Books on BBC Radio 4 › October 2012
Every book featured on BBC Radio 4's book strands during October 2012 — 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 · 19 books listed for October 2012.
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A Landing on the Sun by Michael Frayn
A Good Read · broadcast October 30th
ISBN: 978-0670839322
The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey
A Good Read · broadcast October 30th
ISBN: 978-9180306300
What's My Motivation? by Michael Simkins
A Good Read · broadcast October 30th
ISBN: 978-0091897499
Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner
A Good Read · broadcast October 23rd
ISBN: 978-0141394954
Seeking Whom He May Devour by Fred Vargas
A Good Read · broadcast October 23rd
ISBN: 978-1845058258
Stone's Fall by Iain Pears
A Good Read · broadcast October 23rd
ISBN: 978-0099516170
Nancy: The Story of Lady Astor by Adrian Fort
Book of the Week · broadcast October 20th
ISBN: 978-0312599034
The Lover by Marguerite Duras
A Good Read · broadcast October 16th
ISBN: 978-0394545882
On the Road by Jack Kerouac
Front Row · broadcast October 12th
ISBN: 978-1644282922
Townshend by Pete Townshend
Front Row · broadcast October 9th
ISBN: 978-0007479160
Conquistadors of the Useless by Lionel Terray
A Good Read · broadcast October 9th
The Living Mountain: A Celebration of the Cairngorm Mountains of Scotland by Nan Shepherd
A Good Read · broadcast October 9th
ISBN: 978-0857861832
The Talented Mr Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
A Good Read · broadcast October 9th
ISBN: 978-0099282877
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
Bookclub · broadcast October 7th
ISBN: 978-1844081486
The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
Front Row · broadcast October 4th
ISBN: 978-0753804704
Open by Andre Agassi
A Good Read · broadcast October 2nd
ISBN: 978-0007281435
Remembering Babylon by David Malouf
A Good Read · broadcast October 2nd
ISBN: 978-0099302421
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal by Jeanette Winterson
A Good Read · broadcast October 2nd
ISBN: 978-0099556091