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John Crace whips through the lastest instalment of EL James’s sado-masochistic bestseller, Grey, and asks if it’s time to apply the safe word 

John Crace squashes Houellebecq’s Submission and asks whether the sacred monster of French fiction is just making trouble for its own sake 

John Crace boils down The Buried Giant and asks whether this genre-bending quest novel is destined for the halls of glory or the mists of forgetfulness 

Philip Pullman opens our podcast series of authors reading their favourite short stories with Chekhov’s ‘masterpiece of minimalism’, ‘The Beauties’ 

We spend pretty much the whole episode talking about John Tra's cruising. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ on Apple Podcasts to listen to ad-free new episodes. 

We explore the unhealthy nature of modern life with Haig in Notes on a Nervous Planet, while Dalcher talks about her thriller Vox 

Today’s poem is Get Out of the Water by Monica Rico. 

John Stamos joins panelists Emmy Blotnick, Skyler Higley, and Tom Bodett to talk about his new memoir, his feud with Tony Danza, and more! Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy 

The filmmaker, artist, author and general cultural icon John Waters visits the podcast this week to talk about his first novel, “Liarmouth: A Feel-Bad Romance.” The book features three generations of women in the Sprinkle family, and their very complicated (and antagonistic) rela ... Show More

This week on the Penguin Podcast, Isy Suttie is joined by professor and writer, Jonathan Kennedy. Jonathan joins us to discuss his debut work of non-fiction, Pathogenesis, a look at the latest science of infectious diseases and bacteria, and how it has shaped human evolution. Isy ... Show More