Books on BBC Radio 4 › October 2024
Every book featured on BBC Radio 4's book strands during October 2024 — 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 2024.
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Gliff by Ali Smith
Front Row · broadcast October 31st
ISBN: 978-1405959452
The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden
Front Row · broadcast October 29th
ISBN: 978-0241999776
Orbital by Samantha Harvey
A Good Read · broadcast October 28th
ISBN: 978-0802161543
The Country of Others by Leïla Slimani
A Good Read · broadcast October 28th
ISBN: 978-0571361618
The Man Who Ate Everything by Jeffrey Steingarten
A Good Read · broadcast October 28th
ISBN: 978-0679430889
On Freedom by Timothy Snyder
BBC Radio 4 book reading · broadcast October 26th
ISBN: 978-1847928054
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
Book at Bedtime · broadcast October 25th
ISBN: 978-1399726368
Elena Knows by Claudia Piñeiro
A Good Read · broadcast October 21st
ISBN: 978-1999368432
The Details by Ia Genberg
A Good Read · broadcast October 21st
ISBN: 978-0063309715
Attrib by Eley Williams
A Good Read · broadcast October 14th
ISBN: 978-0008708726
My Struggle by Karl Ove Knausgaard
A Good Read · broadcast October 14th
ISBN: 978-0914671008
Open Throat by Henry Hoke
A Good Read · broadcast October 14th
ISBN: 978-1035007752
The Names by Don DeLillo
A Good Read · broadcast October 14th
ISBN: 978-0710806666
The Outrun by Amy Liptrot
A Good Read · broadcast October 14th
ISBN: 978-1786894229
On Friendship by Andrew O'Hagan
BBC Radio 4 book reading · broadcast October 12th
ISBN: 978-0571397471
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
Book at Bedtime · broadcast October 11th
ISBN: 978-1529944792
Never by Rick Astley
Front Row · broadcast October 8th
ISBN: 978-1035049394
Brian by Jeremy Cooper
A Good Read · broadcast October 7th
ISBN: 978-1804270363
Mayflies by Andrew O'Hagan
A Good Read · broadcast October 7th
ISBN: 978-0571273713
The Children's Bach by Helen Garner
A Good Read · broadcast October 7th
ISBN: 978-1399606820
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
A Good Read · broadcast October 7th
ISBN: 978-1789089479
Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh
A Good Read · broadcast October 7th
ISBN: 978-0099465898
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
Bookclub · broadcast October 6th
ISBN: 978-1526622426
Our Evenings by Alan Hollinghurst
Front Row · broadcast October 3rd
ISBN: 978-1447208235