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  1. On Friendship by Andrew O'Hagan

    Essays on friendship from one of the most incisive chroniclers of contemporary Britain.

    BBC Radio 4

  2. Vesper Flights by Helen Macdonald (Omnibus)

    Helen Macdonald's reads six essays about her passion and concerns for the natural world.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  3. The Lion, the Witch and the Wonder by Katherine Rundell

    Book of the Week. Five original essays on the power and politics of children’s fiction.

    BBC Radio 4

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  4. A Month in Siena by Hisham Matar (Omnibus)

    Hisham Matar's trip to the city whose painters so influenced his view of art.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  5. Waste Flesh by Gee Williams

    Inspired by George Orwell, Vinny photographs his Welsh community.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  6. The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley

    Kaliane Bradley's best-selling near-future story of intrigue, sex and time-travel.

    BBC Radio 4

  7. On Freedom by Timothy Snyder

    Timothy Snyder's exploration of freedom - and why it's our only chance for survival.

    BBC Radio 4

  8. Difficult Women by Helen Lewis (Omnibus)

    The impact of difficult women who fought for change.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  9. Destiny Waltz by Daphne Glazer

    After 43 years of toil in a kitchen, Annie quits, hoping destiny will come knocking again.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  10. Ramble Book by Adam Buxton (Omnibus)

    Comedian and podcaster Adam Buxton takes a look back at his life.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  11. I'm Here I Think, Where Are You? by Timothy West (Omnibus)

    Timothy West reads from his letters to his wife, Prunella Scales, between 1961 and 1992.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  12. The Blue Hour by Paula Hawkins

    Chilling new thriller from best-selling author Paula Hawkins.

    BBC Radio 4

  13. Every Kind of People by Kathryn Faulke

    Kathryn Faulke's clear-eyed memoir sheds light on the life an NHS home care worker.

    BBC Radio 4

  14. Shattered by Hanif Kureishi

    Hanif Kureishi's powerful and darkly comic memoir of the fall that left him paralysed.

    BBC Radio 4

  15. Precipice by Robert Harris

    A story of intrigue and secrets set in London's corridors of power in the summer of 1914.

    BBC Radio 4

  16. Money by David McWilliams

    Economist David McWilliams charts the relationship between humans and money.

    BBC Radio 4

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  17. Endell Street by Wendy Moore (Omnibus)

    An account of the intrepid, women who set up military hospitals in the First World War.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  18. The Green & The Black by Kit de Waal

    New fiction about the changing face of modern Ireland, as told through one family.

    BBC Radio 4

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  19. Solitary by Steve Aylett

    At school, Solitary had been wrongly chastised, but loved the buzz of false accusation.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  20. The Treehouse by Nawal Gadalla

    Leo hates heights but loves trees.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  21. Our Evenings by Alan Hollinghurst

    The new novel by the Booker Prize-winning author Alan Hollinghurst.

    BBC Radio 4

  22. The Bookshop, The Draper, The Candlestick Maker: A History of the High Street by Annie Gray

    A journey down the high street across time with historian Annie Gray. Read by Hugh Dennis.

    BBC Radio 4

  23. Patriot by Alexei Navalny

    The life of the fearless and inspiring Russian political leader in his own words.

    BBC Radio 4

  24. Dark Tales by Shirley Jackson

    Deliciously dark short stories from the queen of American gothic.

    BBC Radio 4

  25. Your Face Belongs to Us by Kashmir Hill

    A tip-off begins an investigation into the power of facial recognition technology.

    BBC Radio 4

  26. Fall: The Mystery of Robert Maxwell by John Preston (Omnibus)

    The life story of the notorious newspaper owner from birth to his mysterious death.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  27. Will In the World by Stephen Greenblatt (Omnibus)

    Young Shakespeare's first encounter with theatre.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  28. The Pantomime Life of Joseph Grimaldi (Omnibus)

    The story of how a world-famous clown became a superstar of Georgian panto.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  29. South Sea Tales by W. Somerset Maugham

    Short stories inspired by Maugham's travels in the South Seas.

    BBC Radio 4

  30. The Wombles to the Rescue

    The Wombles' supplies begin to run low as humans begin to throw less away.

    BBC Radio 4

  31. The Dead of Winter by Sarah Clegg

    Sarah Clegg explores ancient year-end traditions.

    BBC Radio 4

  32. Seaborne by Nuala O'Connor

    Nuala O'Connor's novel is a rollicking portrayal of the life of Irish pirate Anne Bonny.

    BBC Radio 4

  33. Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton

    Chloe Dalton's memoir about her unlikely and transformative relationship with a wild hare.

    BBC Radio 4

  34. Paddington - Am Mathan à Peru/Paddington – The Bear from Peru

    Linda Macleod and pupils from Calton Gaelic Primary School read Paddington.

    BBC ALBA

  35. Sherlock Holmes Short Stories

    Listen to Sherlock Holmes Short Stories, narrated by Hugh Bonneville.

    BBC Sounds

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  36. Turtle Diary by Russell Hoban

    Daniel Weyman and Katherine Parkinson read Hoban's poignant novel, published in 1975.

    BBC Radio 4

  37. The Oak Papers by James Canton (Omnibus)

    James Canton’s fascinating account all about oak trees.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  38. Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith

    Con artist and murderer Tom Ripley pits his wits against dangerous adversaries in France.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  39. Rye by Alex Preston

    Rye, Sussex, 1804. Zeke is determined to free his father from a prison hulk at Sheeerness.

    BBC Radio 4

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  40. Flush by Virginia Woolf (Omnibus)

    Flush is a young dog given to a very famous writer, Elizabeth Barret Browning.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  41. Lev's Violin by Helena Attlee (Omnibus)

    Helena sets off on a journey to Italy to find out where Lev's violin was made.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  42. Raiders of the Lost Cask by Abir Mukherjee

    A Highland heist story written for BBC Radio 4 by Abir Mukherjee. Read by Sudha Bhuchar.

    BBC Radio 4

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  43. Maurice and Maralyn by Sophie Elmhirst

    An encounter with a whale on the Pacific Ocean leaves Maurice and Maralyn in peril.

    BBC Radio 4

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  44. The Adventures of Miss Barbara Pym (Omnibus)

    Paula Byrne's illuminating biography of the witty - yet somewhat forgotten - novelist.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  45. Vidya Wade by Timothy X Atack

    Maya thinks they've got a ghost. Vidya is the only extra-natural mediator she can find.

    BBC Radio 4

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  46. Twenty Years A-Growing by Maurice O'Sullivan

    Memoirs and reminiscences of life growing up on The Blasket Islands.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  47. The Glassmaker by Tracy Chevalier

    Venice 1486. Orsola Rosso flouts convention, honing her craft to save her family from ruin

    BBC Radio 4

  48. Under a Metal Sky by Philip Marsden

    A journey through the landscape of metals and how they transformed human history.

    BBC Radio 4

  49. Lake Wobegon Days by Garrison Keillor

    A loving re-creation of small-town America, in a place you can’t find on any map

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  50. The Many Lives of James Lovelock by Jonathan Watts

    The life of the extraordinary, controversial polymath scientist and inventor, 1919-2022.

    BBC Radio 4

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