Books on BBC Radio 4 › February 2020
Every book featured on BBC Radio 4's book strands during February 2020 — 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 · 22 books listed for February 2020.
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The Crying Book, by Heather Christle
Book of the Week · broadcast February 29th
ISBN: 978-1472154705
The Quarry Wood, by Nan Shepherd
BBC Radio 4 book reading · broadcast February 28th
ISBN: 978-1786891624
Amnesty by Aravind Adiga
Front Row · broadcast February 28th
ISBN: 978-1509879052
Unreliable Memoirs by Clive James
A Good Read · broadcast February 25th
ISBN: 978-1529090765
To the Lake, by Kapka Kassabova
Book of the Week · broadcast February 22nd
ISBN: 978-1783783977
The Secret Guests by BW Black
BBC Radio 4 book reading · broadcast February 21st
ISBN: 978-1250133014
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
A Good Read · broadcast February 18th
ISBN: 978-0141441146
The Beginning of Spring by Penelope Fitzgerald
A Good Read · broadcast February 18th
ISBN: 978-0002232616
What Was Lost by Catherine O'Flynn
A Good Read · broadcast February 18th
ISBN: 978-1906994259
How to Argue with a Racist, by Adam Rutherford
Book of the Week · broadcast February 15th
ISBN: 978-1474611244
Leopoldstadt by Tom Stoppard
Front Row · broadcast February 11th
ISBN: 978-0571359042
A View of the Harbour by Elizabeth Taylor
A Good Read · broadcast February 11th
ISBN: 978-0860685432
Music for Chameleons by Truman Capote
A Good Read · broadcast February 11th
ISBN: 978-0241105412
Weapons of Mass Instruction by John Taylor Gatto
A Good Read · broadcast February 11th
ISBN: 978-0865716315
Surfacing, by Kathleen Jamie
Book of the Week · broadcast February 8th
ISBN: 978-1908745811
The Second Sleep, by Robert Harris
BBC Radio 4 book reading · broadcast February 7th
ISBN: 978-1786331373
Strange Hotel by Eimear McBride
Front Row · broadcast February 4th
ISBN: 978-0571355150
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by JK Rowling
A Good Read · broadcast February 4th
ISBN: 978-1408882221
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
A Good Read · broadcast February 4th
ISBN: 978-0141439518
The People's Act of Love by James Meek
Bookclub · broadcast February 2nd
ISBN: 978-1841957302