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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Soldier Preachers, late-life love and Soapy the cat in Marilynne Robinson's Gilead Sophie Gee, Jonty Claypole · Jan 28, 2025
Jane Austen goes to the dark side: social turmoil and scandalous texting in Sense and Sensibility Sophie Gee, Jonty Claypole · Jan 21, 2025
Cannes, a white mess jacket, and the pure joy of P.G. Wodehouse's "Right Ho, Jeeves" Sophie Gee, Jonty Claypole · Jan 14, 2025
The Craft of Writing, the Booker Prize from Australia: Charlotte Wood on My Name is Lucy Barton Sophie Gee, Jonty Claypole · Jan 7, 2025
Literature's great parties: launch 2025 in style with Lady Macbeth, Count Dracula and the Mad Hatter Sophie Gee, Jonty Claypole · Dec 31, 2024
Did Dickens Change the Face of Christmas Forever? Scrooge, Tiny Tim and the First Ever Turkey Sophie Gee, Jonty Claypole · Dec 24, 2024
The Albatross Curse, Bad Weddings and Lots of Opium: Rime of the Ancient Mariner Sophie Gee, Jonty Claypole · Dec 17, 2024
Victorian dresses, teenage passions and fiction’s scariest picnic: Picnic at Hanging Rock Sophie Gee, Jonty Claypole · Dec 10, 2024
Please Sir, may we have some more? Oliver Twist, sex work and criminal underclasses in Victorian London Sophie Gee, Jonty Claypole · Dec 3, 2024
The world's most famous classicist on the world's most famous classic: Mary Beard and The Odyssey Sophie Gee, Jonty Claypole · Nov 26, 2024
Bonus Live Ep: hosts' secrets revealed and the classics stripped bare! Sophie Gee, Jonty Claypole · Nov 22, 2024
Jane Austen does gothic horror with insta-ready clothes and great interiors: Northanger Abbey Sophie Gee, Jonty Claypole · Nov 19, 2024
James: National Book Award global hit; a Huck Finn rewrite the world needed; plot twists you'll never guess Sophie Gee, Jonty Claypole · Nov 12, 2024
Huckleberry Finn: but wait, maybe THIS is the great American novel? Sophie Gee, Jonty Claypole · Nov 5, 2024
Hamnet: sexy witches replace skulls and soliloquies Sophie Gee, Jonty Claypole · Oct 29, 2024
Hamlet: Shakespeare's secret double or pain in neck? Sophie Gee, Jonty Claypole · Oct 22, 2024
Midsummer Nights Dream: are true love and sexual attraction magic tricks? Sophie Gee, Jonty Claypole · Oct 15, 2024
Go Tell It On The Mountain: growing up Black, poor and gay in 1930s New York Sophie Gee, Jonty Claypole · Oct 8, 2024
The Great Gatsby: is this THE great American novel? Sophie Gee, Jonty Claypole · Oct 1, 2024
To Kill a Mockingbird: racism, gun violence and coming of age in the 1930s South Sophie Gee, Jonty Claypole · Sep 24, 2024
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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
CategoriesNews

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