Books on BBC Radio 4 › October 2019
Every book featured on BBC Radio 4's book strands during October 2019 — 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 2019.
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His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
Front Row · broadcast October 31st
ISBN: 978-1841593425
I Owe You One by Sophie Kinsella
A Good Read · broadcast October 29th
ISBN: 978-1784163570
The Following Story by Cees Nooteboom
A Good Read · broadcast October 29th
ISBN: 978-0151000982
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
A Good Read · broadcast October 29th
ISBN: 978-0241968581
Homecoming by Colin Grant
Book of the Week · broadcast October 26th
ISBN: 978-1787331051
Afternoon Raag by Amit Chaudhuri
A Good Read · broadcast October 22nd
ISBN: 978-0434123490
Rosie: Scenes from a Vanished Life by Rose Tremain
A Good Read · broadcast October 22nd
ISBN: 978-1784742270
Unravelling Oliver by Liz Nugent
A Good Read · broadcast October 22nd
ISBN: 978-0241965641
The Confession by Jessie Burton
BBC Radio 4 book reading · broadcast October 18th
ISBN: 978-1509886142
Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto
A Good Read · broadcast October 15th
ISBN: 978-3257019377
Old Baggage by Lissa Evans
A Good Read · broadcast October 15th
ISBN: 978-0857523624
Quichotte by Salman Rushdie
Front Row · broadcast October 9th
ISBN: 978-2330139421
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
A Good Read · broadcast October 8th
ISBN: 978-1444775815
Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
A Good Read · broadcast October 8th
ISBN: 978-1529998337
The Cost of Living by Deborah Levy
A Good Read · broadcast October 8th
ISBN: 978-0241267998
An Orchestra of Minorities by Chigozie Obioma
Front Row · broadcast October 4th
ISBN: 978-0349143187
Face It by Debbie Harry
Front Row · broadcast October 3rd
ISBN: 978-0008229443
Bad Blood: A Walk Along the Irish Border by Colm Tóibín
A Good Read · broadcast October 1st
ISBN: 978-1035054862
Homing by Jon Day
A Good Read · broadcast October 1st
ISBN: 978-1473635388
This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor by Adam Kay
A Good Read · broadcast October 1st
ISBN: 978-1529062335