Books on BBC Radio 4 › November 2008
Every book featured on BBC Radio 4's book strands during November 2008 — 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 · 12 books listed for November 2008.
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The Good Soldier Svejk by Jaroslav Hasek
BBC Radio 4 book reading · broadcast November 29th
ISBN: 978-1857151510
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
A Good Read · broadcast November 25th
ISBN: 978-0141439570
The Quiet American by Graham Greene
A Good Read · broadcast November 25th
ISBN: 978-0099478393
The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O'Farrell
A Good Read · broadcast November 18th
ISBN: 978-1035430055
Truant by Horatio Clare
A Good Read · broadcast November 18th
ISBN: 978-0719569166
An Evil Cradling by Brian Keenan
A Good Read · broadcast November 11th
ISBN: 978-0091752088
Billy Budd by Herman Melville
A Good Read · broadcast November 11th
ISBN: 978-0143107606
The Violins of Saint-Jacques: A Tale of the Antilles by Patrick Leigh Fermor
A Good Read · broadcast November 11th
Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler
A Good Read · broadcast November 4th
ISBN: 978-1784875459
Out of Sheer Rage by Geoff Dyer
A Good Read · broadcast November 4th
ISBN: 978-1782115137
The Piano Tuner by Daniel Mason
A Good Read · broadcast November 4th
ISBN: 978-0375414657
The Cloning of Joanna May by Fay Weldon
Bookclub · broadcast November 2nd