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A novel called 'Dartmoor...The Saving'. Bought it in Devon this summer as my holiday read. Difficult to categorise - tells the story of a tribe of tiny people living in hiding on Dartmoor. Manages to combine the Arthurian legends, impending environmental disaster and hints of magic, but all...

Charles Dickens' 'Pickwick Papers'. I read it every 3-4 years [& at my age that means I've read it a lot of times]; the gentle humour and the perfect capture of human nature make it irresistible.

Recently purchased If I Don't Write it Nobody Else Will: - Eric Sykes' autobiography. Fascinating background to one of my comedy heroes.

H P Lovecraft An extraordinarily rich imagination. If he hadn't died so early at only 46 he might have gone on to become the American Tolkien. So much of his work was published after his death - and that always makes me suspicious about how much is original and how much is down to an editor.