- Home
- Podcasts
- Arts
- Books
- Fashion & Beauty
- Food
- Performing Arts
- Visual Arts
- Business
- Careers
- Entrepreneurship
- Investing
- Management
- Marketing
- Non-Profit
- Comedy
- Comedy Interviews
- Improve
- Stand-Up
- Education
- Courses
- How To
- Language Learning
- Self-Improvement
- Fiction
- Comedy Fiction
- Drama
- Science Fiction
- Government
- Health & Fitness
- Alternative Health
- Fitness
- Medicine
- Mental Health
- Nutrition
- Sexuality
- History
- Kids & Family
- Education for Kids
- Parenting
- Pets & Animals
- Stories for Kids
- Leisure
- Animation & Manga
- Automotive
- Aviation
- Crafts
- Games
- Hobbies
- Home & Garden
- Video Games
- Music
- Music Commentary
- Music History
- Music Interviews
- News
- Business News
- Daily News
- Entertainment News
- News Commentary
- Politics
- Sports News
- Tech News
- Religion & Spirituality
- Buddhism
- Christianity
- Hinduism
- Islam
- Judaism
- Religion
- Spirituality
- Science
- Astronomy
- Chemistry
- Earth Sciences
- Life Sciences
- Mathematics
- Natural Sciences
- Nature
- Physics
- Social Sciences
- Society & Culture
- Documentary
- Personal Journals
- Philosophy
- Places & Travel
- Relationships
- Sports
- Baseball
- Basketball
- Cricket
- Fantasy Sports
- Football
- Golf
- Hockey
- Rugby
- Running
- Soccer
- Swimming
- Tennis
- Volleyball
- Wilderness
- Wrestling
- TV & Film
- After Shows
- Film History
- Film Interviews
- Film Reviews
- TV Reviews
- Technology
- True Crime
- Music
- Spatial Audio
- George Michael Covered
- Hits
- Charts
- New Music
- Apple Music Radio
- Punjabi
- Apple Music Live: Lil Durk
- Summertime Sounds
- Hip-Hop
- Country
- Feel Good
- Pop
- Latin
- Fitness
- Chill
- Alternative
- Punk
- Dance
- Party
- DJ Mixes
- Essentials
- Electronic
- Kids
- Family
- Up Next
- Christian
- Urbano Latino
- Musica Mexicana
- Decades
- Rock
- Classic Rock
- Hard Rock
- Metal
- Acoustic
- Indie
- Classical
- Jazz
- Romance
- Reggae
- Focus
- Motivation
- Pop Latino
- K-Pop
- C-Pop
- Soul/Funk
- Gospel
- Oldies
- Americana
- Audio Book
- Arts and Entertainment
- Latino
- Biographies and Memoirs
- Business
- Classics
- Comedy
- Drama and Poetry
- Mystery
- History
- Kids and Young Adults
- Languages
- News
- Nonfiction
- Romance
- Religion and Spirituality
- Sci-Fi and Fantasy
- Science
- Self Development
- Speakers and Storytellers
- Sports
- Technology
- Travel and Adventure
- Pages
- Blog
- Own Audio
Find the licence that's right for your business
Listen Show PodCast
The Hot List for June 2026
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
The Publishing Pie is Getting Bigger, But Not Enough to Keep Up with The Slices
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
The Messy Power Couple of the Harlem Renaissance
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
Best Books of the Year So Far Lists Have Begun. PLUS: Dr. Maria McCauley of the ALA
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
The It Books of June 2026
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
The Summer Slowdown is Here
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
2026 Summer Adaptation Preview
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
AI is Making Reading Really Messy.
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
The Hot List for May 2026
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
A New Best Novels of All-Time List, PRH's "Strong Business Performance, and More.
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
2026 Moms, Dads, and Grads Recommendation Show, Part 2
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
The 2026 Pulitzer Prizes
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
The It Books of May 2026
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
Spring 2026 Moms, Dads, and Grads Recommendation Show, Part 1
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
Why Literary Agents Matter with Laura McGrath
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
People Know Reading is Good and Still Don't Do It.
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
Ranking the Fiction Pultizer Prize Winners of the Century So Far.
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
Surprising (Maybe) Data About American Reading Habits
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
The Hot List: April 2026
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
MCD Shutters, Audible's Story House, and More of the Week's Book News.
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
You Have Heard of Lord Byron. But You Have No Idea.
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
Book Sales Are Softening, NBCC Winners, and More Book News.
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
The It Books of April 2026
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
The Lambda Literary Awards, Messy Internet Discourse, the Latest A.I. Panic, and More
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
Alien Jazz Hands for PROJECT HAIL MARY
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
Wait, How Many Books Were Published in 2025? PLUS: Louise Erdrich!
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
The Hot List March 2026
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
Blume is a Big "No Comment" on her biography, ACOTAR adaptation takes a step backward, and more.
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
Markus Zusak on THE BOOK THIEF at 20
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
UPDATED The Audiobook Wars Rage On, Big ACOTAR Announcement, and More
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
The It Books of March 2026
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
A Proposed Nationwide Book Ban, The NYPL's Most Checked Out Books of All-Time, and more
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
How Much Are You Like The Characters You Read About?
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
DNF Shelves Coming to Goodreads and The War For Your Ears Continues
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
Ranking Amazon's Best Books of the Century
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
Another Book Section Bites the Dust and A Romance Writer Dances with the AI Devil
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
Power Ranking the Books of 2016
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
Librarians on the Front Lines
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
The It Books of February 2026
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
Making Sense of Franchise Adaptation News
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
VIGIL by George Saunders
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
The Best-Selling Publishers of the Year, NBCC Finalists, Adapted Screenplay Oscar Noms, and more.
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
Lit History Corner: Christopher Marlowe
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
How Are We Feeling About Book Sales Right Now?
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
2026 Adaptation Preview
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
The Latest in American Reading Habits, 2026 Adaptations, and More
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
The Winter 2026 New Release Draft [Teaser]
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
The It Books of January 2026
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
Our Most Anticipated Books of 2026
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
Zero to Well-Read's 2025 Canon Contenders
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
AI Was The Story of the Year
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
The Books We Missed in 2025 [Teaser]
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
The Best of the Rest of 2025 [Teaser]
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
UPDATED - Our Favorite Books of 2025
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
The 2025 Read Harder Challenge, How Publishing People Feel about Publishing, and more
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
So, How's the Hamnet Adaptation?
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
Goodreads Choice Winners, NYT 10 Best, and Spotify Wrapped for Audiobooks
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
2025 It Books Scorekeeping and December New Releases
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
The 2025 Holiday Recommendation Show, Part 2
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
The 2025 Holiday Recommendation Show, Part 1
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
Books Of The Year Season Peaks
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
What is Magical Realism?
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
On Putting Together a Best Books of the Year List
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
Fall Media Diet Check-In (Plus Other Life Pursuits) [Teaser]
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
The Books We Still Want to Read in 2025
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
Speculating on The Book of the Year and the Impacts of AI on Writing
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
What We Want from Essays: DEAD & ALIVE by Zadie Smith
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
Checking in with We Need Diverse Books
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
The It Books of November 2025
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
The Eye of the Best Books of the Year Storm Approaches
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
Deep into that Darkness Peering
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
National Book Award Announces Host, B&N Discover Prize, and more book news.
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
The Seventeen Year-Old Who Invented Science Fiction
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
How Much Does Genre Matter to Readers?
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
The 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature, NBA Finalists, and more award season news. PLUS: Hachette CEO David Shelley
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
Zero to Well-Read: TWILIGHT by Stephenie Meyer
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
Anthropic Settlement Portal Shows All. Mostly.
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
The It Books of October 2025
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
The Booker Prize Finalists, Judge Shades Trump's Lawsuit Against PRH, and More Book News
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
The Books That Matter: THE SNOWY DAY
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
Trump Sues PRH, The National Book Award Fiction Longlist, and More Book News
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
Book Club: THE SECRET OF SECRETS by Dan Brown
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
National Book Awards Longlists, a Journey Into Literary History, and More
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
Introducing Zero to Well-Read, a New Podcast from Book Riot
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
Obama's Summer Reading List, B&N Buys Another Indie & More
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
The It Books of September 2025
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
Deals Deals Deals for August 2025 [Teaser]
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
KATABASIS by R.F. Kuang
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
American are Reading for Pleasure Less. A Lot Less.
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
Fall Adaptation Preview
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
We Need a Book Review Revolution
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
"Well-Read" is Hard to Define. But Real.
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
The 2025 Booker Longlist Is Here
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
The It Books of August
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
Making a Case for Supporting Independent Media, Way Early Award Nominations, and More
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
Power Ranking the Books of 1995
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
Mid-Year Check-in Time. PLUS: Rodney Freeman on ARE YOU A LIBRARIAN?
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
The Top Ten Books to Read to Be Well-Read
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
The Best Books of the Year So Far: Live at Powell's!
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
Summer 2025 Mailbag
Playlist
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.