Literature Podcasts

Overly Sarcastic Podcast

103 episodes - Latest episode: 10 days ago - ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratings
Red and Blue of Overly Sarcastic Productions keep the learnin' rollin' with a biweekly after show! Join the OSP crew as we chat about all the anecdotes, corrections, and fan questions that didn't m...

Book Riot - The Podcast

979 episodes - Latest episode: 3 days ago - ★★★★ - 882 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

Reading Bug Adventures - Original Stories with Music for Kids

180 episodes - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 779 ratings
Let's Fly! Reading Bug Adventures is a story podcast for kids from The Reading Bug. Each episode is a new adventure with original songs -- just hop into the Reading Bug's magic book bag, and we'll ...

Book Cheat

117 episodes - Latest episode: 4 months ago - ★★★★★ - 548 ratings
The book club podcast where Dave Warneke has read the book so you don't have to. Each episode Dave tells two special guests all about a classic novel or play, and by the end of the show, both you a...

Backlisted

272 episodes - Latest episode: 5 days ago - ★★★★★ - 497 ratings
The literary podcast presented by John Mitchinson and Andy Miller. For show notes visit backlisted.fm and get an extra two shows a month by supporting the pod at patreon.com/backlisted

Open Book with Stephen Nichols

40 episodes - Latest episode: 10 months ago - ★★★★★ - 437 ratings
This podcast is about the power of books and the people they’ve shaped. Stephen Nichols joins R.C. Sproul and other teachers in their personal libraries to discover the books that have left a mark ...

Hardcore Literature

150 episodes - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 329 ratings
Welcome to your new favourite book club. If you enjoy deep dives into the greatest books ever written, you will love Hardcore Literature. Provocative poems, evocative epics, and life-changing liter...

Print Run Podcast

174 episodes - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 284 ratings
Print Run is a podcast created and hosted by Laura Zats and Erik Hane. Its aim is simple: to have the conversations surrounding the book and writing industries that too often are glossed over by co...

Podlander Drunkcast

202 episodes - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 271 ratings
A slightly tipsy exploration of each episode of the STARZ series OUTLANDER

What The Folklore?

644 episodes - Latest episode: 18 days ago - ★★★★★ - 218 ratings
A comedy podcast that exposes the absurd side of folklore. Each week we read a story, fix plotholes and create new ones, and invent unintended connections between tales.

ME READING STUFF

361 episodes - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 213 ratings
Love letters to the people of the world. Sincerely, Robyn O'Neil

Friday's | Hot Passionate Sex Stories to Heat Up Your Nights

104 episodes - Latest episode: 10 months ago - ★★★ - 207 ratings
Friday Nights will never be the same, every week we will share a HOT new PASSIONATE story with you. Just the thing to bring your weekend alive. And our sponsor www.AdamandEve.com has a special of...

Alpinist

62 episodes - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 162 ratings
Since 2002 Alpinist has striven to push creative boundaries with everything we do, from award-winning climbing journalism and creative writing to photography and art. Now, with the Alpinist podcast...

Phil Rossi Media Podcasts

108 episodes - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 131 ratings
Free audio fiction, podcasts, and other goodness.

I Will Read for You: The Voice and Writings of Jaiya John

276 episodes - Latest episode: 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 130 ratings
Voice medicine to soothe your soul, from freedom worker, poet, author, and spoken word artist Dr. Jaiya John. Bedtime bliss. Morning meditation. Daytime peace. Comfort. Calm. Soul food. Come, gathe...

LARB Radio Hour

344 episodes - Latest episode: about 23 hours ago - ★★★★★ - 120 ratings
The Los Angeles Review of Books Radio Hour is a weekly show featuring interviews, readings and discussions about all things literary. Hosted by LARB Editors-at-Large Kate Wolf, Medaya Ocher, and Er...

Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine's Fiction Podcast

155 episodes - Latest episode: 26 days ago - ★★★★ - 115 ratings
Monthly readings and dramatizations of stories by the world’s leading writers of suspense chosen from the magazine’s archives. The full range of the genre is represented in these riveting au...

Jockstrap Stories

47 episodes - Latest episode: 10 months ago - ★★★★★ - 92 ratings
Serialized Stories of LGBTQ+ Sports Fiction. 2019: Serial Reading of: 'NORTHRIDGE HIGH FOOTBALL CAMP' - a gay erotic sports fiction book. 2022: Serial Reading of: 'THE GUYS OF NORTHRIDGE' - a gay ...

One True Podcast

129 episodes - Latest episode: 9 days ago - ★★★★★ - 88 ratings
One True Podcast explores all things related to Hemingway, his work, and his world. The show is hosted by Mark Cirino and produced by Michael Von Cannon. Join us in conversation with scholars, art...

The Dead Robots' Society

751 episodes - Latest episode: 28 days ago - ★★★★★ - 86 ratings
Writers talking about writing. Writers talking about publishing. Writers talking about life. Authors Terry Mixon and Paul E Cooley interview, babble, and usually cover a number of disassociated top...

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.

Hypnogoria

771 episodes - Latest episode: 13 days ago - ★★★★★ - 76 ratings
Welcome to Hypnogoria, Britian's longest running horror podcast! Coming to you from the Great Library of Dreams, Mr Jim Moon invites you to take a comfy armchair by the fireside to talk of all th...

Mythgard Academy

469 episodes - Latest episode: 1 day 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.

Deep In Bear Country - A Berenstain Bearcast

676 episodes - Latest episode: about 5 hours ago - ★★★★★ - 74 ratings
Phil Gonzales takes listeners on a chronological journey through the history of Bear Country.

Combat and Classics Podcast

102 episodes - Latest episode: 10 months ago - ★★★★★ - 74 ratings
Combat and Classics is a series of podcasts and free online seminars for active duty, reserve, and veteran U.S. military members, sponsored by St. John’s College. The podcasts and seminars encourag...

Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine's Podcast

73 episodes - Latest episode: 5 months ago - ★★★★ - 74 ratings
AHMM introduces The Hitchcock Podcast Series. Each month we post a new reading of a favorite story from our archives, selected and introduced by the magazine's editor, Linda Landrigan. For o...

Asimov's Science Fiction

48 episodes - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★ - 73 ratings
With every new issue, Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine shares one piece of short fiction in podcast form. Enjoy these audio treats from our pages!

Thaddeus Ellenburg's Casual Friday

74 episodes - Latest episode: 4 months ago - ★★★★★ - 69 ratings
Finish the work week in all-out hysterics with short stories written and read by Thaddeus Ellenburg.