Books on BBC Radio 4 › April 2020
Every book featured on BBC Radio 4's book strands during April 2020 — Book of the Week, Book at Bedtime, Bookclub, A Good Read and other slots where the title was named on air. We pick these up each morning over the school run and add them to the list below.
Last updated: August 15th 2026 · 11 books listed for April 2020.
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Normal People by Sally Rooney
Front Row · broadcast April 24th
ISBN: 978-0571334650
Hamlet by William Shakespeare
Front Row · broadcast April 22nd
ISBN: 978-0141396507
The Restaurant: A History of Eating Out by William Sitwell
Book of the Week · broadcast April 18th
ISBN: 978-1471179617
American Dirt, by Jeanine Cummins
BBC Radio 4 book reading · broadcast April 17th
ISBN: 978-1472261397
The Mirror and the Light, by Hilary Mantel
BBC Radio 4 book reading · broadcast April 3rd
ISBN: 978-0007481002
The Prelude, by William Wordsworth
BBC Radio 4 book reading · broadcast April 3rd
ISBN: 978-0300027532
My Driver, My Cleaner by Maggie Gee
A Good Read · broadcast April 3rd
ISBN: 978-1846590085
The First Breath by Olivia Gordon
A Good Read · broadcast April 3rd
ISBN: 978-1509871179
The Flood by Maggie Gee
A Good Read · broadcast April 3rd
ISBN: 978-0863563157
The War on Women by Sue Lloyd Roberts
A Good Read · broadcast April 3rd
ISBN: 978-1471153907
Waiting for the Barbarians by J.M. Coetzee
A Good Read · broadcast April 3rd
ISBN: 978-0099465935