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Gullivers Travels by Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift’s satire following Lemuel Gulliver’s strange travels through odd lands.
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Orlando by Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf’s comic biography of a time-travelling hero who transforms into a heroine.
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The Call of the Wild by Jack London
Jack London’s tale of one dog's unbreakable spirit and survival in the Alaskan Klondike.
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The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
Henry James’ chilling novella about a governess and two children on a haunted estate.
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The Railway Children by E. Nesbit
E Nesbit’s heart-warming story of three siblings hoping to be reunited with their father.
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The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan
John Buchan’s thrilling tale of derring-do, secrets and spies set in the shadows of war.
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Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
Kenneth Grahame’s jolly riverside romp with the eccentric Mr. Toad and his animal chums.
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The Pulse Glass
Gillian Tindall's book on family history and the meanings of the objects that survive us.
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Dark Matter by Michelle Paver
Michelle Paver's terrifying 1930s ghost story, set in the wilderness of the Arctic Circle.
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Three-a-Penny
Diana Quick reads the autobiography of Lucy Malleson, a detective writer of the 1930s.
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William Gibson - Pattern Recognition
Lorelei King reads William Gibson's fast-moving thriller about 'Coolhunter' Cayce.
Âé¶¹Éç Radio 4 Extra
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No Body Recovered
There is one thing worse than finding a body, and that’s not finding a body.
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Hillsborough: The Full Story
The full story of the Hillsborough disaster, when 96 football fans never came home.
Âé¶¹Éç Radio Merseyside
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Murmurs
There’s a crack in reality and something’s breaking through. A new drama podcast series.
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The Secret Commonwealth
Simon Russell Beale reads the second volume of Philip Pullman's Book of Dust trilogy.
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Surfacing, by Kathleen Jamie
Exquisite, clear-eyed essays on memory, archaeology and nature by the poet Kathleen Jamie.
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Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
TS Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats read by Jeremy Irons
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Unfollow by Megan Phelps-Roper
A memoir of growing up in the notorious Westboro Baptist Church.
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Unreliable Memoirs
Clive James reads the first part of his autobiography on his early life in Australia.
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The Drop
Readings from modern classics, new works by leading writers and world literature
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Landmarks, by Robert Macfarlane
Robert Macfarlane describes some vivid places and the words they conjure up.
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The Skewer
A twisted comedy treat. The news remixed. Jon Holmes presents The Skewer. Headphones on.
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The Peregrine, read by David Attenborough
David Attenborough reads a classic of British nature writing, The Peregrine by J.A. Baker.
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Gary Barlow - We Write The Songs
The stories behind the songs from the world’s best loved songwriters
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Why Women Read Fiction
Helen Taylor's exploration of why, when and how women read fiction is read by Lucy Briers.
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Oliver: Lagos to London
A radical reimagining of Charles Dickens' most political novel, Oliver Twist
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Fantastic Journeys
A series of four fantastic journeys written by some of the best sci-fi/fantasy writers.
Âé¶¹Éç Radio 4 Extra
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Conversations from a Long Marriage
Joanna Lumley and Roger Allam play a long-married couple trying to keep the passion alive.
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Motherwell
Deborah Orr's memoir about growing up working-class in Motherwell, south-east of Glasgow.
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The Second Sleep, by Robert Harris
In his latest novel, Robert Harris imagines a world without any of our current technology.
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Hugh Lofting - The Story of Doctor Dolittle
The well-loved story of the doctor who learned to talk like the animals.
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The Flatshare by Beth O'Leary
A boy-shouldn't-meet-girl screwball comedy in millennial London.
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How to Argue with a Racist, by Adam Rutherford
Dr Adam Rutherford deploys science as a weapon against prejudice.
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To the Lake, by Kapka Kassabova
Kapka Kassabova explores her family's long history in the south-west Balkans.
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HG Wells - The Invisible Man
Griffin, a talented young physicist, discovers a potion that makes him invisible.
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Apeirogon, by Colum McCann
Colum McCann's epic new novel of friendship, love, loss, and belonging.
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The Quarry Wood, by Nan Shepherd
Nan Shepherd's 1928 story of a young woman's journey to maturity and independence.
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The Crying Book, by Heather Christle
Poet Heather Christle meditates on how and why we cry.
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Adults by Emma Jane Unsworth
A funny and moving novel about trying to find your place in the world.
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Guest House for Young Widows
Azadeh Moaveni's acclaimed account is about a cast of young women who joined ISIS.
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The Quarry Wood (Omnibus)
A young woman's journey to maturity and independence in the early 20th century.
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Colum McCann - Apeirogon (Omnibus)
Palestinian Bassam Aramin and Israeli Rami Elhanan appear to live very different lives.
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Big Girl, Small Town by Michelle Gallen
Majella is the opinionated and awkward big girl. This is a week in her life.
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The Call of the Wild, by Jack London
Jack London's 1903 novel about the adventures of a sled dog during the Klondike Gold Rush.
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