Books on BBC Radio 4 › January 2021
Every book featured on BBC Radio 4's book strands during January 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 · 12 books listed for January 2021.
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I Want You To Know We're Still Here by Esther Safran Foer
Book of the Week · broadcast January 30th
ISBN: 978-0008297626
English Pastoral by James Rebanks
Book of the Week · broadcast January 23rd
ISBN: 978-0141982571
The Snow And The Works On The Northern Line by Ruth Thomas
BBC Radio 4 book reading · broadcast January 22nd
ISBN: 978-1913207366
The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
Front Row · broadcast January 22nd
ISBN: 978-1848878082
If Then by Jill Lepore
Book of the Week · broadcast January 16th
ISBN: 978-1529386158
Luckenbooth by Jenni Fagan
Front Row · broadcast January 14th
ISBN: 978-0099592198
A Fire in My Head: Poems for the Dawn by Ben Okri
Front Row · broadcast January 11th
ISBN: 978-1800243002
In the Castle of My Skin by George Lamming
BBC Radio 4 book reading · broadcast January 8th
ISBN: 978-1013582134
The Louder I Will Sing by Lee Lawrence
Front Row · broadcast January 6th
ISBN: 978-0751581041
The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri
Front Row · broadcast January 4th
ISBN: 978-9124018795
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Bookclub · broadcast January 3rd
ISBN: 978-0571258093
A History of the Bible by John Barton
Book of the Week · broadcast January 2nd
ISBN: 978-0241003916