Books on BBC Radio 4 › October 2008
Every book featured on BBC Radio 4's book strands during October 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 · 16 books listed for October 2008.
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The Rings of Saturn by W.G. Sebald
A Good Read · broadcast October 28th
ISBN: 978-0811213783
Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
A Good Read · broadcast October 28th
ISBN: 978-0007189885
Wild Mary: The Life of Mary Wesley by Patrick Marnham
A Good Read · broadcast October 28th
ISBN: 978-0701179915
Searching For Schindler: A Memoir by Thomas Keneally
Book of the Week · broadcast October 25th
ISBN: 978-0340963265
Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens
Front Row · broadcast October 23rd
ISBN: 978-1853261824
Letter to my Father by Franz Kafka
A Good Read · broadcast October 21st
ISBN: 978-1008965690
The Road Home by Rose Tremain
A Good Read · broadcast October 21st
ISBN: 978-0099478461
The King of Sunlight: How William Lever Cleaned Up The World by Adam Macqueen
A Good Read · broadcast October 21st
ISBN: 978-0593051856
Annie Leibovitz: A Photographer's Life 1990-2005 by Annie Leibovitz
Front Row · broadcast October 15th
ISBN: 978-0375505096
A Short History of Progress by Ronald Wright
A Good Read · broadcast October 14th
ISBN: 978-1841957111
Hiding the Elephant by Jim Steinmeyer
A Good Read · broadcast October 14th
The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett
A Good Read · broadcast October 14th
ISBN: 978-1788168069
Beloved by Toni Morrison
A Good Read · broadcast October 7th
ISBN: 978-0099511656
Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger
A Good Read · broadcast October 7th
ISBN: 978-0316769549
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark
A Good Read · broadcast October 7th
ISBN: 978-0141181424
Alone on a Wide, Wide Sea by Michael Morpurgo
Bookclub · broadcast October 5th
ISBN: 978-0008638733