Books on BBC Radio 4 › July 2020
Every book featured on BBC Radio 4's book strands during July 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 · 21 books listed for July 2020.
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The Friend by Sigrid Nunez
A Good Read · broadcast July 28th
ISBN: 978-0735219441
Watt by Samuel Beckett
A Good Read · broadcast July 28th
ISBN: 978-0571244744
A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth
Front Row · broadcast July 24th
ISBN: 978-1780227894
Chasing the Light by Oliver Stone
Front Row · broadcast July 22nd
ISBN: 978-1913183196
The Muse by Nell Dunn
Front Row · broadcast July 21st
ISBN: 978-1529327922
Lady into Fox by David Garnett
A Good Read · broadcast July 21st
ISBN: 978-1421809212
Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood by Oliver Sacks
A Good Read · broadcast July 21st
A Month In Siena by Hisham Matar
Book of the Week · broadcast July 18th
ISBN: 978-0593129135
Why Mummy Swears by Gill Sims
BBC Radio 4 book reading · broadcast July 17th
ISBN: 978-0008284213
Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion
A Good Read · broadcast July 14th
ISBN: 978-1250160652
The Psychopath Test by Jon Ronson
A Good Read · broadcast July 14th
ISBN: 978-1035038510
The Plot Against America by Philip Roth
Front Row · broadcast July 13th
ISBN: 978-0099478560
Under Red Skies by Karoline Kan
Book of the Week · broadcast July 11th
ISBN: 978-1787381759
Brixton Hill by Lottie Moggach
BBC Radio 4 book reading · broadcast July 10th
ISBN: 978-1472155405
Northern Lights by Philip Pullman
Front Row · broadcast July 9th
ISBN: 978-1407186108
Beneath the Streets by Adam Macqueen
A Good Read · broadcast July 7th
ISBN: 978-1785631733
The Girls of Slender Means by Muriel Spark
A Good Read · broadcast July 7th
ISBN: 978-0333067048
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
A Good Read · broadcast July 7th
ISBN: 978-0747569015
The Boy With Two Hearts by Hamed Amiri
Book of the Week · broadcast July 4th
ISBN: 978-1785786198