Books on BBC Radio 4 › August 2019
Every book featured on BBC Radio 4's book strands during August 2019 — 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 2019.
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Quichotte by Salman Rushdie
Front Row · broadcast August 30th
ISBN: 978-2330139421
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
Front Row · broadcast August 27th
ISBN: 978-0708899427
Girl by Edna O'Brien
Front Row · broadcast August 26th
ISBN: 978-0571341184
Heartburn by Nora Ephron
BBC Radio 4 book reading · broadcast August 23rd
ISBN: 978-0349017358
Sanditon by Jane Austen
Front Row · broadcast August 23rd
ISBN: 978-1840228731
Mudlarking, by Lara Maiklem
Book of the Week · broadcast August 17th
ISBN: 978-1408889237
Jaws by Peter Benchley
Front Row · broadcast August 16th
ISBN: 978-9041716538
Deep Water by Patricia Highsmith
Front Row · broadcast August 9th
ISBN: 978-0349006260
The Crucible by Arthur Miller
Front Row · broadcast August 5th
ISBN: 978-0141182551
I Saw A Man by Owen Sheers
Bookclub · broadcast August 4th
ISBN: 978-0571317721
The Warlow Experiment by Alix Nathan
BBC Radio 4 book reading · broadcast August 2nd
ISBN: 978-0385545334