Ep 12: Wrecking Ball
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 Rememberer” by Aimee Bender and “Wakefield” by Nathaniel Hawthorne (published 1997 and 1835) and hear why we think fans of these stories should read Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta (published 1992) later. Highlighted themes: atypical love stories, dysfunctional relationships and angst Want to support local booksellers and this podcast? Buy Looking for Alibrandi and any other books you want through our Bookshop.org Affiliate Store. Follow us on Instagram! @listennowreadlater Music for this episode: "That's One Sly Cat" by Artifical.Music, licensed under a Creative Commons license. Listen on Spotify or YouTube Touchpoint by Audionautix. Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0. Listen on YouTube. Lucid by ChillD'em [Audio Library Release]. Listen on YouTube. Shout out to our readers for this episode!
17 Sep 202436min
Ep 11: All the Lonely People
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, memories, and making mountains out of molehills. Want to support local booksellers and this podcast? Buy The Midnight Library and any other books you want through our Bookshop.org Affiliate Store. Follow us on Instagram! @listennowreadlater Music for this episode: "That's One Sly Cat" by Artifical.Music, licensed under a Creative Commons license. Listen on Spotify or YouTube Imaginary by Broken Elegance & Nomyn; Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0. Listen to it on YouTube. Fragile by A Himitsu, promoted by Audio Library. Listen to it on Spotify or YouTube. Shout out to our readers for this episode!
3 Sep 202420min
Ep 10: Book Club ✨
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 support local booksellers and this podcast? Buy your books through our Bookshop.org Affiliate Store. Follow us on Instagram! @listennowreadlater Music for this episode: "That's One Sly Cat" by Artifical.Music, licensed under a Creative Commons license. Listen on Spotify or YouTub
20 Aug 202459min
Ep 9: Journey to the Past
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, and historical settings. Want to support local booksellers and this podcast? Buy The Book Thief and any other books you want through our Bookshop.org Affiliate Store. Follow us on Instagram! @listennowreadlater Music for this episode: "That's One Sly Cat" by Artifical.Music, licensed under a Creative Commons license. Listen on Spotify or YouTube "Midsommar" by Scott Buckley; licensed under a Creative Commons license. Listen on Spotify or YouTube. Shout out to our readers for this episode!
6 Aug 202454min
Ep 8: It's Too Late to Apologize
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 narrators and unexpected consequences. Want to support local booksellers and this podcast? Buy We Were Liars and any other books you want through our Bookshop.org Affiliate Store. Follow us on Instagram! @listennowreadlater Music for this episode: "That's One Sly Cat" by Artifical.Music, licensed under a Creative Commons license. Listen on Spotify or YouTube Monogatari by Zackross from Audio Library Plus. Listen on Spotify or YouTube. Darkest Child by Kevin MacLeod; Creative Commons — Attribution 4.0 International — CC BY 4.0. Listen on Spotify or YouTube. Scheming Weasel (faster version) by Kevin MacLeod; Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0. Listen on Spotify or YouTube. Shout out to our readers for this episode!
23 Jul 202451min
Ep 7: People Watching
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 Than Love by Davina Bell (published 2020) later. Highlighted themes: unique perspectives, unreliable narrators and the meaning of life. Want to support local booksellers and this podcast? Buy The End of the World Is Bigger Than Love and any other books you want through our Bookshop.org Affiliate Store. Follow us on Instagram! @listennowreadlater Music for this episode: "That's One Sly Cat" by Artifical.Music, licensed under a Creative Commons license. Listen on Spotify or YouTube Mellow Acid by CyberSDF, Creative Commons —Attribution 3.0. Listen on YouTube. Present by Ikson, promoted by Audio Library. Listen on Spotify or YouTube. Shout out to our readers for this episode!
9 Jul 202444min
Ep 6: I'm the Problem, It's Me
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. Want to support local booksellers and this podcast? Buy Heartless and any other books you want through our Bookshop.org Affiliate Store. Follow us on Instagram! @listennowreadlater Music for this episode: "That's One Sly Cat" by Artifical.Music, licensed under a Creative Commons license. Listen on Spotify or YouTube Mirror by KV [Audio Library Release]. Listen on Spotify or YouTube. Stranger Pt. II by SilentCrafter [Audio Library Release]. Listen on Spotify or YouTube. Shout out to our readers for this episode!
25 Jun 202443min
Ep 5: Book Club!!!
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 for even more great recommendations! Highlighted themes: memories, friendship and the reading habits of middle schoolers. Want to support local booksellers and this podcast? Buy your books through our Bookshop.org Affiliate Store. Follow us on Instagram! @listennowreadlater Music for this episode: "That's One Sly Cat" by Artifical.Music, licensed under a Creative Commons license. Listen on Spotify or YouTub
11 Jun 20241h 9min
