Books on BBC Radio 4 › March 2017
Every book featured on BBC Radio 4's book strands during March 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 · 19 books listed for March 2017.
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Decline and Fall by Evelyn Waugh
Front Row · broadcast March 31st
ISBN: 978-0141180908
My Father and Myself by JR Ackerley
A Good Read · broadcast March 28th
ISBN: 978-0370002958
The Grass is Singing by Doris Lessing
A Good Read · broadcast March 28th
ISBN: 978-0007498802
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love by Raymond Carver
A Good Read · broadcast March 28th
ISBN: 978-1860462108
The House of God by Samuel Shem
A Good Read · broadcast March 21st
ISBN: 978-0399900235
Vile Bodies by Evelyn Waugh
A Good Read · broadcast March 21st
ISBN: 978-0141182872
Yellow Tulips: Poems 1968-2011 by James Fenton
A Good Read · broadcast March 21st
ISBN: 978-0571273829
The Lost City of Z by David Grann
Front Row · broadcast March 20th
ISBN: 978-9124228934
The Rule of The Land by Garrett Carr
Book of the Week · broadcast March 18th
ISBN: 978-0571313372
Birdcage Walk by Helen Dunmore
Book at Bedtime · broadcast March 17th
ISBN: 978-0099592761
Head On by Julian Cope
A Good Read · broadcast March 14th
ISBN: 978-0007197750
Nothing Sacred: Selected Writings by Angela Carter
A Good Read · broadcast March 14th
ISBN: 978-0860682691
We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver
A Good Read · broadcast March 14th
ISBN: 978-1582432670
City of Glass by Paul Auster
Front Row · broadcast March 10th
ISBN: 978-0571226337
The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
Front Row · broadcast March 7th
ISBN: 978-0394800011
Angel by Elizabeth Taylor
A Good Read · broadcast March 7th
ISBN: 978-0701119782
Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin
A Good Read · broadcast March 7th
ISBN: 978-0141185910
Shotgun Lovesongs by Nickolas Butler
A Good Read · broadcast March 7th
ISBN: 978-1509801756
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
Bookclub · broadcast March 5th
ISBN: 978-0141012698