Books on BBC Radio 4 › May 2021
Every book featured on BBC Radio 4's book strands during May 2021 — 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 · 9 books listed for May 2021.
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Here's the Story by Mary McAleese
Book of the Week · broadcast May 29th
ISBN: 978-1844884704
Snowflake by Louise Nealon
BBC Radio 4 book reading · broadcast May 28th
ISBN: 978-1786581709
How I Learned To Understand The World by Hans Rosling
Book of the Week · broadcast May 22nd
ISBN: 978-1250266897
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
Front Row · broadcast May 17th
ISBN: 978-0708898406
Other Minds: The Octopus And The Evolution Of Intelligent Life by Peter Godfrey-Smith
Book of the Week · broadcast May 15th
ISBN: 978-0008226275
Lean, Fall, Stand by Jon McGregor
BBC Radio 4 book reading · broadcast May 14th
ISBN: 978-0008204907
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe
Start the Week · broadcast May 10th
ISBN: 978-1529062489
The King's Painter: The Life and Times of Hans Holbein by Franny Moyle
Book of the Week · broadcast May 8th
ISBN: 978-1788541213
The Pursuit of Love by Nancy Mitford
Front Row · broadcast May 7th
ISBN: 978-0241514993