Books on BBC Radio 4 › November 2023
Every book featured on BBC Radio 4's book strands during November 2023 — 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 · 18 books listed for November 2023.
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A Goat's Song by Dermot Healy
A Good Read · broadcast November 28th
ISBN: 978-0670861569
I Capture The Castle by Dodie Smith
A Good Read · broadcast November 28th
ISBN: 978-0099460879
The Secret to Superhuman Strength by Alison Bechdel
A Good Read · broadcast November 28th
ISBN: 978-0224101905
Orbital by Samantha Harvey
Start the Week · broadcast November 27th
ISBN: 978-1787334342
The Race to the Future: The Adventure that Accelerated the Twentieth Century by Kassia St Clair
Book of the Week · broadcast November 25th
ISBN: 978-1324094913
Brother of the More Famous Jack by Barbara Trapido
Book at Bedtime · broadcast November 24th
ISBN: 978-1526612656
Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann
A Good Read · broadcast November 21st
ISBN: 978-1400063734
Rise by Siya Kolisi
A Good Read · broadcast November 21st
ISBN: 978-0008431334
The Cut Out Girl by Bart van Es
A Good Read · broadcast November 21st
ISBN: 978-0241978726
Irresistible: How Cuteness Wired Our Brains and Conquered the World by Joshua Paul Dale
Book of the Week · broadcast November 18th
ISBN: 978-1788162388
Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant by Anne Tyler
A Good Read · broadcast November 14th
ISBN: 978-0099916406
So Late in the Day by Claire Keegan
A Good Read · broadcast November 14th
ISBN: 978-0571382019
The Tap Dancer by Andrew Barrow
A Good Read · broadcast November 14th
ISBN: 978-0715624166
Mr William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies by William Shakespeare
Front Row · broadcast November 8th
ISBN: 978-0712354295
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
A Good Read · broadcast November 7th
ISBN: 978-0008610029
Confessions of a Mask by Yukio Mishima
A Good Read · broadcast November 7th
ISBN: 978-0720620122
Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
A Good Read · broadcast November 7th
ISBN: 978-8172345136
Standard Deviation by Katherine Heiny
Bookclub · broadcast November 5th
ISBN: 978-1432844134