Books on BBC Radio 4 › October 2017
Every book featured on BBC Radio 4's book strands during October 2017 — 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 · 20 books listed for October 2017.
The buy links on this page are Amazon affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases — it costs you nothing and helps keep this list free and updated. We link to books because Radio 4 featured them, never because of the commission.
Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
A Good Read · broadcast October 31st
ISBN: 978-1035038558
The Basketball Diaries by Jim Carroll
A Good Read · broadcast October 31st
ISBN: 978-0140100181
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson
A Good Read · broadcast October 24th
ISBN: 978-1906462024
The First Bad Man by Miranda July
A Good Read · broadcast October 24th
ISBN: 978-1838852740
Logical Family by Armistead Maupin
Front Row · broadcast October 23rd
ISBN: 978-1784161040
The Deathwatch Journal by Ian Rankin
BBC Radio 4 book reading · broadcast October 20th
ISBN: 978-1785299179
The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst
A Good Read · broadcast October 17th
ISBN: 978-1529077209
The Power by Naomi Alderman
A Good Read · broadcast October 17th
ISBN: 978-0670919963
The Trial of Lady Chatterley's Lover by Sybille Bedford
A Good Read · broadcast October 17th
ISBN: 978-1907970979
The Omen by David Seltzer
Book at Bedtime · broadcast October 13th
ISBN: 978-0213166243
I, An Actor by Christopher Douglas and Nigel Planer
A Good Read · broadcast October 10th
ISBN: 978-0413765505
The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole by Sue Townsend
A Good Read · broadcast October 10th
ISBN: 978-0141315973
Wise Children by Angela Carter
A Good Read · broadcast October 10th
ISBN: 978-0099981107
Origin by Dan Brown
Front Row · broadcast October 9th
ISBN: 978-0552174169
The Rub of Time by Martin Amis
Book of the Week · broadcast October 7th
ISBN: 978-0224076111
A Very English Scandal by John Preston
A Good Read · broadcast October 3rd
ISBN: 978-0241215722
Conundrum by Jan Morris
A Good Read · broadcast October 3rd
ISBN: 978-0151225637
Kolymsky Heights by Lionel Davidson
A Good Read · broadcast October 3rd
ISBN: 978-0571326112
Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow by Peter Hoeg
Bookclub · broadcast October 1st
ISBN: 978-0002713337