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- Ep 35: The Final Book Club
Welcome to the final episode of Listen Now, Read Later, the podcast that brings you to your next favorite book by reading you short stories. We're ending with a recap of episodes 31-34; plus, hear what books we're Reading Now for even more great recommendations!
Highlighted themes: interesting structures, absurdism and child stars
Want to support local booksellers and this podcast? Buy your books through our Bookshop.org Affiliate Store.
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Music for this episode:
"That's One Sly Cat" by Artifical.Music, licensed under a Creative Commons license. Listen on Spotify or YouTube
1 hr 21 min - Ep 34: Lose You to Love 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 “The Birthmark” by Nathaniel Hawthorne (published 1843) and hear why we think fans of this story should read I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy (published 2022) later.
Highlighted themes: toxic love, shame and the search for perfection
Want to support local booksellers and this podcast? Buy I'm Glad My Mom Died and any other books you want through our Bookshop.org Affiliate Store.
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Music for this episode:
"That's One Sly Cat" by Artificial.Music ( / artificial-music ) is licensed under a Creative Commons license. Listen on Spotify.
"Silent Reveries" by FireSail Labs; licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License. Listen on YouTube.
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48 min - Ep 33: Zero to Hero
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 “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” by Ambrose Bierce (published 1890) and hear why we think fans of this story should read An Abundance of Katherines by John Green (published 2006) later.
Highlighted themes: arrogance, fanciful thinking and a desire for greatness
Want to support local booksellers and this podcast? Buy An Abundance of Katherines and any other books you want through our Bookshop.org Affiliate Store.
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Music for this episode:
"That's One Sly Cat" by Artificial.Music ( / artificial-music ) is licensed under a Creative Commons license. Listen on Spotify.
"Mischief in the Garden" by the Audio Library Beats Group, a copyright-free song promoted by Audio Library. Listen on YouTube or Spotify.
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29 min - Ep 32: You Think You're Cooler Than 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 “The Nose” by Nikolai Gogol (published 1836) and hear why we think fans of this story should read Half a Soul by Olivia Atwater (published 2020) later.
Highlighted themes: social status, humor and finding what you've lost
Want to support local booksellers and this podcast? Buy Half a Soul and any other books you want through our Bookshop.org Affiliate Store.
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Music for this episode:
"That's One Sly Cat" by Artificial.Music ( / artificial-music ) is licensed under a Creative Commons license. Listen on Spotify.
“Fluffing a Duck” by Kevin MacLeod; Creative Commons — Attribution 4.0 International — CC BY 4.0. Listen on YouTube.
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1 hr 3 min - Ep 31: Starships Were Meant to Fly
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 Argonauts of the Air” by H. G. Wells (published 1895) and hear why we think fans of this story should read Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld (published 2009) later.
Highlighted themes: the spirit of invention, alternative histories and steampunk
Want to support local booksellers and this podcast? Buy Leviation and any other books you want through our Bookshop.org Affiliate Store.
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Music for this episode:
"That's One Sly Cat" by Artificial.Music ( / artificial-music ) is licensed under a Creative Commons license. Listen on Spotify.
Royalty Free Steampunk Victorian Music by Luis Humanoide; listen on YouTube.
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35 min - Ep 30: 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 26-29 came to be. Plus, hear what books we're Reading Now for even more great recommendations!
Highlighted themes: interesting perspectives, teenage angst and making connections
Want to support local booksellers and this podcast? Buy your books through our Bookshop.org Affiliate Store.
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Music for this episode:
"That's One Sly Cat" by Artifical.Music, licensed under a Creative Commons license. Listen on Spotify or YouTube
1 hr 8 min - Ep 29: everything i wanted
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 Child Downstairs” by Marcia Golub (published 1996) and hear why we think fans of this story should read The Wedding People by Alison Espach (published 2024) later.
Highlighted themes: unfulfilled desires, rocky relationships and womanhood
Want to support local booksellers and this podcast? Buy The Wedding People and any other books you want through our Bookshop.org Affiliate Store.
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Music for this episode:
"That's One Sly Cat" by Artificial.Music ( / artificial-music ) is licensed under a Creative Commons license. Listen on Spotify.
"Until You're Gone Forever" by Johny Grimes [Audio Library Release]. Listen on YouTube.
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26 min - Ep 28: It's Only the Death of 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 “The Transferred Ghost” by Frank Stockton (published 1882) and hear why we think fans of this story should read The Love of My Afterlife by Kirsty Greenwood (published 2024) later.
Highlighted themes: star-crossed love, teamwork and shenanigans
Want to support local booksellers and this podcast? Buy The Love of My Afterlife and any other books you want through our Bookshop.org Affiliate Store.
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Music for this episode:
"That's One Sly Cat" by Artificial.Music ( / artificial-music ) is licensed under a Creative Commons license. Listen on Spotify.
“Mr. Pink" by Topher Mohr and Alex Elena. Listen on YouTube.
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33 min - Ep 27: Give All My Secrets Away
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 “Desiree's Baby” by Kate Chopin (published 1893) and hear why we think fans of this story should read Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng (published 2014) later.
Highlighted themes: secrets, racism and family
Want to support local booksellers and this podcast? Buy Everything I Never Told You and any other books you want through our Bookshop.org Affiliate Store.
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Music for this episode:
"That's One Sly Cat" by Artificial.Music ( / artificial-music ) is licensed under a Creative Commons license. Listen on Spotify.
“It’s Okay” by Firefl!es. Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0; promoted by Audio Library. Listen on YouTube.
“Monumental” by Alex Productions. Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0; promoted by Audio Library. Listen on YouTube.
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19 min - Ep 26: New Perspective
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 “If I Were a Man” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (published 1914) and hear why we think fans of this story should read The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon (published 2016) later.
Highlighted themes: curiosity, gender roles and perspective changes
Want to support local booksellers and this podcast? Buy The Sun Is Also a Star and any other books you want through our Bookshop.org Affiliate Store.
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Music for this episode:
That's One Sly Cat by Artificial.Music ( / artificial-music ) is licensed under a Creative Commons license. Listen on Spotify.
“Echoes in Blue” by Tokyo Music Walker, promoted by Audio Library. Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0. Listen on YouTube.
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About Listen Now, Read Later
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Looking to grow your TBR? Welcome to Listen Now, Read Later, the podcast that leads you to your next favorite novel by reading you short stories. In each episode, we’ll tie some of our favorite short…
stories to popular novels based on themes, narration, plot, and more. We see connections between stories written by different authors from different places at different times and we want to use those connections to help you find exciting new books to read so that after you Listen Now, you can Read Later. Follow us on Instagram @listennowreadlater for more great bookish content!