Books on BBC Radio 4 › December 2003
Every book featured on BBC Radio 4's book strands during December 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 · 16 books listed for December 2003.
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In Patagonia by Bruce Chatwin
A Good Read · broadcast December 30th
ISBN: 978-0671400453
Thérèse by François Mauriac
A Good Read · broadcast December 30th
ISBN: 978-0141394053
World on Fire by Amy Chua
A Good Read · broadcast December 30th
ISBN: 978-0385503020
Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome
A Good Read · broadcast December 23rd
ISBN: 978-9123767700
The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter
A Good Read · broadcast December 23rd
ISBN: 978-0099588115
The Snapper by Roddy Doyle
A Good Read · broadcast December 23rd
ISBN: 978-0749336141
Any Human Heart by William Boyd
A Good Read · broadcast December 16th
ISBN: 978-0241981450
Funny Boy by Shyam Selvadurai
A Good Read · broadcast December 16th
ISBN: 978-0688145958
The Sword in the Stone by T.H. White
A Good Read · broadcast December 16th
ISBN: 978-0008726461
Basil Street Blues by Michael Holroyd
A Good Read · broadcast December 9th
ISBN: 978-0349111346
Into Thin Air by John Krakauer
A Good Read · broadcast December 9th
ISBN: 978-1447200185
The Last Life by Claire Messud
A Good Read · broadcast December 9th
ISBN: 978-0151004713
Hawksmoor by Peter Ackroyd
Bookclub · broadcast December 7th
ISBN: 978-0241116647
A Dark-Adapted Eye by Barbara Vine
A Good Read · broadcast December 2nd
ISBN: 978-0241976883
The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
A Good Read · broadcast December 2nd
ISBN: 978-0753823293
The Rich Pay Late by Simon Raven
A Good Read · broadcast December 2nd
ISBN: 978-0099268147