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  1. Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason

    Meg Mason's achingly funny yet heartbreakingly tender portrait of modern love and life.

    BBC Radio 4

  2. Beautiful Country by Qian Julie Wang

    A powerful and moving memoir about growing up as an illegal immigrant in America.

    BBC Radio 4

  3. Antwerp: the Glory Years by Michael Pye

    A history of 16th-century Antwerp from the author of The Edge of the World.

    BBC Radio 4

  4. The Strange and The Sinister by William Croft Dickinson

    Stories of the supernatural by historian and author William Croft Dickinson

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  5. Wintering by Katherine May

    A thought-provoking, generous celebration of life's dark seasons and fallow times.

    BBC Radio 4

  6. Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan

    Local coal merchant Bill Furlong prepares for Christmas with his wife and five daughters.

    BBC Radio 4

  7. On Seamus Heaney by Roy Foster

    Adrian Dunbar reads an eloquent account of one of the greatest poets of the 20th century.

    BBC Radio 4

  8. The Fly-By-Night by Terry Jones

    The enchanting tale of a little girl who goes on a magical adventure.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  9. Maeve Binchy Short Stories (Omnibus)

    Five short stories by one of Ireland’s most revered writers.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  10. Joseph and the Three Gifts - An Angel's Story by Brian Sibley

    Alex Jennings reads Brian Sibley's imaginative retelling of the Christmas story.

    BBC Radio 4

  11. Taste: My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci

    Actor Stanley Tucci's intimate and charming memoir of life in and out of the kitchen.

    BBC Radio 4

  12. The Princess Bride

    William Goldman's witty cult classic of true love and high adventure.

    BBC Radio 4

  13. Just William - The Great Performer by Richmal Crompton

    Laughter on the air with Martin Jarvis and another bunch of five classic exploits.

    BBC Radio 4

  14. Two Minute Tales - A Wish For Christmas

    Gyasi Sheppy presents the finalists of the Two Minute Tales short story competition.

    BBC Radio Ulster

  15. The Valley at the Centre of the World by Malachy Tallack (Omnibus)

    Two-part omnibus edition of Malachy Tallack's tale of a community living on Shetland.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  16. Viewfinders: Ways of Seeing at 50

    Five writers on looking at pictures, in celebration of John Berger's 1972 TV series.

    BBC Radio 4

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  17. How to Kill Your Family by Bella Mackie

    Grace is on a mission: to kill off her relatives. Bella Mackie’s darkly comic novel.

    BBC Radio 4

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  18. Islands of Abandonment by Cal Flyn

    A book about abandoned places and what happens when nature is allowed to reclaim them.

    BBC Radio 4

  19. Paradise by Abdulrazak Gurnah

    Coming of age story set in an Africa increasingly corrupted by colonialism and violence.

    BBC Radio 4

  20. Bright Lights, Dead City

    An American film crew descends on a Northern Irish city to make a lavish drama series.

    BBC Radio 4

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  21. It's Always Summer Somewhere by Felix White

    Felix White's funny and moving memoir about cricket, grief and life in The Maccabees.

    BBC Radio 4

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  22. Parcel Arrived Safely: Tied With String (Omnibus)

    Michael Crawford reads from his autobiography, including some Frank Spencer-like moments.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  23. Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

    Sian Thomas reads Virginia Woolf's classic modernist novel, set over one day in 1923.

    BBC Radio 4

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  24. Worn by Sofi Thanhauser

    American author Sofi Thanhauser explores stories of craft and labour through five fabrics.

    BBC Radio 4

  25. It's Always Summer Somewhere

    Felix White's funny and moving memoir about cricket, grief and life in The Maccabees.

    BBC Radio 4

  26. Free: Coming of Age at the End of History by Lea Ypi

    Lea Ypi's account of growing up in communist Albania in the 1980s and 90s.

    BBC Radio 4

  27. Paw Tracks in the Moonlight by Denis O'Connor (Omnibus)

    Denis O’Connor’s charming chronicle of one man and his cat. Read by Kevin Whately.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  28. Wintering by Katherine May (Omnibus)

    A thought-provoking, generous celebration of life’s dark seasons and fallow times

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  29. On Consolation by Michael Ignatieff

    Michael Ignatieff explores the language of consolation through a series of five portraits

    BBC Radio 4

  30. Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

    Piranesi lives in the House. Perhaps he always has. Winner of the Women's Prize 2021.

    BBC Radio 4

  31. Treeline by Ben Rawlence

    Ben Rawlence's unflinching account of what the moving treeline will mean for humanity.

    BBC Radio 4

  32. Violets by Alex Hyde

    Two women navigate war and motherhood in a lyrical story of love, loss and courage.

    BBC Radio 4

  33. Metaphysical Animals by Clare MacCumhaill and Rachael Wiseman

    How four brilliant women brought philosophy back to life in Second-World-War Oxford.

    BBC Radio 4

  34. A Bookshop in Algiers by Kaouther Adimi

    Adimi's third novel, inspired by an extraordinary true story, celebrates the love of books

    BBC Radio 4

  35. The Two of Us by Sheila Hancock (Omnibus)

    Sheila Hancock reads her own and husband John's life stories, framed by her diaries.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  36. Sea Change by Alix Nathan

    Separated by a freakish accident, a mother and daughter try to find each other again.

    BBC Radio 4

  37. Making History: The Storytellers Who Shaped The Past by Richard Cohen

    An epic exploration of who writes about the past and how they influence our ideas today.

    BBC Radio 4

  38. Our Friends in the North

    Peter Flannery's own adaptation of his highly acclaimed TV series for BBC Radio 4.

    BBC Radio 4

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  39. The Librarian by Salley Vickers (Omnibus)

    Salley Vickers' lyrical tribute read by Barbara Flynn.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  40. Passing by Nella Larsen

    Nella Larsen's intense, taut portrayal of lives and identities dangerously colliding.

    BBC Radio 4

  41. Short Stories by LP Hartley

    Tales from the British novelist and short story writer.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  42. When the Dust Settles by Lucy Easthope

    Book of the Week. Lucy Easthope's memoir about her career in disaster planning.

    BBC Radio 4

  43. The Female Persuasion by Meg Wolitzer (Omnibus)

    A disturbing incident alters the whole way a young student looks at her life.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  44. Spring Stories

    Original short stories for radio.

    BBC Radio 4

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  45. The Promise by Damon Galgut

    2021's Booker Prize-winner, charting the decline and fall of a white South African family.

    BBC Radio 4

  46. Hybrid Humans by Harry Parker

    Harry Parker on cutting edge advances in rehabilitating the body after injury and illness.

    BBC Radio 4

  47. The Man Who Invented Motion Pictures by Paul Fischer

    The story of the invention of the motion picture and the mysterious man behind it.

    BBC Radio 4

  48. At the Foot of the Cross

    The Rev Cheryl Meban presents a reflection in words and music for Good Friday.

    BBC Radio Ulster

  49. Preventable by Devi Sridhar

    Devi Sridhar's book takes the Covid-19 story to show how global politics shape our health.

    BBC Radio 4

  50. These Days by Lucy Caldwell

    Lucy Caldwell's story of two sisters set against the backdrop of the 1941 Belfast Blitz.

    BBC Radio 4

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