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  1. The King's Painter: The Life and Times of Hans Holbein by Franny Moyle (Omnibus)

    The extraordinary life of the outstanding artist of the 16th Century.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  2. Permanent Violet by Ronald Frame

    Eilidh Brogan reflects on love and art recalling life in France with artist Colin Brogan.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  3. The Jura Affair by William Boyd

    A sparkling new literary whodunnit from the acclaimed author William Boyd.

    BBC Radio 4

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  4. My Dear Kabul by Writers in the Paranda Group

    The diary of a group of women writers in Afghanistan as the Taliban return to power.

    BBC Radio 4

  5. Arctic Dreams by Barry Lopez (Omnibus)

    Modern classic novel celebrating the magic of the Far North.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  6. May and June by Ruth Rendell

    Will May ever be able to forgive her sister for "stealing" her fiancé?

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  7. Permanent Violet by Ronald Frame (Omnibus)

    Eilidh Brogan reflects on love and art recalling life in France with artist Colin Brogan.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  8. Reading Journeys by A.L. Kennedy

    A.L. Kennedy on the journeys that await readers when they open the covers of a book.

    BBC Radio 4

  9. Twist by Colum McCann

    Colum McCann's epic new novel about connection, disconnection and destruction.

    BBC Radio 4

  10. The Age of Diagnosis by Suzanne O'Sullivan

    A thought-provoking new book exploding conventional wisdom about medical diagnoses.

    BBC Radio 4

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  11. Underdogs by Joel Budd

    Joel Budd explores the myths around the stereotype of the 'white working class'.

    BBC Radio 4

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  12. Iris by John Bayley (Omnibus)

    Iris Murdoch's husband, John Bayley, shares the story of her battle with Alzheimer's.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  13. Prophet Song

    Clare Dunne reads Paul Lynch's dystopian novel, winner of the 2023 Booker Prize.

    BBC Radio Ulster

  14. Maurice by E. M. Forster

    EM Forster's groundbreaking novel - completed in 1914, but not published until 1971.

    BBC Radio 4

  15. Maybe I'm Amazed by John Harris

    John Harris's life-affirming account of how music became a lifeline for his autistic son.

    BBC Radio 4

  16. Black Spartacus by Sudhir Hazareesingh (Omnibus)

    Biography of the leader of the slave revolt sparking Haiti’s independence.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  17. One Came Back by Rose McDonagh

    Gothic thriller, exploring the depths of grief, memory and obsession.

    BBC Radio 4

  18. Language City by Ross Perlin

    Linguist Ross Perlin meets speakers of little-known languages across New York.

    BBC Radio 4

  19. How I Learned to Understand the World by Hans Rosling (Omnibus)

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

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  20. The White Cat by E Nesbit

    Three sons compete to inherit the King's estate. Fairytale read by Jenny Agutter.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  21. The Josephine Baker Story by Ean Wood

    Josette Simon reads five extracts from the biography of the extraordinary Josephine Baker.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  22. The North Road by Rob Cowen

    An archaeological dig alongside a busy highway inspires a journey through place and time.

    BBC Radio 4

  23. One More Croissant for the Road by Felicity Cloake (Omnibus)

    Food-writer Felicity Cloake’s gastronomic Tour de France.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  24. The Artist by Lucy Steeds

    An intoxicating debut set in 1920s Provence about art, passion and the chance of freedom.

    BBC Radio 4

  25. Is a River Alive? by Robert Macfarlane

    Robert Macfarlane explores an idea that changes the world - that a river is alive.

    BBC Radio 4

  26. The Madman's Library by Edward Brooke-Hitching (Omnibus)

    Edward Brooke-Hitching’s curiosity over books made him seek out many oddities.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  27. Millions Like Us: Women's Lives in War and Peace 1939-1949 (Omnibus)

    Women's wartime experiences revealed in Virginia Nicholson's account.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  28. The Amur River by Colin Thubron (Omnibus)

    Robert Powell reads Colin Thubron’s account of his epic river journey, from source to sea.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  29. The Boy from the Sea by Garrett Carr

    When a baby boy is found abandoned on a beach in Donegal, a local fisherman takes him in.

    BBC Radio 4

  30. If Then by Jill Lepore (Omnibus)

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

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  31. Nature Cure by Richard Mabey (Omnibus)

    Britain's pioneering nature writer on the link between mental health and the natural world

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  32. Antwerp: the Glory Years by Michael Pye (Omnibus)

    A vivid and lively account of the city in its 16th century heyday.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  33. Shakedowns in Hyperspace by Naomi Wood

    A darkly comic and brilliantly original series for Radio 4 from the acclaimed Naomi Wood.

    BBC Radio 4

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  34. Holding the Line by Barbara Kingsolver

    Barbara Kingsolver's first book; an eyewitness account of a woman-led strike in Arizona.

    BBC Radio 4

  35. Poldark: The Miller's Dance by Winston Graham (Omnibus)

    Richard Goulding concludes the ninth book in Winston Graham's popular Poldark series.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  36. Mistresses by Linda Porter (Omnibus)

    Sex and scandal at the court of Charles II: the women who shared the king's bed.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  37. Disco by Nick Walker

    Defence: Serious Case Operations investigate the murder of a military bandsman in Burnley.

    BBC Radio 4

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  38. Lone Wolf by Adam Weymouth

    A lone wolf's journey through Europe highlights our conflicted relationship with nature.

    BBC Radio 4

  39. Albion by Anna Hope

    A fractured family prepares to bury the man who once dominated their lives.

    BBC Radio 4

  40. Daughters of the Bamboo Grove by Barbara Demick

    China's one-child policy explored through the story of twin girls, separated in 2001.

    BBC Radio 4

  41. Please Live by Lana Estemirova

    A moving memoir by the daughter of assassinated human rights activist Natalya Estemirova.

    BBC Radio 4

  42. The Vanishing Futurist by Charlotte Hobson (Omnibus)

    Early in 1914, Gerty Freely travels from Cornwall to Russia to work as a governess.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  43. White Nights by Dostoevsky

    Dostoevsky's short story is a tale of love and loneliness in 19th-century St Petersburg.

    BBC Radio 4

  44. Summer by Edith Wharton

    Wharton's classic 1917 tale of forbidden passion, read by Lydia Wilson.

    BBC Radio 4

  45. Unearthing the Past by Sarah Dunant

    A beguiling series of essays centred on the Renaissance icon Isabella d'Este.

    BBC Radio 4

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  46. Taste: My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci (Omnibus)

    Actor, director and gourmand Stanley Tucci reads his intimate memoir of a culinary life.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  47. Private Angelo by Eric Linklater

    Eric Linklater's witty and compassionate satire on the folly of war. Read by Carl Prekopp.

    BBC Radio 4

  48. The Secret Painter by Joe Tucker

    The story of the artist Eric Tucker, often dubbed the 'secret Lowry'. Read by Paul Ready.

    BBC Radio 4

  49. My Week With Marilyn by Colin Clark (Omnibus)

    The charming memoir of a young man's brief, but luminous, friendship with Marilyn Monroe.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  50. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson (Omnibus)

    A spinster lands a job which turns out to be a real education.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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