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  1. Storytelling

    Marjolein Robertson tells the traditional trowie story The Hillswick Wedding.

    BBC Radio Scotland

  2. Melmoth by Sarah Perry

    Sarah Perry's modern Gothic novel set in Prague. Read by Greta Scacchi and Anton Lesser.

    BBC Radio 4

  3. Mad, Bad, Dangerous to Know by Colm Tóibín

    Colm Toibin reads from his new book about the fathers of three of Ireland's great writers.

    BBC Radio 4

  4. Ghost Story

    Series of five ghost stories originally broadcast in 1986 and 1987.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  5. Adrian Mole: The Wilderness Years

    The third book Adrian Mole series by Sue Townsend. It is now 1991 and our diarist is 23.

    BBC Radio 4

  6. Middle England by Jonathan Coe

    Jonathan Coe's new novel for our strange new times, read by Jeff Rawle.

    BBC Radio 4

  7. Becoming by Michelle Obama (Omnibus)

    Michelle Obama reads from her eagerly awaited memoir.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  8. Barbara Kingsolver - Unsheltered

    Novel by Barbara Kingsolver. Abridged by Sian Preece. Read by Laurel Lefkow

    BBC Radio 4

  9. Born Lippy by Jo Brand

    'Born Lippy, How to do Female' is Jo Brand's darkly funny guide to life.

    BBC Radio 4

  10. Handel in London - The Making of a Genius by Jane Glover

    Jane Glover's vivid account of the German composer's life in 18th-century London.

    BBC Radio 4

  11. Bolder: Making the Most of Our Longer Lives by Carl Honoré

    Carl Honore discusses a revolution in our approach to ageing.

    BBC Radio 4

  12. Blowing the Bloody Doors Off by Michael Caine

    Sir Michael Caine reads his memoir of a life in TV, theatre and the movies.

    BBC Radio 4

  13. Christmas Compass

    Four contemporary stories from four corners of the British Isles.

    BBC Radio 4

  14. Bernard Cribbins

    Bernard Cribbins celebrates his 90th birthday with some treasures from the BBC Archives.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  15. The Diaries of Adrian Mole

    Harry McEntire reads Sue Townsend's hilarious diaries of Adrian Mole.

    BBC Radio 4

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  16. The Theft by Jennifer Johnston

    A strange theft by a mysterious child is never forgotten. Will it ever be resolved?

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  17. Blowing the Bloody Doors Off by Michael Caine (Omnibus)

    Sir Michael Caine reads his memoir of a life in TV, theatre and the movies.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  18. The Leopard, by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa

    Lampedusa's epic tale of the decline and fall of a family of Sicilian aristocrats.

    BBC Radio 4

  19. Blackwater by Claire McGowan

    A multi-voiced dark story about secrets and lies in a small town

    BBC Radio 4

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  20. Classic Stories

    A collection of timeless fiction from the literary greats.

    BBC Sounds

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  21. Bill Paterson - A Very Bad Thing

    Bill Paterson reads his own warm-hearted reminiscences of a boyhood adventure in Glasgow.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  22. Washington Black

    Esi Edugyan's epic historical novel, abridged by Jeremy Osborne and read by Alex Lanipekun

    BBC Radio 4

  23. Girl With Dove by Sally Bayley

    Sally Bayley recalls how a strange home life made her bond with characters from books.

    BBC Radio 4

  24. The Rat King by John Connolly

    Unnerving, macabre retelling of the Pied Piper tale.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  25. Girl With Dove by Sally Bayley (Omnibus)

    Sally Bayley recalls how a strange home life made her bond with characters from books.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  26. The Year of the Cat by Nawal Gadalla

    A cat imagines life as a human.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  27. How To Be A Woman by Caitlin Moran (Omnibus)

    Caitlin Moran narrates her bestselling comic memoir.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  28. Rabbit at Rest

    The 4th part of John Updike's Pullitzer Prize-winning 'Rabbit' series, read by Toby Jones.

    BBC Radio 4

  29. Michael Carson - The Paradise Hotel

    Will Miss Flynn and Miss Pearce find ‘Paradise’ as heavenly as they expect?

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  30. Short Stories by Elizabeth Bowen

    Three short stories by Irish novelist Elizabeth Bowen.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  31. A Ladder to the Sky by John Boyne

    Seductive thriller about a writer who won't let anything stand in the way of his ambitions

    BBC Radio 4

  32. A Ladder to the Sky by John Boyne (Omnibus)

    Acclaimed novelist Erich Ackermann is approached by a young man claiming to be a fan.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  33. Golden Child by Claire Adam

    Don Warrington reads Claire Adam's debut novel about betrayal, love and terrible choices.

    BBC Radio 4

  34. Birds of a Feather by Daphne Glazer

    A middle-aged waitress falls for a footloose poet and pigeon fancier.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  35. Maya Angelou: A Song Flung up to Heaven (Omnibus)

    Maya’s shocked by the apathetic reaction to Malcolm X's assassination.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  36. War Doctor (Omnibus)

    Frontline trauma surgeon, David Nott, reads from his remarkable memoir.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  37. Walter Gropius: Visionary Founder of the Bauhaus (Omnibus)

    Eleanor Bron reads Fiona McCarthy’s biography of Bauhaus founder, Walter Gropius.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  38. 'Cherry' Ingram: The Englishman who saved Japan's Blossoms

    Cherry blossoms are synonymous with Japan and the United Kingdom, but what is their story?

    BBC Radio 4

  39. The Wall

    New dystopian novel from John Lanchester, author of Capital and The Debt to Pleasure.

    BBC Radio 4

  40. Hunger by Roxane Gay

    How Roxane set out to make a fortress of her body in the aftermath of a violent assault.

    BBC Radio 4

  41. The Mason's Coin by Patrick Carroll

    A tradesman makes a fascinating discovery behind a wall.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  42. The Wall by John Lanchester (Omnibus)

    A ravaged island nation has built the Wall. Joseph Kavanagh must defend it.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  43. The Pianist of Yarmouk (Omnibus)

    Aeham Ahmad’s dramatic story of how he defied the war in Syria with his music.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  44. The Nature of Spring by Jim Crumley

    Nature writer Jim Crumley paints a captivating picture of Scotland's wilderness in spring.

    BBC Radio 4

  45. The Psalms

    Jeremy Irons reads from the Book of Psalms - the most beautiful poetry in the Bible.

    BBC Radio 4

  46. At the Foot of the Cross

    A reflection in words and music for Good Friday with Padraig O’Tuama.

    BBC Radio Ulster

  47. Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams

    Meet Queenie. She's a funny, intelligent, loving, expressive, dramatic, catastrophist.

    BBC Radio 4

  48. Adrian Mole and The Weapons of Mass Destruction (Omnibus)

    Sue Townsend's diary of Adrian Mole restarts in 2002 as the Iraq War is looming.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  49. Shena Mackay - Shalimar

    The story of a crazy, yellow dog read by Annette Crosbie.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  50. Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan

    Anton Lesser reads Ian McEwan's new novel, which reimagines life and times in the 1980s.

    BBC Radio 4

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