Top Books Podcasts in United States

The latest Apple Podcasts Books chart for United States, refreshed throughout the day. Last checked September 21, 2026.

1

Fresh Air

NPR

2

The Book Review

The New York Times

3

The Book Club

Goalhanger

4

Myths and Legends

Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser, Nextpod

5

Selected Shorts

Symphony Space

6

The New Yorker: Fiction

The New Yorker

7

Fantasy Fangirls

Fantasy Fangirls

8

Poetry Unbound

On Being Studios

9

Marlon and Jake Read Dead People

Penguin Random House

10

The Bookshelf Chronicles

AC Wilson

11

Off The Shelf with Morgann Book

Bookish Media

12

Naaji /ناجـی

Pari

13

It Was A Book First

It Was A Book First

14

Hello Crawlers - A Dungeon Crawler Carl Podcast

Grant Davis

15

Shelf Respect

Shelf Respect

16

NPR's Book of the Day

NPR

17

The Thing About Austen

The Thing About Austen

18

The Literary Life Podcast

Angelina Stanford Thomas Banks

19

Zero to Well-Read

Book Riot

20

What Should I Read Next?

Anne Bogel

21

Storytime for Grownups

Faith Moore

22

Sherlock Holmes Bedtime Stories

Sherlock Holmes Bedtime Pod

23

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day

Merriam-Webster

24

DTFae

DTFae Podcast

25

The Prancing Pony Podcast

The Prancing Pony Podcast

26

From the Front Porch

The Bookshelf Thomasville

27

Prose Society with Eli Rallo

iHeartPodcasts

28

Literature and History

Doug Metzger

29

The Stacks

Traci Thomas

30

Overdue

Headgum

31

Glamorous Trash: A Celebrity Memoir Podcast

Chelsea Devantez

32

The Shit No One Tells You About Writing

Bianca Marais, Carly Watters and CeCe Lyra

33

BookVerse Talks

BookVerse Talks

34

Fantasy FanFellas

Fantasy Fangirls Media Network

35

Service95 Book Club With Dua Lipa

Service95

36

Book Riot - The Podcast

Book Riot

37

Dragons in the Details: A Romantasy Deep Dive Podcast

Abby and Ronnie | Huge Book Nerds

38

Bad On Paper

Becca Freeman & Olivia Muenter

39

Podcast – Cory Doctorow's craphound.com

Cory Doctorow

40

Secret Life of Books

Sophie Gee and Jonty Claypole

41

The Currently Reading Podcast

Meredith Monday Schwartz and Kaytee Cobb

42

PASSAGES: On Morrison

Namwali Serpell, Random House

43

MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories

Noe

44

Totally Booked with Zibby

Zibby Owens

45

Books, Beach, & Beyond

Elin Hilderbrand, Tim Talks Books, N Magazine

46

Otherppl with Brad Listi

Brad Listi

47

Wrapup | رپاپ

amir soodbakhsh

48

Inklings Book Club

Jack Edwards

49

Poured Over

Barnes & Noble

50

The Losers' Club: A Stephen King Podcast

Bloody FM

51

Sarah's Bookshelves Live

Sarah Dickinson | Sarah's Bookshelves

52

Classical Stuff You Should Know

A.J. Hanenburg, Graeme Donaldson, and Thomas Magbee

53

Super Scary Haunted Homeschool

Grady Hendrix

54

Reading Glasses

Brea Grant and Mallory O'Meara

55

The Book Case

ABC News | Charlie Gibson, Kate Gibson

56

The Chris Hedges Report

Chris Hedges

57

Close Readings

London Review of Books

58

The Waterstones Podcast

Waterstones

59

文化有限

文化有限

60

Close Reads Podcast

Goldberry Studios

61

Fated Mates - Romance Books for Novel People

Fated Mates

62

The History of Literature

Jacke Wilson / The Podglomerate

63

Reading Ferdowsi فردوسی خوانی

Amir Khadem

64

MuggleCast: The Harry Potter Re-Read Podcast

Harry Potter

65

داستان شب

DASTANESHAB

66

Gay Erotica by Liam Williams

Liam Williams

67

The New Yorker: Poetry

The New Yorker

68

Book Talk, etc.

Tina @tbretc and Hannah @hanpickedbooks

69

All About Agatha Christie

Christie

70

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

David Naimon, Milkweed Editions

71

Barbican Station - A Slow Horses Podcast

Spy Write

72

Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men

Jay Edidin & Miles Stokes

73

Adriana Trigiani's You Are What You Read

Adriana Trigiani

74

LPN Deep Dives: Crescent City

The Last Podcast Network

75

Flights of Fantasy

Flights of Fantasy

76

Radio Nadastan | رادیو ناداستان

Radio Nadastan

77

CEREBRO

Connor Goldsmith

78

Ryers Readers

Ashley

79

Reading Smut

Brea Grant, Mallory O’Meara

80

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

Robots Radio

81

Friends & Fiction

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

82

بیوگرافی

Mona

83

The Newest Olympian

Mike Schubert

84

Jeselnik Book Club

The Ringer

85

Shelved By Genre

Ranged Touch

86

The Greatest True Crime Stories Ever Told

iHeartPodcasts

87

Two Chicks and a Plot Twist

McCayleigh Daniels, Haley Rogers

88

I'll Read What She's Reading

I'll Read What She's Reading

89

Just King Things

Ranged Touch

90

Jane Austen Bedtime Stories

Jane Austen Bedtime Pod

91

Classic Audiobooks Collection

Graham Whitmore

92

Espiral con Karen Codner

Karen Codner

93

Well-Read

Ann Cox and Halle Carlson

94

Kingslingers | A Dark Tower Podcast

Doof! Media

95

Spoil Me! Dungeon Crawler Carl

UNspoiled! Network

96

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

History of Westeros

97

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

Savannah Gilbo

98

Gom Jabbar: A Dune Podcast

Lore Party Media

99

Backlisted

Backlisted

100

Ascend - The Great Books Podcast

Harrison Garlick and Adam Minihan

101

Booknotes+

C-SPAN

102

Sentimental Garbage

Justice for Dumb Women

103

All the Books!

Book Riot

104

The Stories Writers Tell Themselves

Katherine

105

The Wizard Wheezes

OllivandersVoices

106

Talking Scared

Neil McRobert

107

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

Tara A. Devlin

108

The Creative Penn Podcast For Writers

Joanna Penn

109

America’s Book Club

C-SPAN

110

One Nightstand

Bustle

111

下一本讀什麼？

閱讀前哨站瓦基

112

Book Talk for BookTok

Cloud10

113

Hardcore Literature

Benjamin McEvoy

114

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

Agatha Christie

115

Eleanor & Alasdair Read That

Eleanor Morton & Alasdair Beckett-King

116

مُلخص كتاب

Podcast Record

117

پادکست جعبه // Jabe Persian Podcast (Mansour Zabetian)

Jabe podcast

118

Sara & Cariad's Weirdos Book Club

Plosive

119

Dastaminophen| شاهنامه با داستامینوفن

Dastaminophen

120

Shedunnit

Caroline Crampton

121

The Wheel Weaves Podcast: A Wheel of Time Podcast

Dani and Brett

122

Writers on Writing

Barbara DeMarco-Barrett and Marrie Stone

123

كنوز السيرة للشيخ عثمان الخميس

Podcast Record

124

MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories

Noe

125

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

Mike & Ian

126

Bookworm

KCRW

127

Real or Not Real: A Hunger Games Podcast

Darinda and Hallee

128

DUPAMICAFFEINE | دوباميكافين

DUPAMICAFFEINE

129

No Write Way with V. E. Schwab

V. E. Schwab (Author)

130

Gays Reading

Jason Blitman

131

Old School with Shilo Brooks

The Free Press

132

The Pages Between Us

Dana Bowling, Cori Neuhaus

133

The Critic and Her Publics

Merve Emre

134

Fictional

Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser | Nextpod

135

Ulysses - James Joyce

RTÉ Radio 1

136

Swish and Flick: A Harry Potter Podcast

Swish and Flick Podcast

137

Take Four Books

BBC Radio 4

138

کتاب صوتی با شی لا

Shila Severi

139

The H.P. Lovecraft Literary Podcast

Strange Studies of Strange Stories

140

Book Club with Michael Smerconish

SiriusXM

141

Comic Book Couples Counseling Podcast

Brad & Lisa Gullickson

142

Walking With Dante

Mark Scarbrough

143

In Deep Geek

indeepgeek

144

Audio Poem of the Day

Poetry Foundation

145

半拿铁·故事篇

刘飞Lufy

146

Librivox Audiobooks

Librivox Audiobooks

147

Daily Mass Readings

Augustine Institute

148

Radio Westeros ASOIAF Podcast

Radio Westeros

149

The Worst Bestsellers

Worst Bestsellers

150

Heaving Bosoms

Heaving Bosoms Productions, Bleav

151

Big Books & Bold Ideas with Kerri Miller

Minnesota Public Radio

152

The Same Page Book Club

Barstool Sports

153

Great Audiobooks

Great Literature

154

蜜獾吃书

蜜獾吃书

155

Blourish & Flotts: Beautifully Retold

Blourish and Flotts

156

Classic Audiobook Collection

Classic Audiobook Collection LLC

157

The Yarn

Travis Jonker and Colby Sharp

158

Wilder

Influential Media

159

Dave’s First Crawl - a Dungeon Crawler Carl Podcast

David Ohnoki

160

London Review Bookshop Podcast

London Review Bookshop

161

Dozing Off | Deep Voice ASMR Bedtime Stories

Lance Lewis

162

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Loyal Books

163

LARB Radio Hour

Los Angeles Review of Books

164

هزارداستانHazardastan

Mehran mantashi

165

Positive Distraction with Alexander McCall Smith

Alexander McCall Smith

166

Strong Sense of Place | Travel Through Books

Melissa & Dave

167

Definitely Fiction

Kirk Hamilton, Sam Parrish

168

Exploring The Greats

Exploring The Greats

169

The Five Books: Jewish Authors on the Books That Shaped Them

Tali Rosenblatt Cohen

170

Poetry Off the Shelf

Poetry Foundation

171

C-SPAN Bookshelf

C-SPAN

172

[KBS] 작은 서점

KBS

173

Books in the Freezer - A Horror Fiction Podcast

Stephanie Gagnon

174

Mythgard's Exploring The Lord of the Rings

Mythgard Institute

175

The Strike & Ellacott Files

The Strike and Ellacott Files

176

The Shakespeare and Company Interview

Shakespeare and Company

177

کتاب صوتی ناصر زراعتی - Ketab soti

Ketab soti

178

Lizzie Borden - The Fall River Tragedy

Edwin Porter

179

Writer's Routine

Dan Simpson

180

Daily Short Stories - Mystery & Suspense

Sol Good Network

181

A Good Read

BBC Radio 4

182

ClancyPasta | Internet Horror Stories

ClancyPasta

183

The Writing Life

National Centre for Writing

184

Liberating Lit

Kelly Jensen

185

SEP FanFic Readings

SEP FanFic Readings

186

پادکست آذرخش مکری

Dr Azarakhsh mokri

187

Hardcover Hooligans

Hardcover Hooligans

188

The History Of Middle Earth

J.R.R. Tolkien

189

Alzabo Soup

Philip Armstrong and Andrew Metzroth

190

Critical Magic Theory: An Analytical Harry Potter Podcast

Prof. Julian Wamble

191

The Book Pile

Kellen Erskine and David Vance

192

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

Ursula K. Le Guin Foundation

193

Shelf Care Society by @Brian.Reads

Brian Larson

194

The Great Books of Literature Podcast

Institute Of Public Affairs

195

Master Your Day With Thousands of Audiobooks with Easy Access

Unabridged Audiobooks

196

后续移步《慕柏读书》|精选美文

365读书

197

Pod and Prejudice

Molly Burdick

198

Sherlock Holmes Complete Audiobook Collection

Appbly.com

199

The Moby-Dick Big Read

Peninsula Arts

200

موسوعة الكتب الصوتية

Podcast Record

201

Dracula by Bram Stoker. Complete and Unabridged.

Mike Bennett

202

Classic Poetry Aloud

Classic Poetry Aloud

203

Jane Austen's Paper Trail

The Conversation

204

2 To Ramble

Austin & Richard

205

Literally Reading

Literally Reading

206

Wild Library

FREZZA

207

The Archive Project

Literary Arts

208

Politics and Prose Presents

Politics and Prose

209

Rich Dad Poor Dad In English

Raja Babu

210

First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing

Mitzi Rapkin

211

PLOT TWIST

Soman Chainani and Victoria Aveyard

212

ketabe-soti-free

Ketabe-soti

213

Life On Books Podcast

Life On Books

214

The Methods of Rationality Podcast

Eneasz Brodski

215

The Poetry Space_

Katie Dozier and Timothy Green

216

The Bibliofilles

Hosted by Sophie and Chaya

217

Traditional Catholic Audiobooks

SGZ

218

Knowledge = Power

Rita

219

Parseh Podcast (پادکست پرسه)

Abbas Seyedein

220

Great Crime & Mystery Books

Crime Audiobooks

221

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222

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

Kelton Reid

223

Mean Book Club

Mean Book Club

224

Girls Gone Canon Cast

Girls Gone Canon

225

Curious Readers

Curious Readers

226

The First Draft Club

By Mary Adkins | Author & Book Writing Coach

227

The Clearing with Katherine May

Katherine May

228

Solomon & Smith

Solomon & Smith

229

Hail Reaper: A Red Rising Podcast

Deepgrave Studios

230

Fantasy FanReads

Fantasy Fangirls Media Network

231

Strange Bedfellows

Jack Shepherd and Tanner Greenring

232

Dedicated with Doug Brunt

SiriusXM

233

리딩 케미스트리

이다혜,밀리의 서재

234

Stygian Sagas

Kryder Van Buskirk

235

Nichel Anderson Short Stories And Beyond

Nichel Anderson

236

The Meditations - Audiobook

Marcus Aurelius

237

Alt Shift X Podcast

Alt Shift X

238

🟡 Free Audiobooks: Classic Books

Free Audiobook Library

239

Bookmarked by Reese's Book Club

Reese's Book Club

240

Always Booked

Always Booked

241

Into the Arena: Hunger Games Podcast

Holly and Emily

242

Read Me Romance

Read Me Romance

243

She Wore Black

Agatha Andrews

244

Banter and Bookmarks

Banter and Bookmarks

245

Among the Ancients

London Review of Books

246

Rereading the Revolution

Kellie and Daphne

247

Under The Mountain: An ACOTAR Podcast

Wizard Tower Network

248

Scholé Every Day: A Book Club for Regular People

Brandy Vencel, Mystie Winckler, and Abby Wahl

249

The Hutchmoot Podcast

The Rabbit Room Podcast Network

250

Teen Creeps

Kelly Nugent and Lindsay Katai

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