Mark Lawson selects short pieces by five American authors
Capturing America homepage
Emma Fielding reads from Amy Sackville's debut novel about true courage and enduring love
The Still Point homepage
Dan Stevens reads from Rebecca Stott's love story, set in Paris in 1815
Rebecca Stott - The Coral Thief homepage
By Tove Jansson. The story of two very different women, set in the winter snows of Sweden.
Tove Jansson - The True Deceiver homepage
Collection of myths, legends, ghost stories and poetry by the Reverend Richard Barham
The Ingoldsby Legends homepage
Robert Powell reads from the 1923 novel by Arnold Bennett
Riceyman Steps homepage
Greta Scacchi reads from the novel by Simon Mawer
The Glass Room homepage
By Anthony Cartwright, set in 2002 in the fictional Black Country community of Cinderheath
Heartland homepage
Eoin Colfer's sequel to Douglas Adams's Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series
And Another Thing... homepage
Douglas Hodge reads from Ivan Turgenev's 1862 novel
Fathers and Sons homepage
David Holt reads from the thriller by William Boyd
Ordinary Thunderstorms homepage
Dermot Crowley reads from the novel by William Trevor, set in the rural west of Ireland
Love and Summer homepage
Bill Nighy reads from Laurence Sterne's 1768 comic travel journal
A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy homepage
Roger Allam reads from the 1766 travel memoir by Tobias Smollett
Travels Through France and Italy homepage
Samantha Bond and Nathaniel Parker read from the romantic novel by Patrick Gale
The Whole Day Through homepage
Denise Black reads from Liz Jensen's eco-thriller
The Rapture homepage
Tim Pigott-Smith reads from the 1901 novel by HG Wells
The First Men in the Moon homepage
Bill Nighy reads from the novel by Justin Cartwright
To Heaven By Water homepage
Diana Quick reads the novel by Georgina Harding, set in 1960s England
Georgina Harding - The Spy Game homepage
Julian Rhind-Tutt reads from the bittersweet romantic comedy novel by David Nicholls
David Nicholls - One Day homepage
Denica Fairman reads from the novel by Gil Adamson, set in Canada in 1903
The Outlander homepage
John Boyne's haunting novel travels to the heart of the Russian empire
The House of Special Purpose homepage
Debora Weston reads Betty MacDonald's comic novel set during the Great Depression
Anybody Can Do Anything homepage
Stefan Zweig's reworking of the Cinderella story, set in post-WWI Austria
The Post Office Girl homepage
Joanna Page reads Mari Strachan's magical story of a child detective, set in 1950s Wales
The Earth Hums in B Flat homepage
Series of five enigmatic and psychologically gripping short stories by James Lasdun
It's Beginning To Hurt homepage
Hannah Gordon reads Nina Bawden's psychological thriller
Family Money homepage
Sagar Arya reads Aravind Adiga's Man Booker Prize-winning novel, set in Delhi
The White Tiger homepage
Tom Goodman-Hill reads Francesca Kay's story of a painter's life
An Equal Stillness homepage
By Mary Ann Shaffer, set in the aftermath of the Second World War
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society homepage
