Books on BBC Radio 4 › October 2016
Every book featured on BBC Radio 4's book strands during October 2016 — 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 · 21 books listed for October 2016.
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Blood, Sex and Money by Emile Zola
BBC Radio 4 book reading · broadcast October 30th
A Life in Parts by Bryan Cranston
Front Row · broadcast October 26th
ISBN: 978-1409156598
The Sea, The Sea by Iris Murdoch
A Good Read · broadcast October 25th
ISBN: 978-0701123390
The Tiger in the Smoke by Margery Allingham
A Good Read · broadcast October 25th
ISBN: 978-1784701598
To Rise Again At A Decent Hour by Joshua Ferris
A Good Read · broadcast October 25th
ISBN: 978-0670917730
London Lies Beneath by Stella Duffy
Front Row · broadcast October 20th
ISBN: 978-0349007847
The Running Hare by John Lewis-Stempel
Book of the Week · broadcast October 19th
ISBN: 978-0857523266
Autumn by Ali Smith
Front Row · broadcast October 19th
ISBN: 978-0241973318
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
A Good Read · broadcast October 18th
ISBN: 978-1853262401
The Plot Against America by Philip Roth
A Good Read · broadcast October 18th
ISBN: 978-0099478560
Call for the Dead by John le Carré
A Good Read · broadcast October 11th
ISBN: 978-0241639214
Hand Grenade Practice in Peking by Frances Woods
A Good Read · broadcast October 11th
ISBN: 978-0719557811
Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
A Good Read · broadcast October 11th
ISBN: 978-1568497297
Hag-Seed by Margaret Atwood
Start the Week · broadcast October 10th
ISBN: 978-0099594024
Let Them Eat Chaos by Kate Tempest
Front Row · broadcast October 10th
ISBN: 978-1509830008
A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway
A Good Read · broadcast October 4th
ISBN: 978-0099909408
An Officer and a Spy by Robert Harris
A Good Read · broadcast October 4th
Destiny in the Desert by Jonathan Dimbleby
A Good Read · broadcast October 4th
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
Front Row · broadcast October 3rd
ISBN: 978-0857522313
