Books Podcasts

Something Scary

178 episodes - Latest episode: 2 days ago - ★★★★★ - 7.7K ratings
Do you wanna hear something scary? Join Markeia every week as they bring you the creepiest ghost stories, urban legends, and folktales. Wanna hear something scary without ads? Click here: https://s...

Potterless

211 episodes - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 7K ratings
Join Mike Schubert, a grown man reading the Harry Potter series for the first time, as he sits down with HP fanatics to poke fun at plot holes, make painfully incorrect predictions, and bask in the...

Phoebe Reads a Mystery

587 episodes - Latest episode: 16 days ago - ★★★★★ - 4.8K ratings
Phoebe reads a mystery novel. Our other shows are Criminal and This is Love.

What Should I Read Next?

320 episodes - Latest episode: 2 days ago - ★★★★★ - 4.3K ratings
What Should I Read Next? is the show for every reader who has ever finished a book and faced the problem of not knowing what to read next. Each week, Anne Bogel, of the blog Modern Mrs Darc...

Bad On Paper

204 episodes - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 3.6K ratings
Your new internet besties give you a weekly dose of books, banter, and folks you should be following. Join 30-something reading enthusiasts and real-life best friends Grace Atwood and Becca Freeman...

MuggleCast: the Harry Potter podcast

551 episodes - Latest episode: 2 days ago - ★★★★★ - 3.5K ratings
MuggleCast is your weekly ride into the Wizarding World. Our Harry Potter podcast, hosted by four life-long friends, brings its listeners entertaining and thought-provoking discussions about the un...

Little Stories for Tiny People: Anytime and bedtime stories for kids

98 episodes - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 2.6K ratings
Little Stories for Tiny People is a kids' podcast featuring original kids' stories that will delight the tiny people in your life. Perfect for bleary-eyed parents, innovative teachers, and at-wits’...

Knifepoint Horror

65 episodes - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 2.6K ratings
Tales of supernatural suspense written and produced by Soren Narnia. The text of these stories is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike CC BY-NC-SA. Email: songofsa...

Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing

856 episodes - Latest episode: 7 days ago - ★★★★ - 2.5K ratings
Grammar Girl is your friendly guide to the English language—writing, history, rules, and cool stuff. We cover punctuation, grammar, style, word histories, idioms, and more. Five-time winner of Best...

Selected Shorts

137 episodes - Latest episode: 14 days ago - ★★★★ - 2.2K ratings
Our greatest actors transport us through the magic of fiction, one short story at a time. Sometimes funny. Always moving. Selected Shorts connects you to the world with a rich diversity of voices ...

Overdue

563 episodes - Latest episode: 3 days ago - ★★★★★ - 1.8K ratings
Overdue is a podcast about the books you've been meaning to read. Join Andrew and Craig each week as they tackle a new title from their backlog. Classic literature, obscure plays, goofy childen’s ...

Read Me Romance

401 episodes - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 1.6K ratings
HEA on the go! Original, never-before-heard romance audiobooks from your favorite authors, narrated by professionals and presented for your listening pleasure every, single week! We’ll begin a new,...

Scare You To Sleep

232 episodes - Latest episode: 4 days ago - ★★★★★ - 1.5K ratings
Curl up and relax as I read you a spooky bed time story! Join me in enjoying the soothing, although somewhat unnerving, sounds of all that goes bump in the night.From ghosts in the bayou to serial ...

Nerdette

459 episodes - Latest episode: 6 days ago - ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratings
Nerdette is a weekly interview show that helps you unwind with fun conversations, inspiring ideas, and delightful recommendations. And join us every month for the Nerdette Book Club!

PotterCast: The Harry Potter Podcast (since 2005)

334 episodes - Latest episode: 7 months ago - ★★★★ - 1.3K ratings
Join PotterCast in a continuing adventure through J.K. Rowling's Wizarding World. For eleven years PotterCast has remained your trusted source for discussion, celebration, and interviews with creat...

Game of Owns - ASOIAF/Game of Thrones/House of the Dragon podcast

481 episodes - Latest episode: 3 days ago - ★★★★★ - 1.2K ratings
Podcasting through George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire and HBO's Game Of Thrones/House of the Dragon. Episodes sorted chapter by chapter at gameofowns.com

Reading Glasses

278 episodes - Latest episode: 7 days ago - ★★★★★ - 1.2K ratings
Want to learn how to make the most of your reading life? Join Brea Grant and Mallory O’Meara every week as they discuss tips and tricks for reading better! Listeners will learn how to vanquish thei...

Who Would Win

176 episodes - Latest episode: 1 day ago - ★★★★★ - 1.2K ratings
A #Geek and #Comedy #Podcast that debates battles between superheroes and villains from the worlds of #Comics, #Scifi, & #Fantasy. Hosted by @JamesGavsie and @AlmightyRay

History of Westeros (Game of Thrones)

426 episodes - Latest episode: 3 days ago - ★★★★★ - 989 ratings
Come obsess over A Song of Ice and Fire and Game of Thrones with us! Our show is an enthusiastic and heavily-detailed look at the past, present and future of Westeros and the realms beyond. Suppo...

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day

574 episodes - Latest episode: about 8 hours ago - ★★★★ - 960 ratings
Free daily dose of word power from Merriam-Webster's experts

Scott Sigler's Audiobooks

464 episodes - Latest episode: 4 days ago - ★★★★★ - 953 ratings
New York Times best-selling novelist Scott Sigler gives away all of his stories as free, serialized audiobooks. Described as "Stephen King meets Michael Crichton meets Chuck Palahniuk," Scott's sto...

Literature and History

96 episodes - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 917 ratings
This podcast is an introduction to Anglophone literature, from ancient times to the present, done by a Ph.D. with lots of books and musical instruments. A typical episode offers a summary of a work...

Chase & Josh: Fact or Fantasy

128 episodes - Latest episode: 4 days ago - ★★★★★ - 911 ratings
Chase & Josh break down, review and evaluate the world's top Fantasy shows/books/movies while debating the hottest topics.

Geek's Guide to the Galaxy - A Science Fiction Podcast

496 episodes - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 852 ratings
Science fiction author David Barr Kirtley talks geek culture with guests such as Neil Gaiman (#253), George R. R. Martin (#22), Richard Dawkins (#46), Wil Wheaton (#398), Bill Nye (#273), Margaret...

Radio Westeros ASoIaF Podcasts

119 episodes - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 808 ratings
Yolkboy and Lady Gwynhyfvar host podcasts about George RR Martin's 'A Song of Ice and Fire' novels. Analysis and theories, alongside short readings set to specially arranged music, pseudo adverts f...

Book Riot - The Podcast

828 episodes - Latest episode: 3 days ago - ★★★★ - 806 ratings
Book Riot - The Podcast is a weekly news and talk show about what's new, cool, and worth talking about in the world of books and reading, brought to you by the editors of BookRiot.com

Cinema Story Origins

47 episodes - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 803 ratings
The Original stories, fairytales, and legends that inspire our favorite films.

Bend the Knee: A Song of Ice and Fire Podcast

276 episodes - Latest episode: 2 days ago - ★★★★ - 778 ratings
Bend the knee and join us each week as we re-read the epic fantasy series, A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin. Each episode will contain a small council meeting for updates on the HBO sh...

Helping Writers Become Authors

557 episodes - Latest episode: 10 days ago - ★★★★★ - 722 ratings
Helping Writers Become Authors provides writers help in summoning inspiration, crafting solid characters, outlining and structuring novels, and polishing prose. Learn how to write a book and edit i...

Goosebuds

119 episodes - Latest episode: 3 days ago - ★★★★★ - 691 ratings
Welcome to Goosebuds! A podcast where your hosts Paul Ritchey, Chad Quandt, and Kevin Cole dig into the Young Adult Literature of Goosebumps by R.L. Stine and give these tomes the deep critique and...