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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 ...

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How can I help someone fall in love with reading? with Nadia Shireen and Jonathan Douglas contributed by Lukas · Jul 15
Which books help us reconnect with nature? with Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris contributed by Lukas · Jul 1
What's wrong with reading to look smart? with Abir Mukherjee contributed by Lukas · Jun 17
Which debut novels should you be reading in 2026? contributed by Lukas · Jun 3
Which books emotionally wrecked you? With Dawn French contributed by Lukas · May 20
What are the best novels about infidelity? With Sophie Mackintosh contributed by Lukas · May 6
What is a must-read book to make me laugh? With Bryony Gordon  contributed by Lukas · Apr 22
Why I wanted to adapt Wuthering Heights with Emerald Fennell contributed by Lukas · Feb 13
What secrets does Jane Austen's house hold? contributed by Lukas · Dec 18, 2025
What were the best books of 2025? contributed by Lukas · Dec 11, 2025
What makes a setting feel so vivid it becomes a character? With Paula Hawkins contributed by Lukas · Dec 4, 2025
What is the best translated fiction to read? With Karl Ove Knausgaard contributed by Lukas · Nov 20, 2025
Why are generations at war with each other? With Zadie Smith contributed by Lukas · Nov 6, 2025
Is never growing up the secret to great storytelling? With Philip Pullman contributed by Lukas · Oct 30, 2025
Is Jane Austen's legacy more than just romantic love? With Andrew Hunter Murray and Gill Hornby contributed by Lukas · Oct 15, 2025
Why do we still laugh when times are hard? With Ocean Vuong contributed by Lukas · Oct 1, 2025
Which Penguin books shocked society and became cultural icons? With Jack Edwards and Penguin Editor, Simon Prosser contributed by Lukas · Sep 3, 2025
Youth culture, love and music with Irvine Welsh and Derek Owusu contributed by Lukas · Aug 5, 2025
How Penguin Books turned the UK into a nation of readers contributed by Lukas · Jul 29, 2025
S2 E6: Summer Reads with Anthony Horowitz contributed by Lukas · Jun 19, 2025
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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.

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As of 2026-09-16, Ask Penguin ranks #192 in the News category on Apple Podcasts in Belgium.

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First charted2025-08-29
Best ever#127 on Apple Podcasts (Argentina) · 2025-12-31
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