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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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The Truth
By Michael Palin. Writer Keith Mabbut discovers that the truth can be whatever we make it
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Ru
By Kim Thuy. Haunting lullaby to the country of the author's birth, Vietnam
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