Books on BBC Radio 4 › October 2011
Every book featured on BBC Radio 4's book strands during October 2011 — 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 2011.
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Ill Fares the Land: A Treatise on Our Present Discontents by Tony Judt
A Good Read · broadcast October 25th
Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin
A Good Read · broadcast October 25th
ISBN: 978-0060186692
The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
A Good Read · broadcast October 25th
ISBN: 978-0002259019
Farewell, My Lovely by Raymond Chandler
A Good Read · broadcast October 18th
ISBN: 978-0679601401
Lifting the Latch: A Life on the Land by Sheila Stewart
A Good Read · broadcast October 18th
ISBN: 978-0192122544
Train to Trieste by Domnica Radulescu
A Good Read · broadcast October 18th
ISBN: 978-0307268235
We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver
Front Row · broadcast October 17th
ISBN: 978-1582432670
Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons
A Good Read · broadcast October 11th
ISBN: 978-0241418895
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
A Good Read · broadcast October 11th
ISBN: 978-0099740919
Tale by The Handmaid
A Good Read · broadcast October 11th
ISBN: 978-0099740919
Catch 22 by Joseph Heller
Book at Bedtime · broadcast October 7th
ISBN: 978-0099470465
Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
Front Row · broadcast October 7th
ISBN: 978-0007232161
The Sickness by Alberto Barrera Tyszka
A Good Read · broadcast October 4th
ISBN: 978-1906694500
Under Storm's Wing by Helen Thomas
A Good Read · broadcast October 4th
ISBN: 978-0856357336
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
Bookclub · broadcast October 2nd