The History of Literature
Amateur enthusiast Jacke Wilson journeys through the history of literature, from ancient epics to contemporary classics. Episodes are not in chronological order and you don't need to start at the beginning - feel free to...
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- David Womersley3 eps
- Marion Turner2 eps
- Mike Palindrome2 eps
Also: Emma Smith, Adam Plunkett, Kathleen Antonioli, Indira Ghose, Daniel Mendelsohn, Mary Beard, Will Tosh, Ritchie Robertson, Gerri Kimber, Peter Budrin, Edward Watts, Eileen Sperry, Natasha Joukovsky, Kimberly Lau, Cass Sunstein, Bob Blaisdell, Francesca Wade
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- 🇺🇸United States · BooksHOME#6043K to 229K
- 🇦🇺Australia · Books#284.8K to 25K
- 🇮🇩ID · Books#331.6K to 8.6K
- 🇩🇪Germany · Books#711.6K to 8.3K
- 🇬🇧United Kingdom · Books#931.3K to 7.0K
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59K to 314K🎙 ~2x weekly·782 episodes·Last published 3d ago - Monthly Reach
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119K to 629K🇺🇸73%🇦🇺8%🇮🇩3%+11 more - Active Followers
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65K to 346K
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| 10/19/26 | 837 Ghost Month (with Simon Wroe) | Madness and Murder - The Story of Charles and Mary Lamb | Jacke gets ready for the Halloween season with an episode filled with madness, murder, and ghosts! First, he recounts the story of Romantic period writers Charles and Mary Lamb. Although the brother-sister duo later became famous for their summaries of Shakespeare's tales, they each spent time in madhouses due to fits of "lunacy," one of which resulted in Mary killing their mother with a kitchen knife. Then Jacke talks to author Simon Wroe about his new novel Ghost Month, in which the spirits of the dead return to visit London for four weeks each year. What do they want? And how do Londoners respond? Happy Halloween! On Sale Now! For more information and to order Great Detective! An Adventure for Two People [2-Book Boxed Set] by Jacke Wilson, visit press.historyofliterature.com. SPECIAL OFFER! For a limited time, enter promotion code LOVE26 to get 20% off! And if you help us get the word out by posting two people enjoying the book on social media (plus a link to our website), we will refund money to your account. Learn more at press.historyofliterature.com! The music in this episode is by Gabriel Ruiz-Bernal. Learn more at gabrielruizbernal.com. Help support the show at patreon.com/literature or historyofliterature.com/donate. The History of Literature Podcast is a member of Lit Hub Radio and the Podglomerate Network. Learn more at thepodglomerate.com/historyofliterature. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 1h 15m 39s | ||||||
| 10/12/26 | 836 Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics (with Robin Waterfield and John Sellars) | My Last Book with Daniel Olivas | What does it mean to live a good life? How can we accomplish it? For more than two thousand years, Western civilization has looked to Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics to help answer those questions. In this episode, Jacke talks to translator Robin Waterfield and scholar John Sellars about their new edition of Aristotle's classic text. PLUS Daniel Olivas (Chicano Frankenstein, Waiting for GodĂnez) stops by to discuss his choice for the last book he will ever read. On Sale Now! For more information and to order â â â â â â â Great Detective! An Adventure for Two People [2-Book Boxed Set]â â â â â â â by Jacke Wilson, visit â â â â â â â press.historyofliterature.comâ â â â â â â . SPECIAL OFFER! For a limited time, enter promotion code LOVE26 to get 20% off! And if you help us get the word out by posting two people enjoying the book on social media (plus a link to our website), we will refund money to your account. Learn more at â â press.historyofliterature.comâ â ! The music in this episode is by Gabriel Ruiz-Bernal. Learn more at â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â gabrielruizbernal.comâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â . Help support the show at â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â patreon.com/literatureâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â or â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â historyofliterature.com/donateâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â . The History of Literature Podcast is a member of Lit Hub Radio and the Podglomerate Network. Learn more at â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â thepodglomerate.com/historyofliteratureâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 56m 58s | ||||||
| 10/8/26 | 835 Blackness in Iran (with Amy Motlagh) | My Last Book with Nicholas Boggs | What do Iranians - both home and abroad - think of race? Does "blackness" exist in Iran? And what can we learn about race and slavery in Iran from folklore, ethnography, literature, and films? In this episode, Jacke talks to author Amy Motlagh about her book Colorblind: Racial Thinking and Cultural Production in Modern Iran and the Diaspora. PLUS James Baldwin biographer Nicholas Boggs (Baldwin: A Love Story) stops by to discuss his choice for the last book he will ever read. On Sale Now! For more information and to order Great Detective! An Adventure for Two People [2-Book Boxed Set] by Jacke Wilson, visit press.historyofliterature.com. SPECIAL OFFER! For a limited time, enter promotion code LOVE26 to get 20% off! And if you help us get the word out by posting two people enjoying the book on social media (plus a link to our website), we will refund money to your account. Learn more at press.historyofliterature.com! The music in this episode is by Gabriel Ruiz-Bernal. Learn more at gabrielruizbernal.com. Help support the show at patreon.com/literature or historyofliterature.com/donate. The History of Literature Podcast is a member of Lit Hub Radio and the Podglomerate Network. Learn more at thepodglomerate.com/historyofliterature. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 46m 04s | ||||||
| 10/5/26 | 834 Shakespeare's Scholars (with Sean Keilen) | My Last Book with Nan Z. Da | Shakespeare himself didn't attend a university - and yet, for centuries, the world's greatest scholars have studied his works to learn about everything from poetry to politics. But have they missed the lessons that Shakespeare had for them in particular? In this episode, Jacke talks to author Sean Keilen about his book Shakespeare's Scholars: Three Lessons from the Liberal Arts, which examines three plays with scholars as protagonists to see what advice the Bard might have for modern-day academics. On Sale Now! For more information and to order Great Detective! An Adventure for Two People [2-Book Boxed Set] by Jacke Wilson, visit press.historyofliterature.com. SPECIAL OFFER! For a limited time, enter promotion code LOVE26 to get 20% off! And if you help us get the word out by posting two people enjoying the book on social media (plus a link to our website), we will refund money to your account. Learn more at press.historyofliterature.com! The music in this episode is by Gabriel Ruiz-Bernal. Learn more at gabrielruizbernal.com. Help support the show at patreon.com/literature or historyofliterature.com/donate. The History of Literature Podcast is a member of Lit Hub Radio and the Podglomerate Network. Learn more at thepodglomerate.com/historyofliterature. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 57m 09s | ||||||
| 9/28/26 | 833 Galahad and the Grail (with Malcolm Guite) | Everywhere we look, we see the benefits of the modern world. But what have we lost? In this episode, Jacke talks to Malcolm Guite about his new book Galahad and the Grail, the first of a four-volume Arthuriad, which poetically retells the Arthurian legend of Galahad's quest to find the Holy Grail. On Sale Now! For more information and to order Great Detective! An Adventure for Two People [2-Book Boxed Set] by Jacke Wilson, visit press.historyofliterature.com. SPECIAL OFFER! For a limited time, enter promotion code LOVE26 to get 20% off! And if you help us get the word out by posting two people enjoying the book on social media (plus a link to our website), we will refund money to your account. Learn more at press.historyofliterature.com! The music in this episode is by Gabriel Ruiz-Bernal. Learn more at gabrielruizbernal.com. Help support the show at patreon.com/literature or historyofliterature.com/donate. The History of Literature Podcast is a member of Lit Hub Radio and the Podglomerate Network. Learn more at thepodglomerate.com/historyofliterature. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 54m 36s | ||||||
| 9/24/26 | 832 Stendhal [Revisited] | As we recently discussed with Hadley Suter, nineteenth-century French novelist Stendhal (1783-1842) came of age in an era when identity was up for grabs. So who was he? How did he view himself? What did he write, and why do we care so much about him now? In this episode, which originally ran in July of 2000, Jacke takes a look at the life and works of Stendhal, whose innovative novels The Red and the Black and The Charterhouse of Parma made him one of the greatest and most influential novelists of all time. On Sale Now! For more information and to order Great Detective! An Adventure for Two People [2-Book Boxed Set] by Jacke Wilson, visit press.historyofliterature.com. SPECIAL OFFER! For a limited time, enter promotion code LOVE26 to get 20% off! And if you help us get the word out by posting two people enjoying the book on social media (plus a link to our website), we will refund money to your account. Learn more at press.historyofliterature.com! Help support the show at patreon.com/literature or historyofliterature.com/donate. The History of Literature Podcast is a member of Lit Hub Radio and the Podglomerate Network. Learn more at thepodglomerate.com/historyofliterature. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 47m 31s | ||||||
| 9/21/26 | 831 Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard" (with Rachel Pastan) | My Last Book with David Denby | When times are tough, can literature help? After sharing an email from a listener, Jacke talks to author Rachel Pastan about her novel We're So Lucky to Live Here, in which a woman copes with a tragic loss by staging a production of Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard in her childhood home. PLUS David Denby (Eminent Jews: Bernstein, Brooks, Friedan, Mailer) stops by to discuss his choice for the last book he will ever read. On Sale Now! For more information and to order Great Detective! An Adventure for Two People [2-Book Boxed Set] by Jacke Wilson, visit press.historyofliterature.com. SPECIAL OFFER! For a limited time, enter promotion code LOVE26 to get 20% off! And if you help us get the word out by posting two people enjoying the book on social media (plus a link to our website), we will refund money to your account. Learn more at press.historyofliterature.com! The music in this episode is by Gabriel Ruiz-Bernal. Learn more at gabrielruizbernal.com. Help support the show at patreon.com/literature or historyofliterature.com/donate. The History of Literature Podcast is a member of Lit Hub Radio and the Podglomerate Network. Learn more at thepodglomerate.com/historyofliterature. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 58m 49s | ||||||
| 9/20/26 | 830 Becoming Stendhal (with Hadley Suter) | A Literary Tribute to Dolly Parton | We often say it's important for a person to be "authentic," but what does that mean? Why is that necessarily a good thing? In this episode, Jacke talks to author Hadley Suter (Becoming Stendhal: The Performance of Authenticity and the Making of a Novelist) about the French novelist Stendhal (1783-1842) and his classic realist novels The Charterhouse of Parma and The Red and the Black. Writing in the aftermath of the French Revolution, when individuals suddenly found themselves with the opportunity to become someone new, Stendhal was acutely aware of the blurred lines between performance and authencity. How did he and his characters figure out who they wanted to be - and what happened when they tried to achieve it? What can their efforts tell us about our own understanding of identity and self-actualization? PLUS Jacke provides a literary tribute to singer-songwriter, actress, celebrity, and philanthropist Dolly Parton, who passed away on August 25, 2026. On Sale Now! For more information and to order Great Detective! An Adventure for Two People [2-Book Boxed Set] by Jacke Wilson, visit press.historyofliterature.com. SPECIAL OFFER! For a limited time, enter promotion code LOVE26 to get 20% off! And if you help us get the word out by posting two people enjoying the book on social media (plus a link to our website), we will refund money to your account. Learn more at press.historyofliterature.com! The music in this episode is by Gabriel Ruiz-Bernal. Learn more at gabrielruizbernal.com. Help support the show at patreon.com/literature or historyofliterature.com/donate. The History of Literature Podcast is a member of Lit Hub Radio and the Podglomerate Network. Learn more at thepodglomerate.com/historyofliterature. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 1h 38m 27s | ||||||
| 9/10/26 | 829 Charlotte BrontĂŤ and Her Biographer Elizabeth Gaskell (with Susan Dunne) | My Last Book with Travis Franks | The Odyssey Kerfuffle | Charlotte BrontĂŤ and Elizabeth Gaskell, two of the leading novelists of the 19th century, shared a remarkable literary friendship. After Charlotte's death, Gaskell's Life of Charlotte BrontĂŤ became one of the most famous--and controversial--literary biographies ever written. In this episode, Jacke talks to Susan Dunne about her new book Charlotte Bronte and Elizabeth Gaskell: Their Lives, Friendship and Writings, which tells the deeper story of the friendship between the two women. PLUS Jacke looks at the Odyssey kerfuffle that has entangled film director Christopher Nolan, translator and scholar Emily Wilson, and American novelist Joyce Carol Oates--including a surprising new development. AND previous guest Travis Franks, expert in Cherokee writer John Rollin Ridge, stops by to discuss his choice for the last book he will ever read. On Sale Now! For more information and to order â â â â â â Great Detective! An Adventure for Two People [2-Book Boxed Set]â â â â â â by Jacke Wilson, visit â â â â â â press.historyofliterature.comâ â â â â â . SPECIAL OFFER! For a limited time, enter promotion code LOVE26 to get 20% off! And if you help us get the word out by posting two people enjoying the book on social media (plus a link to our website), we will refund money to your account. Learn more at â press.historyofliterature.comâ ! The music in this episode is by Gabriel Ruiz-Bernal. Learn more at â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â gabrielruizbernal.comâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â . Help support the show at â â â â â â â â â â â â â â patreon.com/literatureâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â or â â â â â â â â â â â â â â historyofliterature.com/donateâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â . The History of Literature Podcast is a member of Lit Hub Radio and the Podglomerate Network. Learn more at â â â â â â â â â â â â â â thepodglomerate.com/historyofliteratureâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 1h 11m 05s | ||||||
| 9/7/26 | ConfuciusChinese philosophy+4 | Mark CsikszentmihalyiRachel Pastan | Great Detective! An Adventure for Two People [2-Book Boxed Set]Celia Bookshop+4 | — | Confuciusphilosophy+6 | History of LiteratureLOVE26 | 1h 21m 54s | ||
| 8/31/26 | American literaturecrime fiction+5 | Theodore Martin | Gabriel Ruiz-BernalThe History of Literature Podcast+1 | — | crime novelsmass imprisonment+5 | Great Detective! An Adventure for Two People [2-Book Boxed Set]LOVE26 | 1h 23m 04s | ||
| 8/27/26 | Washington Irvingessay writing+4 | Phillip Lopate | The PodglomerateGabriel Ruiz-Bernal+5 | — | Washington IrvingPhillip Lopate+5 | Great Detective! An Adventure for Two PeopleLOVE26 | 1h 19m 25s | ||
| 8/24/26 | Henry JamesThe Turn of the Screw+3 | Morgan Lloyd MalcolmDavid Womersley | Great Detective! An Adventure for Two People [2-Book Boxed Set]Arcola Theater+3 | — | Henry JamesThe Turn of the Screw+3 | History of LiteratureLOVE26 | 1h 08m 19s | ||
| 8/17/26 | Mary ShelleyClaire Clairmont+3 | Emily FranklinMathelinda Nabugodi | Great Detective! An Adventure for Two People [2-Book Boxed Set]Frankenstein+2 | — | Mary ShelleyClaire Clairmont+5 | History of LiteratureLOVE26 | 1h 05m 23s | ||
| 8/13/26 | Abraham LincolnJohn Wilkes Booth+4 | James Shapiro | The PodglomerateLit Hub Radio+3 | — | Abraham LincolnJohn Wilkes Booth+5 | Great Detective! An Adventure for Two PeopleSHIP26 | 54m 57s | ||
| 8/10/26 | Henry David ThoreauAmerican theology+4 | Lydia Willsky-CiolloDouglas Clark | Great Detective! An Adventure for Two People [2-Book Boxed Set]The Podglomerate+6 | — | Thoreaureligion+5 | The History of Literature PodcastSHIP26 | 1h 08m 20s | ||
| 8/3/26 | history of kissesromantic gestures+3 | Katie BarclayAmy Joyce+1 | Netflixpatreon.com+2 | Bethesda, Maryland | kisshistory+3 | History of Literature PressSHIP26 | 1h 28m 55s | ||
| 7/30/26 | Irish poetryLGBTQ+ history+3 | Sonja Tiernan | The History of Literature PodcastLit Hub Radio+4 | — | Eva Gore-BoothSonja Tiernan+3 | Great Detective! An Adventure for Two People [2-Book Boxed Set]BIRTHDAY2026 | 55m 31s | ||
| 7/27/26 | Robert Louis Stevensonhot literati+4 | Glenda NorquayOlivia Wolfgang-Smith | Great Detective! An Adventure for Two People [2-Book Boxed Set]Lit Hub Radio+7 | — | Robert Louis Stevensonhot literati+6 | History of LiteratureBIRTHDAY2026 | 1h 04m 04s | ||
| 7/20/26 | biographyliterature+4 | James BaileyJ. Michael Lennon | Great Detective! An Adventure for Two People [2-Book Boxed Set]Lit Hub Radio+3 | — | Muriel SparkJames Bailey+5 | The History of Literature PodcastBIRTHDAY2026 | 1h 13m 17s | ||
| 7/16/26 | The OdysseySummer Blockbuster+3 | Daniel MendelsohnMary Beard | Christopher NolanLit Hub Radio+8 | — | OdysseyChristopher Nolan+5 | Great Detective! An Adventure for Two People [2-Book Boxed Set]BIRTHDAY2026 | 1h 30m 02s | ||
| 7/13/26 | satireliterary classics+3 | David WomersleyDaniel Mendelsohn | Great Detective! An Adventure for Two People [2-Book Boxed Set]University of Oxford+4 | — | Gulliver's TravelsJonathan Swift+3 | History of LiteratureBIRTHDAY2026 | 1h 10m 07s | ||
| 7/6/26 | Paddy Chayefskyscreenwriting+3 | — | Gabriel Ruiz-BernalThe History of Literature Podcast+4 | — | Paddy ChayefskyMarty+3 | Great Detective! An Adventure for Two People [2-Book Boxed Set]BIRTHDAY2026 | 1h 40m 02s | ||
| 7/2/26 | Shakespearetranslation+3 | Daniel HahnIndira Ghose | Great Detective! An Adventure for Two People [2-Book Boxed Set]The History of Literature Podcast+5 | — | Shakespearetranslation+3 | — | 1h 07m 05s | ||
| 6/29/26 | George Sandliterary history+4 | Fiona SampsonKathleen Antonioli | Great Detective! An Adventure for Two People [2-Book Boxed Set]Becoming George+1 | — | George SandFiona Sampson+5 | — | 1h 04m 57s | ||
| 6/22/26 | ancient worldclassics+3 | Mary BeardKaren Spence | Great Detective! An Adventure for Two People [2-Book Boxed Set]The History of Literature Podcast+4 | — | ancient worldclassics+3 | — | 1h 02m 25s | ||
| 6/18/26 | Harlem RenaissanceAfrican American arts+4 | Erin Sharkey | Great Detective! An Adventure for Two People [2-Book Boxed Set]The Podglomerate+2 | — | Harlem RenaissanceAfrican American culture+5 | — | 54m 55s | ||
| 6/15/26 | short storiesliterature+3 | Mike Palindrome | Great Detective! An Adventure for Two People [2-Book Boxed Set]Literature Supporters Club+4 | — | Guy de MaupassantThe Necklace+3 | — | 1h 14m 32s | ||
| 6/11/26 | Victorian poetryRobert Browning+4 | Elisabeth Paling Funk | The PodglomerateMy Last Duchess+1 | — | Robert BrowningVictorian poets+5 | — | 1h 26m 12s | ||
| 6/8/26 | Red Scareliterature+4 | Marjorie Garber | Gabriel Ruiz-BernalLit Hub Radio+2 | — | Red ScareMcCarthyism+5 | — | 56m 45s | ||
| 6/4/26 | storytellinghuman history+3 | Kevin AshtonIlya Vinitsky+1 | Gabriel Ruiz-BernalLit Hub Radio+3 | — | storytellinghistory+3 | — | 1h 12m 09s | ||
| 6/1/26 | Robert Frostpoetry+4 | Adam PlunkettUrsula Buchan | Gabriel Ruiz-BernalThe History of Literature Podcast+4 | — | Robert FrostAdam Plunkett+5 | — | 53m 22s | ||
| 5/28/26 | Robert FrostEdward Thomas+4 | Adam PlunkettBill Hogan | The History of Literature PodcastLit Hub Radio+2 | — | Robert FrostEdward Thomas+6 | — | 54m 48s | ||
| 5/25/26 | Shakespeareloss+4 | Sarah BeckwithCaroline Lea | Gabriel Ruiz-BernalLit Hub Radio+8 | — | Shakespeareloss+6 | — | 1h 03m 57s | ||
| 5/21/26 | Artificial Intelligenceliterary world+5 | Eric BurgessMark Hussey | CredtentLit Hub Radio+3 | — | AIliterature+7 | — | 51m 06s | ||
| 5/18/26 | French literatureColette+3 | Kathleen AntonioliColombe Schneck | Colette: A Critical LifeSwimming in Paris: A Life in Three Stories | — | ColetteKathleen Antonioli+3 | — | 45m 31s | ||
| 5/14/26 | Jane AustenPersuasion+5 | Emma | The PodglomerateLit Hub Radio+2 | Bath | Jane AustenPersuasion+6 | Patreonliterature | 33m 56s | ||
| 5/11/26 | Shakespearehumor+3 | Indira GhoseNicholson Baker | Gabriel Ruiz-BernalLit Hub Radio+6 | — | Shakespearehumor+5 | — | 1h 06m 41s | ||
| 5/7/26 | ShakespeareFirst Folio+4 | Emma Smith | University of OxfordLit Hub Radio+3 | — | ShakespeareFirst Folio+6 | PatreonCODE | 48m 58s | ||
| 5/6/26 | Shakespearehuman nature+3 | David WomersleyRamie Targoff | Oxford UniversityGabriel Ruiz-Bernal+6 | — | Shakespearehuman nature+4 | — | 50m 40s | ||
| 5/4/26 | history of booksreading+3 | Emma Smith | University of OxfordGabriel Ruiz-Bernal+4 | — | Emma SmithPortable Magic+3 | — | 41m 18s | ||
| 4/30/26 | Chaucerliterature+3 | Marion Turner | University of OxfordGabriel Ruiz-Bernal+4 | — | ChaucerMarion Turner+3 | Patreon | 52m 49s | ||
| 4/27/26 | literaturebiography+4 | Marion Turner | University of OxfordGabriel Ruiz-Bernal+4 | — | Wife of BathMarion Turner+4 | Patreon | 48m 22s | ||
| 4/23/26 | Queer ShakespeareLiterature+4 | Will Tosh | Shakespeare's Globe TheatreStraight Acting: The Hidden Queer Lives of William Shakespeare | carnival | Shakespearequeer literature+5 | — | 1h 05m 32s | ||
| 4/20/26 | E.T.A. HoffmannGerman Romanticism+4 | Ritchie RobertsonGerri Kimber | Gabriel Ruiz-BernalThe History of Literature Podcast+5 | — | E.T.A. HoffmannGerman literature+5 | — | 1h 04m 30s | ||
| 4/16/26 | Russian literatureSoviet history+4 | Peter BudrinEdward Watts | The PodglomerateLit Hub Radio+7 | — | SterneSoviet Union+5 | — | 48m 26s | ||
| 4/13/26 | early modern lyric poetrymortality+4 | Eileen Sperry | Gabriel Ruiz-BernalLit Hub Radio+6 | Netherlands | lyric poetryShakespeare+6 | — | 1h 01m 31s | ||
| 4/9/26 | Aemilia Bassano Lanyerwomen in literature+4 | — | The PodglomerateSalve Deus Rex Judaeorum | — | Aemilia Bassano LanyerShakespeare+4 | — | 1h 07m 07s | ||
| 4/6/26 | March MadnessGreek myths+3 | Natasha JoukovskyKimberly Lau | Medium RareSpecters of the Marvelous: Race and the Development of the European Fairy Tale | Washington, D.C. | March MadnessGreek myths+6 | — | 58m 26s | ||
| 4/2/26 | greatest booksliterature discussion+3 | Mike PalindromeCass Sunstein | Literature Supporters ClubGabriel Ruiz-Bernal+6 | — | greatest booksliterature+3 | — | 1h 16m 12s | ||
| 3/30/26 | John Ruskinart criticism+3 | Bob BlaisdellFrancesca Wade | Ruskin on Art and ArtistsGertrude Stein: An Afterlife | — | John Ruskinart critic+3 | — | 51m 39s | ||
| 3/26/26 | poetryliterary criticism+3 | Matthew Zapruder | Why Poetrypoems by W.H. Auden+2 | — | poetryMatthew Zapruder+6 | — | 1h 01m 12s | ||
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Peaked at #27 in Finland, currently #27 in Finland.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
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| Finland | — | #27 | #27 | — |
| GR | — | #27 | #27 | — |
| Australia | — | #28 | #28 | — |
| HU | — | #28 | #28 | — |
| Norway | — | #30 | #30 | — |
| ID | — | #33 | #33 | — |
| New Zealand | — | #37 | #37 | — |
| GR | — | #52 | #52 | — |
| HU | — | #56 | #56 | — |
| SG | — | #56 | #56 | — |
| United States | — | #60 | #60 | — |
| Germany | — | #71 | #71 | — |
| Denmark | — | #72 | #72 | — |
| Finland | — | #73 | #73 | — |
| PL | — | #75 | #75 | — |
| Australia | — | #77 | #77 | — |
| Italy | — | #79 | #79 | — |
| Norway | — | #81 | #81 | — |
| ID | — | #81 | #81 | — |
| Canada | — | #89 | #89 | — |
Chart Positions
43 placements across 31 markets.
Chart Positions
43 placements across 31 markets.