Secret Life of Books

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Every book has two stories: the one it tells, and the one it hides.The Secret Life of Books is a fascinating, addictive, often shocking, occasionally hilarious ...

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Bleak House by Charles Dickens - SLoB Book Club returns! (feat. Bret Walker SC) 1 h 17 min · Jonty Claypole, Sophie Gee, Bret Walker SC · Jun 9

Sucking the Forbidden Fruit: Christina Rossetti's Goblin Market 1 h 16 min · Jonty Claypole, Sophie Gee · Jun 2

Wings and Things: John Keats' Ode to a Nightingale 1 h 14 min · Sophie Gee, Jonty Claypole · May 26

Paths of Glory: Thomas Gray's Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard 1 h 17 min · Sophie Gee, Jonty Claypole · May 19

Literary Pilgrimage in New York: From the Mixes Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 33 min · Sophie Gee, Jonty Claypole · May 15

Canterbury Tales (General Prologue) by Geoffrey Chaucer 1 h 22 min · Jonty Claypole, Sophie Gee, Unknown · May 12

The Other Bennet Sister with author Janice Hadlow 54 min · Sophie Gee, Jonty Claypole · May 5

Back to School 4: Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld 1 h 13 min · Sophie Gee, Jonty Claypole, Unknown · Apr 28

Back to School 3: A Kestrel for a Knave by Barry Hines 1 h 25 min · Sophie Gee, Jonty Claypole, Mary Beard · Apr 21

Back to School 2: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 1 h 08 min · Sophie Gee, Jonty Claypole · Apr 14

Back to School 1: Tom Brown's School Days 1 h 10 min · Sophie Gee, Jonty Claypole · Apr 7

The Secret Life of (Literary) Honeymoons 1 h 10 min · Sophie Gee, Jonty Claypole · Mar 31

Beowulf: Inside the Anglo-Saxon mind 1 h 23 min · Sophie Gee, Jonty Claypole · Mar 24

"On Morrison": a conversation with Namwali Serpell 42 min · Namwali Serpell, Jonty Claypole, Sophie Gee · Mar 20

Toni Morrison 3: Beloved 1 h 15 min · Sophie Gee, Jonty Claypole · Mar 17

SLoB Goes to the Oscars: Frankenstein vs Hamnet 51 min · Sophie Gee, Jonty Claypole · Mar 10

Saved from Fire: the Toni Morrison Archives 39 min · Professor Autumn Womack, Sophie Gee, Unknown · Mar 6

Toni Morrison 2: Song of Solomon 1 h 04 min · Sophie Gee, Jonty Claypole · Mar 3

The Other Bronte Girl: Anne Bronte's Tenant of Wildfell Hall 1 h 08 min · Sophie Gee, Jonty Claypole · Feb 24

Jane Austen's Birthday: why everyone wants to party with Jane 30 min · Professor Devoney Looser, Sophie Gee, Jonty Claypole · Feb 21

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Hosts

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Sophie Gee 26 Jonty Claypole 21

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Charts

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#40 Overall · United States

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charted in 31 countriesFull rankings →

Activity

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6 episodes · last 30 days · avg 62 min

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Episodes per week over the last six months.

About

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Every book has two stories: the one it tells, and the one it hides.The Secret Life of Books is a fascinating, addictive, often shocking, occasionally hilarious weekly podcast starring Sophie Gee, an English professor at Princeton University, and Jonty Claypole, formerly director of arts at the BBC. Every week these virtuoso critics and close friends take an iconic book and reveal the hidden s...

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Rankings

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As of 2026-09-03, Secret Life of Books ranks #198 on Apple Podcasts in Indonesia, and appears on charts in 1 country.

Ranking over time

Overall chart position, last 90 days · lower is better

Where it charts

Current overall position by country · categories in 🇮🇩 Indonesia as of 2026-09-21

🇮🇩 Indonesia #198 News #155 Apple

Chart records

First charted2025-10-27

Best ever#10 on Apple Podcasts (Australia) · 2026-01-20

Days on chart67

Countries now1

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