Books on BBC Radio 4 › August 2003
Every book featured on BBC Radio 4's book strands during August 2003 — 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 · 12 books listed for August 2003.
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Eminent Victorians by Lytton Strachey
A Good Read · broadcast August 26th
ISBN: 978-0199555017
Memoirs of Hadrian by Marguerite Yourcenar
A Good Read · broadcast August 26th
ISBN: 978-0374207281
Song of the Rolling Earth by John Lister-Kaye
A Good Read · broadcast August 26th
ISBN: 978-0316861762
Sicilian Uncles by Leonardo Sciascia
A Good Read · broadcast August 19th
ISBN: 978-0856355554
The Drowned and the Saved by Primo Levi
A Good Read · broadcast August 19th
The Professor's House by Willa Cather
A Good Read · broadcast August 19th
ISBN: 978-1781390863
Birds of Passage by Robert Sole
A Good Read · broadcast August 12th
ISBN: 978-1860466977
Consequences by UA Fanthorpe
A Good Read · broadcast August 12th
ISBN: 978-1871471830
The Story of Art by EH Gombrich
A Good Read · broadcast August 12th
ISBN: 978-0714833552
Tender Is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald
A Good Read · broadcast August 5th
ISBN: 978-0007449484
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight by Alexandra Fuller
A Good Read · broadcast August 5th
ISBN: 978-0330490238
The Magician's Assistant by Ann Patchett
A Good Read · broadcast August 5th
ISBN: 978-1857028157