Books on BBC Radio 4 › August 1999
Every book featured on BBC Radio 4's book strands during August 1999 — 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 August 1999.
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Christina the Astonishing by Jane Draycott and Lesley Saunders
A Good Read · broadcast August 31st
ISBN: 978-1901677164
Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie
A Good Read · broadcast August 31st
ISBN: 978-0099511892
Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone by James Baldwin
A Good Read · broadcast August 31st
Excellent Women by Barbara Pym
A Good Read · broadcast August 24th
ISBN: 978-0349016078
The Aardvark is Ready for War by James Blinn
A Good Read · broadcast August 24th
ISBN: 978-0385408950
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
A Good Read · broadcast August 17th
ISBN: 978-1035003792
Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome
A Good Read · broadcast August 17th
ISBN: 978-1853260513
Playback by Raymond Chandler
A Good Read · broadcast August 10th
ISBN: 978-0241956250
The Way I Found Her by Rose Tremain
A Good Read · broadcast August 10th
ISBN: 978-0749396992
William, An Englishman by Cicely Hamilton
A Good Read · broadcast August 10th
84 Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
A Good Read · broadcast August 3rd
ISBN: 978-1559210546
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
A Good Read · broadcast August 3rd
ISBN: 978-0749399573