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Burning the Books by Richard Ovenden
Anthony Head reads Richard Ovenden's history of deliberate attacks on recorded knowledge.
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Ramble Book by Adam Buxton
Comedian and podcaster Adam Buxton takes a warm and witty wander through his life.
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Eat the Buddha by Barbara Demick
The story of modern Tibet's troubled history through the eyes of the people of one town.
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My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
Fiendishly comic crime novel, set in Nigeria.
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Dear Life by Rachel Clarke
Dear Life: A Doctor's Story of Love and Loss by Rachel Clarke.
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The Vanishing Futurist by Charlotte Hobson
Early in 1914, young Gerty Freely travels from Cornwall to Russia to work as a governess.
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Agent Sonya by Ben Macintyre
Anne-Marie Duff reads the incredible story of spy Ursula Kuczynski. By Ben Macintyre.
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The Housing Lark by Sam Selvon
Sam Selvon's novel of West Indian migrant life in 1960s London.
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Tom Stoppard: A Life by Hermione Lee
Alex Jennings reads this vivid new biography of one of theatre's leading playwrights.
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The Good Germans by Catrine Clay
The story of German families who resisted the Nazis from 1933 to the end of the war.
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People Like Us by Hashi Mohamed
Hashi Mohamed reads from his book People Like Us, an exploration of social mobility.
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Love by Roddy Doyle
Two old friends try to reconcile their versions of the past over one night out in Dublin.
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The Haunting of Alma Fielding
Kate Summerscale unravels the mystery of the haunting of a London housewife.
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The Order of the Day by Eric Vuillard
脡ric Vuillard's novel is a chilling account of the Nazis' build-up to war in the 1930s.
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The Sanest Guy in the Room by Don Black
Don Black writes about his life, his songs and working with the biggest names in showbiz.
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An Unknown Warrior
Readings to mark the centenary of the funeral of the Unknown Warrior in Westminster Abbey.
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The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
Colson Whitehead's electrifying novel, set in Jim Crow-era Florida. Read by Rhashan Stone.
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Black Spartacus by Sudhir Hazareesingh
The Epic Life of Toussaint Louverture, a slave who rose to lead the Haitian Revolution.
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Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake
A remarkable account of how fungi make our worlds, change our minds and shape our futures
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Grief Is The Thing With Feathers by Max Porter
A deeply moving and highly original book about the sudden loss of a loved one.
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My American by Stella Gibbons
Stella Gibbons' romantic novel read by Jan Ravens and abridged by Kate McAll
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The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
Between life and death there is a library - The Midnight Library.
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How To Make The World Add Up by Tim Harford
Tim Harford reads from his new book decoding the truth behind statistics.
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A Promised Land by Barack Obama
Barack Obama reads from the gripping first volume of his presidential memoirs.
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An Almost Perfect Christmas by Nina Stibbe
Short stories and personal reflections on the joys and insanity of Christmas.
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In the Castle of My Skin by George Lamming
A lyrical coming-of-age novel set amid the collapse of colonial rule in Barbados.
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A History of the Bible by John Barton
Hugh Bonneville tells the story of the Bible and of the two faiths that hold it sacred.
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Love by Roddy Doyle
Comic, yet moving portrait of the many forms love can take. Read by Brendan Gleeson
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Coming of Age: Letters to 2021
As the century turns 21, five essayists offer their personal appraisals and advice.
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The Snow And The Works On The Northern Line by Ruth Thomas
Ell Potter reads Ruth Thomas's funny, sharply-observed story of betrayal and revenge.
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If Then by Jill Lepore
The true story of how a data company in '60s America invented the future we now live in.
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English Pastoral by James Rebanks
English Pastoral: An Inheritance. New bestseller from the author of The Shepherd's Life.
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The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
Richard Osman's bestselling crime novel, read by Haydn Gwynne.
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I Want You To Know We're Still Here by Esther Safran Foer
The riveting and moving story of four generations living in the shadow of the Holocaust.
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Rumpole for the Defence
Leo McKern reads John Mortimer's tales of the Old Bailey's hack, Horace Rumpole.
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Fall: The Mystery of Robert Maxwell by John Preston
Henry Goodman reads John Preston's jaw-dropping biography of the notorious business tycoon
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Light Perpetual by Francis Spufford
1944: Five young lives are ended. But what of their possible futures? What if?
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How to Avoid a Climate Disaster by Bill Gates
Bill Gates sets out his wide-ranging plan for the world to avoid a climate catastrophe.
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Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers
A novel of unexpected second chances set in 1950s England.
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Bessie Smith by Jackie Kay
A portrait of the tempestuous life of the iconic blues singer by Jackie Kay.
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Slow Rise: A Bread-Making Adventure
Adrian Scarborough reads from Robert Penn's account of his search for the perfect bread.
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Women vs Hollywood by Helen O'Hara
Film critic Helen O'Hara celebrates Hollywood's female pioneers.
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Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
Kazuo Ishiguro's first novel since winning the Nobel Prize, read by Lydia Wilson.
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The Photographer at Sixteen by George Szirtes
George Szirtes reads his award-winning memoir about his mother.
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One Night in Paradise
Three stories set in a rundown seaside hotel. By Bethan Roberts. Read by Alexandria Riley.
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White Fang by Jack London
The journeys and adventures of a wild wolfdog during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush.
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