Since I wanted it I figure I should start !! And I thought I'd go favourite fiction authors first, as reading these (some as a child) was wonderful for my imagination:

• Tolkien, of course: my Dad gave me his copies of The Hobbit and lotr, and I've read it more times than I could count. As a kid, and especially in my teens, these were my comfort reading.

• David Eddings: I discovered these in my early 20s I think? More written for teens I guess, but the Belgariad and Mallorean (each 5 books) are great series with a sense of humour and fully formed worlds that are beautifully written. I really, really connected immediately to the idea that magic was simply "the will and the word" and I've reread them countless times as they feel like such happy books to me.

• Enid Blyton: my third is chosen because when my children were small, someone gave my kids a beautiful copy of the Faraway Tree, and we would all lay on my bed and I'd read it to them. So much magic encapsulated in those moments! As a child I was a voracious reader of all of her classics, the idea that kids could go off on adventures, solve mysteries and get themselves out of trouble always appealed to me hugely (as a constantly curious kid who wanted to go on adventures!!).

I'm sure there's more but would love to hear what other people are reading for leisure...