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 ...

#44 US · Overall 153 recordings 49 h 2024 → today Weekly updated 3 days ago
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Who watches the Watchmen?: Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' Watchmen Sophie Gee, Jonty Claypole · Apr 15, 2025
SLoB's Secret Life of Pets Sophie Gee, Jonty Claypole · Apr 7, 2025
George Orwell 6: What's in Room 101? 1984 Part 2 Sophie Gee, Jonty Claypole · Apr 4, 2025
George Orwell 5: Sex crime, anyone? 1984 pt1 Sophie Gee, Jonty Claypole · Apr 1, 2025
George Orwell 4: Come on, Eileen! Anna Funder, Mrs Orwell and Wifedom Sophie Gee, Jonty Claypole · Mar 28, 2025
George Orwell 3: Murder in the Barnyard: Animal Farm Sophie Gee, Jonty Claypole · Mar 25, 2025
World Poetry Day Double-Bill: Can poetry change the world? The War Poems of Siegfried Sassoon Sophie Gee, Jonty Claypole · Mar 21, 2025
George Orwell 2: The Revolution SHOULD NOT be televised: Homage to Catalonia Sophie Gee, Jonty Claypole · Mar 18, 2025
World Poetry Day Double-Bill: Elizabeth Bishop's Geography III with Rachel Cohen Sophie Gee, Jonty Claypole · Mar 13, 2025
George Orwell 1: The Best Gap Yah, great food writing and Paris hotels: Down and Out in Paris and London Sophie Gee, Jonty Claypole · Mar 11, 2025
International Women's Day Bonus: Was Shakespeare a Woman? Jodi Picoult says yes! Sophie Gee, Jonty Claypole · Mar 8, 2025
Magnetic chemistry, social anxiety, and the in-laws from hell: Pride & Prejudice (aka Meet The Bennets) Sophie Gee, Jonty Claypole · Mar 4, 2025
Self-Help, dodgy marriages and the siren call of Australia: David Copperfield Part 2 Sophie Gee, Jonty Claypole · Feb 28, 2025
‘Umble beginnings, childhood neglect, and did Dickens steal from Charlotte Bronte: David Copperfield Sophie Gee, Jonty Claypole · Feb 25, 2025
BONUS: SLoB's Secret Crushes and Clandestine Encounters pt 2 Sophie Gee, Jonty Claypole · Feb 21, 2025
Free love in Paris, male wrestling and murder: Giovanni's Room Sophie Gee, Jonty Claypole · Feb 18, 2025
BONUS: SLoB's Secret Crushes and Clandestine Encounters pt 1 Sophie Gee, Jonty Claypole · Feb 14, 2025
Shakespeare does 'Succession': Rory Stewart on King Lear Sophie Gee, Jonty Claypole · Feb 11, 2025
Wizards, Hobbits and WWII: Dominic Sandbrook on The Lord of the Rings Sophie Gee, Jonty Claypole · Feb 4, 2025
Love and Beauty Bonus: Geraldine Brooks picks Gilead as the great modern classic Sophie Gee, Jonty Claypole · Jan 31, 2025
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Hosts

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Sophie Gee 26 Jonty Claypole 21

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Charts

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#44 Overall · United States

🇦🇺 #1 · 🇮🇪 #3 · 🇬🇧 #3 · 🇳🇿 #3 · 🇮🇩 #5 · 🇨🇦 #7 · 🇳🇴 #7 · 🇦🇹 #8 · 🇿🇦 #8 · 🇦🇷 #9 · +20 more

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 #156 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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