Books on BBC Radio 4 › October 2006
Every book featured on BBC Radio 4's book strands during October 2006 — 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 · 16 books listed for October 2006.
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Doctored Evidence by Donna Leon
A Good Read · broadcast October 31st
ISBN: 978-0099536550
The Deadly Space Between by Patricia Duncker
A Good Read · broadcast October 31st
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
A Good Read · broadcast October 31st
ISBN: 978-1853260018
For Esme with Love and Squalor by J.D. Salinger
A Good Read · broadcast October 24th
ISBN: 978-0241985922
The End of Faith by Sam Harris
A Good Read · broadcast October 24th
ISBN: 978-0393035155
Waterloo: Napoleon's Last Gamble by Andrew Roberts
A Good Read · broadcast October 24th
ISBN: 978-0007190751
Arthur and George by Julian Barnes
A Good Read · broadcast October 17th
ISBN: 978-0099492733
Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell
A Good Read · broadcast October 17th
ISBN: 978-0141183053
Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo
A Good Read · broadcast October 17th
ISBN: 978-0008638542
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
A Good Read · broadcast October 10th
ISBN: 978-0099286431
The Collected Stories of Grace Paley by Grace Paley
A Good Read · broadcast October 10th
ISBN: 978-0374126360
The Whitsun Weddings by Philip Larkin
A Good Read · broadcast October 10th
Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell by Janet Wallach
A Good Read · broadcast October 3rd
ISBN: 978-0297812494
Leaving Home by Anita Brookner
A Good Read · broadcast October 3rd
ISBN: 978-0670915682
Towards the End of the Morning by Michael Frayn
A Good Read · broadcast October 3rd
ISBN: 978-0002218221
Old Filth by Jane Gardam
Bookclub · broadcast October 1st
ISBN: 978-0701177560