Books on BBC Radio 4 › November 2016
Every book featured on BBC Radio 4's book strands during November 2016 — 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 · 21 books listed for November 2016.
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The Confidential Agent by Graham Greene
A Good Read · broadcast November 29th
ISBN: 978-0670237258
The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy
A Good Read · broadcast November 29th
ISBN: 978-1853260988
The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them by Elif Batuman
A Good Read · broadcast November 29th
ISBN: 978-1847083135
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
A Good Read · broadcast November 22nd
ISBN: 978-1853260438
The Hounding of David Oluwale by Kester Aspden
A Good Read · broadcast November 22nd
ISBN: 978-0224080408
Undermajordomo Minor by Patrick de Witt
A Good Read · broadcast November 22nd
ISBN: 978-1847088727
Buried Child by Sam Shepard
Front Row · broadcast November 18th
ISBN: 978-0307274977
Basil D'Oliveira by Peter Oborne
A Good Read · broadcast November 15th
ISBN: 978-0316725729
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! by Richard Feynman
A Good Read · broadcast November 15th
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
A Good Read · broadcast November 15th
ISBN: 978-0241685044
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by J.K. Rowling
Front Row · broadcast November 14th
ISBN: 978-1338109061
Jezebel by Irene Nemirovsky
BBC Radio 4 book reading · broadcast November 11th
ISBN: 978-0099520382
NW by Zadie Smith
Front Row · broadcast November 10th
ISBN: 978-0141036595
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
A Good Read · broadcast November 8th
ISBN: 978-0552993692
The Visiting Angel by Paul Wilson
A Good Read · broadcast November 8th
ISBN: 978-1906994297
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Front Row · broadcast November 4th
ISBN: 978-0199536559
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Front Row · broadcast November 3rd
ISBN: 978-1853260292
Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury
A Good Read · broadcast November 1st
ISBN: 978-0007284740
Howards End is On The Landing by Susan Hill
A Good Read · broadcast November 1st
ISBN: 978-1846682650
The Humans by Matt Haig
A Good Read · broadcast November 1st
ISBN: 978-1805300175