Books on BBC Radio 4 › October 2020
Every book featured on BBC Radio 4's book strands during October 2020 — 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 2020.
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Love by Roddy Doyle
BBC Radio 4 book reading · broadcast October 30th
ISBN: 978-1529112672
This Mournable Body by Tsitsi Dangarembga
Front Row · broadcast October 28th
ISBN: 978-0571355518
Seventh Son by Orson Scott Card
A Good Read · broadcast October 27th
ISBN: 978-0712623209
Sombrero Fallout by Richard Brautigan
A Good Read · broadcast October 27th
ISBN: 978-0671223311
The Little Virtues by Natalia Ginzburg
A Good Read · broadcast October 27th
ISBN: 978-1911547143
People Like Us by Hashi Mohamed
Book of the Week · broadcast October 24th
ISBN: 978-1788161121
84 Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
A Good Read · broadcast October 20th
ISBN: 978-1559210546
Beloved by Toni Morrison
A Good Read · broadcast October 20th
ISBN: 978-0099511656
Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout
A Good Read · broadcast October 20th
ISBN: 978-0241985540
The Good Germans by Catrine Clay
Book of the Week · broadcast October 17th
ISBN: 978-1474607872
The Housing Lark by Sam Selvon
BBC Radio 4 book reading · broadcast October 16th
ISBN: 978-0241441329
Love by Roddy Doyle
Front Row · broadcast October 16th
ISBN: 978-1529112672
The Book of Two Ways by Jodi Picoult
Front Row · broadcast October 14th
ISBN: 978-1473692435
Romance in Marseilles by Claude McKay
A Good Read · broadcast October 13th
ISBN: 978-0143134220
This is Pleasure by Mary Gaitskill
A Good Read · broadcast October 13th
ISBN: 978-1788165037
Behind the Scenes at the Museum by Kate Atkinson
A Good Read · broadcast October 6th
ISBN: 978-0552996181
Prick Up Your Ears by John Lahr
A Good Read · broadcast October 6th
ISBN: 978-0713910445
What I Loved by Siri Hustvedt
A Good Read · broadcast October 6th
ISBN: 978-0340682388
Star of the Sea by Joseph O'Connor
Bookclub · broadcast October 4th
ISBN: 978-1529112634
Agent Sonya by Ben Macintyre
Book of the Week · broadcast October 3rd
ISBN: 978-0241986950
The Vanishing Futurist by Charlotte Hobson
BBC Radio 4 book reading · broadcast October 2nd
ISBN: 978-0571234868