Books on BBC Radio 4 › August 2026
Every book featured on BBC Radio 4's book strands during August 2026 — 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 27th 2026 · 24 books listed for August 2026.
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Mr Sidhu's Post Office by Amman Brar
Book at Bedtime · broadcast August 26th
ISBN: 978-0008722234
All the Beauty in the World by Patrick Bringley
Book of the Week · broadcast August 26th
ISBN: 978-1529924596
The Fire in the Mountain: Sicily, Etna and her People by Helena Attlee
Book of the Week · broadcast August 22nd
ISBN: 978-0241514399
A Ghost in the Throat by Doireann Ní Ghríofa
A Good Read · broadcast August 14th
ISBN: 978-1916434271
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
A Good Read · broadcast August 14th
ISBN: 978-1804990926
These Wilds Beyond Our Fences by Bayo Akomolafe
A Good Read · broadcast August 14th
ISBN: 978-1623171667
The Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith
Book at Bedtime · broadcast August 14th
Howard's End by E.M. Forster
A Good Read · broadcast August 13th
ISBN: 978-0141199405
Remembering Babylon by David Malouf
A Good Read · broadcast August 13th
ISBN: 978-0099302421
West by Cary Davies
A Good Read · broadcast August 13th
ISBN: 978-1501179341
A Summer Without Men by Siri Hustvedt
A Good Read · broadcast August 12th
ISBN: 978-1444710526
The Past by Tessa Hadley
A Good Read · broadcast August 12th
ISBN: 978-0099597469
Funny Weather: Art in an Emergency by Olivia Laing
A Good Read · broadcast August 11th
ISBN: 978-1529027655
Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss
A Good Read · broadcast August 11th
ISBN: 978-1783787852
Stalin Ate My Homework by Alexei Sayle
A Good Read · broadcast August 11th
ISBN: 978-0340919590
Letter from an Unknown Woman by Stefan Zweig
A Good Read · broadcast August 10th
ISBN: 978-1782697633
Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel
A Good Read · broadcast August 10th
ISBN: 978-1447268970
The Trees by Percival Everett
A Good Read · broadcast August 10th
ISBN: 978-1035036615
The Appeal by Janice Hallett
Bookclub · broadcast August 9th
ISBN: 978-1788165303
Krapp's Last Tape by Samuel Beckett
Front Row · broadcast August 5th
ISBN: 978-0571244560
The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré
A Good Read · broadcast August 3rd
The Land in Winter by Andrew Miller
A Good Read · broadcast August 3rd
ISBN: 978-1529354270
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