15 Best Novel Podcasts
Novel Podcasts
Here are 15 Best Novel Podcasts worth listening to in 2025. Subscribe in one place on FeedSpot Reader.
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Fated Mates is a romance novel podcast co-hosted by author Sarah MacLean and critic Jen Prokop. Weekly episodes include romance novel read-along and discussions of the work of the genre, highlighting the romance novel as a powerful tool in fighting patriarchy...with absolutely no kink-shaming.MORE Hosts Sarah Maclean, Jennifer Prokop
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Facebook 40.9KTwitter 9.6K Avg Length 105 min Get Email Contact Get Influential Podcasters ContactsGet access to 100k active Podcasters, Influencers in 1500 niche categories.Get targeted media contact list in your niche at your fingertips so you can focus on running your campaign.Email us the categories of Podcasters you want to reach out for your marketing campaign at anuj@feedspot.com . We'll share active Podcasters list with verified email contacts in an Excel or CSV format.Email us
2. Phoebe Reads a Mystery
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Phoebe reads a chapter from a mystery novel every day. Tune in to listen to something new every time from the host Phoebe Judge.
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Producer/Network Criminal Productions
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Facebook 16.9KTwitter 1.3KInstagram 7.6K Avg Length 19 min Since Mar 2020 Get Email Contact
3. ASN Humans Are Space Orcs , HFY and other stories
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Greetings Ladies and Mentlegents and welcome to my channel where I like to make Audio Narrations of Stories and Web Novels from various places around the net.
Producer/Network agrosquerrilnarrates
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Facebook 20Twitter 394 Avg Length 152 min Since Nov 2020 Get Email Contact
4. The Novel Queers
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The Novel Queers is a bi-weekly queer novel read-along meets book club podcast. Think of us as your two queer, excitable friends who want to tell you all about that book we just read. First, we'll give you our book report. Then, we'll take you to book club for a deep dive. Each episode will cover a short story or chapters in a novel.MORE Producer/Network The Novel Queers
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Apple Rating 5/5Twitter 19 Avg Length 93 min Since Oct 2020 Get Email Contact
5. Friends & Fiction
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We're four bestselling novelists and friends whose common love of reading, writing and independent bookstores bound us together. Now we want to share and celebrate stories—of the books we've written, the ones we're reading now, and the art of writing—with each other and the guest authors we invite to join us. If you love books and are curious about the writing world, you're in the right place.MORE Hosts Mary Kay Andrews, Kristin Harmel, Kristy Woodson Harvey, Patti Callahan Henry, Ron Block
Producer/Network Mary Kay Andrews, Kristin Harmel, Kristy Woodson Harvey, Patti Callahan Henry, Ron Block, Bleav
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Apple Rating 4.7/5 Avg Length 46 min Get Email Contact
6. Scott Sigler's Audiobooks
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New York Times best-selling novelist Scott Sigler gives away all of his stories as free, serialized audiobooks. Described as 'Stephen King meets Michael Crichton meets Chuck Palahniuk,' Scott's stories of hard-science horror will have you tapping a vein as you Jones for next week's fix. Subscribe to hear major-release hardcover novels read by the author, as well as short fiction and the 'FridayFix,' a random piece of weekly nonsense.MORE Email ****@gmail.com
Facebook 24.1K Avg Length 41 min Since Sep 2010 Get Email Contact
7. Novel Pairings
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Welcome to Novel Pairings, a podcast dedicated to making the classics readable, relevant, and fun. As two nerdy bookworms, we appreciate the role of classic lit, but we but we won't get too academic about it. We'll talk about the books we love and the books we loath, and help stock your TBR pile with old and new reads for every literary taste.MORE Hosts Chelsey F., Sara Hildreth
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Facebook 530Twitter 128Instagram 10.9K Avg Length 61 min Since Mar 2020 Get Email Contact
8. Bigfoot and the Baby
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Follow the adventures of devout homemaker Jackie Majesky as she searches for God and finds...someone else. Set in an alternative version of the 1980s, Bigfoot and the Baby is a satirical novel about faith, commerce, and the power of love. The novel was published in 2014 by Bona Fide Books, a small publisher that is now out of business. This podcast seeks to find new audiences for the book and reconnect with readers who love it. Read by the author. 'A delightful black satire.'MORE Producer/Network Ann Gelder
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Apple Rating 5/5Twitter 1.5K Avg Length 9 min Since Aug 2019 Get Email Contact
9. Water Margin Podcast: Outlaws of the Marsh
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A Chinese classic, retold in English: This podcast is an English retelling of the classic Chinese novel Water Margin (???, aka Outlaws of the Marsh). It aims to tell the story in a way that is more accessible to audiences who are not already familiar with the novel or Chinese culture and literature in general.MORE Producer/Network Chinese Lore Podcasts
Apple Rating 4.9/5 Avg Length 23 min Get Email Contact
10. The Light Novel Podcast
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A program dedicated to Light Novels from Japan. Features news, reviews, interviews, and insight into the growing market which serves as the basis for many popular manga and anime.
Producer/Network Light Novel Podcast
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Facebook 289Twitter 2.6K Avg Length 82 min Video Podcast YouTube
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11. The Novel Universe
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This podcast contains YA fiction and some adult fiction online book club & discussion.
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Apple Rating 3.7/5 Avg Length 44 min Since Nov 2018 Get Email Contact
12. Graphic Novel Life
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Heard about graphic novels? Thought they were for kids? Or just about superheroes? Graphic Novel Life is here to tell you otherwise! Reviewing graphic novels past, present and future. Steering you through the jargon and genre classifications. Giving you advice and tips on where to start for the whole family. Whatever your age, graphic novels are for everyone! We're going to need GNs. Lots and lots of GNs.MORE Host Jamie McNeil
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13. The Daffodil Mystery by Edgar Wallace
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Set in England at the turn of the 20th century, Wallace's crime novel The Daffodil Mystery follows the mysterious circumstances under which shop owner Lyne has been murdered. Accordingly, it is up to detective Jack Tarling and his trusted Chinese assistant to solve the case and reach an appropriate and just resolution. Moreover, the happenings within the novel are intensified by the colorful set of characters, which are marked by their plausible facade and contribute to the novel's appeal.MORE Producer/Network Loyal Books
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Apple Rating 3.5/5Facebook 6KTwitter 254Instagram 15 Since Nov 2020 Get Email Contact
14. NovelClass
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Every month, host Dave Pezza and an all-star guest pick a book, give it a read, and record their qualms, praises, and bad jokes. Nothing is off the table, and we're mostly sober. If you've had the book club blues like us, then NovelClass is your newest, nerdiest friend. No rubber stamps, no shameless plugs, only friendly banter and constructive criticisms. NovelClass is part of the Writer's Bone Podcast Network.MORE Producer/Network Dave Pezza
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Apple Rating 4.5/5Facebook 1.3KTwitter 169Instagram 1.7K Avg Length 47 min Since Jan 2017 Get Email Contact
15. Jackie's Books Podcast
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Jackie's Books is a podcast dedicated to the emerging artist, Jackie Adams. We will interview Jackie, who will tell us about the novels she has published, what she is working on, and her life as an author. Jackie will also recommend books for you to read, and bring in guests who can tell us about their life and work.MORE Producer/Network Dan Mandelker
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Avg Length 7 min Since Mar 2019 Get Email Contact
Novel shows hosts and producers
Podcaster Name | Role | Podcast Link | Total Episodes | Twitter Handle | |
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Sarah Maclean | Co Host | fatedmates.net | |||
Jennifer Prokop | Co Host | fatedmates.net | @jenreadsromance | ||
Phoebe Judge | Host | thisiscriminal.com/mystery | @phoebevjudge | ||
Mary Kay Andrews | Co Host | @mkayandrews | |||
Kristin Harmel | Co Host | @kristinharmel | |||
Kristy Woodson Harvey | Co Host | @kristywharvey | |||
Patti Callahan Henry | Co Host | @pcalhenry | |||
Ron Block | Co Host | @rsblock | |||
Chelsey F. | Co Host | novelpairings.libsyn.com | 19 | ||
Sara Hildreth | Co Host | novelpairings.libsyn.com | 19 | ||
Jamie McNeil | Host | podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jamie-mcneil | |||
Scott Sigler | scottsigler.com/blogs/podcast/slay-57 | 84 | |||
Agrosquerrilnarrates | agrosquerrilnarrates.podbean.com/e/the-survivor-becomes-a-dungeon-109-113 | 40 | @agrosquerrils | ||
Daniel Mandelker | jackiesbooks.libsyn.com/where-the-crawdads-sing-and-100th-episode | 31 | |||
Thenoveluniverse | thenoveluniverse.podbean.com/e/atlas-six-is-it-genius-or-stupid | 26 | |||
Dave Pezza | novelclasspodcast.libsyn.com/novelclass-season-4-premiere | 20 | @dpezza02 | ||
The Novel Queers | buzzsprout.com/1389697/7195402-tnq10-red-white-royal-blue-ch-1-5.mp3 | 20 | @thenovelqueeers | ||
Edgar Wallace | archive.org/download/daffodil_mystery_0802_librivox/daffodilmystery_19_wallace_64kb.mp3 | 20 | @LoyalBooks | ||
Ann Gelder | buzzsprout.com/511090/8190640-bigfoot-and-the-baby-a-novel-by-ann-gelder-episode-33.mp3 | 18 | @AnnBGelder | ||
Ann | buzzsprout.com/511090/1537435-bigfoot-and-the-baby-a-novel-by-ann-gelder-episode-4.mp3 | 2 | @AnnBGelder |
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