Books on BBC Radio 4 › May 2025
Every book featured on BBC Radio 4's book strands during May 2025 — 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 2025.
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Holding the Line by Barbara Kingsolver
BBC Radio 4 book reading · broadcast May 31st
ISBN: 978-0571392070
The Boy from the Sea by Garrett Carr
Book at Bedtime · broadcast May 23rd
ISBN: 978-1035044535
Chocolat by Joanne Harris
Front Row · broadcast May 19th
ISBN: 978-0552779586
The North Road by Rob Cowen
BBC Radio 4 book reading · broadcast May 17th
ISBN: 978-1529152432
Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
Front Row · broadcast May 13th
ISBN: 978-1853261916
Is a River Alive? by Robert Macfarlane
BBC Radio 4 book reading · broadcast May 10th
ISBN: 978-0241998212
The Artist by Lucy Steeds
Book at Bedtime · broadcast May 9th
ISBN: 978-1399819565
Hamlet by William Shakespeare
Front Row · broadcast May 6th
ISBN: 978-0141396507
A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes
Bookclub · broadcast May 4th
ISBN: 978-1509836215