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  1. Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake

    A remarkable account of how fungi make our worlds, change our minds and shape our futures

    BBC Radio 4

  2. Grief Is The Thing With Feathers by Max Porter

    A deeply moving and highly original book about the sudden loss of a loved one.

    BBC Radio 4

  3. My American by Stella Gibbons

    Stella Gibbons' romantic novel read by Jan Ravens and abridged by Kate McAll

    BBC Radio 4

  4. The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

    Between life and death there is a library - The Midnight Library.

    BBC Radio 4

  5. How To Make The World Add Up by Tim Harford

    Tim Harford reads from his new book decoding the truth behind statistics.

    BBC Radio 4

  6. A Promised Land by Barack Obama

    Barack Obama reads from the gripping first volume of his presidential memoirs.

    BBC Radio 4

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  7. An Almost Perfect Christmas by Nina Stibbe

    Short stories and personal reflections on the joys and insanity of Christmas.

    BBC Radio 4

  8. In the Castle of My Skin by George Lamming

    A lyrical coming-of-age novel set amid the collapse of colonial rule in Barbados.

    BBC Radio 4

  9. A History of the Bible by John Barton

    Hugh Bonneville tells the story of the Bible and of the two faiths that hold it sacred.

    BBC Radio 4

  10. Love by Roddy Doyle

    Comic, yet moving portrait of the many forms love can take. Read by Brendan Gleeson

    BBC Radio Ulster

  11. Coming of Age: Letters to 2021

    As the century turns 21, five essayists offer their personal appraisals and advice.

    BBC Radio 4

  12. The Snow And The Works On The Northern Line by Ruth Thomas

    Ell Potter reads Ruth Thomas's funny, sharply-observed story of betrayal and revenge.

    BBC Radio 4

  13. If Then by Jill Lepore

    The true story of how a data company in '60s America invented the future we now live in.

    BBC Radio 4

  14. English Pastoral by James Rebanks

    English Pastoral: An Inheritance. New bestseller from the author of The Shepherd's Life.

    BBC Radio 4

  15. The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman

    Richard Osman's bestselling crime novel, read by Haydn Gwynne.

    BBC Radio 4

  16. I Want You To Know We're Still Here by Esther Safran Foer

    The riveting and moving story of four generations living in the shadow of the Holocaust.

    BBC Radio 4

  17. Karachi Vice by Samira Shackle

    Karachi Vice by Samira Shackle

    BBC Radio 4

  18. Rumpole for the Defence

    Leo McKern reads John Mortimer's tales of the Old Bailey's hack, Horace Rumpole.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  19. Fall: The Mystery of Robert Maxwell by John Preston

    Henry Goodman reads John Preston's jaw-dropping biography of the notorious business tycoon

    BBC Radio 4

  20. Light Perpetual by Francis Spufford

    1944: Five young lives are ended. But what of their possible futures? What if?

    BBC Radio 4

  21. How to Avoid a Climate Disaster by Bill Gates

    Bill Gates sets out his wide-ranging plan for the world to avoid a climate catastrophe.

    BBC Radio 4

  22. Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers

    A novel of unexpected second chances set in 1950s England.

    BBC Radio 4

  23. Bessie Smith by Jackie Kay

    A portrait of the tempestuous life of the iconic blues singer by Jackie Kay.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  24. Slow Rise: A Bread-Making Adventure

    Adrian Scarborough reads from Robert Penn's account of his search for the perfect bread.

    BBC Radio 4

  25. Women vs Hollywood by Helen O'Hara

    Film critic Helen O'Hara celebrates Hollywood's female pioneers.

    BBC Radio 4

  26. Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

    Kazuo Ishiguro's first novel since winning the Nobel Prize, read by Lydia Wilson.

    BBC Radio 4

  27. The Photographer at Sixteen by George Szirtes

    George Szirtes reads his award-winning memoir about his mother.

    BBC Radio 4

  28. One Night in Paradise

    Three stories set in a rundown seaside hotel. By Bethan Roberts. Read by Alexandria Riley.

    BBC Radio 4

  29. White Fang by Jack London

    The journeys and adventures of a wild wolfdog during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush.

    BBC Radio 4

  30. One Two Three Four - The Beatles In Time by Craig Brown

    A fascinating biography of the Fab Four that echoes the frenetic hurly-burly of an era.

    BBC Radio 4

  31. Dream Story by Arthur Schnitzler

    Paul Rhys reads Arthur Schnitzler's psychological exploration of a marriage

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  32. Deborah Frances-White Introduces...

    Deborah Frances-White gives storytellers the prompt of The Devil You Know.

    BBC Radio 4

  33. Lev's Violin by Helena Attlee

    An Italian adventure by Helena Attlee. Read by Fenella Woolgar.

    BBC Radio 4

  34. Swipe Right

    Short stories from the best writers.

    BBC Radio 4

  35. Enchanted Isle

    Five modern folktales specially commissioned from writers around the UK

    BBC Radio 4

  36. The Musical Human by Michael Spitzer

    Michael Spitzer tells what his book's subtitle claims to be 'A History of Life on Earth'.

    BBC Radio 4

  37. We Are All Birds Of Uganda by Hafsa Zayyan

    In her debut novel, Zayyan takes us from East Africa to the East Midlands and back again.

    BBC Radio 4

  38. The Adventures of Miss Barbara Pym by Paula Byrne

    A joyous and illuminating new biography of one of the 20th century's wittiest novelists.

    BBC Radio 4

  39. Ùrachadh le Fionnlagh Macleòid

    Sgeulachd ghoirid le Fionnlagh Macleòid.

    BBC Radio nan Gàidheal

  40. Fresh Air Fiend by Paul Theroux (Omnibus)

    Stuart Milligan reads Paul Theroux's best selling collection of travel essays.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  41. Peter Ustinov - Dear Me

    Actor, writer, all round entertainer Sir Peter Ustinov reads his autobiography.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  42. The King's Painter: The Life and Times of Hans Holbein by Franny Moyle

    The extraordinary life of Hans Holbein, the outstanding artist of the 16th century.

    BBC Radio 4

  43. Lean, Fall, Stand by Jon McGregor

    The electrifying new novel from Jon McGregor following an Antarctic expedition gone wrong.

    BBC Radio 4

  44. Empty Stages

    Short stories from the best writers

    BBC Radio 4

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  45. Other Minds: The Octopus And The Evolution Of Intelligent Life by Peter Godfrey-Smith

    Philosopher and scuba-diver Peter Godfrey-Smith explores the intelligence of the octopus.

    BBC Radio 4

  46. The Things We Leave Behind

    Mary Paulson-Ellis tells the story of a life in five objects. Read by Alexandra Mathie.

    BBC Radio 4

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  47. No Room for Secrets by Joanna Lumley (Omnibus)

    Joanna Lumley reads her autobiography - using the theme of rooms in a house.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  48. How I Learned To Understand The World by Hans Rosling

    Data visionary Hans Rosling looks back at the encounters that shaped his world view.

    BBC Radio 4

  49. Snowflake by Louise Nealon

    A story about growing up and leaving home, only to find that you've taken it with you.

    BBC Radio 4

  50. Careless by Kirsty Capes

    The frank and feisty story of a young girl in care. A debut novel from Kirsty Capes

    BBC Radio 4

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