Books on BBC Radio 4 › July 2023
Every book featured on BBC Radio 4's book strands during July 2023 — 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 · 20 books listed for July 2023.
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Attack Warning Red! by Julie McDowall
Book of the Week · broadcast July 29th
ISBN: 978-1847926210
Bad Blood by Lorna Sage
A Good Read · broadcast July 25th
ISBN: 978-1841150420
Honey From A Weed by Patience Gray
A Good Read · broadcast July 25th
ISBN: 978-0061813221
The English Understand Wool by Helen DeWitt
A Good Read · broadcast July 25th
ISBN: 978-0811230070
The Forgotten Girls by Monica Potts
Book of the Week · broadcast July 22nd
ISBN: 978-0241320525
The Sorcerer of Pyongyang by Marcel Theroux
Book at Bedtime · broadcast July 21st
ISBN: 978-1472156945
Lila by Marilynne Robinson
A Good Read · broadcast July 18th
ISBN: 978-1844088829
Naples '44 by Norman Lewis
A Good Read · broadcast July 18th
ISBN: 978-0907871729
Something in Disguise by Elizabeth Jane Howard
A Good Read · broadcast July 18th
ISBN: 978-1447272342
Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers
A Good Read · broadcast July 11th
ISBN: 978-1474613903
The Return of Faraz Ali by Aamina Ahmad
A Good Read · broadcast July 11th
ISBN: 978-1529356014
This Bird Has Flown by Susanna Hoffs
A Good Read · broadcast July 11th
ISBN: 978-0349437187
The Madness by Fergal Keane
Book of the Week · broadcast July 8th
ISBN: 978-0008420420
Tiger Work by Ben Okri
Front Row · broadcast July 4th
ISBN: 978-1804545430
Mrs Death Misses Death by Salena Godden
A Good Read · broadcast July 4th
ISBN: 978-1838851224
The Flatshare by Beth O'Leary
A Good Read · broadcast July 4th
ISBN: 978-1787474413
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
A Good Read · broadcast July 4th
ISBN: 978-0349701479
Arthur and George by Julian Barnes
Bookclub · broadcast July 2nd
ISBN: 978-0099492733
Monsters by Claire Dederer
Book of the Week · broadcast July 1st
ISBN: 978-1399715034