Audio from the Top 10 Books Podcasts

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Updated on: 1/22/21

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Books! They sit on your shelf, on your desk, on your nightstand and you are supposed to read them. Sometimes you do and sometimes you hate them. These podcasts will help you find that next good book to read or reaffirm your love for Harry Potter. Books! They sit on your shelf, on your desk, on your nightstand and you are supposed to read them. Sometimes you do and sometimes you hate them. These podcasts will help you find that next good book to read or reaffirm your love for Harry Potter. << Show Less

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Audio of Beauty and the Beast: Prisoners

This is not the Beauty and the Beast you've heard. It's not even the story the one you've heard is based on. That one is a super-pared-down version of an 18th century French novella. The original contains way too much description about fairy politics and power structures, 18th century Pandora, and a

Myths and Legends

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Audio of Maile Meloy Reads Laurie Colwin

Maile Meloy reads Laurie Colwin's "Mr. Parker" and discusses it with The New Yorker's fiction editor, Deborah Treisman. "Mr. Parker" was published in the April 14, 1973, issue of The New Yorker and can be found in "Passion and Affect." Maile Meloy's novels include "Liars and Saints" and "A Family Da

The New Yorker: Fiction

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Best Of: Novelist Rumaan Alam / 'My Octopus Teacher' Filmmaker

Rumaan Alam's novel, 'Leave the World Behind,' centers on two families — one Black and one white — who are sharing a vacation home during a mysterious disaster. It explores issues of race and class, fear, and how we respond to crisis.Ken Tucker reviews a new deluxe edition of Prince's masterpiece 'S

Fresh Air

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Talking About the 10 Best Books of 2020

On a special episode of the podcast, taped live, editors from The New York Times Book Review discuss this year's outstanding fiction and nonfiction.

The Book Review

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#488: Your Most Controversial Harry Potter Opinions

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MuggleCast: the Harry Potter podcast

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#292: Wizards Unite!

A whole episode about the game! THE GAME! THE NEW WIZARD GAME! John, Frak, and Melissa detail the new game from Niantic and all their experiences with it. Also, check out Extraneous, where we are giving the His Dark Materials books the deep-diving PotterCast treatment!

PotterCast: The Harry Potter podcast since 2005

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Ep 251: I love books and books love me back

Today’s guest is a self-proclaimed “book glutton” who reads in between everyday moments at home, at work, and even while she’s walking. Grettel Castro is a biostatistician living in Miami, Florida. She emigrated to the United States from Cuba at the age of 14, but her voracious appetite for reading