Radio Reads

Historical

Explorations of the past that illuminate the present

538 books

Books

Cover of Feeding Ghosts

Feeding Ghosts

by Tessa Hulls
Book of the Day · NPR · Jan 1, 2026
Cover of Unabridged

Unabridged

by Stefan Fatsis
Book of the Day · NPR · Dec 25, 2025
Cover of Slow Poison

Slow Poison

by Mahmood Mamdani
Book of the Day · NPR · Dec 22, 2025
Cover of Psyche Running

Psyche Running

by Durs Grünbein
Start the Week · BBC Radio 4 · Dec 22, 2025
Cover of How to Live Like a Stoic

How to Live Like a Stoic

by Tom Hodgkinson
Free Thinking · BBC Radio 4 · Dec 12, 2025

Idle Thoughts

by Tom Hodgkinson
Free Thinking · BBC Radio 4 · Dec 12, 2025
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Untitled 322525: Untitled 322525

by Andrew Ross Sorkin
Fresh Air · NPR · Dec 10, 2025
Cover of Summer of Fire and Blood

Summer of Fire and Blood

by Lyndal Roper
Start the Week · BBC Radio 4 · Dec 8, 2025
Cover of Survivors: The Lost Stories of the Last Captives of the Atlantic Slave Trade

Survivors: The Lost Stories of the Last Captives of the Atlantic Slave Trade

by Hannah Durkin
Start the Week · BBC Radio 4 · Dec 8, 2025
Cover of Recipes from the American South

Recipes from the American South

by Michael W. Twitty
The Splendid Table · NPR · Dec 5, 2025