World Book Day: What is your favourite book of all time?

Ahead of World Book Day on March 7, we ask Leeds locals about their favourite books of all time.

Transcript

00:00 What's your favourite book of all time?

00:02 Of all time it's got to be Harry Potter Philosopher's Stone, absolute classic.

00:07 What do you love about it?

00:09 Just love the atmosphere, the ambiance of it, all the wizardry, the magic,

00:13 and yeah just making you feel alive.

00:17 What's your favourite book of all time?

00:18 Well I do like Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, that's a good book.

00:22 I used to read a lot when I was younger but I don't really read any more books but like

00:28 I did read a lot of books when I was younger but I'd say that is a good book and then

00:32 the art and art author wrote that.

00:34 Perfect and is that kind of nostalgia now?

00:37 Yeah yeah yeah pretty much.

00:38 I just like my favourite book is probably like Pride and Prejudice to be fair.

00:42 I read that way too much.

00:45 It's got to be Pride and Prejudice.

00:46 We've had that already, popular answer and why do you love it?

00:49 Oh it's just written so well and it's witty, humorous, of its time.

00:55 And you're a former librarian so what do you think about the importance of the day,

00:59 National Book Day?

01:00 Oh it's hugely important, it's all about language and vocabulary.

01:05 If you don't read you don't extend your language and vocabulary, hugely important.

01:10 What's your favourite book of all time?

01:12 My favourite ever book is A Thousand Splendid Sons by Khalid Hosseini who wrote The Kite Runner

01:19 as well.

01:20 It's just an amazing book, I know that I was very sad when I got to the end

01:25 Another amazing book is Memoirs of a Geisha as well, that's my second favourite book.