Listen Now, Read Later

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Looking to grow your TBR? Welcome to Listen Now, Read Later, the podcast that leads you to your next favorite novel by reading you short stories. In each episode, we’ll tie some of our favorite short stories to popular novels based on themes, narration, plot, and more. We see connections between stories written by different authors from different places at different times and we want to use those connections to help you find exciting new books to read so that after you Listen Now, you can Read Later. Follow us on Instagram @listennowreadlater for more great bookish content!

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Listen Now, Read Later

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Ep 11: All the Lonely People 03.09.2024 20:58

Welcome to Listen Now, Read Later, the podcast that brings you to your next favorite book by reading you short stories. In this episode, listen now to “The Bowl” by Aimee Bender and “Signs of Life” by Miriam Kuznets (published 1998 and 1987) and hear why we think fans of these stories should read The Midnight Library by Matt Haig (published 2020) later. Highlighted themes: internal thoughts, memor...

Ep 10: Book Club ✨ 20.08.2024 59:25

Welcome to a special episode of Listen Now, Read Later, the podcast that brings you to your next favorite book by reading you short stories— except this time, we're doing a recap episode to let you in on how episodes 5-9 came to be. Plus, hear what books we're Reading Now for even more great recommendations! Highlighted themes: unique POVs, spin-off books, and trends in art and publishing Want to...

Ep 9: Journey to the Past 06.08.2024 54:16

Welcome to Listen Now, Read Later, the podcast that brings you to your next favorite book by reading you short stories. In this episode, listen now to "The Singers" by Ivan Turgenev (published 1852) and hear why we think fans of these stories should read The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (published 2005) later. Highlighted themes: unexpected emotional attachments, appreciation for the arts,...

Ep 8: It's Too Late to Apologize 23.07.2024 51:14

Welcome to Listen Now, Read Later, the podcast that brings you to your next favorite book by reading you short stories. In this episode, listen now to three stories, two by Anton Chekhov and one by Edgar Allan Poe (published 1894, 1843 and 1883) and hear why we think fans of these stories should read We Were Liars by E. Lockhart (published 2014) later. Highlighted themes: regret, unreliable narrat...

Ep 7: People Watching 09.07.2024 44:48

Welcome to Listen Now, Read Later, the podcast that brings you to your next favorite book by reading you short stories. In this episode, listen now to “Spit If You Call It Fear” by Tyler Barton and “Sometimes You Break Their Hearts, Sometimes They Break Yours” by Marie-Helene Bertino (published 2019 and 2012) and hear why we think fans of these stories should read The End of the World Is Bigger Th...

Ep 6: I'm the Problem, It's Me 25.06.2024 43:45

Welcome to Listen Now, Read Later, the podcast that brings you to your next favorite book by reading you short stories. In this episode, listen now to two stories by Edgar Allan Poe (published 1849 and 1846) and hear why we think fans of these stories should read Heartless by Marissa Meyer (published 2016) later. Highlighted themes: villains as the main character, revenge and complicated emotions....

Ep 5: Book Club!!! 11.06.2024 1:09:33

Welcome to a special episode of Listen Now, Read Later, the podcast that brings you to your next favorite book by reading you short stories— except this time, we're doing a recap episode to let you in on how this podcast came to be, getting permission from authors so you can Listen Now and picking which books we think you should Read Later. Plus, hear what books we're reading on the side f...

Ep 4: Speak Now (Hemingway's Version) 28.05.2024 37:24

Welcome to Listen Now, Read Later, the podcast that brings you to your next favorite book by reading you short stories. In this episode, listen now to three stories published by Ernest Hemingway (published 1924, 1927 and 1925) and hear why we think fans of these stories should read Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds (published 2017) later. Highlighted themes: reading between the lines, losing loved o...

Ep 3: Besties for the Resties(?) 14.05.2024 52:02

Welcome to Listen Now, Read Later, the podcast that brings you to your next favorite book by reading you short stories. In this episode, listen now to "Portrait of Two Young Ladies in White and Green Robes (Unidentified Artist, circa Sixteenth Century)" by Jane Pek and "In the Cemetery Where Al Jolson Is Buried" by Amy Hempel (published 2020 and 1983) and hear why we think fans...

Ep 2: What Women Want 30.04.2024 37:17

Welcome to Listen Now, Read Later, the podcast that brings you to your next favorite book by reading you short stories. In this episode, listen now to "Call My Name" and "What You Left in the Ditch" by Aimee Bender (published 1998 and 1997) and hear why we think fans of these stories should read The Shadows Between Us by Tricia Levenseller (published 2020) later. Highlighted th...

Ep 1: Don't You Know that You're Toxic? 16.04.2024 1:15:31

Welcome to Listen Now, Read Later, the podcast that brings you to your next favorite book by reading you short stories. In our first episode, listen now to "Rappaccini's Daughter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne (published 1844) and hear why we think fans of this story should read Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (published 2020) later. Highlighted themes: gothic romance, deadly plants,...