8 Best Books Podcasts of 2021

Updated: May 2022


The Book Review

By The New York Times  

Books  Arts  

398 Episodes

Started: Dec 2014

Latest: Few days ago

The world's top authors and critics join host John Williams 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.

Best Episodes of The Book Review:

Hernan Diaz on ‘Trust’ and Money in Fiction

Hernan Diaz’s [second novel, “Trust,”] (https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/28/books/review/trust-hernan-diaz.html) is four books in one. Our reviewer, Michael Gorra, calls it “intricate, cunning and cons…

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 …

Deadline City's Podcast

By Zoraida & Dhonielle  

Arts  Fiction  

69 Episodes

Started: Oct 2019

Latest: 3 months 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:

S5: Episode 10 - Resolution Blvd. Pt 3

It's that time again. RESOLUTION BLVD, we meet again. Dhonielle and Zoraida break down the peaks and pits of our year and lay out what we want to do better or try next year.  What are your resolutions…

Books and Boba

By Potluck Podcast Collective  

Books  Arts  Society & Culture  

176 Episodes

Started: Sept 2016

Latest: Few days 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:

#177 - Author Chat w/ Vanessa Hua

On this episode, we welcome author Vanessa Hua back to the podcast to chat about her newest book [Forbidden City] (https://bookshop.org/books/forbidden-city-9780399178818/9780399178818?aid=11692&listr…

By The Book

By Stitcher & Jolenta Greenberg, Kristen Meinzer  

Comedy  Society & Culture  

208 Episodes

Started: Mar 2017

Latest: Week ago

Half reality show, half self-help podcast, and one wild social experiment. Join comedian Jolenta Greenberg and culture critic Kristen Meinzer as they live by the rules of a different self-help book each episode to figure out which ones might actually be life changing.

Best Episodes of By The Book:

Epilogue: Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life

Kristen & Jolenta respond to listener questions about Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life, by Héctor García and Francesc Miralles. Join the By The Book Patreon Community! For $5 per m…

The Great Books

By National Review  

Books  Arts  Education  

11 Episodes

Started: Mar 2022

Latest: Few days ago

Hillsdale College’s John J. Miller discusses classic works within the Western literary canon.

Best Episodes of The Great Books:

Episode 227: 'Bartleby, the Scrivener' by Herman Melville

John J. Miller is joined by Jason Peters of Hillsdale College to discuss Herman Melville's 'Bartleby, the Scrivener.'

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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