As she presents her wickedly funny new book, How to be Champion, Sarah Millican recommends some of her favourite reads alongside tips on what you can (and can't) learn about life as an author from reading Misery and The Shining.

Wise, irreverent and straight-up, downright, laugh-until-you-cry funny, Sarah Millican’s How to Be Champion is everything you would expect from one of Britain’s funniest comedians. Here, in an exclusive extract, she talks about wellies, cheesy fish pie and other excellent things about the miners' strike.