Chris Lintott and Neil McCormick

Harriett Gilbert and her guests - astronomer and Sky at Night presenter, Chris Lintott and Chief Music Critic for The Daily Telegraph, Neil McCormick - discuss favourite books by Anne Tyler, Olaf Stapledon and Marie Darrieussecq.

A Patchwork Planet by Anne Tyler Publisher: Vintage

White by Marie Darrieussecq Publisher: Faber

First Men by Olaf Stapledon Publisher: Gollancz

Producer: Toby Field

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2012.