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The book thief it's a very powerful story with a twist it's narrated by death and is also from a young German girls point of view. It always brings me to tears and I recommend anyone who hasn't read it to read this book it will definitely change your mind about the war.

For me Animal Farm by George Orwell is wonderful. Even before I understood the political inferences and allegorical nature of the story, I found it a rattling good read.

My favourite book of all time has to be The Magic Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton. Growing up reading the tales about Moon Face and the shifting clouds taking you to another land has to be the most magical story ever written for a young mind. I so wish that this could be made in to a film version (animated or not). Children's imaginations can run wild with stories like this one and I can still remember the story even though I'm in my 50's now.

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - takes you away to a bygone era with the warmth of friendship and Guernsey beaches.

On Beulah Height by Reginald Hill. Gripping, well developed characters, captures Yorkshire & Yorkshire folk perfectly.

The Secret Garden - it is so uplifting and I return to it again and again

A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler gripped me from the opening paragraph. We have all met her characters in our lives and she is an acute observer of our foibles and quirks. Reading her novels is like having a chat with a close friend.

My favourite is King Rat which is about a japanese POW camp and there was a film starring george Segal.

Lord of the Rings has been my favourite for over 40 years. The ending is so sad, always makes me cry.

So many books that I have enjoyed, how do you pick a favourite. The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan I really liked when I read it a few years ago, I felt drawn into the story.

I re-read Jean M Auel's Earth's Children series regularly. I love all the historical detail and Ayla and Jondalar are so well written.

The Blind Assassin. Margaret Attwood writes so well and the story is so compulsive and poignant.

It has to be Treasure island, the story telling is superb. I am reminded of Blind Pew every time I hear the click of a walking stick on the cobbles in town. I am back in that barrel and can hear my heart thump as it did 60 or so years ago. It was a great surprise and delightful find to discover this book online when I got my first tablet a year or so ago!

Just noticed I got it wrong the girl in the blue dress is set Victorian Times it's beautifully written about a woman who's husband has just died she is not allowed to go to the funeral as he had turned her out of there home and brought in his mistress I think it is loosely based on Charles Dickinson it tell of how they met fell in love and it all went wrong

So many great books but my all time favourite is Emma by Jane Austen, no prizes for guessing my DD's name

The Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing was an eye opener in my late teens

Barbara Kingsolvers 'The Poisonwood Bible' , a remarkable story of Missionary Price and daughters life in the Congo in 1959 .I devoured this book and its story will stay wth me forever .

The Choir by Joanna Trollope - a brilliant book!

I love Dead Famous by Ben Elton. About a murder that happens on a Big Brother style show. Brilliant who dunnit

Oliver Twist is mine, tears drama and a happy ending plus Dickens amazing descriptions.

It's still Lord of the Rings. An epic struggle where good triumphs over evil.

The Last Days of Rabbit Hayes - Funny, warm & heartbreaking. A "real" tale of terminal illness & the impact on a family.

Life after Life, by Kate Atkinson. A wonderful multi-layered book about the many lives of Ursula.

My favourite book is quite a new one, A Year of Marvellous Ways by Sarah Winman. An 89 year old woman who lives lives alone on a Cornish Creek and has done for many a year and is waiting for something but she did doesn''t know what. Along comes Drake fulfilling a promise he made to a dying man. Drake is a broken casualty of war and Marvellous shows him how to find the good in every day things and how to cope with grief when it comes and bites you on the bum. A truly uplifting story that although sad in places leaves you with a smile on your face and wanting more. Please read it!!! .

Girl in the Dark - Anna Lyndsey

An amazing chronicle of one woman’s struggle to deal with an increasingly severe allergy to light. No happy ending, frequently a case of one step forward and two back.