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Secret Life of Books

Sophie Gee and Jonty Claypole
Weekly podcast. Next episode on Tuesday.
Every book has two stories: the one it tells, and the one it hides.

The Secret Life of Books is a fascinating, addictive, often shocking, occasionally hilarious weekly podcast starring Sophie Gee, an English professor at Princeton University, and Jonty Claypole, formerly director of arts at the BBC. 
Every week these virtuoso critics and close friends take an iconic book and reveal the hidden story behind the story: who made it, their clandestine motives, the undeclared stakes, the scandalous backstory and above all the secret, mysterious meanings of books we thought we knew.

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104 episodes  •  0 archived  •  
E111·
January 6
January 6
1h 12m
E109·
Dec 30, 2025
Dec 30, 2025
1h 9m
E108·
Dec 23, 2025
Dec 23, 2025
57 mins
E106·
Dec 16, 2025
Dec 16, 2025
1h 6m
E104·
Dec 9, 2025
Dec 9, 2025
1h 12m
E103·
Dec 2, 2025
Dec 2, 2025
1h 13m
E101·
Nov 25, 2025
Nov 25, 2025
40 mins
E100·
Nov 18, 2025
Nov 18, 2025
1h 27m

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