Kick back & relax with a cosy read.
Hanif Kureishi's powerful and darkly comic memoir of the fall that left him paralysed.
Chilling new thriller from best-selling author Paula Hawkins.
Timothy Snyder's exploration of freedom - and why it's our only chance for survival.
Kaliane Bradley's best-selling near-future story of intrigue, sex and time-travel.
Kathryn Faulke's clear-eyed memoir sheds light on the life an NHS home care worker.
Rebecca F Kuang’s deliciously dark, witty thriller with a deeply flawed narrator
Yomi Adegoke's fast-paced and addictive novel tackling the moral dilemmas of social media
Book of the Week. Five original essays on the power and politics of children’s fiction.
A newly-commissioned serial from Alice Jolly about love, loyalty and the meaning of care.
A life in five photographs. Original fiction series by Max Porter, read by Tim McInnerny.
Essays on friendship from one of the most incisive chroniclers of contemporary Britain.
Vasily Grossman's dark and honest account of the epic battle of Stalingrad.
Naomi Alderman argues we are living through the third great information crisis.
Set in Denmark, an original story commissioned by Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 4 by Heidi Amsinck.
Grace is on a mission: to kill off her relatives. Bella Mackie’s darkly comic novel.
Michael Fassbender reads Bram Stoker's Dracula.
An honest, unflinching account of life for South Asian women and girls in the UK today.
Dylan was six when The End came, back in 2018.
Read by Shaun Mason. Produced by Martha Littlehailes
Status. We don't like to talk about it. Carl Honoré brings it out into the open.
The story of Dimple Pennington, wannabe lifestyle influencer, and her four half siblings
Read by Susan Jameson. Produced by Ross Burman.
A new novel from the author of The Power set in a future we could be heading to very soon.
A glittering, gothic and surreal coming-of-age story with a deadly twist.
A fascinating scientific guide to why looking on the bright side really is good for you.
A funny and moving novel about trying to find your place in the world.
A powerful memoir from footballer and anti-racism campaigner Troy Deeney.
A memoir of growing up in the notorious Westboro Baptist Church.
A whodunnit and a portrait of a very ordinary life which suddenly becomes extraordinary.
2019 Booker Prize-winning novel that follows the lives of twelve extraordinary characters.
Strange tales set in an isolated village on the Yorkshire/Lancashire border.
Majella is the opinionated and awkward big girl. This is a week in her life.
Abi Morgan's powerful memoir about how life can change in an instant.
DJ Nick Grimshaw's brilliantly funny and fearlessly frank stories about his life so far.
Dr Lucy Maddox shares ideas from the therapy room to help you live better.
John Buchan’s thrilling tale of derring-do, secrets and spies set in the shadows of war.
Special readings from Orwell's dystopian classic, now celebrating its 75th anniversary.
Hashi Mohamed reads from his book People Like Us, an exploration of social mobility.
Elizabeth Day's psychological thriller.
Anita Desai's classic novel about one family's troubles during the partition of 1947.
Peter Flannery's own adaptation of his highly acclaimed TV series for Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 4.
Jack London’s tale of one dog's unbreakable spirit and survival in the Alaskan Klondike.
Mary Paulson-Ellis tells the story of a life in five objects. Read by Alexandra Mathie.
A new Sunday serial for Radio 4
Original short works for radio.
