Books on BBC Radio 4 › August 2002
Every book featured on BBC Radio 4's book strands during August 2002 — 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 2002.
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All The Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy
A Good Read · broadcast August 27th
ISBN: 978-1035003754
Eureka Street by Robert McLiam Wilson
A Good Read · broadcast August 27th
The Noonday Demon by Andrew Solomon
A Good Read · broadcast August 27th
ISBN: 978-1784702670
A Widow for One Year by John Irving
A Good Read · broadcast August 20th
ISBN: 978-0747536789
Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golem by Peter Ackroyd
A Good Read · broadcast August 20th
ISBN: 978-1856195072
The Pursuit of Love by Nancy Mitford
A Good Read · broadcast August 20th
ISBN: 978-0241984079
A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute
A Good Read · broadcast August 13th
ISBN: 978-0099530268
Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García Márquez
A Good Read · broadcast August 13th
ISBN: 978-0241968628
The Day of the Owl by Leonardo Sciascia
A Good Read · broadcast August 13th
ISBN: 978-1803514420
Accidents in the Home by Tessa Hadley
A Good Read · broadcast August 6th
ISBN: 978-0805070644
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
A Good Read · broadcast August 6th
ISBN: 978-0349019253
To the Elephant Graveyard by Tarquin Hall
A Good Read · broadcast August 6th
ISBN: 978-0871138170
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Bookclub · broadcast August 4th
ISBN: 978-0349017068