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  1. The War of the Worlds by HG Wells

    Read by Michael Bertenshaw. Produced by Martha Littlehailes.

    BBC Sounds

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  2. Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

    Read by Susan Jameson. Produced by Ross Burman.

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  3. Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell (Omnibus)

    What should we should know about the people we don’t know?

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  4. The Testaments

    Margaret Atwood's powerful and hugely-anticipated sequel to The Handmaid's Tale.

    BBC Radio 4

  5. Who Am I, Again?

    Lenny Henry tells the extraordinary story of his early years and sudden rise to fame.

    BBC Radio 4

  6. The Europeans by Orlando Figes (Omnibus)

    A love triangle amid huge cultural change in Europe. Read by Hugh Bonneville.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  7. Margaret Thatcher: Herself Alone

    The third volume in Charles Moore's definitive biography of Margaret Thatcher.

    BBC Radio 4

  8. The Confession by Jessie Burton

    The new novel by Jessie Burton, bestselling author of The Miniaturist and The Muse.

    BBC Radio 4

  9. The Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson

    Bill Bryson reads from his fascinating, witty and surprising journey around the human body

    BBC Radio 4

  10. Me

    Elton John’s candid, funny and irreverent account of his extraordinary life.

    BBC Radio 4

  11. The Confession by Jessie Burton (Omnibus)

    The new novel by Jessie Burton, bestselling author of The Miniaturist and The Muse.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  12. Rabbit Remembered

    Ten years after Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom has died, his illegitimate daughter turns up.

    BBC Radio 4

  13. Homecoming by Colin Grant

    The people of the Windrush generation tell their stories in the new book by Colin Grant.

    BBC Radio 4

  14. Starve Acre

    A brooding gothic horror set in the Yorkshire Dales from the author of The Lonely.

    BBC Radio 4

  15. The Great Flood: Travels Through a Sodden Landscape

    Author Edward Platt explores the way floods have shaped the physical landscape of Britain.

    BBC Radio 4

  16. Bog Child

    By Siobhan Dowd. Award-winning novel set on the Northern Irish border during the Troubles.

    BBC Radio 4

  17. The Man in the Red Coat

    Julian Barnes's biography of the pioneering Belle Epoque Parisian surgeon Samuel Pozzi.

    BBC Radio 4

  18. A Run in the Park by David Park

    A group of strangers in Belfast form a group to complete a 5K parkrun in just nine weeks.

    BBC Radio 4

  19. The Anarchy

    William Dalrymple's history of the East India Company and how it came to subdue India.

    BBC Radio 4

  20. Stories by Alasdair Gray

    Stories from the brilliant, funny and original Alasdair Gray.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  21. The Man in the Red Coat by Julian Barnes (Omnibus)

    Julian Barnes' account of Belle Epoque Paris is inspired by a portrait of Dr Pozzi.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  22. George Eliot: A Life in Five Characters

    Five contemporary writers paint a multi-faceted portrait of this great Victorian novelist.

    BBC Radio 4

  23. Candide

    Adrian Scarborough reads Voltaire's witty 18th century novel of ideas about good and evil.

    BBC Radio 4

  24. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

    Lewis Carroll’s curiouser and curiouser tale of a girl discovering a strange new world.

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  25. Richard Cutler - A North East Wind

    Andrei has been reclusive since retiring, but discovers a new love of life.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  26. The Anarchy by William Dalrymple (Omnibus)

    A history of the East India Company and how it came to subdue India.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  27. Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell

    Mrs Gaskell’s much-loved portrait of life in a small town and its female inhabitants.

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  28. Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton

    Edith Wharton’s novella about a young man attempting to escape a loveless marriage.

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  29. Gullivers Travels by Jonathan Swift

    Jonathan Swift’s satire following Lemuel Gulliver’s strange travels through odd lands.

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  30. Orlando by Virginia Woolf

    Virginia Woolf’s comic biography of a time-travelling hero who transforms into a heroine.

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  31. The Call of the Wild by Jack London

    Jack London’s tale of one dog's unbreakable spirit and survival in the Alaskan Klondike.

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  32. The Turn of the Screw by Henry James

    Henry James’ chilling novella about a governess and two children on a haunted estate.

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  33. The Railway Children by E. Nesbit

    E Nesbit’s heart-warming story of three siblings hoping to be reunited with their father.

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  34. The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan

    John Buchan’s thrilling tale of derring-do, secrets and spies set in the shadows of war.

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  35. Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

    Kenneth Grahame’s jolly riverside romp with the eccentric Mr. Toad and his animal chums.

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  36. Grandmothers by Salley Vickers

    Three very different women's lives collide in Salley Vickers' tender new novel.

    BBC Radio 4

  37. The Pulse Glass

    Gillian Tindall's book on family history and the meanings of the objects that survive us.

    BBC Radio 4

  38. Candide (Omnibus)

    Voltaire’s 18th century novel about good and evil: Candide's adventures begin.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  39. George Eliot: A Life in Five Characters (Omnibus)

    George Eliot's life through five of her characters

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  40. Dark Matter by Michelle Paver

    Michelle Paver's terrifying 1930s ghost story, set in the wilderness of the Arctic Circle.

    BBC Radio 4

  41. Three-a-Penny

    Diana Quick reads the autobiography of Lucy Malleson, a detective writer of the 1930s.

    BBC Radio 4

  42. William Gibson - Pattern Recognition

    Lorelei King reads William Gibson's fast-moving thriller about 'Coolhunter' Cayce.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  43. Letters From Tove by Tove Jansson

    Letters from Tove offers an almost seamless commentary on Tove Jansson's life.

    BBC Radio 4

  44. Last Christmas

    Emma Thompson and Greg Wise's collection of personal essays about the meaning of Christmas

    BBC Radio 4

  45. The Secret Commonwealth

    Simon Russell Beale reads the second volume of Philip Pullman's Book of Dust trilogy.

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  46. Surfacing, by Kathleen Jamie

    Exquisite, clear-eyed essays on memory, archaeology and nature by the poet Kathleen Jamie.

    BBC Radio 4

  47. The Special Sale by Maeve Binchy

    A romantic tale centred on a fancy Dublin restaurant. Read by Dervla Kirwan.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  48. Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats

    TS Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats read by Jeremy Irons

    BBC Radio 4

  49. Unfollow by Megan Phelps-Roper

    A memoir of growing up in the notorious Westboro Baptist Church.

    BBC Radio 4

  50. Unreliable Memoirs

    Clive James reads the first part of his autobiography on his early life in Australia.

    BBC Radio 4

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