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  1. Tracy Chevalier

    The author answers questions from global listeners about Girl with a Pearl Earring.

  2. Agatha Christie - Murder on the Orient Express

    Harriett Gilbert celebrates one of the bestselling crime novels of all time.

  3. James Ellroy - American Tabloid

    American writer James Ellroy talks about his fictional chronicle of 1960s America

  4. Celeste Ng - Everything I Never Told You

    Chinese-American writer Celeste Ng talks to Lawrence Pollard about her bestselling novel.

  5. Romesh Gunesekera - Reef

    Romesh Gunesekera and readers discuss his Booker shortlisted novel - Reef. From 2013.

  6. Hilary Mantel - Bring Up the Bodies

    Hilary Mantel talks about her second novel exploring the life of Thomas Cromwell.

  7. Tessa Hadley - The Past

    British author Tessa Hadley talks to Harriett Gilbert about her award-winning novel.

  8. Anuradha Roy - An Atlas of Impossible Longing

    Harriett Gilbert talks to Indian writer Anuradha Roy about her much-loved novel.

  9. Sarah Waters - Tipping the Velvet

    Harriett Gilbert discusses Tipping the Velvet with its author Sarah Waters.

  10. Marilynne Robinson - Gilead

    Marilynne Robinson discusses her fictional autobiography of an elderly pastor.

  11. Pat Barker - Regeneration

    Writer Pat Barker joins an audience of readers to discuss her First World War novel.

  12. Lionel Shriver - We Need to Talk About Kevin

    Author Lionel Shriver talks about her novel which provoked debate about the nature of evil

  13. Charlotte Bronte - Jane Eyre

    Tracey Chevalier, Claire Harman and Harriett Gilbert discuss why Jane Eyre still appeals.

  14. The New York Trilogy

    US writer Paul Auster on his acclaimed variations on the classic detective story.

  15. Marian Keyes - Rachel's Holiday

    Chart-topping Irish writer Marian Keyes talks about her novel on addiction and rehab.

  16. Judith Kerr - When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit

    Judith Kerr talks about her classic children's novel, When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit.

  17. Elizabeth Gilbert - Eat, Pray, Love

    American writer Elizabeth Gilbert talks about her memoir 'Eat, Pary, Love'.

  18. Colm Toibin - Brooklyn

    Colim Toibin talks about 'Brooklyn', his tale of love, loss and duty in 50s America.

  19. Karl Ove Knausgaard

    Norwegian writer Karl Ove Knausgaard talks about volume one of his remarkable memoirs.

  20. Malorie Blackman - Noughts and Crosses

    Malorie Blackman talks about her novel where racial prejudice has been turned on its head.

  21. Deborah Moggach - Tulip Fever

    Deborah Moggach talks about her novel set during a speculative bubble in 1630s Amsterdam.

  22. Toni Morrison - Beloved

    Toni Morrison talks about her novel which stares into the abyss of racism.

  23. Mohsin Hamid - The Reluctant Fundamentalist

    Mohsin Hamid talks about his novel tackling complex issues with sympathy and balance.

  24. Neil Gaiman - American Gods

    Neil Gaiman joins Harriett Gilbert and invited audience.

  25. Kate Grenville - The Secret River

    Kate Grenville talks about her novel which follows a man transported to Australia in 1806.

  26. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - Half of a Yellow Sun

    Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie talks about her novel set during the 1960s Biafran War in Nigeria

  27. The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald

    Jay McInerney and Anne Margaret Daniel discuss F Scott Fitzgerald's classic Jazz Age novel

  28. Irvine Welsh - Trainspotting

    Irvine Welsh discusses his novel about drugs and violence, later filmed for the cinema.