By Naomi Alderman. Sci-fi thriller set in a world in which power is in the hands of women.
The Power homepage
By Sebastian Barry. Powerful novel set against the backdrop of the American Civil War.
Days Without End homepage
Series of stories of the supernatural by Stephen King, Kate Mosse and John Connolly
Fright Night Shorts homepage
Riveting thriller about the secrets revealed in the midst of a disintegrating marriage.
Conrad and Eleanor homepage
Powerful psychological thriller by Emma Donoghue. Read by Carey Mulligan.
The Wonder homepage
Written by Harry Parker and based on a true story of what it really means to be at war.
Anatomy of a Soldier homepage
Coming-of-age comedy by Nina Stibbe. Read by Alice Lowe.
Paradise Lodge homepage
Hilary Mantel revisits her third novel to create a ten-part serialisation.
Eight Months on Ghazzah Street homepage
Filippo Bologna's satire on the murky world of literary awards.
Reading Europe - Italy: The Parrots homepage
Samuel West reads the classic Graham Greene novella
Graham Greene: The Third Man homepage
Kate Tempest reads her novel of love and loss, drugs and desire, set in modern London.
The Bricks That Built the Houses homepage
By Michiel Heyn. Story told from the perspective of Frieda Wroth, Henry James's typist.
The Typewriter's Tale homepage
Gripping thriller by Gillian Slovo. Ten days of violence erupt from a stifling heat wave.
10 Days homepage
Graham Swift's meditation on truth, loss and the forging of a writer.
Mothering Sunday homepage
Deborah Levy's novel explores the bond between a hypochondriac mother and her daughter.
Hot Milk homepage
Jim Powell's tragi-comic novel about a City trader whose life dramatically unravels.
Trading Futures homepage
Shirley Jackson's deliciously dark and unsettling novel, abridged by Jeremy Osborne.
We Have Always Lived in the Castle homepage
Meg Rosoff's romantic comedy set in New York. Read by Rhashan Stone.
Jonathan Unleashed homepage
Virginia Woolf's tale about a poet who lives through several centuries and changes sex
Virginia Woolf - Orlando (Omnibus) homepage
Virginia Woolf's adventure spans five centuries and explores issues of gender and identity
Orlando homepage
By Alaa Al Aswany. Moving story of a family swept up by social unrest in post-war Cairo.
The Automobile Club of Egypt homepage
Joe Dempsie reads Alex Garland's cult tale of paradise sought and lost.
The Beach homepage
By EM Delafield. An unnamed diarist chronicles the everyday details of her life
The Provincial Lady Goes Further homepage
Serialised reading of Rachel Joyce's Christmas story collection.
A Snow Garden and Other Stories homepage
David Mitchell's chilling novel about an eerie mansion. Abridged by Sian Preece
Slade House homepage
A James Bond novel by Anthony Horowitz, featuring previously unseen Ian Fleming material
Trigger Mortis homepage
By Robert Seethaler. The heart-warming story of one man's life in the Austrian Alps.
Reading Europe - Austria: A Whole Life homepage
Sascha Arango's dark thriller set in small-town Germany, where everyone has a secret.
Reading Europe - The Truth and Other Lies homepage
William Boyd's novel follows one remarkable woman through the decades of the 20th century.
Sweet Caress: The Many Lives of Amory Clay homepage
Simon Mawer's tale of love, betrayal and espionage. Read by Peter Firth.
Simon Mawer - Tightrope homepage
