{"podcast":{"title":"Ask Penguin","slug":"ask-penguin-555431","podcast_index_feed_id":555431,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/d2a69c65-3300-4484-abcb-ea3e7d712478","website_url":"https://www.penguin.co.uk/discover/podcast","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/60eecae845fc69e6c03398b2/1759395784307-946f7f84-df95-4115-8e44-621373467698.jpeg","author":"Penguin Books UK","episode_count":266,"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.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-16T10:21:13.437335+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ask-penguin-555431"},"episode":{"title":"What were the best books of 2025?","slug":"what-were-the-best-books-of-2025","published_at":"2025-12-11T00:05:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ask-penguin-555431/what-were-the-best-books-of-2025","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ask-penguin-555431","url":"https://shows.acast.com/thepenguinpodcast/episodes/what-are-the-best-books-of-the-year-2025","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/thepenguinpodcast/e/69399e280e4329eef02ebdf8/media.mp3","summary":"What were our favourite books of the year and what are we most excited to read in 2026? Join the team behind the Ask Penguin podcast to look back at standout titles, memorable podcast moments, and the reading intentions we’re taking into the New Year. Explore all the books mentioned on this episode: Click here Ask Penguin will be back in 2026. Find us on Insatgram @PenguinUKBooks and follow our Broadcast channel for exclusive content, giveaways and your chance to put your questions to your favourite authors! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"What were our favourite books of the year and what are we most excited to read in 2026? Join the team behind the Ask Penguin podcast to look back at stand…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2440,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ask-penguin-555431/episodes/what-were-the-best-books-of-2025/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ask-penguin-555431/what-were-the-best-books-of-2025.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}