Reeta Chakrabarti shares her favourite books

The journalist and BBC news anchor picks works by Charlotte Brontë, John Keats and Jhumpa Lahiri

Reeta Chakrabarti smiles into the camera
BBC new anchor Reeta Chakrabarti
(Image credit: Bang Media International / Alamy Stock Photo)

The journalist and BBC news anchor is a judge for The British Book Awards 2025, the winners of which are announced on 12 May. Her debut novel "Finding Belle" is out this week.

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