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8 Best Books Podcasts of 2026

Updated: Jul 2026


The Book Review

By The New York Times  

Books  Arts  

2 Episodes

Started: May 2026

Latest: Week ago

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. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.

Best Episodes of The Book Review:

   

Book Club: Let's Talk About 'Transcription,' by Ben Lerner

Ben Lerner’s slender new novel, “Transcription,” is just 130 pages long, yet it cracks open some of our most colossal and enduring philosophical questions. The novel is told in three parts. We open wi…

AudioShelf

By Britney and Brad  

Books  Arts  Technology  

310 Episodes

Started: Sept 2016

Latest: Year ago

AudioShelf is a weekly book review Podcast and YouTube channel for lovers of all things literature! Your hosts, Brad and Britney, will discuss many different topics ranging from audiobook reviews, narrator & author interviews, and general industry topics. The episodes are enthusiastic, candid, and above all else, honest.

Best Episodes of AudioShelf:

   

10 of the Best Books of 2020 | Episode 295

2020 was a good year....FOR BOOKS. There were so many wonderful releases and revisits that really helped us make it through. To be frank, there are a lot more books than 10 that really helped us, but …

The New Yorker: Fiction

By WNYC Studios and The New Yorker  

Books  Arts  

232 Episodes

Started: May 2007

Latest: Week ago

A monthly reading and conversation with the New Yorker fiction editor Deborah Treisman.

Best Episodes of The New Yorker: Fiction:

   

Han Ong Reads Lyudmila Ulitskaya

Han Ong joins Deborah Treisman to discuss “ [The Fugitive] (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/05/12/the-fugitive) ,” by Lyudmila Ulitskaya, which was published in The New Yorker in 2014. Ong is …

Deadline City's Podcast

By Zoraida & Dhonielle  

Arts  Fiction  

75 Episodes

Started: Oct 2019

Latest: Year ago

Welcome to Deadline City: a podcast and a destination. We are two New York City-based authors who share an office and work on multiple books at a time. Between us, we have 40 books published and under contract, and we’re just getting started. If you’ve seen us on the road, you know how we cut up. We like to have fun and talk about the one thing that is always on our minds: creating books. Publishing is a big scary world to many of us, and our goal is to pull back the curtain on some of the mystery by simply talking about it. In our first season, we want to dig into subjects like YA fiction, editing, reading reviews, burnout. Most of the time, you publish a book and then you’re at a loss for what comes next. How do you navigate the industry and then still manage to write more books? That’s a journey we’re on and know that so many others are on the same road. We hope you come along for the ride.

Best Episodes of Deadline City's Podcast:

   

S6 - Episode 6: Big Idea Barn

Welcome back to Deadline City! This week we are talking about the "Big Idea." But what is a "Big Idea" and who gets to decide that? We pull from our vast publishing experience plus trends we've seen c…

Books and Boba

By Potluck Podcast Collective  

Books  Arts  Society & Culture  

363 Episodes

Started: Sept 2016

Latest: Week ago

Books & Boba is a book club dedicated to books written by Asian and Asian American authors. We cover a wide range of genres including contemporary, historical fiction, sci-fi, fantasy, YA, nonfiction, thrillers, graphic novels, and memoirs.

Best Episodes of Books and Boba:

   

#356 - No No Boy by John Okada

On this episode we discuss our May 2026 pick is [No-No Boy] (https://bookshop.org/p/books/no-no-boy-john-okada/c7167fb24a4a681e?ean=9780295994048&next=t&aid=11692&listref=book-club-picks-91552a56-f7a9…

Hot Mess-Terpiece Theatre

By Stitcher & Jolenta Greenberg, Kristen Meinzer  

After Shows  TV & Film  TV Reviews  

382 Episodes

Started: Mar 2017

Latest: Year ago

Comedian & pop culture critic Jolenta Greenberg has a theory: reality TV isn’t ruining culture - it is culture. Join her and a cast of sharp, funny guests as they dig into the details behind the drama and unpack why we can’t get enough of those iconic scenes and unforgettable characters. This is the place for highbrow conversations about “lowbrow” TV All seasons By the Book & How to Be Fine are also in this feed. To hear back episodes, just scroll down!

Best Episodes of Hot Mess-Terpiece Theatre:

   

Friends with Kids

Is it possible to hold onto friendship after one of you has kids and the other doesn't? Ophira Eisenberg, host of the podcasts Parenting is a Joke and Ask Me Another, shares her thoughts.  We want to …

Oprah’s Book Club

By Oprah and Apple Books  

Society & Culture  

9 Episodes

Started: Sept 2020

Latest: Year ago

Oprah Winfrey and author Isabel Wilkerson, take listeners through the 8 Pillars of Caste, featured in the Oprah’s Book Club selection "Caste: The Origins of our Discontents."

Best Episodes of Oprah’s Book Club:

   

Caste: Pillar 8

Part seven of Oprah’s discussion with Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Isabel Wilkerson and readers of the book,Caste: The Origins of ourDiscontents.The penultimate episode in the eight-part series focus…

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