Intriguing new books & classics for your summer
A beguiling series of essays centred on the Renaissance icon Isabella d'Este.
James Joyce's autobiographical modernist masterpiece. Read by Andrew Scott.
A moving memoir by the daughter of assassinated human rights activist Natalya Estemirova.
Defence: Serious Case Operations investigate the murder of a military bandsman in Burnley.
A darkly comic and brilliantly original series for Radio 4 from the acclaimed Naomi Wood.
Joel Budd explores the myths around the stereotype of the 'white working class'.
A thought-provoking new book exploding conventional wisdom about medical diagnoses.
Listen to Sherlock Holmes Short Stories, narrated by Hugh Bonneville.
Dostoevsky's short story is a tale of love and loneliness in 19th-century St Petersburg.
Book of the Week. Five original essays on the power and politics of children鈥檚 fiction.
A.L. Kennedy on the journeys that await readers when they open the covers of a book.
Status. We don't like to talk about it. Carl Honor茅 brings it out into the open.
A newly-commissioned serial from Alice Jolly about love, loyalty and the meaning of care.
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bront毛. Read by Katherine Press. Produced by Anne Bunting.
Read by Susan Jameson. Produced by Ross Burman.
Read by Shaun Mason. Produced by Martha Littlehailes
A glittering, gothic and surreal coming-of-age story with a deadly twist.
A true story about surviving suicide 鈥� narrated by Stephen Graham.
The landmark allegory about hypocrisy and corruption of power.
A powerful memoir from footballer and anti-racism campaigner Troy Deeney.
Special readings from Orwell's dystopian classic, now celebrating its 75th anniversary.
A Highland heist story written for 蜜芽传媒 Radio 4 by Abir Mukherjee. Read by Sudha Bhuchar.
Virginia Woolf鈥檚 comic biography of a time-travelling hero who transforms into a heroine.
A fascinating scientific guide to why looking on the bright side really is good for you.
