Books on BBC Radio 4 › April 2022
Every book featured on BBC Radio 4's book strands during April 2022 — 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 · 13 books listed for April 2022.
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These Days by Lucy Caldwell
Book at Bedtime · broadcast April 29th
ISBN: 978-0571371303
The Corn is Green by Emlyn Williams
Front Row · broadcast April 28th
ISBN: 978-0573017384
The Age of the Strongman by Gideon Rachman
Start the Week · broadcast April 25th
ISBN: 978-1847926418
Preventable by Devi Sridhar
Book of the Week · broadcast April 23rd
ISBN: 978-0241510537
The Young Pretender by Michael Arditti
Front Row · broadcast April 21st
ISBN: 978-1529422559
Glory by NoViolet Bulawayo
Start the Week · broadcast April 18th
ISBN: 978-1784744298
Paradise by Abdulrazak Gurnah
Front Row · broadcast April 18th
ISBN: 978-1565841628
The Man Who Invented Motion Pictures by Paul Fischer
Book of the Week · broadcast April 16th
ISBN: 978-0571348657
The Promise by Damon Galgut
Book at Bedtime · broadcast April 15th
ISBN: 978-1784744069
Hybrid Humans by Harry Parker
Book of the Week · broadcast April 9th
ISBN: 978-1788163101
Time is a Mother by Ocean Vuong
Front Row · broadcast April 6th
ISBN: 978-1787333840
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler
Bookclub · broadcast April 3rd
ISBN: 978-1788167109
When the Dust Settles by Lucy Easthope
Book of the Week · broadcast April 2nd
ISBN: 978-1529358247