Books on BBC Radio 4 › February 2021
Every book featured on BBC Radio 4's book strands during February 2021 — 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 2021.
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Bessie Smith by Jackie Kay
Book of the Week · broadcast February 27th
ISBN: 978-0571362929
Lullaby by Leila Slimani
A Good Read · broadcast February 23rd
ISBN: 978-0571337545
On Chapel Sands by Laura Cumming
A Good Read · broadcast February 23rd
ISBN: 978-1784742478
Standard Deviation by Katherine Heiny
A Good Read · broadcast February 23rd
ISBN: 978-1432844134
How to Avoid a Climate Disaster by Bill Gates
Book of the Week · broadcast February 20th
ISBN: 978-0141993010
Light Perpetual by Francis Spufford
BBC Radio 4 book reading · broadcast February 19th
ISBN: 978-0571336494
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Front Row · broadcast February 19th
ISBN: 978-1474607254
The Spare Room by Helen Garner
A Good Read · broadcast February 16th
ISBN: 978-0805088885
The Tiger Who Came to Tea by Judith Kerr
A Good Read · broadcast February 16th
ISBN: 978-0007215997
Transit by Rachel Cusk
A Good Read · broadcast February 16th
ISBN: 978-0571346745
Fall: The Mystery of Robert Maxwell by John Preston
Book of the Week · broadcast February 13th
ISBN: 978-9124098605
Cathedral by Ben Hopkins
Front Row · broadcast February 11th
ISBN: 978-1787703629
Hot Milk by Deborah Levy
A Good Read · broadcast February 9th
ISBN: 978-0241968031
The Baron in the Trees by Italo Calvino
A Good Read · broadcast February 9th
ISBN: 978-1784874223
The Loser by Thomas Bernhard
A Good Read · broadcast February 9th
ISBN: 978-0394572390
Karachi Vice by Samira Shackle
Book of the Week · broadcast February 6th
ISBN: 978-1783785391
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
BBC Radio 4 book reading · broadcast February 5th
ISBN: 978-0241988268
An Invitation to Indian Cooking by Madhur Jaffrey
BBC Radio 4 book reading · broadcast February 5th
ISBN: 978-0880016643
Binti by Nnedi Okorafor
A Good Read · broadcast February 2nd
ISBN: 978-0765385253
Climbers by M. John Harrison
A Good Read · broadcast February 2nd
ISBN: 978-0575036321
Fall: The End of the House of Maxwell by John Preston
Start the Week · broadcast February 1st
ISBN: 978-0062997500