A celebration of adult literature and reading.

The whole book industry, including booksellers, librarians and publishers were invited come together an pick out their favourite titles to be included the final list of 25 books by authors from the UK and Ireland. The final list included fiction, poetry, memoirs among others. There were some bestsellers, classics and some lesser known.

Interviews with Graeme Simsion, Lucy Fleming, Jojo Moyes, Lemn Sissay, Mark Haddon, Tracy Chevalier, Victoria Hislop, Rupert Thomson, Andrew Motion.