Books on BBC Radio 4 › August 2025
Every book featured on BBC Radio 4's book strands during August 2025 — 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 · 11 books listed for August 2025.
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Crooked Cross by Sally Carson
Book at Bedtime · broadcast August 29th
ISBN: 978-1910263426
Boudicca's Daughter by Elodie Harper
Front Row · broadcast August 21st
ISBN: 978-1804544631
The Life of Chuck by Stephen King
Front Row · broadcast August 19th
ISBN: 978-1399753425
Trauma Industrial Complex by Darren McGarvey
BBC Radio 4 book reading · broadcast August 16th
ISBN: 978-1529103892
An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro
Book at Bedtime · broadcast August 15th
ISBN: 978-0571283873
Death of a Naturalist by Seamus Heaney
Book at Bedtime · broadcast August 4th
ISBN: 978-0571328802
Earthlings by Sayaka Murata
A Good Read · broadcast August 4th
ISBN: 978-1783785674
Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs
A Good Read · broadcast August 4th
ISBN: 978-0312283704
The Odd Woman and the City by Vivian Gornick
A Good Read · broadcast August 4th
ISBN: 978-1914198984
My Name Is Leon by Kit de Waal
Bookclub · broadcast August 3rd
ISBN: 978-0241207086
The Spire by William Golding
Book at Bedtime · broadcast August 1st
ISBN: 978-0571362332