The best podcasts for book lovers
If you’re a book lover, a dream day involves at least couple of hours lost in the pages of your latest read, right? Unfortunately life often gets in the way – chores to be done, shopping to be bought, dogs to be walked…
That’s where book podcasts come in. You can listen as you go about your day and still get your books fix. There are lots of excellent books-based podcasts available to listen to, featuring discussions, reviews and author interviews. Here, we choose nine of the best.
Author Daisy Buchanan is the hostess with the mostest of this brilliant books podcast. Every episode, she interviews an author about the books that have shaped their lives, from childhood through to their latest read. We love that chatty tone and how wide-ranging the conversations often are, taking in music, film and art. Recent guests have included Nina Stibbe, Liane Moriarty, Paula Hawkins and Jodi Picoult.
Pop star Dua Lipa hosts this brilliant, thoughtful vodcast. Every month Dua picks a book for her Book Club, then chats to the author – recent choices have included The Bee Sting by Paul Murray and On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong. Listen for the smart questioning and unusual take on books.
Backlisted’s focus is on giving new life to old books. The two presenters, John Mitchinson and Andy Miller, joined by producer Nicky Birch, have great chemistry and it’s a great way to find out about undiscovered gems.
This podcast is an offshoot of Queen Camilla’s book club for which she picks four of her favourite books a season; often novels that have been published a while ago. Authors appearing on the most recent episodes of the podcast include Bernardine Evaristo, Min Jin Lee and Kate Atkinson.
This weekly podcast from Penguin Books is an ecletic mix of author interviews, behind-the-scenes Q & As with staff and themed book recommendations.
Presenter James Crawford looks at an author’s latest work and delves further into their creative process by learning about the three other books that have shaped their writing. Recent interviewees have included Emma Healey, Jonathan Coe and Tessa Hadley.
The Times Literary Supplement Podcast
TLS editors and writers join Lucy Dallas and Alex Clark to talk through the week’s issue.
A monthly reading and conversation with the New Yorker fiction editor Deborah Treisman. Recent guests include Anne Enright and Jennifer Egan.
A monthly book club featuring discussion about classics and interviews with prize-winning authors talking about their best-known book. Recent guests include Meg Wolitzer, Douglas Stuart and Kate Mosse.
Recordings of the author and reader discussions that happen twice-weekly at the London Review Bookshop. Expect lively debates and a mix of guests including Sinead Gleeson, Sarah Moss and Lauren Oyler.
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