Books on BBC Radio 4 › August 2005
Every book featured on BBC Radio 4's book strands during August 2005 — 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 · 14 books listed for August 2005.
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A Visit to Don Otavio by Sybille Bedford
A Good Read · broadcast August 30th
Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
A Good Read · broadcast August 30th
ISBN: 978-0006551799
The Bay of Noon by Shirley Hazzard
A Good Read · broadcast August 30th
ISBN: 978-9997550989
Kiss Kiss by Roald Dahl
A Good Read · broadcast August 23rd
ISBN: 978-0718127855
The Way of All Flesh by Samuel Butler
A Good Read · broadcast August 23rd
ISBN: 978-0140430127
Wind, Sand and Stars by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
A Good Read · broadcast August 23rd
ISBN: 978-0151970872
Bad Blood by Lorna Sage
A Good Read · broadcast August 16th
ISBN: 978-1841150420
I Served the King of England by Bohumil Hrabal
A Good Read · broadcast August 16th
ISBN: 978-0151457458
Of Love and Hunger by Julian MacLaren-Ross
A Good Read · broadcast August 16th
ISBN: 978-0141187112
Lighthouse by Tony Parker
A Good Read · broadcast August 9th
ISBN: 978-0091223700
The Natural: The Misunderstood Presidency of Bill Clinton by Joe Klein
A Good Read · broadcast August 9th
ISBN: 978-0385506199
The Talented Mr Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
A Good Read · broadcast August 9th
ISBN: 978-0099282877
Old School by Tobias Wolff
A Good Read · broadcast August 2nd
ISBN: 978-0375401466
The Surgeon of Crowthorne by Simon Winchester
A Good Read · broadcast August 2nd
ISBN: 978-0140271287