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An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro
The classic 1986 novel from the Nobel Prize-winning author of The Remains of the Day.
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My Name Escapes Me by Sir Alec Guinness (Omnibus)
Sir Alec Guinness reads from his own bestselling diary entries from 1995 to 1996.
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Metaphysical Animals by Clare MacCumhaill & Rachael Wiseman (Omnibus)
The story of how four brilliant friends approached philosophy after the Second World War.
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Speed of Light by Laura Cumming
Laura Cumming explores a 19th-century technological revolution in photography.
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On Consolation by Michael Ignatieff (Omnibus)
William Hope reads five profound and inspirational essays on the language of consolation.
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The Spire by William Golding
In Golding's novel, one man's obsession endangers an entire community in Medieval England.
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Wolf Moon: A Woman's Journey into the Night by Arifa Akbar
An elegant exploration of how the night shapes the mind, culture and society.
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Heartstones by Ruth Rendell
Elvira,16, suffering with anorexia, has rivals for her widowed father's attention
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Passing by Nella Larsen (Omnibus)
Chicago 1925: Clare and Irene meet once again after decades - one has hidden her identity.
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Beautiful Strangeness by Rebecca Stott
Five original essays on how the mysterious is woven into the ordinary and the everyday.
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Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson (Omnibus)
A spinster lands a job which turns out to be a real education.
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Private Angelo by Eric Linklater
Eric Linklater's witty and compassionate satire on the folly of war. Read by Carl Prekopp.
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The Secret Painter by Joe Tucker
The story of the artist Eric Tucker, often dubbed the 'secret Lowry'. Read by Paul Ready.
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My Week With Marilyn by Colin Clark (Omnibus)
The charming memoir of a young man's brief, but luminous, friendship with Marilyn Monroe.
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Unearthing the Past by Sarah Dunant
A beguiling series of essays centred on the Renaissance icon Isabella d'Este.
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Disco by Nick Walker
Defence: Serious Case Operations investigate the murder of a military bandsman in Burnley.
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Shakedowns in Hyperspace by Naomi Wood
A darkly comic and brilliantly original series for Radio 4 from the acclaimed Naomi Wood.
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Underdogs by Joel Budd
Joel Budd explores the myths around the stereotype of the 'white working class'.
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The Age of Diagnosis by Suzanne O'Sullivan
A thought-provoking new book exploding conventional wisdom about medical diagnoses.
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Reading Journeys by A.L. Kennedy
A.L. Kennedy on the journeys that await readers when they open the covers of a book.
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The Jura Affair by William Boyd
A sparkling new literary whodunnit from the acclaimed author William Boyd.
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The Glassmaker by Tracy Chevalier
Venice 1486. Orsola Rosso flouts convention, honing her craft to save her family from ruin
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Vidya Wade by Timothy X Atack
Maya thinks they've got a ghost. Vidya is the only extra-natural mediator she can find.
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Raiders of the Lost Cask by Abir Mukherjee
A Highland heist story written for ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 by Abir Mukherjee. Read by Sudha Bhuchar.
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Maurice and Maralyn by Sophie Elmhirst
An encounter with a whale on the Pacific Ocean leaves Maurice and Maralyn in peril.
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Rye by Alex Preston
Rye, Sussex, 1804. Zeke is determined to free his father from a prison hulk at Sheeerness.
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The Green & The Black by Kit de Waal
New fiction about the changing face of modern Ireland, as told through one family.
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Money by David McWilliams
Economist David McWilliams charts the relationship between humans and money.
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wonder by Katherine Rundell
Book of the Week. Five original essays on the power and politics of children’s fiction.
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On Friendship by Andrew O'Hagan
Essays on friendship from one of the most incisive chroniclers of contemporary Britain.
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The Last Loves of Ronnie Maker by Alice Jolly
A newly-commissioned serial from Alice Jolly about love, loyalty and the meaning of care.
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Still Lives by Jon McGregor
A series of short stories from author Jon McGregor, exploring stillness and still lives.
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Status by Carl Honoré
Status. We don't like to talk about it. Carl Honoré brings it out into the open.
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Yellowface by Rebecca F. Kuang
Rebecca F Kuang’s deliciously dark, witty thriller with a deeply flawed narrator
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The Third Information Crisis by Naomi Alderman
Naomi Alderman argues we are living through the third great information crisis.
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Robert Burns: His Psychotherapy and Cure by Sara Sheridan
A therapist finds herself in conversation with a man claiming to be the poet Robert Burns.
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The Photographer by Max Porter
A life in five photographs. Original fiction series by Max Porter, read by Tim McInnerny.
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The Song Thief by Colin Carberry
An eerie tale of forgotten songs and vengeful spirits by Belfast author Colin Carberry.
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Moving Mountains by Jan Carson
Slemish Mountain, where St Patrick lived, is accidentally sold to a Japanese theme park.
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Death of a Naturalist by Seamus Heaney
BrÃd Brennan, Adrian Dunbar and Stephen Rea read Heaney's 1966 debut poetry collection.
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Golden Eggs
British Asian writers take traditional stories and rework them in contemporary settings.
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For Human Consumption
Three stories about people connected to The Fork, a pay-what-you-feel cafe.
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On Portobello Prom
Sara Sheridan's charming story of young love, big decisions and life on Portobello Prom.
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Breaking Mississippi
The explosive inside story of one man's war against racial segregation in the 1960s.
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