Short story by Stephen King abridged for radio by Mair Bosworth and read by Colin Stinton.
Cookie Jar by Stephen King homepage
The third book Adrian Mole series by Sue Townsend. It is now 1991 and our diarist is 23.
Adrian Mole: The Wilderness Years homepage
Pat Barker reimagines Homer's The Iliad from the point of view of Trojan queen Briseis.
The Silence of the Girls homepage
Kate Atkinson's novel is set in the years after WWII and explores trust and loyalty.
Transcription homepage
Richard Orr reads David Park's story of a father coming to terms with the loss of a son.
Travelling in a Strange Land homepage
Second book in the hilarious Adrian Mole series by Sue Townsend. Read by Harry McEntire.
The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole homepage
Tim Winton's story of survival and self-discovery in the Australian outback.
The Shepherd's Hut homepage
Malachy Tallack's novel of love and inheritance set in a community struggling to survive.
The Valley at the Centre of the World homepage
Hilarious and moving novel from Nikesh Shukla about three generations of one family.
The One Who Wrote Destiny homepage
The story of a disappearance. Lee Ingleby reads Jon McGregor's award-winning novel.
Reservoir 13 homepage
Ludmila Ulitskaya's epic novel of dissident life in the decades after the death of Stalin.
Reading Europe - Russia: The Big Green Tent homepage
Orhan Pamuk tells the apparently simple story of well-diggers on the outskirts of Istanbul
Reading Europe - Turkey: The Red-Haired Woman homepage
By Matt Haig. Poignant but funny novel about love and loss and living in the moment.
How to Stop Time homepage
Mohsin Hamid's story of love and hope, shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize.
Exit West homepage
Richard Flanagan's darkly funny novel about truth and lies. Read by Luke Mullins.
First Person homepage
Simon Russell Beale reads La Belle Sauvage, the first volume of Philip Pullman's trilogy.
The Book of Dust homepage
Sue Townsend's chronicle of a teenager growing up in the Midlands.
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4 homepage
A woman who escaped the Holocaust has visions of her childhood friends.
Afterworld homepage
Bernard MacLaverty's profound examination of love, loss and faith. Read by Frances Tomelty
Midwinter Break homepage
Amanda Craig's suspenseful state-of-the-nation black comedy, read by Amanda Lawrence.
The Lie of the Land homepage
By Rachel Joyce. A love story and journey through music. Read and abridged by the author.
The Music Shop homepage
By Arundhati Roy. A mesmerising journey from Old Delhi to Kashmir.
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness homepage
Psychological thriller by Sarah Pinborough. Read by Rosie Cavaliero and Tracy Wiles.
Behind Her Eyes homepage
Daphne du Maurier's unsettling story about malevolent birds. Read by Tristan Sturrock.
The Birds homepage
Haunting psychological thriller by Agnes Ravatn. Two people seek atonement for past sins.
Reading Europe - Norway: The Bird Tribunal homepage
Norwegian writer Karl Ove Knausgaard relives, with searing honesty, the story of his life.
Reading Europe - Norway: A Death in the Family homepage
Jane Austen's last fully completed novel, published six months after she died.
Persuasion homepage
Series of short stories written for Radio 4 by Alexander McCall Smith.
Christmas Short Stories homepage
By Ian McEwan. A story of theft in the literary world. Read by Roger Allam.
My Purple Scented Novel homepage
Ian McEwan's modern-day take on Hamlet, told from the perspective of an unborn child.
Nutshell homepage
