Cosy up with award-winning books & classic stories as winter draws in.
Sarah Clegg explores ancient year-end traditions.
Short stories inspired by Maugham's travels in the South Seas.
Deliciously dark short stories from the queen of American gothic.
The life of the fearless and inspiring Russian political leader in his own words.
The new novel by the Booker Prize-winning author Alan Hollinghurst.
Agatha Christie's iconic detective is reimagined for a new generation.
A journey down the high street across time with historian Annie Gray. Read by Hugh Dennis.
A team of astronauts in the International Space Station contemplate the world below.
Sally Phillips reads Helen Fielding's iconic 1996 novel of single thirty-something life.
This Christmas, listen to Sherlock Holmes Short Stories, narrated by Hugh Bonneville.
Read by Sean Baker. Produced by Anne Bunting.
A tip-off begins an investigation into the power of facial recognition technology.
Henry Goodman reads John Preston's jaw-dropping biography of the notorious business tycoon
New fiction about the changing face of modern Ireland, as told through one family.
James Joyce's autobiographical modernist masterpiece. Read by Andrew Scott.
Rebecca F Kuang’s deliciously dark, witty thriller with a deeply flawed narrator
Yomi Adegoke's fast-paced and addictive novel tackling the moral dilemmas of social media
A newly-commissioned serial from Alice Jolly about love, loyalty and the meaning of care.
Dylan was six when The End came, back in 2018.
Grace is on a mission: to kill off her relatives. Bella Mackie’s darkly comic novel.
A special collection featuring Christmas stories, ghost stories and stories for children
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.
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 story of Dimple Pennington, wannabe lifestyle influencer, and her four half siblings
Read by Susan Jameson. Produced by Ross Burman.
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.
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.
Dr Lucy Maddox shares ideas from the therapy room to help you live better.
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.
Strange tales set in an isolated village on the Yorkshire/Lancashire border.
Peter Flannery's own adaptation of his highly acclaimed TV series for ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ 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.
A collection of timeless fiction from the literary greats.