Award-winning books & classic stories.
Sara Cox celebrates the best new fiction, with author interviews and reviews.
The life of the extraordinary, controversial polymath scientist and inventor, 1919-2022.
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.
A Highland heist story written for ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 4 by Abir Mukherjee. Read by Sudha Bhuchar.
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
Read by Clare Corbett. Produced by Justine Willett
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.
Book of the Week. Five original essays on the power and politics of children’s fiction.
Dr Lucy Maddox shares ideas from the therapy room to help you live better.
Listen to Sherlock Holmes Short Stories, narrated by Hugh Bonneville.
James Joyce's autobiographical modernist masterpiece. Read by Andrew Scott.
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.
Yomi Adegoke's fast-paced and addictive novel tackling the moral dilemmas of social media
An honest, unflinching account of life for South Asian women and girls in the UK today.
Grace is on a mission: to kill off her relatives. Bella Mackie’s darkly comic novel.
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.
Strange tales set in an isolated village on the Yorkshire/Lancashire border.
Read by Susan Jameson. Produced by Ross Burman.
The story of Dimple Pennington, wannabe lifestyle influencer, and her four half siblings
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.
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.
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.
Jack London’s tale of one dog's unbreakable spirit and survival in the Alaskan Klondike.
Peter Flannery's own adaptation of his highly acclaimed TV series for ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 4.
Elizabeth Day's psychological thriller.
Original short works for radio.
Soon to be divorced Maggie is completely fine. Really Good, Actually.
Tales for Valentine's Day about love in all its forms: sweet, sad and happily ever after.
A collection of timeless fiction from the literary greats.
The landmark allegory about hypocrisy and corruption of power.
The great American novel of the Jazz Age, read by Kyle Soller
