Top Books Podcasts in United Kingdom

The latest Apple Podcasts Books chart for United Kingdom, refreshed throughout the day. Last checked September 5, 2026.

1

The Book Club

Goalhanger

2

Service95 Book Club With Dua Lipa

Service95

3

Zero to Well-Read

Book Riot

4

Sara & Cariad's Weirdos Book Club

Plosive

5

Sentimental Garbage

Justice for Dumb Women

6

The Book Review

The New York Times

7

Positive Distraction with Alexander McCall Smith

Alexander McCall Smith

8

The Waterstones Podcast

Waterstones

9

Fresh Air

NPR

10

The New Yorker: Fiction

The New Yorker

11

Off The Shelf with Morgann Book

Bookish Media

12

The Portobello Bookshop Podcast

The Portobello Bookshop

13

Poetry Unbound

On Being Studios

14

London Review Bookshop Podcast

London Review Bookshop

15

Take Four Books

BBC Radio 4

16

Wodcast

Into the Words

17

Myths and Legends

Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser, Nextpod

18

Close Readings

London Review of Books

19

Fantasy Fangirls

Fantasy Fangirls

20

A Good Read

BBC Radio 4

21

The Stories Writers Tell Themselves

Katherine

22

Definitely Fiction

Kirk Hamilton, Sam Parrish

23

The Radio 2 Book Club

BBC Radio 2

24

A Pair of Bookends

Hannah MacDonald

25

Inklings Book Club

Jack Edwards

26

STACK with Jake and Ella

STACK Books/W!ZARD Studios

27

Sherlock Holmes Bedtime Stories

Sherlock Holmes Bedtime Pod

28

Jane Austen's Paper Trail

The Conversation

29

Backlisted

Backlisted

30

Marlon and Jake Read Dead People

Penguin Random House

31

The Book Club Review

The Book Club Review

32

Shedunnit

Caroline Crampton

33

Tom's Book Club

Thomas Watters

34

Writer's Routine

Dan Simpson

35

The Prancing Pony Podcast

The Prancing Pony Podcast

36

Simon Mayo's Books of the Year

Bauer Media

37

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd: A Classic Crime Novel by Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie

38

Secret Life of Books

Sophie Gee and Jonty Claypole

39

Master Your Day With The Unabridged Audiobook Collection Anywhere, Anytime Instantly

Top-Rated Audiobooks

40

Among the Ancients

London Review of Books

41

Bookshelfie: Women’s Prize Podcast

Women’s Prize Podcast/ Bird Lime Media

42

The Book Club

The Spectator

43

The Chris Hedges Report

Chris Hedges

44

The Clearing with Katherine May

Katherine May

45

The Shit No One Tells You About Writing

Bianca Marais, Carly Watters and CeCe Lyra

46

On the Road with Penguin Classics

Penguin Random House UK

47

Dragons in the Details: A Crescent City & Maasverse Deep Dive Podcast

Abby and Ronnie | Huge Book Nerds

48

In Deep Geek

indeepgeek

49

Ask Penguin

Penguin Books UK

50

Naaji /ناجـی

Pari

51

Quick Book Reviews with Philippa Hall

Philippa Hall

52

Realms Unknown

The Bugle

53

Psychology & Behaviour Podcast

DLC

54

The Critic and Her Publics

Merve Emre

55

MuggleCast: The Harry Potter Re-Read Podcast

Harry Potter

56

Overdue

Headgum

57

The Losers' Club: A Stephen King Podcast

Bloody FM

58

Fiction Writing Made Easy with Savannah Gilbo | How to Write a Novel & Writing Advice

Savannah Gilbo

59

You're Booked

Daisy Buchanan

60

DTFae

DTFae Podcast

61

Ulysses - James Joyce

RTÉ Radio 1

62

The Creative Penn Podcast For Writers

Joanna Penn

63

Beatles Books

Joe Wisbey

64

Bookshop Stories

Tom Idle

65

Lord of the Rings Lorecast - J.R.R. Tolkien's World & Writings Explained

Robots Radio

66

Spybrary Spy Podcast

Shane Whaley

67

Sparksine廣東話讀書會Podcast --With Isaac

Isaac Wong from Sparksine

68

From Page to Scream

Tara Brigid and Chris Newton

69

NPR's Book of the Day

NPR

70

Knowledge = Power

Rita

71

All About Agatha Christie

Christie

72

Books on the Beach

Phil Williams

73

What Should I Read Next?

Anne Bogel

74

The Book Club

The Spectator

75

Kingslingers | A Dark Tower Podcast

Doof! Media

76

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Access Studio-Quality Audiobook Collection on Any Device

Unabridged Audiobooks

78

Hardcore Literature

Benjamin McEvoy

79

The Very Short Introductions Podcast

Oxford University Press

80

Podcast – Cory Doctorow's craphound.com

Cory Doctorow

81

Confessions of a Book Collector

Goldsboro Books

82

The Booker Prize Podcast

The Booker Prize

83

The Bunnycast

Caimh McDonnell

84

Gom Jabbar: A Dune Podcast

Lore Party Media

85

Persuasion by Jane Austen

Dream audio books

86

Character Study

Freya Bromley

87

franks audio

frank mc guile

88

The History of Literature

Jacke Wilson / The Podglomerate

89

Otherppl with Brad Listi

Brad Listi

90

Walking With Dante

Mark Scarbrough

91

New Books in Women's History

New Books Network

92

Gay Erotica by Liam Williams

Liam Williams

93

Literature and History

Doug Metzger

94

Jane Austen Bedtime Stories

Jane Austen Bedtime Pod

95

Rock, Paper, Swords! - the Historical Action and Adventure Podcast

Matthew Harffy

96

Between The Covers : Conversations with Writers in Fiction, Nonfiction & Poetry

David Naimon, Milkweed Editions

97

Parseh Podcast (پادکست پرسه)

Abbas Seyedein

98

Murder Across The Pond

Cynth & Elle

99

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Writers on Writing

Barbara DeMarco-Barrett and Marrie Stone

101

Selected Shorts

Symphony Space

102

Reading Glasses

Brea Grant and Mallory O'Meara

103

The New Yorker: Poetry

The New Yorker

104

The Bibliofilles

Hosted by Sophie and Chaya

105

Grief Works

Julia Samuel

106

The Strike & Ellacott Files

The Strike and Ellacott Files

107

Eleanor & Alasdair Read That

Eleanor Morton & Alasdair Beckett-King

108

7 Romance Short Stories in Italian (Graded Reader for Intermediate Learners (CEFR B1-B2)

Serena Capilli

109

2 To Ramble

Austin & Richard

110

Who’s afraid of realism?

London Review of Books

111

Medieval Beginnings

London Review of Books

112

Whispers in the Dark | Gay Stories for Quiet Hearts

Dane Cecco

113

One Nightstand

Bustle

114

Sherlock Holmes Kurzgeschichten

NOISER

115

What Page Are You On?

What Page Are You On?

116

Meditations by Marcus Aurelius

Loyal Books

117

The Spicy Librarian Podcast

The Spicy Librarian

118

Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men

Jay Edidin & Miles Stokes

119

Fictional

Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser | Nextpod

120

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121

First Read

Penguin Books Australia

122

The Alan Moore Cast

Nathan Cabaniss

123

The Tolkien Professor

The Tolkien Professor (Corey Olsen)

124

Collected: The Podcast

Royal Literary Fund

125

The High Fae Housewives Podcast

The High Fae Housewives Podcast

126

The Shameless Book Club

Shameless Media

127

English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs

Joseph Jacobs

128

Bookmarked by Reese's Book Club

Reese's Book Club

129

The H.P. Lovecraft Literary Podcast

Strange Studies of Strange Stories

130

Classic Poetry Aloud

Classic Poetry Aloud

131

Mythical Astronomy of Ice and Fire

David Lightbringer

132

Reading Smut

Brea Grant, Mallory O’Meara

133

The Common Reader

Henry Oliver

134

New Books in Biology and Evolution

New Books Network

135

New Books In Public Health

New Books Network

136

From the Front Porch

The Bookshelf Thomasville

137

Blourish & Flotts: Beautifully Retold

Blourish and Flotts

138

The Lubber’s Hole - A Patrick O’Brian Podcast

Mike & Ian

139

Sherlock Holmes Complete Audiobook Collection

Appbly.com

140

Not Too Busy To Write

Penny Wincer

141

History of Westeros - A Song of Ice and Fire | Game of Thrones | HOTD | AKOTSK

History of Westeros

142

Hello Crawlers - A Dungeon Crawler Carl Podcast

Grant Davis

143

The 9/11 Commission Report by The 9/11 Commission

Loyal Books

144

Inside George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire

Srijon

145

Incontri in Sicilia - a Short Story in Simple Italian (A2-B1 CEFR)

Serena Capilli

146

No Write Way with V. E. Schwab

V. E. Schwab (Author)

147

Flights of Fantasy

Flights of Fantasy

148

پادکست آذرخش مکری

Dr Azarakhsh mokri

149

Ll

GADIEL IVAN GONZALEZ CHAN

150

Dead Letter Radio

Taize Jones

151

The Worst Bestsellers

Worst Bestsellers

152

Stacked

Stacked

153

민음사 라디오

민음사

154

Slightly Foxed

Slightly Foxed: The Real Reader's Quarterly

155

Science Fiction

Damien Walter

156

The Gospel of Matthew

Augustine Institute

157

Electricity

Myke Bartlett

158

Book Riot - The Podcast

Book Riot

159

The Guardian Books podcast

The Guardian

160

The le Carré Cast - A podcast on John le Carré novels

The le Carre Cast

161

The Writer Files: Writing, Productivity, Creativity, and Neuroscience

Kelton Reid

162

MEOW: A Literary Podcast for Cats

The Meow Library

163

#AudioBookClub

Steve Phillips

164

داستان شب

DASTANESHAB

165

The Newest Olympian

Mike Schubert

166

Alzabo Soup

Philip Armstrong and Andrew Metzroth

167

Books Unbound

Ariel Bissett and Raeleen Lemay

168

Best Book Forward

Helen Gambarota

169

Kowabana: 'True' Japanese scary stories from around the internet

Tara A. Devlin

170

Curious Readers

Curious Readers

171

Workers' Lit

Workers' Lit

172

Alt Shift X Podcast

Alt Shift X

173

The Bookshelf Chronicles

AC Wilson

174

My Marvelous Year

By Dave Buesing (Comic Book Herald), Charlotte Fierro, & Zack

175

It Was A Book First

It Was A Book First

176

Among the Ancients II

London Review of Books

177

Hastings Book Festival Podcast

Hastings Book Festival

178

Eating the Fantastic

Scott Edelman

179

Prose Society with Eli Rallo

iHeartPodcasts

180

The Ghost Stories of E F Benson, read by Richard Crowest

Richard Crowest

181

The History Of Middle Earth

J.R.R. Tolkien

182

The Shakespeare and Company Interview

Shakespeare and Company

183

House of Legends: World Myths & Legends

Daniel Allison

184

ReReading Wolfe

@rereadingwolfe

185

Rereading the Revolution

Kellie and Daphne

186

The Book Show

ABC Australia

187

牛哥講經丨廣東話哲學、書籍分享

讀物農莊 Anybooks Farm

188

The Horny Book Club

The Horny Book Club

189

Lingua Franca

Franek Noga

190

The psychology of Money in English

Raja Babu

191

Bookstupid with Claire and Molly

Claire Grant and Molly Young

192

La Guerre et la Paix

INA

193

爸媽成長營(廣東話讀書會)

爸媽成長營｜育兒 · 情商 · 理財

194

The Book was Better than the Movie - Free Audio Books - AD FREE

The Book was Better than the Movie

195

Access High-Fidelity Digital Audiobooks In High-Definition Audio

Unabridged Audiobooks

196

London Writers' Salon

Parul Bavishi, Matthew Trinetti

197

Double Love

HeadStuff Podcasts

198

On Satire

London Review of Books

199

Starship Alexandria

Emma Newman and Adrian Tchaikovsky

200

Worm: The Full-Cast Audiobook

Migration Broadcasting

201

La Lecture

France Culture

202

CEREBRO

Connor Goldsmith

203

The Island of Brilliant!

Frank Cottrell Boyce and Nadia Shireen

204

Books, Beach, & Beyond

Elin Hilderbrand, Tim Talks Books, N Magazine

205

The Substack Podcast

The Substack team

206

The International Anthony Burgess Foundation Podcast

International Anthony Burgess Foundation

207

Hugonauts: The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time

Brent Gaisford, Cody Troyer

208

Friends & Fiction

Mary Kay Andrews, Kristin Harmel, Kristy Woodson Harvey, Patti Callahan Henry, Ron Block, Bleav

209

Novel Approaches

London Review of Books

210

The World of Wodehouse

Alexander Armstrong

211

Talking Scared

Neil McRobert

212

Fated Mates - Romance Books for Novel People

Fated Mates

213

Lovecraft eZine: A Friendly Horror Podcast

Mike Davis

214

Wrapup | رپاپ

amir soodbakhsh

215

Down The Rabbit Hole

Down the Rabbit Hole Radio

216

Well-Read

Ann Cox and Halle Carlson

217

Shelf Respect

Shelf Respect

218

Good Reading Podcast

Good Reading Magazine

219

The Quick n Dirty Romance Podcast

Quick & Dirty Romance

220

Speculative Fiction Writing Made Simple: How to Write, Edit, and Publish Your Debut Fantasy, Science Fiction, or Dystopian No

Heather Davis, Writing Coach, Book Coach, and Developmental Editor, Many Worlds Writing

221

Torchon

Léa Bory

222

Shelved By Genre

Ranged Touch

223

Hope Channel Indonesia

Hope Channel Indonesia

224

Kindred Spirits Book Club

Ragon Duffy and Kelly Gerner

225

Subtext: Conversations about Classic Books and Films

Wes Alwan and Erin O'Luanaigh

226

The Swinging Christies: Agatha Christie in the 1960s

The Swinging Christies

227

No Bad Parts in English

Raja Babu

228

بیوگرافی

Mona

229

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Friends Talking Fantasy Podcast

Friends Talking Fantasy

231

Reading Into It

Charlotte Michelle

232

文化有限

文化有限

233

Literally Reading

Literally Reading

234

Tea or Books?

Simon and Rachel

235

Diary of Samuel Pepys 1660

Samuel Pepys

236

Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by M. R. James (1862 - 1936)

LibriVox

237

視点倉庫

三宅香帆/shueisha vox

238

New Books in Iberian Studies

New Books Network

239

In Your Spare Time: From the Blog of Ursula K. Le Guin

Ursula K. Le Guin Foundation

240

New Books in Ukrainian Studies

New Books Network

241

The Paris Review

The Paris Review

242

"The Scarlet Letter" Audiobook (Audio book)

Nathaniel Hawthorne and performed by Mary Woods

243

This Might Work

Bec Evans

244

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The Sapphic Book Review

Laura Green

246

EpitomeBooks Podcast | اپیتومی بوکس

محمدرضا عشوری

247

Playing for Keeps

Mur Lafferty

248

Beyond The Zero

Dick's Pizza Media

249

Upper Middlebrow

Upper Middlebrow

250

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