Top Books Podcasts in South Africa

The latest Apple Podcasts Books chart for South Africa, refreshed throughout the day. Last checked September 1, 2026.

1

The Book Club

Goalhanger

2

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

Agatha Christie

3

The New Yorker: Fiction

The New Yorker

4

The Mountain is You in English

Raja Babu

5

Wodcast

Into the Words

6

The art of war (Full Audiobook) by Sun Tzu

Sun Tzu 孙武

7

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GUSTAVO BRITO

8

Fresh Air

NPR

9

The Book Review

The New York Times

10

Myths and Legends

Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser, Nextpod

11

Off The Shelf with Morgann Book

Bookish Media

12

The Greatest True Crime Stories Ever Told

iHeartPodcasts

13

On the Road with Penguin Classics

Penguin Random House UK

14

Slaapstories Vir Grootmense

Slaapstories Vir Grootmense

15

Take Four Books

BBC Radio 4

16

Selected Shorts

Symphony Space

17

Mafia Boss Romance Time

Emly

18

The Laws of Human Nature in English

Raja Babu

19

Animal Farm, audiobook

Anna B

20

Lit Century

Sandra Newman and Catherine Nichols

21

Sherlock Holmes Bedtime Stories

Sherlock Holmes Bedtime Pod

22

The High Fae Housewives Podcast

The High Fae Housewives Podcast

23

Dubliners by Dubliners

Lochlainn Coyne & John Kilfeather

24

Beautiful Writers Podcast

Linda Sivertsen

25

Fantasy Fangirls

Fantasy Fangirls

26

"A Tale of Two Cities" Audiobook (Audio book)

Charles Dickens performed by Jane Aker

27

The Valley of Vision

The Valley of Vision

28

Shakespeare For All

Maria Devlin McNair

29

Writing for Children

Institute for Writers

30

Game of Life and How to Play It

Florence Scovel Shinn

31

Service95 Book Club With Dua Lipa

Service95

32

How to Win Friends and Influence People [Deluxe Edition]

Dale Carnegie

33

Inklings Book Club

Jack Edwards

34

The Stories Writers Tell Themselves

Katherine

35

Secret Life of Books

Sophie Gee and Jonty Claypole

36

The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald

37

Literature and History

Doug Metzger

38

Richie's Audiobooks

Richie

39

The Chris Hedges Report

Chris Hedges

40

Poetry Unbound

On Being Studios

41

The psychology of Money in English

Raja Babu

42

SEP FanFic Readings

SEP FanFic Readings

43

The History of Literature

Jacke Wilson / The Podglomerate

44

Roommates Who Read

Emma and Zoey

45

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Top-Rated Audiobooks

46

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Unabridged Audiobooks

47

Audiobooks Remastered

Magischian

48

The Leadership Spark

Sylvain Newton

49

The Girl Behind the Book Podcast

The Girl Behind the Book

50

Think and Grow Rich [Spotify Edition]

Napoleon Hill

51

Faded Paroles Vf

Alan Walker Official Fans

52

Poured Over

Barnes & Noble

53

Naaji /ناجـی

Pari

54

DTFae

DTFae Podcast

55

Pigeon Audiobooks: Top 100 Best-Selling

Pigeon Publishing House

56

موسوعة الكتب الصوتية

Podcast Record

57

Meditations by Marcus Aurelius

Loyal Books

58

Vídeos

Malkior Tv

59

Sermons on Several Occasions, Second Series

John Wesley

60

Lesung

Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF)

61

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day

Merriam-Webster

62

Book Riot - The Podcast

Book Riot

63

Blourish & Flotts: Beautifully Retold

Blourish and Flotts

64

A Good Read

BBC Radio 4

65

Crime and Punishment

Fyodor Dostoevsky

66

Positive Distraction with Alexander McCall Smith

Alexander McCall Smith

67

Sherlock Holmes - A Study In Scarlet

Arthur Conan Doyle

68

The Newest Olympian

Mike Schubert

69

The New Yorker: Poetry

The New Yorker

70

MuggleCast: The Harry Potter Re-Read Podcast

Harry Potter

71

Podcast Sobre App De Facebook

Alejandro Nava

72

1984 or Nineteen Eighty-Four, audiobook

Anna B

73

NPR's Book of the Day

NPR

74

CraftLit

Heather Ordover

75

Non Fiction Book Club

John Bradshaw

76

The Shit No One Tells You About Writing

Bianca Marais, Carly Watters and CeCe Lyra

77

Rereading the Revolution

Kellie and Daphne

78

Top Audiobooks

Samuel Pacheco

79

Head & Heart: A Keeper of the Lost Cities Podcast

Katie & Frankie

80

The Book Club Review

The Book Club Review

81

دوباميكافين | Dupamicaffeine

محمد الشيباني

82

Jane Austen Bedtime Stories

Jane Austen Bedtime Pod

83

PASSAGES: On Morrison

Namwali Serpell, Random House

84

Dubliners

James Joyce

85

Beyond Good and Evil (Friedrich Nietzsche)

Friedrich Nietzsche

86

Friedrich Nietzsche Classics Podcast

Friedrich Nietzsche

87

Friedrich Nietzsche Philosophy Collection

Friedrich Nietzsche

88

Stacked

Stacked

89

The Art of Worldly Wisdom

Baltasar Gracian

90

New Books in Chinese Studies

New Books Network

91

Art of Worldly Wisdom

Baltasar Gracián

92

Diving In

Virginia Seymour and Louise Jones

93

12 Rules for Life In English

Raja Babu

94

The Wizard Wheezes

OllivandersVoices

95

Scholé Every Day: A Book Club for Regular People

Brandy Vencel, Mystie Winckler, and Abby Wahl

96

Meet the Writers

Monocle

97

Sentimental Garbage

Justice for Dumb Women

98

Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw

Loyal Books

99

PAGECAST

PAGECAST

100

Rich Dad Poor Dad In English

Raja Babu

101

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

Abby and Ronnie | Huge Book Nerds

102

Bookshelfie: Women’s Prize Podcast

Women’s Prize Podcast/ Bird Lime Media

103

Bookmarked by Reese's Book Club

Reese's Book Club

104

The Book Club

The Spectator

105

The Power of Your Subconscious Mind (Joseph Murphy)

Joseph Murphy

106

Ascend - The Great Books Podcast

Harrison Garlick and Adam Minihan

107

Dzepfunde

VaChivi

108

Close Readings

London Review of Books

109

What Should I Read Next?

Anne Bogel

110

Backlisted

Backlisted

111

The Foxed Page

Kimberly Ford

112

The Strangest Secret by Earl Nightingale

Joseph

113

Notes from the Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Loyal Books

114

The Speakery

mandywiener

115

Immerse Yourself in Best-Selling Audiobooks on Any Device

Top-Rated Audiobooks

116

Think and Grow Rich [Deluxe Edition]

Napoleon Hill

117

Burgess Animal Book for Children

Thornton W. Burgess

118

The Critic and Her Publics

Merve Emre

119

As a Man Thinketh (James Allen)

James Allen

120

Psychology & Behaviour Podcast

DLC

121

Burgess Animal Book for Children (Version 2)

Thornton W. Burgess

122

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce

University College Dublin

123

Glamorous Trash: A Celebrity Memoir Podcast

Chelsea Devantez

124

The Jane Austen Collection

Jane Austen

125

下一本讀什麼？

閱讀前哨站瓦基

126

The Clearing with Katherine May

Katherine May

127

Read Rant Review

Kaylee

128

Otherppl with Brad Listi

Brad Listi

129

The Shakespeare and Company Interview

Shakespeare and Company

130

The Losers' Club: A Stephen King Podcast

Bloody FM

131

Harry Potter Book Club

HPBC Podcast

132

The Prancing Pony Podcast

The Prancing Pony Podcast

133

Fictional

Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser | Nextpod

134

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

David Naimon, Milkweed Editions

135

文化有限

文化有限

136

A Novel Review Book Podcast

anovelreviewpodcast

137

The Prince (Niccolò Machiavelli)

Niccolò Machiavelli

138

The Book Tree Podcast

The Book Tree

139

Die Driehoekige Sirkel

Hannamari Tutor

140

The Meditations - Audiobook

Marcus Aurelius

141

London Review Bookshop Podcast

London Review Bookshop

142

The Bookshelf

ABC Australia

143

The Lightly Literary Podcast

Travis and Amanda

144

Classic Audiobook Collection

Classic Audiobook Collection LLC

145

Moby Dick by Herman Melville

Loyal Books

146

One More Chapter

Clara and Clare

147

The Creative Penn Podcast For Writers

Joanna Penn

148

The Book of Five Rings (Miyamoto Musashi)

Miyamoto Musashi

149

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

Loyal Books

150

A Good Read

BBC Radio 4

151

Hello Crawlers - A Dungeon Crawler Carl Podcast

Grant Davis

152

The Book Club

The Spectator

153

Novel Conversations

Evergreen Podcasts

154

John Knox

A. Taylor Innes

155

Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery

Loyal Books

156

How to Win Friends and Influence People (Dale Carnegie)

Dale Carnegie

157

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BookTok Audiobooks

Kiki

159

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

Loyal Books

160

GSMC Audiobook Series: The Pursuit of God by A.W. Tozer

GSMC Audiobooks Network

161

The Clicking of Cuthbert by P. G. Wodehouse

Loyal Books

162

The True Smut Podcast

True Smut Podcast

163

Pride and Prejudice

Jane Austen

164

Books of Titans Podcast

Erik Rostad

165

No Write Way with V. E. Schwab

V. E. Schwab (Author)

166

Classical Stuff You Should Know

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

167

Well-Read Black Girl with Glory Edim

Pushkin Industries

168

Narrative Poems

London Review of Books

169

Bad On Paper

Becca Freeman & Olivia Muenter

170

Merry Adventures of Robin Hood, The by Howard Pyle (1853 - 1911)

LibriVox

171

Trumpet Bookshelf

The Philadelphia Trumpet

172

Enoch Pratt Free Library Podcast

Enoch Pratt Free Library / Maryland State Library Resource Center

173

Romeo and Juliet - Audiobook

William Shakespeare

174

Human Conditions

London Review of Books

175

迷誠品

誠品 eslite

176

Medieval Beginnings

London Review of Books

177

The Book Pile

Kellen Erskine and David Vance

178

Meagan's Book Club Podcast

Meagan Briggs

179

بیوگرافی

Mona

180

Old School with Shilo Brooks

The Free Press

181

Sherlock Holmes Complete Audiobook Collection

Appbly.com

182

The Radio 2 Book Club

BBC Radio 2

183

TGCF English Audiobook (Heaven Official's Blessing)

Crimson Rain

184

Lauren’s Library

Lauren W Roach

185

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187

The Great Gatsby | Unabridged Audiobook

Anna B

188

Book Fight

Mike Ingram and Tom McAllister

189

Young Colonists: A Story of the Zulu and Boer Wars

G. A. Henty

190

An Unexpected Podcast: Talkin' Tolkien

Lord of the Rings

191

Heaving Bosoms

Heaving Bosoms Productions, Bleav

192

Smut & Sensibility

Smut & Sensibility

193

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Unabridged Audiobooks

194

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Unabridged Audiobooks

195

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Unabridged Audiobooks

196

Jack Reacher Podcast

Lee Child

197

Canoeing in the Wilderness

Henry David Thoreau

198

The Art Of Thinking Clearly

qurious_me

199

Ryers Readers

Ashley

200

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

Robots Radio

201

Bibliotequeando

Ricardo Lugo

202

Classic Philosophy

Oxford Philosophy

203

Sara & Cariad's Weirdos Book Club

Plosive

204

🟡 Free Audiobooks: Classic Books

Free Audiobook Library

205

Emma - A Jane Austen Novel

Jane Austen

206

Rare Book Chat

Jeremy O'Connor and Michael DiRuggiero

207

Book Talk for BookTok

Cloud10

208

The Nordic Reader

The Nordic Reader

209

Overdue

Headgum

210

She Speaks Volumes

Feral Culture Lab

211

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

Ursula K. Le Guin Foundation

212

Martin Luther King Speech on Spotify #BLM #MLK

Martin Luther King and Malcolm X Speeches

213

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Unabridged Audiobooks

214

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Unabridged Audiobooks

215

The Elixir Poetry Podcast

Helen Wing

216

That Book

Hannah Weaver and Michael Goldsmith

217

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

Savannah Gilbo

218

Books Unbound

Ariel Bissett and Raeleen Lemay

219

Picturebooking

Nick Patton

220

Gay Erotica by Liam Williams

Liam Williams

221

Prose Society with Eli Rallo

iHeartPodcasts

222

Emma - Jane Austen

Jane Austen

223

Fiction and the Fantastic

London Review of Books

224

Master Your Day With Hand-Picked Unabridged Audiobooks Anywhere, Anytime Instantly

Top-Rated Audiobooks

225

Odyssey: A Daily Odyssey through Homer’s The Odyssey

Grunt Work Podcasts

226

Don Quixote, Vol. 1 (Ormsby Translation)

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

227

It Was A Book First

It Was A Book First

228

Os 12 Trabalhos do Escritor - Escrita Criativa

Os 12 Trabalhos do Escritor

229

He Comes After (A Wattpad Story) - AudioBook

Chase Pulumbarit

230

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Unabridged Audiobooks

231

Tsonga Mukololo

Sanelisiwe Mabhena

232

The Great Stories

Trevor Downey

233

Dracula by Bram Stoker. Complete and Unabridged.

Mike Bennett

234

Civil Engineering Made Simple

Civil Engineering Made Simple

235

Harry Potter Fanfiction Podcast

Harry Potter FanFic Podcast

236

Booked, Blonde & Busy w/ Olivia Ponton

Olivia Ponton

237

Cover to Credits

Ian George and Adina Hilton

238

London Writers' Salon

Parul Bavishi, Matthew Trinetti

239

The Currently Reading Podcast

Meredith Monday Schwartz and Kaytee Cobb

240

The Picture of Dorian Gray [Gold Edition]

Oscar Wilde

241

Poetry Centered

University of Arizona Poetry Center

242

CEREBRO

Connor Goldsmith

243

The Power of Your Subconscious Mind [Deluxe Edition]

Joseph Murphy

244

A Book A Day - A Literary Podcast from India

Kalampedia

245

The Bookshelf Chronicles

AC Wilson

246

Mike's Book Reviews

Mike

247

Dave’s First Crawl - a Dungeon Crawler Carl Podcast

David Ohnoki

248

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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Jane Austen

250

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

Serena Capilli

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