Tom CoxHOW TO WRITE A THESIS by Umberto Eco, chosen by Sophie ScottPARADISE by Abdulrazak Gurnah, chosen by Harriett Gilbert
Writer Tom Cox joins neuroscientist Sophie Scott to discuss favourite books with Harriett Gilbert. Tom's choice is the 1995 Pulitzer Prize winner, The Stone Diaries. Following the story of one woman’s life from birth to death, the novel also charts the unsettled decades of the twentieth century. Sophie puts forward a very different book, a non-fiction by Italian writer and academic, How to Write a Thesis. It first appeared on Italian bookshelves back in 1977, but still rings true for many. And finally, Harriett's choice is a historical novel called Paradise by the Nobel Prize-winning author Abdulrazak Gurnah, which is both a coming-of-age story, and a tale of the corruption against the backdrop of European colonialism in East Africa.
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OPEN by Andre AgassiSONIC YOUTH SLEPT ON MY FLOOR by Dave HaslamTHE SECRET HOURS by Mick Herron
Television and radio broadcaster Chris Tarrant nominates the autobiography of tennis legend Andre Agassi, and novelist Mike Gayle has gone for Dave Haslam’s memoir of his time spent DJing at Manchester’s famous Hacienda. Harriett is hoping the two of them will enjoy an espionage novel by Slow Horses author Mick Herron.
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