Jessie's act of heroism could save the human race, but will those closest to her help? Book at Bedtime Episode guide
The Professor of Truth
James Robertson's powerful novel, inspired by events surrounding the Lockerbie bombing
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A Commonplace Killing
By Sian Busby. Dark thriller set in post-war north London, 1946. Read by Harriet Walter
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Blood and Beauty
By Sarah Dunant. Story of Italian Renaissance's most infamous family, the Borgias
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A Delicate Truth
John le Carre's novel about a man who must choose between his conscience and his duty
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This Is Where I Am
Novel about a Glasgow refugee counsellor and the Somali asylum seeker she befriends
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Granta Best of Young British Novelists 4
Stories by writers on Granta's list of the 20 best British novelists aged under 40
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How Many Miles to Babylon?
Jennifer Johnson tells the remarkable story of a friendship during the First World War
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How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia
By Mohsin Hamid. The tale of one boy's rise from impoverished villager to corporate tycoon
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All the Beggars Riding
By Lucy Caldwell. After the death of her mother, Lara Moorhouse tries tell her story
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The Middlesteins
Bittersweet tragi-comedy about three generations of a Jewish family from Chicago
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Take Notice
Gus is confronted by a white-suited stanger, intent on bringing up the past.
First broadcast: 22 Feb 2013
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An Artistic Streak
Deborah Moggach's story about affairs of the heart, exclusively for Book at Bedtime.
First broadcast: 21 Feb 2013
The Bell Jar
Sylvia Plath's haunting and iconic only novel, broadcast on its 50th anniversary
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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Muriel Spark's much-loved and sparkling classic about an Edinburgh school teacher
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The Knot
By Mark Watson. Story of loss and forbidden love, read by Julian Rhind-Tutt
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Frenchman's Creek
By Daphne Du Maurier. Adventure romance set in Cornwall. Read by Adjoa Andoh
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Maeve Binchy Short Stories
In tribute to the much-loved Irish author, a selection of her stories from the BBC archive
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Of Love and Hunger
By Julian Maclaren-Ross. Darkly comic novel of 1930's low life
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The Mighty Walzer
By Howard Jacobson. Coming-of-age tale of a wannabe ping-pong champion in 1950s Manchester
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The Liars' Gospel
Naomi Alderman's story of the life and death of a Jewish preacher in Roman-occupied Judea
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The Cleaner of Chartres
By Salley Vickers. Story of darkness and light, traumatic loss and second chances
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The Midwife's Daughter
Patricia Ferguson's moving tale about two sisters and the orphan who changes their lives
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Summer Lies
Bill Nighy reads from a short fiction collection by Bernhard Schlink, author of The Reader
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Merivel - A Man of His Time
Rose Tremain's dazzling and witty sequel to her Booker short-listed novel Restoration
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Sweet Tooth
Ian McEwan's novel of love and deception set in MI5 during the early 1970s
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Pure
Andrew Miller's novel set in pre-revolutionary France. Read by John Sessions
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The Greatcoat
Ghost story by Helen Dunmore, set during and after the Second World War
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Duty Free
Biting social satire by Moni Mohsin, set in 21st-century Lahore. Read by Meera Syal
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Embers
Will fate and the strictures of Mukhtar's society allow him a taste of happiness?
First broadcast: 30 Jul 2012
Ancient Light
John Banville's novel tells the story of an unlikely first love affair
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