Books on BBC Radio 4 › April 2026
Every book featured on BBC Radio 4's book strands during April 2026 — 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 · 8 books listed for April 2026.
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Self-Help from the Middle Ages by Peter Jones
BBC Radio 4 book reading · broadcast April 25th
ISBN: 978-1529154863
Few and Far Between by Jan Carson
Book at Bedtime · broadcast April 24th
ISBN: 978-1529936759
City of Lies: Love, Sex, Death and the Search for Truth in Tehran by Ramita Navai
BBC Radio 4 book reading · broadcast April 18th
ISBN: 978-0297869498
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui by Bertolt Brecht
Front Row · broadcast April 13th
ISBN: 978-0413472700
Lifeboat at the End of the World by Dominic Gregory
BBC Radio 4 book reading · broadcast April 11th
ISBN: 978-0008736781
Seascraper by Benjamin Wood
Book at Bedtime · broadcast April 10th
ISBN: 978-0241741344
The Ice Cream Girls by Dorothy Koomson
Bookclub · broadcast April 5th
ISBN: 978-1472261717
Son of Nobody by Yann Martel
Front Row · broadcast April 2nd
ISBN: 978-1838859077