Book at Bedtime

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• Books

  Celebrating reading and the 100 novels that have shaped our world.

  

• Opening Lines

  John Yorke unpacks the themes behind the stories in Radio 4's weekend afternoon dramas.

  

• How many of these 100 Novels have you read?

  After a passionate debate, our panel has come up with this surprising literary selection.

  

• Finding Your Story

  Ten remarkable novels about identity: Which one will help you discover yourself?

  

• Short stories to keep

  The fiction podcast featuring the best stories from the UK's finest writers

  

• 10 must-read second novels

  A selection of the most influential second novels

  

• Writer Jon McGregor on his 'anti-missing girl' novel

  Reservoir 13 tells the story of a disappearance from the perspective of a rural community

  Duration: 1:04

• Philip Pullman returns to the world of His Dark Materials

  Preview: Simon Russell Beale reads La Belle Sauvage, which returns to Lyra's Oxford.

  Duration: 2:31

• Arundhati Roy interviewed on Front Row

  The author speaks to Samira Ahmed about her new novel, The Ministry of Utmost Happiness

  Duration: 9:04

• Preview: The Ministry of Utmost Happiness

  Read by Indira Varma, a preview of Man Booker prize-winner Arundhati Roy’s second book.

  Duration: 0:59
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