Top Books Podcasts in United States

The latest Apple Podcasts Books chart for United States, refreshed throughout the day. Last checked August 8, 2026.

1

Fresh Air

NPR

2

The Book Review

The New York Times

3

The Book Club

Goalhanger

4

Prose Society with Eli Rallo

iHeartPodcasts

5

Off The Shelf with Morgann Book

Bookish Media

6

Myths and Legends

Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser, Nextpod

7

Selected Shorts

Symphony Space

8

The New Yorker: Fiction

The New Yorker

9

Fantasy Fangirls

Fantasy Fangirls

10

Zero to Well-Read

Book Riot

11

NPR's Book of the Day

NPR

12

What Should I Read Next?

Anne Bogel

13

Exploring The Greats

Exploring The Greats

14

Poetry Unbound

On Being Studios

15

Storytime for Grownups

Faith Moore

16

The Chris Hedges Report

Chris Hedges

17

Sherlock Holmes Bedtime Stories

Sherlock Holmes Bedtime Pod

18

Hello Crawlers - A Dungeon Crawler Carl Podcast

Grant Davis

19

Classical Stuff You Should Know

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

20

Books, Beach, & Beyond

Elin Hilderbrand, Tim Talks Books, N Magazine

21

The Literary Life Podcast

Angelina Stanford Thomas Banks

22

It Was A Book First

It Was A Book First

23

The Currently Reading Podcast

Meredith Monday Schwartz and Kaytee Cobb

24

The Shit No One Tells You About Writing

Bianca Marais, Carly Watters and CeCe Lyra

25

Positive Distraction with Alexander McCall Smith

Alexander McCall Smith

26

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day

Merriam-Webster

27

Shelf Respect

Shelf Respect

28

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

History of Westeros

29

The Prancing Pony Podcast

The Prancing Pony Podcast

30

Glamorous Trash: A Celebrity Memoir Podcast

Chelsea Devantez

31

From the Front Porch

The Bookshelf Thomasville

32

Reading Glasses

Brea Grant and Mallory O'Meara

33

Bad On Paper

Becca Freeman & Olivia Muenter

34

The Book Case

ABC News | Charlie Gibson, Kate Gibson

35

Literature and History

Doug Metzger

36

The Same Page Book Club

Barstool Sports

37

Overdue

Headgum

38

The Odyssey

Homer

39

Book Riot - The Podcast

Book Riot

40

Secret Life of Books

Sophie Gee and Jonty Claypole

41

Service95 Book Club With Dua Lipa

Service95

42

Wrapup | رپاپ

amir soodbakhsh

43

Sarah's Bookshelves Live

Sarah Dickinson | Sarah's Bookshelves

44

Fated Mates - Romance Books for Novel People

Fated Mates

45

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

Abby and Ronnie | Huge Book Nerds

46

PASSAGES: On Morrison

Namwali Serpell, Random House

47

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

Savannah Gilbo

48

Podcast – Cory Doctorow's craphound.com

Cory Doctorow

49

Friends & Fiction

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

50

The Critic and Her Publics

Merve Emre

51

I'll Read What She's Reading

I'll Read What She's Reading

52

Naaji /ناجـی

Pari

53

DTFae

DTFae Podcast

54

Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men

Jay Edidin & Miles Stokes

55

Poured Over

Barnes & Noble

56

Close Readings

London Review of Books

57

The Greatest True Crime Stories Ever Told

iHeartPodcasts

58

Totally Booked with Zibby

Zibby Owens

59

The Newest Olympian

Mike Schubert

60

文化有限

文化有限

61

Earsay: The Audible and iHeart Audiobook Club

iHeartPodcasts

62

Book Talk, etc.

Tina @tbretc and Hannah @hanpickedbooks

63

The New Yorker: Poetry

The New Yorker

64

MuggleCast: The Harry Potter Re-Read Podcast

Harry Potter

65

Inklings Book Club

Jack Edwards

66

Fantasy FanFellas

Fantasy Fangirls Media Network

67

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

Robots Radio

68

The Creative Penn Podcast For Writers

Joanna Penn

69

The Losers' Club: A Stephen King Podcast

Bloody FM

70

Kingslingers | A Dark Tower Podcast

Doof! Media

71

Rereading the Revolution

Kellie and Daphne

72

Gom Jabbar: A Dune Podcast

Lore Party Media

73

下一本讀什麼？

閱讀前哨站瓦基

74

Shelved By Genre

Ranged Touch

75

Writers on Writing

Barbara DeMarco-Barrett and Marrie Stone

76

Spoil Me! Dungeon Crawler Carl

UNspoiled! Network

77

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

David Naimon, Milkweed Editions

78

Close Reads Podcast

Goldberry Studios

79

The Stacks

Traci Thomas

80

CEREBRO

Connor Goldsmith

81

Writer's Routine

Dan Simpson

82

Backlisted

Backlisted

83

All the Books!

Book Riot

84

Reading Ferdowsi فردوسی خوانی

Amir Khadem

85

Adriana Trigiani's You Are What You Read

Adriana Trigiani

86

Gay Erotica by Liam Williams

Liam Williams

87

The History of Literature

Jacke Wilson / The Podglomerate

88

Wilder

Influential Media

89

Fictional

Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser | Nextpod

90

Alt Shift X Podcast

Alt Shift X

91

پادکست جعبه // Jabe Persian Podcast (Mansour Zabetian)

Jabe podcast

92

Booknotes+

C-SPAN

93

Reading Smut

Brea Grant, Mallory O’Meara

94

Talking Scared

Neil McRobert

95

All About Agatha Christie

Christie

96

داستان شب

DASTANESHAB

97

Jane Austen Bedtime Stories

Jane Austen Bedtime Pod

98

PLOT TWIST

Soman Chainani and Victoria Aveyard

99

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

Tara A. Devlin

100

Ryers Readers

Ashley

101

Among the Ancients

London Review of Books

102

Radio Westeros ASOIAF Podcast

Radio Westeros

103

Classic Audiobooks Collection

Graham Whitmore

104

The American Vandal

Matt Seybold, Center For Mark Twain Studies

105

半拿铁·故事篇

刘飞Lufy

106

LPN Deep Dives: Crescent City

The Last Podcast Network

107

Just King Things

Ranged Touch

108

Bookmarked by Reese's Book Club

Reese's Book Club

109

Bookworm

KCRW

110

Shedunnit

Caroline Crampton

111

Daily Mass Readings

Augustine Institute

112

Flights of Fantasy

Flights of Fantasy

113

Marlon and Jake Read Dead People

Penguin Random House

114

Walking With Dante

Mark Scarbrough

115

蜜獾吃书

蜜獾吃书

116

بیوگرافی

Mona

117

Ascend - The Great Books Podcast

Harrison Garlick and Adam Minihan

118

The Meditations - Audiobook

Marcus Aurelius

119

Kris and Mads

Kristen and Maddie

120

Super Scary Haunted Homeschool

Grady Hendrix

121

Wild Precious Life

Evergreen Podcasts

122

SEP FanFic Readings

SEP FanFic Readings

123

A Good Read

BBC Radio 4

124

Old School with Shilo Brooks

The Free Press

125

London Review Bookshop Podcast

London Review Bookshop

126

MEOW: A Literary Podcast for Cats

The Meow Library

127

پادکست آذرخش مکری

Dr Azarakhsh mokri

128

Book Talk for BookTok

Cloud10

129

Swish and Flick: A Harry Potter Podcast

Swish and Flick Podcast

130

Ulysses - James Joyce

RTÉ Radio 1

131

Parseh Podcast (پادکست پرسه)

Abbas Seyedein

132

Alzabo Soup

Philip Armstrong and Andrew Metzroth

133

Otherppl with Brad Listi

Brad Listi

134

The Wheel Weaves Podcast: A Wheel of Time Podcast

Dani and Brett

135

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

Agatha Christie

136

Pagenerd

by the pagenerds

137

The First Draft Club

By Mary Adkins | Author & Book Writing Coach

138

Hardcore Literature

Benjamin McEvoy

139

Double Love

HeadStuff Podcasts

140

Sibling Horror

The Fradd Siblings

141

Austen Chat

Jane Austen Society of North America

142

2 To Ramble

Austin & Richard

143

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Loyal Books

144

رادیو گوشه

رادیو گوشه

145

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

Kelton Reid

146

Big Books & Bold Ideas with Kerri Miller

Minnesota Public Radio

147

Mythgard's Exploring The Lord of the Rings

Mythgard Institute

148

Great Audiobooks

Great Literature

149

Strange Studies of Strange Stories

Strange Studies of Strange Stories

150

Take Four Books

BBC Radio 4

151

In Deep Geek

indeepgeek

152

Jane Austen Audiobooks

Jane Austen

153

Memoir Nation

Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner

154

My Marvelous Year

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

155

Dastaminophen| شاهنامه با داستامینوفن

Dastaminophen

156

Master Fiction Writing

Stuart Wakefield

157

Literally Reading

Literally Reading

158

پادکست فارسی انسانک | Ensanak

Hesam Ipakchi

159

Librivox Audiobooks

Librivox Audiobooks

160

ketabe-soti-free

Ketabe-soti

161

Heaving Bosoms

Heaving Bosoms Productions, Bleav

162

The Thing About Austen

The Thing About Austen

163

The Vaccine Book with Dr. Bob Sears - Companion Podcast

Dr. Bob Sears

164

Fantasy FanReads

Fantasy Fangirls Media Network

165

Novel Marketing

Thomas Umstattd Jr.

166

Bend the Knee: A Song of Ice and Fire Podcast

Game of Thrones

167

كنوز السيرة للشيخ عثمان الخميس

Podcast Record

168

Today's Tolkien Times

The Prancing Pony Podcast

169

First Wing: A Fourth Wing Podcast

Briana and Kendra

170

America’s Book Club

C-SPAN

171

The Strike & Ellacott Files

The Strike and Ellacott Files

172

Poetry Off the Shelf

Poetry Foundation

173

Sara & Cariad's Weirdos Book Club

Plosive

174

The Book Pile

Kellen Erskine and David Vance

175

Books Unbound

Ariel Bissett and Raeleen Lemay

176

Knowledge = Power

Rita

177

Get Lit

Matt Taibbi & Brad Pearce

178

Dozing Off | Deep Voice ASMR Bedtime Stories

Lance Lewis

179

The H.P. Lovecraft Literary Podcast

Strange Studies of Strange Stories

180

Borrowed & Returned

Brooklyn Public Library

181

Books in the Freezer - A Horror Fiction Podcast

Stephanie Gagnon

182

No Write Way with V. E. Schwab

V. E. Schwab (Author)

183

Nichel Anderson Short Stories And Beyond

Nichel Anderson

184

Let’s Talk Memoir

Ronit Plank

185

مُلخص كتاب

Podcast Record

186

The Book Club Review

The Book Club Review

187

Critical Magic Theory: An Analytical Harry Potter Podcast

Prof. Julian Wamble

188

The psychology of Money in English

Raja Babu

189

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190

Blourish & Flotts: Beautifully Retold

Blourish and Flotts

191

Classic Poetry Aloud

Classic Poetry Aloud

192

Three Books One Plot

Three Books One Plot

193

Classic Audiobook Collection

Classic Audiobook Collection LLC

194

后续移步《慕柏读书》|精选美文

365读书

195

The Big Four (1927) by Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie

196

هزارداستانHazardastan

Mehran mantashi

197

Meagan's Book Club Podcast

Meagan Briggs

198

Real or Not Real: A Hunger Games Podcast

Darinda and Hallee

199

Plot Twist, Please

Susannah, Beth and Cass

200

Must Love Books

Krystle Hope

201

It Gets Good

Hannah, Micaela and Kyleigh

202

Reading McCarthy

Scott Yarbrough and Guest Hosts

203

کتاب صوتی ناصر زراعتی - Ketab soti

Ketab soti

204

The Worst Bestsellers

Worst Bestsellers

205

Sentimental Garbage

Justice for Dumb Women

206

Talking Horror

Rachel Redd

207

The Odyssey - Homer

Homer

208

Rich Dad Poor Dad In English

Raja Babu

209

Thoughts from a Page Podcast

Evergreen Podcasts

210

DUPAMICAFFEINE | دوباميكافين

DUPAMICAFFEINE

211

The Black Casebook

Black Casebook

212

Not A Podcast ASOIAF Re-Read Podcast

NotACast

213

Audio Poem of the Day

Poetry Foundation

214

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

Mike & Ian

215

[KBS] 작은 서점

KBS

216

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

The le Carre Cast

217

MWI Book Club

John Amble and Theo Lipsky

218

The Hutchmoot Podcast

The Rabbit Room Podcast Network

219

Well-Read

Ann Cox and Halle Carlson

220

The Norton Library Podcast

The Norton Library

221

1984 or Nineteen Eighty-Four, audiobook

Anna B

222

Realms Unknown

The Bugle

223

Cosmere Corner

The Lorehounds

224

Heroes of presents: The Stormpod (A Stormlight Archive podcast)

Shawn Q and Jack

225

Once Upon a Time Zone: A Bookish Podcast

Jaime Fok and Freya Valerio

226

Odyssey: A Daily Odyssey through Homer’s The Odyssey

Grunt Work Podcasts

227

The Clearing with Katherine May

Katherine May

228

The Play's the Thing

CiRCE Podcast Network

229

The Reading Black Girls Podcast

The Reading Black Girls

230

Loon Lovers Live

Anne and Jordan

231

Strange Bedfellows

Jack Shepherd and Tanner Greenring

232

Hail Reaper: A Red Rising Podcast

Deepgrave Studios

233

Smut Up and Listen!

Smut Up and Listen!

234

Wild Library

FREZZA

235

Read Me Romance

Read Me Romance

236

Teen Creeps

Kelly Nugent and Lindsay Katai

237

Pride and Prejudice

Ballarat National Theatre

238

리딩 케미스트리

이다혜,밀리의 서재

239

A Dana Perino Podcast: Everything Will Be Okay

FOX News Podcasts

240

The Read Well Podcast

Eddy Hood

241

The Moby-Dick Big Read

Peninsula Arts

242

One Nightstand

Bustle

243

Workers' Lit

Workers' Lit

244

Serpent and Scholar - Dramione Fanfiction

The Audiobook Alchemist

245

The History Of Middle Earth

J.R.R. Tolkien

246

Beatles Books

Joe Wisbey

247

The Count of Monte Cristo

Alexandre Dumas

248

Busy Girls Book Club

Busy Girls Book Club

249

The Paris Review

The Paris Review

250

The Wizard Wheezes

OllivandersVoices

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