Books on BBC Radio 4 › October 2015
Every book featured on BBC Radio 4's book strands during October 2015 — 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 · 18 books listed for October 2015.
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Slade House by David Mitchell
Front Row · broadcast October 29th
ISBN: 978-1473616707
Sculptor's Daughter: A Childhood Memoir by Tove Jansson
A Good Read · broadcast October 27th
ISBN: 978-1908745330
The Beggar Maid: Stories of Flo and Rose by Alice Munro
A Good Read · broadcast October 27th
The Quiet American by Graham Greene
A Good Read · broadcast October 27th
ISBN: 978-0099478393
I Knew the Bride by Hugo Williams
A Good Read · broadcast October 20th
ISBN: 978-0571308880
Rum Punch by Elmore Leonard
A Good Read · broadcast October 20th
ISBN: 978-0241755402
The Emigrants by Vilhelm Moberg
A Good Read · broadcast October 20th
ISBN: 978-1568493121
The Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell
Front Row · broadcast October 16th
ISBN: 978-0007218011
Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James
Front Row · broadcast October 13th
ISBN: 978-0241981856
Appointment in Samarra by John O'Hara
A Good Read · broadcast October 13th
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight by Alexandra Fuller
A Good Read · broadcast October 13th
ISBN: 978-0330490238
For Esme with Love and Squalor by J.D. Salinger
A Good Read · broadcast October 13th
ISBN: 978-0241985922
The Unauthorised Life by Jonathan Bate
Front Row · broadcast October 7th
ISBN: 978-0008118228
Flight Behaviour by Barbara Kingsolver
A Good Read · broadcast October 6th
ISBN: 978-0571290802
Fun Home by Alison Bechdel
A Good Read · broadcast October 6th
ISBN: 978-0618477944
Red or Dead by David Peace
A Good Read · broadcast October 6th
ISBN: 978-0571309047
Married Love by Tessa Hadley
Bookclub · broadcast October 4th
ISBN: 978-0099570189