Books on BBC Radio 4 › October 2010
Every book featured on BBC Radio 4's book strands during October 2010 — 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 2010.
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Psmith in the City by PG Wodehouse
BBC Radio 4 book reading · broadcast October 29th
ISBN: 978-1841591087
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
A Good Read · broadcast October 26th
ISBN: 978-0141439662
The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman
A Good Read · broadcast October 26th
ISBN: 978-0679406419
The Emperor: Downfall of an Autocrat by Ryszard Kapuscinski
A Good Read · broadcast October 26th
ISBN: 978-0704324152
Civilisation: A Personal View by Kenneth Clark
A Good Read · broadcast October 19th
The Believers by Zoe Heller
A Good Read · broadcast October 19th
ISBN: 978-0141024677
The Dig by John Preston
A Good Read · broadcast October 19th
ISBN: 978-0241989630
Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare
Front Row · broadcast October 15th
ISBN: 978-0141396293
Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote
A Good Read · broadcast October 12th
ISBN: 978-0241597262
Sea Room by Adam Nicolson
A Good Read · broadcast October 12th
ISBN: 978-0865476363
Youth by J.M. Coetzee
A Good Read · broadcast October 12th
ISBN: 978-0670031023
Lost in Music by Giles Smith
A Good Read · broadcast October 5th
ISBN: 978-0330339162
The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
A Good Read · broadcast October 5th
ISBN: 978-1526605900
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
A Good Read · broadcast October 5th
ISBN: 978-1526604743
Paddy Clarke HA HA HA by Roddy Doyle
Bookclub · broadcast October 3rd
ISBN: 978-0749397357
The Beginning of Spring by Penelope Fitzgerald
BBC Radio 4 book reading · broadcast October 1st
ISBN: 978-0002232616