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Paradise by Abdulrazak Gurnah
Coming of age story set in an Africa increasingly corrupted by colonialism and violence.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Bright Lights, Dead City
An American film crew descends on a Northern Irish city to make a lavish drama series.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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It's Always Summer Somewhere by Felix White
Felix White's funny and moving memoir about cricket, grief and life in The Maccabees.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Parcel Arrived Safely: Tied With String (Omnibus)
Michael Crawford reads from his autobiography, including some Frank Spencer-like moments.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
Sian Thomas reads Virginia Woolf's classic modernist novel, set over one day in 1923.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Worn by Sofi Thanhauser
American author Sofi Thanhauser explores stories of craft and labour through five fabrics.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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It's Always Summer Somewhere
Felix White's funny and moving memoir about cricket, grief and life in The Maccabees.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Free: Coming of Age at the End of History by Lea Ypi
Lea Ypi's account of growing up in communist Albania in the 1980s and 90s.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Paw Tracks in the Moonlight by Denis O'Connor (Omnibus)
Denis O’Connor’s charming chronicle of one man and his cat. Read by Kevin Whately.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Wintering by Katherine May (Omnibus)
A thought-provoking, generous celebration of life’s dark seasons and fallow times
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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On Consolation by Michael Ignatieff
Michael Ignatieff explores the language of consolation through a series of five portraits
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
Piranesi lives in the House. Perhaps he always has. Winner of the Women's Prize 2021.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Treeline by Ben Rawlence
Ben Rawlence's unflinching account of what the moving treeline will mean for humanity.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Violets by Alex Hyde
Two women navigate war and motherhood in a lyrical story of love, loss and courage.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Metaphysical Animals by Clare MacCumhaill and Rachael Wiseman
How four brilliant women brought philosophy back to life in Second-World-War Oxford.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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A Bookshop in Algiers by Kaouther Adimi
Adimi's third novel, inspired by an extraordinary true story, celebrates the love of books
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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The Two of Us by Sheila Hancock (Omnibus)
Sheila Hancock reads her own and husband John's life stories, framed by her diaries.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Sea Change by Alix Nathan
Separated by a freakish accident, a mother and daughter try to find each other again.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Making History: The Storytellers Who Shaped The Past by Richard Cohen
An epic exploration of who writes about the past and how they influence our ideas today.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Our Friends in the North
Peter Flannery's own adaptation of his highly acclaimed TV series for ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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The Librarian by Salley Vickers (Omnibus)
Salley Vickers' lyrical tribute read by Barbara Flynn.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Passing by Nella Larsen
Nella Larsen's intense, taut portrayal of lives and identities dangerously colliding.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Short Stories by LP Hartley
Tales from the British novelist and short story writer.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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When the Dust Settles by Lucy Easthope
Book of the Week. Lucy Easthope's memoir about her career in disaster planning.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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The Female Persuasion by Meg Wolitzer (Omnibus)
A disturbing incident alters the whole way a young student looks at her life.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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The Promise by Damon Galgut
2021's Booker Prize-winner, charting the decline and fall of a white South African family.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Hybrid Humans by Harry Parker
Harry Parker on cutting edge advances in rehabilitating the body after injury and illness.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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The Man Who Invented Motion Pictures by Paul Fischer
The story of the invention of the motion picture and the mysterious man behind it.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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At the Foot of the Cross
The Rev Cheryl Meban presents a reflection in words and music for Good Friday.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Ulster
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Preventable by Devi Sridhar
Devi Sridhar's book takes the Covid-19 story to show how global politics shape our health.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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These Days by Lucy Caldwell
Lucy Caldwell's story of two sisters set against the backdrop of the 1941 Belfast Blitz.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Nothing But The Truth by the Secret Barrister
An anonymous account of life at the Bar and the crisis in the British justice system.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Raven Smith's Men
A hilarious look at men and all they entail from professional man-about-town Raven Smith.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding
Sally Phillips reads Helen Fielding's iconic 1996 novel of single thirty-something life.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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The Cure for Good Intentions by Sophie Harrison
Tamsin Greig reads Sophie Harrison's humane account of what it takes to become a doctor.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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The Invention of Murder by Judith Flanders (Omnibus)
How 19th century murders, though rare, were reflected in popular entertainment.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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The Suspicions of Mr Whicher by Kate Summerscale (Omnibus)
Scotland Yard's top detective Jack Whicher probes a gruesome 1860 country house murder.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Good Pop Bad Pop by Jarvis Cocker
Jarvis Cocker explores what exactly makes good pop work and why bad pop fails.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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How One Becomes Lonely
Luke Sutherland's tale of lost love, cowardice and connection in an online world.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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The Shepherd's Hut by Tim Winton (Omnibus)
Tim Winton's fierce and lyrical tale of survival in the Australian outback.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Love Marriage by Monica Ali
Meera Syal reads Monica Ali's big-hearted and hilarious new novel - her first in a decade.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe
The story of the Sackler family's role in America's devastating opioid crisis.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Fever Pitch by Nick Hornby (Omnibus)
Autobiographical account of an obsessive relationship with Arsenal Football Club.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Clock Dance by Anne Tyler (Omnibus)
Anne Tyler's novel about family and self-discovery. Read by Barbara Barnes.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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This is Not a Pity Memoir by Abi Morgan
Abi Morgan's powerful memoir about how life can change in an instant.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Redemption: My Story by Troy Deeney
A powerful memoir from footballer and anti-racism campaigner Troy Deeney.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Mr Wilder and Me by Jonathan Coe
Calista, a film score composer, tells the story of how she came to work for Billy Wilder.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Black Gold by Jeremy Paxman
Jeremy Paxman's social history of coal mining in Britain.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Iconoclasm by David Freedberg
David Freedberg explores the dynamics, history and ideologies of iconoclasm.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4