Books on BBC Radio 4 › October 2021
Every book featured on BBC Radio 4's book strands during October 2021 — 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 · 24 books listed for October 2021.
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Slime: A Natural History by Susanne Wedlich
Book of the Week · broadcast October 30th
ISBN: 978-1783786701
An Experiment in Love by Hilary Mantel
A Good Read · broadcast October 26th
ISBN: 978-0007172887
The Bone Readers by Jacob Ross
A Good Read · broadcast October 26th
ISBN: 978-0751574463
Manifesto by Bernardine Evaristo
Book of the Week · broadcast October 23rd
ISBN: 978-0241993620
Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead
BBC Radio 4 book reading · broadcast October 22nd
ISBN: 978-0708899441
A Passage North by Anuk Arudpragasam
Front Row · broadcast October 21st
ISBN: 978-1783786947
Mr Wilder and Me by Jonathan Coe
A Good Read · broadcast October 19th
ISBN: 978-0241454664
The Summer Book by Tove Jansson
A Good Read · broadcast October 19th
ISBN: 978-0394492490
Bloodchild by Octavia Butler
A Good Read · broadcast October 12th
ISBN: 978-1583226988
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
A Good Read · broadcast October 12th
ISBN: 978-0571258093
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
A Good Read · broadcast October 12th
ISBN: 978-1526622426
My Unapologetic Diaries by Joan Collins
Front Row · broadcast October 11th
ISBN: 978-1474621281
George III by Andrew Roberts
Book of the Week · broadcast October 9th
ISBN: 978-0241413333
The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
BBC Radio 4 book reading · broadcast October 8th
ISBN: 978-0753804704
Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth by Wole Soyinka
Front Row · broadcast October 5th
ISBN: 978-1526638243
England Their England by A.G. Macdonell
A Good Read · broadcast October 5th
Exit by Belinda Bauer
A Good Read · broadcast October 5th
ISBN: 978-1787630956
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
A Good Read · broadcast October 5th
ISBN: 978-0349017068
The Mirror and the Light by Hilary Mantel
Front Row · broadcast October 4th
ISBN: 978-0007481002
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Bookclub · broadcast October 3rd
ISBN: 978-0008138301
The History of the World in 100 Animals by Simon Barnes
Book of the Week · broadcast October 2nd
ISBN: 978-1471194719
Meet Me at the Museum by Anne Youngson
BBC Radio 4 book reading · broadcast October 1st
ISBN: 978-1784163464