Books on BBC Radio 4 › October 2018
Every book featured on BBC Radio 4's book strands during October 2018 — 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 · 22 books listed for October 2018.
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Deep Sea and Foreign Going by Rose George
A Good Read · broadcast October 30th
ISBN: 978-1846272998
Ghachar Ghochar by Vivek Shanbhag
A Good Read · broadcast October 30th
ISBN: 978-0571336081
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
A Good Read · broadcast October 30th
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Front Row · broadcast October 24th
ISBN: 978-1406372151
Diary of Lady Murasaki by Murasaki Shikibu
A Good Read · broadcast October 23rd
ISBN: 978-0140435764
First in the World Somewhere by Penny Pepper
A Good Read · broadcast October 23rd
ISBN: 978-1783523474
Visitation by Jenny Erpenbeck
A Good Read · broadcast October 23rd
ISBN: 978-1846271892
Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty
Book at Bedtime · broadcast October 19th
ISBN: 978-1405919463
The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
Front Row · broadcast October 19th
ISBN: 978-1785763670
Always Look on the Bright Side of Life by Eric Idle
Front Row · broadcast October 18th
ISBN: 978-1474610292
Children of Dynmouth by William Trevor
A Good Read · broadcast October 16th
ISBN: 978-0670216659
Diary of a Nobody by George Grossmith and Weedon Grossmith
A Good Read · broadcast October 16th
ISBN: 978-1853262012
Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne
A Good Read · broadcast October 16th
ISBN: 978-1405280839
Identity: The Demand for Dignity and the Politics of Resentment by Francis Fukuyama
Start the Week · broadcast October 15th
ISBN: 978-6048453213
Crooked Heart by Lissa Evans
A Good Read · broadcast October 9th
ISBN: 978-0552774789
Excellent Women by Barbara Pym
A Good Read · broadcast October 9th
ISBN: 978-0349016078
Grief is the Thing with Feathers by Max Porter
A Good Read · broadcast October 9th
ISBN: 978-0571327232
A Death in the Family by Karl Ove Knausgaard
Bookclub · broadcast October 7th
ISBN: 978-0914671008
Amateur by Thomas Page McBee
A Good Read · broadcast October 2nd
ISBN: 978-1786890979
Cane by Jean Toomer
A Good Read · broadcast October 2nd
ISBN: 978-0143133674
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
A Good Read · broadcast October 2nd
Melmoth by Sarah Perry
Front Row · broadcast October 1st
ISBN: 978-1788160674