Books on BBC Radio 4 › October 2013
Every book featured on BBC Radio 4's book strands during October 2013 — 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 2013.
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Canada by Richard Ford
A Good Read · broadcast October 29th
ISBN: 978-2757893296
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
A Good Read · broadcast October 29th
ISBN: 978-0349113913
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
A Good Read · broadcast October 29th
ISBN: 978-0435121624
Monsignor Quixote by Graham Greene
A Good Read · broadcast October 22nd
ISBN: 978-0099283942
The Ice Palace by Tarjei Vesaas
A Good Read · broadcast October 22nd
ISBN: 978-0720620061
The Last Sherlock Holmes Story by Michael Dibdin
A Good Read · broadcast October 22nd
ISBN: 978-0571290857
Black Sheep by Susan Hill
Front Row · broadcast October 21st
ISBN: 978-0701184216
Heartbreak Hotel by Deborah Moggach
A Good Read · broadcast October 15th
ISBN: 978-0099578628
Prisoner to the Streets by Robyn Travis
A Good Read · broadcast October 15th
ISBN: 978-0995458901
So Long, See You Tomorrow by William Maxwell
A Good Read · broadcast October 15th
ISBN: 978-0816130931
Bonkers: My Life in Laughs by Jennifer Saunders
Front Row · broadcast October 9th
ISBN: 978-0241967263
A Month in the Country by J.L. Carr
A Good Read · broadcast October 8th
ISBN: 978-0241972038
I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
A Good Read · broadcast October 8th
ISBN: 978-0099460879
Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem
A Good Read · broadcast October 8th
ISBN: 978-0571226320
Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel
Bookclub · broadcast October 6th
ISBN: 978-0007315109
Filth by Irvine Welsh
Front Row · broadcast October 3rd
ISBN: 978-0224052788