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!
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
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"That's One Sly Cat" by Artifical.Music, licensed under a Creative Commons license. Listen on Spotify (Lightkeeper — gbry.svg [Audio Library Release] Free Download / Stream: https://alplus.io/lightkeeper) or YouTub (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJq8GkjeT4c)e
5 Aug 2025
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 (https://bookshop.org/a/85765/9780063068490).
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Music for this episode:
"That's One Sly Cat" by Artificial.Music ( / artificial-music (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqa2psY0JrTWpZNVJlc25aeTdSUjlCRktSX2dmd3xBQ3Jtc0tuRTlZQlJXUHc3QjRFckdsYVRPbk1QTlo3aU95eXlQdnM4bmJKWGxtdldScVEzbm91Tm9aS3BxZzJzMWpJX2RNMnVxQU1KbkRQemlNM0pEZnllMlNfa0Rmbm85NVZ0V2ZOWU9velNhUkxzQ25XUlliTQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fsoundcloud.com%2Fartificial-music&v=LJq8GkjeT4c)) is licensed under a Creative Commons license. Listen on Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/track/0Y8gTei1SvDZsF9gvatYji?si=15f2de7b65574a6c).
"Silent Reveries" by FireSail Labs; licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License. Listen on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6_2FPBpv5Q&list=RDI6_2FPBpv5Q&start_radio=1).
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22 Jul 2025
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 (https://bookshop.org/a/85765/9780063068490).
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Music for this episode:
"That's One Sly Cat" by Artificial.Music ( / artificial-music (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqa2psY0JrTWpZNVJlc25aeTdSUjlCRktSX2dmd3xBQ3Jtc0tuRTlZQlJXUHc3QjRFckdsYVRPbk1QTlo3aU95eXlQdnM4bmJKWGxtdldScVEzbm91Tm9aS3BxZzJzMWpJX2RNMnVxQU1KbkRQemlNM0pEZnllMlNfa0Rmbm85NVZ0V2ZOWU9velNhUkxzQ25XUlliTQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fsoundcloud.com%2Fartificial-music&v=LJq8GkjeT4c)) is licensed under a Creative Commons license. Listen on Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/track/0Y8gTei1SvDZsF9gvatYji?si=15f2de7b65574a6c).
"Mischief in the Garden" by the Audio Library Beats Group, a copyright-free song promoted by Audio Library. Listen on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNT1EKSqI00&list=PLzCxunOM5WFJmDRIzZJQexQfSxphkbB9o&index=3) or Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/track/1lNSBr...).
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