Books on BBC Radio 4 › July 2016
Every book featured on BBC Radio 4's book strands during July 2016 — 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 · 19 books listed for July 2016.
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Dirt Road by James Kelman
Book at Bedtime · broadcast July 29th
ISBN: 978-1782118220
People Like Us by Dominick Dunne
A Good Read · broadcast July 26th
ISBN: 978-0517568798
Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
A Good Read · broadcast July 26th
ISBN: 978-0099518624
The Girls of Slender Means by Muriel Spark
A Good Read · broadcast July 26th
ISBN: 978-0333067048
The BFG by Roald Dahl
Front Row · broadcast July 22nd
ISBN: 978-0241558348
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
A Good Read · broadcast July 19th
ISBN: 978-0141354934
So the Wind Won't Blow It All Away by Richard Brautigan
A Good Read · broadcast July 19th
ISBN: 978-1786890467
The Train by Georges Simenon
A Good Read · broadcast July 19th
ISBN: 978-0241544228
The Muse by Jessie Burton
Book at Bedtime · broadcast July 15th
ISBN: 978-1447250975
Fracked! Or: Please Don't Use The F-Word by Alistair Beaton
Front Row · broadcast July 15th
ISBN: 978-1350012134
The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad
Front Row · broadcast July 14th
ISBN: 978-0141441580
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
A Good Read · broadcast July 12th
ISBN: 978-1474607254
The Hearing Trumpet by Leonora Carrington
A Good Read · broadcast July 12th
ISBN: 978-0141187990
Days of Abandonment by Elena Ferrante
A Good Read · broadcast July 5th
ISBN: 978-1787702066
The Girls by Lisa Jewell
A Good Read · broadcast July 5th
ISBN: 978-0099599470
The Hours by Michael Cunningham
A Good Read · broadcast July 5th
ISBN: 978-1841150352
The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O'Farrell
Bookclub · broadcast July 3rd
ISBN: 978-1035430055
The Third Man by Graham Greene
Book at Bedtime · broadcast July 1st
ISBN: 978-0099286233