Books on BBC Radio 4 › September 2003
Every book featured on BBC Radio 4's book strands during September 2003 — 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 · 13 books listed for September 2003.
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Childhood, Boyhood, Youth by Leo Tolstoy
A Good Read · broadcast September 23rd
ISBN: 978-1857150131
Hotel World by Ali Smith
A Good Read · broadcast September 23rd
ISBN: 978-1417711192
Portnoy's Complaint by Philip Roth
A Good Read · broadcast September 23rd
ISBN: 978-0099399018
A Fish Caught in Time by Samantha Weinberg
A Good Read · broadcast September 16th
ISBN: 978-0060194956
The Full Cupboard of Life by Alexander McCall Smith
A Good Read · broadcast September 16th
ISBN: 978-0349117256
The Water Babies by Charles Kingsley
A Good Read · broadcast September 16th
ISBN: 978-0007449460
Crimes of Conscience by Nadine Gordimer
A Good Read · broadcast September 9th
ISBN: 978-0435906689
The Girls of Slender Means by Muriel Spark
A Good Read · broadcast September 9th
ISBN: 978-0333067048
The Verificationist by Donald Antrim
A Good Read · broadcast September 9th
ISBN: 978-0375408229
Down by the River by Edna O'Brien
Bookclub · broadcast September 7th
ISBN: 978-0297818069
Nothing Like The Night by David Lawrence
A Good Read · broadcast September 2nd
ISBN: 978-0312328801
The Grass is Singing by Doris Lessing
A Good Read · broadcast September 2nd
ISBN: 978-0007498802
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
A Good Read · broadcast September 2nd
ISBN: 978-0571339792