Books on BBC Radio 4 › April 2024
Every book featured on BBC Radio 4's book strands during April 2024 — 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 2024.
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The Buddha of Suburbia by Hanif Kureishi
Front Row · broadcast April 29th
ISBN: 978-0571333547
Knife by Salman Rushdie
BBC Radio 4 book reading · broadcast April 27th
ISBN: 978-1529921168
An African History of Africa by Zeinab Badawi
BBC Radio 4 book reading · broadcast April 20th
ISBN: 978-0753560129
Prophet Song by Paul Lynch
Book at Bedtime · broadcast April 19th
ISBN: 978-0861545896
Knife by Salman Rushdie
Front Row · broadcast April 18th
ISBN: 978-1529921168
Mania by Lionel Shriver
Front Row · broadcast April 17th
ISBN: 978-0008658670
James by Percival Everett
Front Row · broadcast April 11th
ISBN: 978-1035031238
Wellness by Nathan Hill
Front Row · broadcast April 9th
ISBN: 978-1035008360
Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers
Bookclub · broadcast April 7th
ISBN: 978-1474613903
Cloistered by Catherine Coldstream
BBC Radio 4 book reading · broadcast April 6th
ISBN: 978-1784745059
Until August by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Book at Bedtime · broadcast April 5th
ISBN: 978-0241686355