Books Podcasts

Beer With Geeks: A Geek Pop Culture Podcast

508 episodes - Latest episode: 3 days ago - ★★★★★ - 112 ratings
A podcast hosted by two guys who grew up as geeks in the 1990s. Each week, we reminisce about our geeky childhoods over a couple of beers.

Cooper & Cary Have Words

213 episodes - Latest episode: 2 days ago - ★★★★★ - 111 ratings
James Cary and Barry Cooper are two English friends who live 4000 miles apart and enjoy theology, culture and the arts. Now they record themselves and call it a podcast. Thanks, internet. To get ...

Free Library Podcast

775 episodes - Latest episode: about 12 hours ago - ★★★★ - 106 ratings
The Free Library Podcast is an easy way to participate in the author events and lectures that take place at the Parkway Central Library. Visit Author Events to find upcoming events.

Death Of 1000 Cuts

372 episodes - Latest episode: 10 months ago - ★★★★★ - 88 ratings
Death Of 1000 Cuts is a podcast for fiction writers, full of motivational rants, writing exercises, interviews with authors, and detailed critiques of first pages submitted by you, the listeners. E...

I'm a Writer But

130 episodes - Latest episode: 3 days ago - ★★★★★ - 87 ratings
A podcast about writers with, you know, LIVES. Hosted by Lindsay Hunter.

Catholic Culture Audiobooks

177 episodes - Latest episode: 6 days ago - ★★★★★ - 86 ratings
Voice actor James T. Majewski brings to life classic Catholic works, with a special focus on St. John Henry Newman and the Fathers of the Church. Over 100 recordings, including sermons, encyclical...

Big Gay Fiction Podcast

495 episodes - Latest episode: 5 days ago - ★★★★★ - 83 ratings
The Big Gay Fiction Podcast is for avid readers and passionate fans of queer romance fiction. Each week we bring you exclusive author interviews, book recommendations and explore the latest in quee...

Madame Perry's Salon

445 episodes - Latest episode: 3 days ago - ★★★★★ - 80 ratings
Popular publicist and entertainer Jennifer Perry interviews today's most interesting people. Guests include Arden Myrin, Michael Des Barres, Myq Kaplan, Jen Lancaster, Tony Keddie, Dave Kos, Wendy...

Fully Booked by Kirkus Reviews

367 episodes - Latest episode: 4 days ago - ★★★★ - 80 ratings
Get the ultimate insider's scoop on the best new books. The editors at Kirkus Reviews interview your favorite authors, tell you whether or not the books on the bestseller list are worth the read, g...

Novel Conversations

84 episodes - Latest episode: 4 days ago - ★★★★★ - 80 ratings
Novel Conversations is a podcast summarizing the world’s greatest works of classic literature: you get the whole story from cover to cover. If CliffsNotes had an audio-bestfriend, it would be us! E...

Apocalist Book Club

54 episodes - Latest episode: 11 months ago - ★★★★★ - 79 ratings
Welcome to the Apocalist Book Club! Your hosts Nella and Raven are reading all apocalyptic fiction in chronological order. Join the club--you have time now. Updated every 3rd Wednesday of the month.

Talking With My Mouth Full

160 episodes - Latest episode: 6 days ago - ★★★★★ - 78 ratings
Hosts David Leite (Leite's Culinaria) and Amy Traverso (Yankee Magazine) take on the unexpected ways food and drink intersect life. Join them as they question, laugh, and debate their way through ...

Write Now with Scrivener

38 episodes - Latest episode: 24 days ago - ★★★★★ - 77 ratings
Join journalist Kirk McElhearn as he interviews writers of all kinds about their processes, routines, and how they use Scrivener, the app dedicated to long-form writing. In the first half of the sh...

Mythgard Academy

469 episodes - Latest episode: about 20 hours ago - ★★★★★ - 76 ratings
Mythgard Academy aims to make engaging discussions of fantasy and science fiction literature free and open to everyone. The Mythgard Academy program features live discussions with Dr. Corey Olsen, ...

Tea or Books?

126 episodes - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 76 ratings
Simon (Stuck in a Book) and Rachel (Book Snob) debate the difficult decisions of books and reading.

Social Anxiety Variety Hour

85 episodes - Latest episode: 8 months ago - ★★★★★ - 76 ratings
Ever been uncomfortable at a party or, you know, anywhere other humans go? This show is for you! Author, comedian & actor Sara Benincasa and guests work through sublime, ridiculous, silly, funny an...

Deep In Bear Country - A Berenstain Bearcast

675 episodes - Latest episode: 7 days ago - ★★★★★ - 74 ratings
Phil Gonzales takes listeners on a chronological journey through the history of Bear Country.

Jacked Kirby

248 episodes - Latest episode: 1 day ago - ★★★★★ - 72 ratings
Join Jack Kirby fans Mike D & Tommy Lombardozzi as they invite weekly guests to discuss and explore the work and contributions of the comic book industry's greatest creator, with lots of laughs alo...

Days of Future Podcast: Examining the X-Men

166 episodes - Latest episode: 9 months ago - ★★★★★ - 72 ratings
Join hosts Trev & Joe as they discuss all things X-Men: the comics, the movies, the cartoons, and everything in-between. Mutant Rights Forever! (Contact us: facebook.com/daysoffuturepodcast, days...

Spybrary Spy Podcast

239 episodes - Latest episode: 2 days ago - ★★★★★ - 70 ratings
Spybrary is a podcast for fans of spy books, spy tv and spy movies since 2017. We bring you author interviews and reader discussions on our favorite spy books and novels.

Amie Kaufman On Writing

47 episodes - Latest episode: 9 months ago - ★★★★★ - 70 ratings
New York Times and internationally bestselling author Amie Kaufman answers one question each week about writing craft. Full of practical tips and an exercise each week, this is a show for writers, ...

Make Comics

110 episodes - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 69 ratings
The Comics Connection Make Comics podcast provides ~15 minutes of advice per episode on all aspects of creating comics and breaking in to the industry.

Paraphrase

16 episodes - Latest episode: 9 months ago - ★★★★★ - 69 ratings
Paraphrase is a podcast all about literary beginnings, from the first words in novel to the first steps in a career. Host Stephen Fishbach asks novelists to discuss the craft and thematic decisions...

Meanwhile Back on The Podcast

285 episodes - Latest episode: 7 months ago - ★★★★★ - 67 ratings
 Get ready for the perfect weekly dose of geek speak, as we deliver a nuanced, yet fun conversation about all your favorite made-up s@#%!  We've got the latest news, in-depth reviews, insightful ...

The Goldberry Books Podcast

47 episodes - Latest episode: 10 months ago - ★★★★★ - 66 ratings
Present by the team behind Goldberry Books, an indie bookshop in Concord, NC, the Goldberry Books podcast features conversations about topics of a bookish bent, from interviews with authors to dis...

PA BOOKS on PCN

549 episodes - Latest episode: 18 days ago - ★★★★★ - 64 ratings
PA Books features authors of books about Pennsylvania-related topics. These hour-long conversations allow authors to discuss both their subject matter and inspiration behind the books.

Ungraduated Media

549 episodes - Latest episode: 5 months ago - ★★★★★ - 64 ratings
On this podcast we cover movies, music, and books that help us "ungraduate" from the system of indoctrinated limits on the human mind. Your host, Ken Hannaman had his "Red Pill" moment early on in...

Calling All Creeps: A Goosebumps Literary Review

83 episodes - Latest episode: 6 months ago - ★★★★★ - 63 ratings
Hosts Matt Ryan and Dave Potosnak combine equal parts comedy and literary criticism in this Goosebumps appreciation podcast.

Books of Some Substance

106 episodes - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★ - 61 ratings
The unofficial podcast of literary misfits everywhere who want to engage with books of "substance" (i.e. serious, respected, heavy, philosophical, classic), or at least considered such.

Comic Books Are Burning In Hell

158 episodes - Latest episode: 6 months ago - ★★★★★ - 60 ratings
The only podcast about comic books on the internet, with Joe McCulloch, Chris Mautner, Matt Seneca and Tucker Stone.