Award-winning books & classic stories.
Venice 1486. Orsola Rosso flouts convention, honing her craft to save her family from ruin
A journey through the landscape of metals and how they transformed human history.
Con artist and murderer Tom Ripley pits his wits against dangerous adversaries in France.
Maya thinks they've got a ghost. Vidya is the only extra-natural mediator she can find.
Rebecca F Kuang’s deliciously dark, witty thriller with a deeply flawed narrator
Listen to Sherlock Holmes Short Stories, narrated by Hugh Bonneville.
Dr Lucy Maddox shares ideas from the therapy room to help you live better.
James Joyce's autobiographical modernist masterpiece. Read by Andrew Scott.
Yomi Adegoke's fast-paced and addictive novel tackling the moral dilemmas of social media
Grace is on a mission: to kill off her relatives. Bella Mackie’s darkly comic novel.
A Highland heist story written for ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4 by Abir Mukherjee. Read by Sudha Bhuchar.
An encounter with a whale on the Pacific Ocean leaves Maurice and Maralyn in peril.
Rye, Sussex, 1804. Zeke is determined to free his father from a prison hulk at Sheeerness.
Read by Susan Jameson. Produced by Ross Burman.
Strange tales set in an isolated village on the Yorkshire/Lancashire border.
The story of Dimple Pennington, wannabe lifestyle influencer, and her four half siblings
A therapist finds herself in conversation with a man claiming to be the poet Robert Burns.
Daniel Weyman and Katherine Parkinson read Hoban's poignant novel, published in 1975.
Book of the Week. Five original essays on the power and politics of children’s fiction.
Dylan was six when The End came, back in 2018.
A newly-commissioned serial from Alice Jolly about love, loyalty and the meaning of care.
An honest, unflinching account of life for South Asian women and girls in the UK today.
Naomi Alderman argues we are living through the third great information crisis.
The story of a young woman finding her own voice, and her own place in the world.
A life in five photographs. Original fiction series by Max Porter, read by Tim McInnerny.
Status. We don't like to talk about it. Carl Honoré brings it out into the open.
The great American novel of the Jazz Age, read by Kyle Soller
A new novel from the author of The Power set in a future we could be heading to very soon.
The landmark allegory about hypocrisy and corruption of power.
A glittering, gothic and surreal coming-of-age story with a deadly twist.
Michael Fassbender reads Bram Stoker's Dracula.
A fascinating scientific guide to why looking on the bright side really is good for you.
Read by Shaun Mason. Produced by Martha Littlehailes
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.
2019 Booker Prize-winning novel that follows the lives of twelve extraordinary characters.
A whodunnit and a portrait of a very ordinary life which suddenly becomes extraordinary.
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.
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.
Peter Flannery's own adaptation of his highly acclaimed TV series for ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4.
Jack London’s tale of one dog's unbreakable spirit and survival in the Alaskan Klondike.
Elizabeth Day's psychological thriller.
Original short works for radio.
Soon to be divorced Maggie is completely fine. Really Good, Actually.
A collection of timeless fiction from the literary greats.
Tales for Valentine's Day about love in all its forms: sweet, sad and happily ever after.
Read by Clare Corbett. Produced by Justine Willett
