60 Best Literature Podcasts

1. The Book Review

The world's top authors and critics join host Gilbert Cruz and editors at The New York Times Book Review to talk about the week's top books, what we're reading and what's going on in the literary world.
Podcast the-book-review.simplecast.com
Host Gilbert Cruz
Email ****@nytimes.com
Apple Rating 4.1 / 5Facebook Followers 236.3KTwitter Followers 51.4MInstagram Followers 404K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 40 min Since Dec 2014 Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact Get Influential Podcasters ContactsGet access to 100k active Podcasters, Influencers in 1500 niche categories.Get targeted media contact list in your niche at your fingertips so you can focus on running your campaign.Email us the categories of Podcasters you want to reach out for your marketing campaign at anuj@feedspot.com Copy email. We'll share active Podcasters list with verified email contacts in an Excel or CSV format.Email us

2. The History of Literature

Amateur literary enthusiast Jacke Wilson journeys through the history of literature from ancient epics to contemporary classics. The History of Literature takes a fresh look at some of the most compelling examples of creative genius the world has ever known.
Podcast historyofliterature.com
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 4.6 / 5Facebook Followers 4.4KTwitter Followers 800 Frequency 8 episodes / month Avg Length 67 min Since Oct 2015 Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

3. The Great Books Podcast

This podcast focuses specifically on classic literature. Each show lasts roughly thirty minutes and features a different guest who discusses a chosen classic. The podcast isn't limited to novels and will occasionally discuss plays by authors such as Shakespeare and Chekhov.
Podcast nationalreview.com
Email ****@nationalreview.com
Apple Rating 4.6 / 5Facebook Followers 1.1MTwitter Followers 331.5KInstagram Followers 77.5K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 35 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

4. New Books in Literature

Interviews with Writers about their New Books.
Podcast newbooksnetwork.com
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5 Frequency 14 episodes / week Avg Length 41 min Since Jul 2020 Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

5. CraftLit

CraftLit is a weekly podcast for people who love, read, and curious about classic literature
Podcast craftlit.com
Email ****@craftlit.com
Apple Rating 4.7 / 5Facebook Followers 1.9KTwitter Followers 1.6K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 84 min Since Apr 2006 Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

6. American Writers

In each episode, Evan Lampe discusses around 100 pages from the works of American writers.
Podcast hundredpages.podbean.com
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 4.8 / 5 Frequency 6 episodes / month Avg Length 36 min Since Feb 2017 Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

7. Poetry and English Literature

Three genial enthusiasts read and discuss poetry.
Podcast buzzsprout.com
Host Dan Hill
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5Twitter Followers 57 Frequency 2 episodes / quarter Avg Length 110 min Since Oct 2019 Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

8. The Archive Project

In partnership with Oregon Public Broadcasting, Literary Arts is building a retrospective of some of the most engaging talks from the world's best writers over the first 30 years of Portland Arts & Lectures in Portland.
Podcast literary-arts.org
Email ****@literary-arts.org
Apple Rating 4.6 / 5Facebook Followers 10.4KTwitter Followers 9.6KInstagram Followers 9.2K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 61 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

9. Literally Literary

From the Humanities Collaborative at EPCC-UTEP & the Papagayo Project, this podcast dissects culturally-relevant literature: novels, memoirs, poetry, comics, zines, & short stories. We love reading & analyzing books, comparing their adaptations, & connecting their allusions. We also feature special guests, including the authors themselves.
Podcast podcasters.spotify.com
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 342Twitter Followers 634Instagram Followers 1.3K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 47 min Since Sep 2019 Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

10. An Overview of English Literature

Short episodes on the fascinating history of English literature by a literary scholar and lecturer.
Podcast podcasters.spotify.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5 Frequency 1 episode / month Avg Length 43 min Since Aug 2020 Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

11. Didion, Hawthorne, and the In-Between

A podcast that underscores the relevancy of literature in the 21st Century through analysis and discussion.
Podcast didionandhawthorne.blubrry.net
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Apple Rating 5 / 5 Frequency 1 episode / month Avg Length 41 min Since Mar 2019 Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

12. Can't Lit

A monthly podcast on all things Canadian and literature. Hosted by Dina Del Bucchia and Jen Sookfong Lee.
Podcast cantlit.ca
Email ****@sookfong.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 631Twitter Followers 3.6K Frequency 1 episode / quarter Avg Length 71 min Since Apr 2014 Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

13. Hardcore Literature

Welcome to your new favorite 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 literary analyses. We don't just read the great books - we live them. Together we'll suck the marrow out of Shakespeare, Homer, and Tolstoy. We'll relish the most moving art ever committed to the page and stage from every age. Join us on the reading adventure of a lifetime.
Podcast benjaminmcevoy.libsyn.com
Email ****@benjaminmcevoy.com
Apple Rating 4.8 / 5Twitter Followers 145 Frequency 2 episodes / quarter Avg Length 72 min Since Oct 2019 Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

14. SUBTEXT Literature and Film Podcast

SUBTEXT is a podcast about the human condition, and what we can learn about it from the greatest inventions of the human imagination: fiction, film, drama, poetry, essays, and criticism. Each episode, philosopher Wes Alwan and poet Erin O'Luanaigh explore life's big questions by conducting a close reading of a text or film and co-writing an audio essay about it in real time.
Podcast subtextpodcast.com
Email ****@subtextpodcast.com
Apple Rating 4.9 / 5Facebook Followers 449Twitter Followers 374 Frequency 2 episodes / month Avg Length 52 min Since Jul 2020 Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

15. The Joys of Teaching Literature

Teaching literature in high school is about connecting the past, the present, and the future with the imagination. The study of literature can be fun, relevant, and meaningful for all students if we focus on inspiring creative and curious thinkers and writers. This podcast will deal with new technologies, consciousness, identity, love, culture, classroom management, omniscient narration, rhythm, and all the other topics related to teaching English.
Podcast podcasters.spotify.com
Host Scott Cameron
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 4.6 / 5Facebook Followers 722Twitter Followers 7Instagram Followers 872 Frequency 1 episode / day Avg Length 30 min Since May 2020 Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

16. Novel Conversations

Novel Conversations is a podcast summarizing the world's greatest works of classic literature, in 35 minutes you get the whole story from cover to cover. In each episode, Frank Lavallo hosts two readers and the three of them give their reactions to the story and read their favorite passages along the way.
Podcast evergreenpodcasts.com
Email ****@thefrontporchpeople.com
Apple Rating 4.7 / 5Facebook Followers 462 Frequency 2 episodes / quarter Avg Length 41 min Since Aug 2016 Listen on Apple YouTube Play Get Email Contact

17. Passager Books

A short weekly podcast featuring poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction by writers who have been published by Passager, a nonprofit literary journal, and press highlighting the work of older writers.
Podcast passagerbooks.com
Email ****@passagerbooks.com
Apple Rating 4.9 / 5Facebook Followers 856Twitter Followers 194Instagram Followers 297 Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 7 min Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

18. Just the Best Literature

Just the Best Literature inspires you to not only read printed books, but to read only the best books. Besides books, host Dennis Leap will lead discussions on other current literature such as essays and important articles.
Podcast kpcg.fm
Email ****@kpcg.fm
Apple Rating 4.8 / 5 Frequency 2 episodes / month Avg Length 31 min Since Dec 2018 Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

19. Book Fight

A weekly podcast about books, writing, reading, and raccoons. Hosted by Mike Ingram and Tom McAllister, editors at Barrelhouse Magazine and authors of fiction and creative nonfiction. Winner of a 2015 Philadelphia Geek Award for Best Streaming Media Project. You don't need to read the books to enjoy the show!
Podcast bookfightpod.com
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 4.4 / 5Twitter Followers 2.7K Frequency 1 episode / month Since Apr 2012 Listen on Apple Get Email Contact

20. The Global Novel

The Global Novel is a podcast that shares a critical lens on the narrative features of world literatures from antiquity to modernity and aims to make academic education in literature accessible to the world.
Podcast theglobalnovel.com
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 52 Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 22 min Listen on Apple YouTube Play Get Email Contact

21. The Writer's Almanac

The Writer's Almanac is a daily podcast of poetry and historical interest pieces, usually of literary significance. Each day's offering is five minutes long and contains 'on this day in history' information as well as an accessible poem.
Podcast garrisonkeillor.com
Host Garrison Keillor
Email ****@garrisonkeillor.com
Facebook Followers 148.7KTwitter Followers 90 Frequency 1 episode / day Since Jul 2018 Listen on YouTube Get Email Contact

22. The Left Page

A podcast about Literature and Leftism! Understanding literary works, themes, authors and more from a Left perspective!
Podcast shows.acast.com
Email ****@hotmail.com
Frequency 4 episodes / month Avg Length 85 min Since Feb 2019 Play Get Email Contact

23. Words and Nerds

Words and Nerds Podcast is an entertaining and conversational podcast that aims to get inside a writer's mind. We discuss books, the social and political influences of a writer's work, and how literature has the power to change the world. The podcast digs deep to bring you an in depth and sometimes humorous analysis of the author's book and its influences. Join us for a new way of looking at literature.
Podcast danivee.com.au
Email ****@gmail.com
Facebook Followers 960Instagram Followers 4.2K Frequency 2 episodes / week Avg Length 38 min Since Oct 2017 Listen on YouTube Play Get Email Contact

24. You're Booked

Welcome to You are Booked, the podcast for literary nosy parkers who would like the chance to snoop around their favorite author's bookshelves. I am Daisy Buchanan, your Book Inspector, and I will be asking our guests all about the first forbidden books they read under the covers, the beloved books they have borrowed, and never given back, and those impressive heavyweight hardbacks that make them look like intellectual giants even though they could not get beyond the first twenty pages.
Podcast play.acast.com
Email ****@gmail.com
Facebook Followers 283Twitter Followers 1.5KInstagram Followers 2K Frequency 2 episodes / month Avg Length 55 min Since Oct 2018 Play Get Email Contact

25. The Bible as Literature

Each week, Dr. Richard Benton, Fr. Marc Boulos and guests discuss the content of the Bible as literature. On Tuesdays, Fr. Paul Tarazi presents an in-depth analysis of the biblical text in the original languages.
Podcast tbal.transistor.fm
Email ****@seocc.org
Facebook Followers 1.3KTwitter Followers 258 Frequency 2 episodes / month Avg Length 21 min Since Jan 2014 Play Get Email Contact

26. The Literary Life Podcast

A podcast exploring all aspects of a life cultivated by books and stories.
Podcast theliterary.life
Email ****@gmail.com
Instagram Followers 7.2K Frequency 1 episode / week Since Apr 2019 Get Email Contact

27. The Artsy Raven Podcast

JF Garrard (writer, editor and publisher) interviews authors, editors, agents, publishers and other art industry professionals about what inspires them to create and what led to their success. Writers on the podcast will showcase their work by reading from their book. If are an author, a potential author or a reader who just wants to hear about what goes on in a writer's mind and the publishing industry, this is the podcast for you.
Podcast jfgarrard.com
Email ****@jfgarrard.com
Facebook Followers 193Twitter Followers 1.3K Frequency 1 episode / month Avg Length 30 min Listen on Apple YouTube Play Get Email Contact

28. Chinese Literature Podcast

This podcast is an open-up to the field of Chinese Literary studies, bringing the Middle Kingdom to You One Chat at a Time.
Podcast chineseliteraturepodcast.com
Email ****@gmail.com
Twitter Followers 535Instagram Followers 280 Frequency 1 episode / week Since Apr 2016 Listen on YouTube Play Get Email Contact

29. Unsound Methods

A literary fiction podcast that is different from the usual publicity mill. We to talk to fellow writers of literary fiction about their process and, since we started in 2018, we've spoken to everyone from winners of the Nobel prize, Prix Goncourt, Leipziger Buchmesse, and Man Booker International prize to debut novelists and short story writers. We want to share conversations about the nitty-gritty of writing fiction and explore what makes fiction 'real'.
Podcast unsoundmethods.co.uk
Email ****@gmail.com
Facebook Followers 62Twitter Followers 910 Frequency 3 episodes / year Get Email Contact

30. Literature and History

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, or part of a work of literature, followed by some historical analysis. The episodes include original music, some comedy songs, and goofy jokes. You can listen to the shows in any order, although from time to time, episodes will make brief mention of previous or upcoming ones.
Podcast literatureandhistory.libsyn.com
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 4.8 / 5Facebook Followers 3.2KTwitter Followers 2.4K Since Feb 2016 Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact