Jul 15, 2026 · not_requested
How can I help someone fall in love with reading? with Nadia Shireen and Jonathan Douglas
- Duration seconds
- 2811
Podcast
Ask Penguin
- Author
- Penguin Books UK
- Feed episode count
- 266
- Official site
- https://www.penguin.co.uk/discover/podcast
- Markdown
- /podcast/ask-penguin-555431.md
Summary
What should I read next? Ask Penguin is the podcast where your quirkiest, trickiest, and most urgent book questions get answered. Hosted by Rhianna Dhillon, we bring bestselling authors and Penguin insiders to explore some of your favourite books and discover new ones that you are yet to read. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
Jul 1, 2026 · not_requested
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- Duration seconds
- 3442
Jun 17, 2026 · not_requested
What's wrong with reading to look smart? with Abir Mukherjee
- Duration seconds
- 3516
Jun 3, 2026 · not_requested
Which debut novels should you be reading in 2026?
- Duration seconds
- 3116
May 20, 2026 · not_requested
Which books emotionally wrecked you? With Dawn French
- Duration seconds
- 3517
May 6, 2026 · not_requested
What are the best novels about infidelity? With Sophie Mackintosh
- Duration seconds
- 2482
Apr 22, 2026 · not_requested
What is a must-read book to make me laugh? With Bryony Gordon
- Duration seconds
- 2835
Feb 13, 2026 · not_requested
Why I wanted to adapt Wuthering Heights with Emerald Fennell
- Duration seconds
- 4074
Dec 18, 2025 · not_requested
What secrets does Jane Austen's house hold?
- Duration seconds
- 1575
Dec 11, 2025 · not_requested
What were the best books of 2025?
- Duration seconds
- 2440
Dec 4, 2025 · not_requested
What makes a setting feel so vivid it becomes a character? With Paula Hawkins
- Duration seconds
- 3039
Nov 20, 2025 · not_requested
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- Duration seconds
- 3090
Nov 6, 2025 · not_requested
Why are generations at war with each other? With Zadie Smith
- Duration seconds
- 3361
Oct 30, 2025 · not_requested
Is never growing up the secret to great storytelling? With Philip Pullman
- Duration seconds
- 2531
Oct 15, 2025 · not_requested
Is Jane Austen's legacy more than just romantic love? With Andrew Hunter Murray and Gill Hornby
- Duration seconds
- 3010
Oct 1, 2025 · not_requested
Why do we still laugh when times are hard? With Ocean Vuong
- Duration seconds
- 3220
Sep 3, 2025 · not_requested
Which books shocked and shaped our society? With Simon Prosser and Jack Edwards
- Duration seconds
- 3919
Aug 5, 2025 · not_requested
Which books defined a generation? with Irvine Welsh and Derek Owusu
- Duration seconds
- 2850
Jul 29, 2025 · not_requested
How did penguin turn the UK into a nation of readers? with Kate Mosse
- Duration seconds
- 3326
Jun 19, 2025 · not_requested
What should you read this summer? With Anthony Horowitz
- Duration seconds
- 2836
Jun 5, 2025 · not_requested
What can fiction teach us about queer history? with Charlie Porter
- Duration seconds
- 2555
May 22, 2025 · not_requested
What are the best book club books? with Yrsa Daley-Ward
- Duration seconds
- 3052
May 8, 2025 · not_requested
What are the must read debut novelists of the year? (2025)
- Duration seconds
- 2523
Apr 24, 2025 · not_requested
What are the best romance books? With Emily Henry
- Duration seconds
- 2337
Apr 10, 2025 · not_requested
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- Duration seconds
- 2171