Books on BBC Radio 4 › May 2020
Every book featured on BBC Radio 4's book strands during May 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 · 8 books listed for May 2020.
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Diary of a Young Naturalist by Dara McAnulty
Book of the Week · broadcast May 30th
ISBN: 978-1529109603
A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf
Front Row · broadcast May 29th
ISBN: 978-0241436288
The See-Through House by Shelley Klein
Book of the Week · broadcast May 23rd
ISBN: 978-1784743109
First Love by Ivan Turgenev
BBC Radio 4 book reading · broadcast May 22nd
ISBN: 978-1857151916
The Street, by Ann Petry
BBC Radio 4 book reading · broadcast May 15th
ISBN: 978-0349019635
Broken Greek, by Pete Paphides
Book of the Week · broadcast May 9th
ISBN: 978-1529404432
The Faraway Nearby by Rebecca Solnit
Bookclub · broadcast May 3rd
ISBN: 978-0670025961
Letter to Louis by Alison White
BBC Radio 4 book reading · broadcast May 1st
ISBN: 978-0571335633