Books on BBC Radio 4 › July 2017
Every book featured on BBC Radio 4's book strands during July 2017 — 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 July 2017.
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Gangsta Granny by David Walliams
Front Row · broadcast July 31st
ISBN: 978-0007371464
Heartburn by Nora Ephron
A Good Read · broadcast July 25th
ISBN: 978-0349017358
Karoo by Steve Tesich
A Good Read · broadcast July 25th
ISBN: 978-0151002955
Wash This Blood Clean from My Hand by Fred Vargas
A Good Read · broadcast July 25th
ISBN: 978-0676977981
Fall Down Seven Times, Get Up Eight by Naoki Higashida
Book of the Week · broadcast July 22nd
ISBN: 978-1444799101
Fugitive Pieces by Anne Michaels
A Good Read · broadcast July 18th
ISBN: 978-0747599258
Suite for Barbara Loden by Nathalie Léger
A Good Read · broadcast July 18th
ISBN: 978-0993009303
The Vegetarian by Han Kang
A Good Read · broadcast July 18th
ISBN: 978-1846276033
If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things by Jon McGregor
A Good Read · broadcast July 11th
ISBN: 978-0008218690
My Name Is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout
A Good Read · broadcast July 11th
ISBN: 978-0241248782
The Bees by Laline Paull
A Good Read · broadcast July 11th
ISBN: 978-0007557745
Big Pig, Little Pig by Jacqueline Yallop
Book of the Week · broadcast July 8th
ISBN: 978-0241261415
Crampton Hodnet by Barbara Pym
A Good Read · broadcast July 4th
ISBN: 978-0525243335
Hangover Square by Patrick Hamilton
A Good Read · broadcast July 4th
ISBN: 978-0349141565
Swimming Home by Deborah Levy
Bookclub · broadcast July 2nd
ISBN: 978-1911508083
Believe Me by Eddie Izzard
Book of the Week · broadcast July 1st
ISBN: 978-0718181727