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  1. Beautiful Strangeness by Rebecca Stott

    Five original essays on how the mysterious is woven into the ordinary and the everyday.

    BBC Radio 4

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  2. Heartstones by Ruth Rendell

    Elvira,16, suffering with anorexia, has rivals for her widowed father's attention

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  3. Passing by Nella Larsen (Omnibus)

    Chicago 1925: Clare and Irene meet once again after decades - one has hidden her identity.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  4. The Spire by William Golding

    In Golding's novel, one man's obsession endangers an entire community in Medieval England.

    BBC Radio 4

  5. Wolf Moon: A Woman's Journey into the Night by Arifa Akbar

    An elegant exploration of how the night shapes the mind, culture and society.

    BBC Radio 4

  6. On Consolation by Michael Ignatieff (Omnibus)

    William Hope reads five profound and inspirational essays on the language of consolation.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  7. Speed of Light by Laura Cumming

    Laura Cumming explores a 19th-century technological revolution in photography.

    BBC Radio 4

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  8. Metaphysical Animals by Clare MacCumhaill & Rachael Wiseman (Omnibus)

    The story of how four brilliant friends approached philosophy after the Second World War.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  9. My Name Escapes Me by Sir Alec Guinness (Omnibus)

    Sir Alec Guinness reads from his own bestselling diary entries from 1995 to 1996.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  10. An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro

    The classic 1986 novel from the Nobel Prize-winning author of The Remains of the Day.

    BBC Radio 4

  11. I Didn't Get Where I Am Today by David Nobbs (Omnibus)

    The creator of Reginal Perrin reads from his autobiography.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  12. Trauma Industrial Complex by Darren McGarvey

    The Orwell Prize-winner explores how oversharing became a product in our digital world.

    BBC Radio 4

  13. Florie by Colette

    A beautiful dancer falls for a young juggler, but is art more important than love?

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  14. Lake Wobegon Days by Garrison Keillor

    “In Lake Wobegon…. I knew summer was an experiment that didn’t work"

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  15. Crooked Cross by Sally Carson

    Sally Carson's rediscovered 1934 novel about the rise of Hitler.

    BBC Radio 4

  16. Nesting by Roisín O'Donnell

    Roisín O'Donnell's novel explores coercive control and one woman's bid to start over.

    BBC Radio 4

  17. The Cure for Good Intentions by Sophie Harrison (Omnibus)

    Sophie Harrison gives up success in publishing to re-train as a doctor.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  18. Mother Mary Comes to Me by Arundhati Roy

    Arundhati Roy's memoir of her early life, and her relationship with her formidable mother.

    BBC Radio 4

  19. The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux

    The Phantom lurks in the Paris Opera House, obsessed with a young singer, Christine

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  20. Mrs Robinson by Helen Cross

    At the height of a TB epidemic, Mrs Robinson meets dissolute poet Branwell Brontë.

    BBC Radio 4

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  21. The Finest Hotel in Kabul by Lyse Doucet

    Lyse Doucet reads her vivid account of how Afghans have survived decades of conflict.

    BBC Radio 4

  22. Ghost Train to the Eastern Star (Omnibus)

    Paul Theroux retraces his journey in 'The Great Railway Bazaar'. Read by Stuart Milligan.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  23. The Plot Against America by Philip Roth

    Roth's 2004 novel following his own family's fortunes in an alternative-historical America

    BBC Radio 4

  24. A History of England in 25 Poems by Catherine Clarke

    A history of England exploring the ways in which poetry has shaped English identity.

    BBC Radio 4

  25. Thrilling Stories of the Railway by Victor Lorenzo Whitechurch (Omnibus)

    Edwardian sleuth Thorpe Hazell uses his railway expertise to solve audacious crimes.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  26. Dangerous Miracle by Liam Shaw

    Biologist Liam Shaw digs into the history of one of humanity's greatest medical advances.

    BBC Radio 4

  27. Helm by Sarah Hall

    Sarah Hall's novel about nature, people and the sliver of time we have left.

    BBC Radio 4

  28. Fly, Wild Swans by Jung Chang

    The sequel to Jung Chang's global bestseller, Wild Swans.

    BBC Radio 4

  29. Searching For Schindler: A Memoir by Thomas Keneally (Omnibus)

    Thomas Keneally's account of his discovery of the story of Oskar Schindler.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  30. The Escape Artist by Jonathan Freedland (Omnibus)

    How a courageous young Jew escaped Auschwitz to reveal its horrors.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  31. Jane Austen Stories

    Listen to Jane Austen’s classic tales, narrated by Julie Andrews.

    BBC Sounds

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  32. An Immense World by Ed Yong (Omnibus)

    Ed Yong leads us into the sensory perceptions of the animal realm.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  33. And When Did You Last See Your Father? by Blake Morrison (Omnibus)

    Blake Morrison reads his award-winning tribute to his father.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  34. 1929 by Andrew Ross Sorkin

    Andrew Ross Sorkin's gripping account of the greatest crash in Wall Street history.

    BBC Radio 4

  35. The Last Days of Roger Federer by Geoff Dyer (Omnibus)

    Geoff Dyer playfully considers the last days and last works of artists and athletes.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  36. North Woods by Daniel Mason

    The story of a single New England house over the course of several centuries.

    BBC Radio 4

  37. Death of an Ordinary Man by Sarah Perry

    Sarah Perry's powerful memoir about the last days of her father-in-law David's life.

    BBC Radio 4

  38. Every Last Fish by Rose George

    Take a deep dive with Rose George as she explores the complex and slippery world of fish.

    BBC Radio 4

  39. O Now by Niall Williams

    Dermot Crowley reads a new fiction serial from the acclaimed Irish author Niall Williams.

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  40. Intimate Histories by Hallie Rubenhold

    Hallie Rubenhold challenges the ideas of what history is and the stories it can tell.

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  41. The Accident Report Book by Joe Dunthorne

    Marian has to write up a bizarre workplace accident - original fiction by Joe Dunthorne.

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  42. And June Whitfield (Omnibus)

    Dame June Whitfield reads her own story of life as a legendary actress.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  43. Virginia and Katherine by Alison MacLeod

    A story about the friendship and rivalry between Virginia Woolf and Katherine Mansfield.

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  44. Takeaway by Angela Hui (Omnibus)

    Angela Hui recalls growing up at her parents’ Chinese takeaway in Wales.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  45. Teller of the Unexpected: The Life of Roald Dahl (Omnibus)

    Biography of the controversial creator of many much-loved literary characters.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  46. The End of Family? By Zoe Strimpel

    Zoe Strimpel asks thought-provoking questions about the family in contemporary Britain.

    BBC Radio 4

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  47. Small Boat by Vincent Delecroix

    Drama inspired by the events surrounding the deaths of 27 migrants in the English Channel.

    BBC Radio 4

  48. Upon a White Horse by Peter Ross

    Peter Ross celebrates the landscape and people of prehistoric Britain and Ireland.

    BBC Radio 4

  49. Heart Lamp by Banu Mushtaq

    Short stories from Banu Mushtaq's 2025 International Booker Prize-winning collection.

    BBC Radio 4

  50. Mary Macdonald's Big Trip by Alexander McCall Smith

    On retirement from her Hebridean school, Miss Macdonald plans the adventure of a lifetime.

    BBC Radio 4

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