Brighter days are here so indulge in classic books & popular best-sellers.
NHS nurse Dorcas Gwata reveals the impact of London's gang culture on mental health.
Douglas Stuart's tender and unflinching novel about belonging.
Neil Shea's expansive yet intimate revelation of the Arctic during a time of crisis.
The story of the residents of Weimar during the rise and reign of Hitler.
A contemporary gothic thriller from award-winning author Claire Fuller.
Robert Webb reads his funny and moving memoir.
Marine microbiologist Jeffrey Marlow explores the deep ocean - one of our last frontiers.
A specially commissioned story from American author Lionel Shriver.
Read by Susan Jameson. Produced by Ross Burman.
Lewis Carroll’s curiouser and curiouser tale of a girl discovering a strange new world.
Jonathan Swift’s satire following Lemuel Gulliver’s strange travels through odd lands.
A specially commissioned five-part serial by best-selling novelist Rachel Joyce.
A writer's journey through the experience of otherness.
Julie Hesmondhalgh narrates a new ghost story, set on the shifting sands of Morecambe Bay.
A fascinating scientific guide to why looking on the bright side really is good for you.
A whodunnit and a portrait of a very ordinary life which suddenly becomes extraordinary.
On retirement from her Hebridean school, Miss Macdonald plans the adventure of a lifetime.
A selection of the great author’s most chilling short works, read by Sir David Suchet.
Kenneth Grahame's classic tale of Mole, Ratty, Badger and Toad.
The story of a young woman finding her own voice, and her own place in the world.
Dr Lucy Maddox shares ideas from the therapy room to help you live better.
Maya thinks they've got a ghost. Vidya is the only extra-natural mediator she can find.
Marian has to write up a bizarre workplace accident - original fiction by Joe Dunthorne.
James Joyce's autobiographical modernist masterpiece. Read by Andrew Scott.
Grace is on a mission: to kill off her relatives. Bella Mackie’s darkly comic novel.
Soon to be divorced Maggie is completely fine. Really Good, Actually.
Listen to Sherlock Holmes Short Stories, narrated by Hugh Bonneville.
An honest, unflinching account of life for South Asian women and girls in the UK today.
Hallie Rubenhold challenges the ideas of what history is and the stories it can tell.
Listen to Jane Austen’s classic tales, narrated by Julie Andrews.
Dermot Crowley reads a new fiction serial from the acclaimed Irish author Niall Williams.
The story of Dimple Pennington, wannabe lifestyle influencer, and her four half siblings
A beguiling series of essays centred on the Renaissance icon Isabella d'Este.
A glittering, gothic and surreal coming-of-age story with a deadly twist.
The world's great authors discuss their best-known novel.
A thought-provoking new book exploding conventional wisdom about medical diagnoses.
Read by Shaun Mason. Produced by Martha Littlehailes
A story about the friendship and rivalry between Virginia Woolf and Katherine Mansfield.
Rebecca F Kuang’s deliciously dark, witty thriller with a deeply flawed narrator
A true story about surviving suicide – narrated by Stephen Graham.
Yomi Adegoke's fast-paced and addictive novel tackling the moral dilemmas of social media
Elizabeth Day's psychological thriller.
A sparkling new literary whodunnit from the acclaimed author William Boyd.
Zoe Strimpel asks thought-provoking questions about the family in contemporary Britain.
A newly-commissioned serial from Alice Jolly about love, loyalty and the meaning of care.
Dramatisation of Maya Angelou's debut memoir, which charts her childhood.
Original short works for radio.
A powerful memoir from footballer and anti-racism campaigner Troy Deeney.
A young boy’s time-travelling fight against ancient evil
A Highland heist story written for BBC Radio 4 by Abir Mukherjee. Read by Sudha Bhuchar.
Bryan Moriarty’s candid, funny and heartbreaking rom com about having an open relationship
Defence: Serious Case Operations investigate the murder of a military bandsman in Burnley.
Special readings from Orwell's dystopian classic, now celebrating its 75th anniversary.
Michael Fassbender reads Bram Stoker's Dracula.
At the height of a TB epidemic, Mrs Robinson meets dissolute poet Branwell Brontë.
Sara Cox celebrates the best new fiction, with author interviews and reviews.
Led by James Naughtie, readers talk to acclaimed authors about their best-known novels
Frank Cottrell-Boyce and Jung Chang
28 mins
David Szalay
43 mins
Harriet Tyce on her new novel 'Witch Trial' (and The Traitors)
12 mins
