# Zero to Well-Read

A podcast by Book Riot. Part book club, part English class, Zero to Well-Read is a fun and informative guide to the books people talk about like everyone has read them. Each week, hosts Jeff O'Neal and Rebecca Schinsky take on a new title—from classics you should have read in high school to prize winners, cult favorites to modern hits—and tell you everything you need to know: the plot, what it feels like to read, why it matters, and the key takeaways.

Feed: https://feeds.megaphone.fm/ARML5239917426

## Latest episodes

- [The Shining by Stephen King, with Gilbert Cruz](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1834477502/a12865dee6e9) (2026-10-27, 128 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/1672/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML1010830381.mp3
- [Voting is Open for Our First Listeners' Choice Episode](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1834477502/0478e6cbf085) (2026-10-22, 2 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/1672/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML8325155827.mp3
- [How to Break a Reading Slump, with Anne Bogel](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1834477502/6c615f65d37c) (2026-10-20, 71 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/1672/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML8047841350.mp3
- ["The Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1834477502/612f165ba887) (2026-10-13, 80 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/1672/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML2780172502.mp3
- [Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1834477502/a9136b89785f) (2026-10-06, 84 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/1672/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML2310913725.mp3
- [Vote for Zero to Well-Read: Signal Awards 2026](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1834477502/08d77b9f6979) (2026-09-30, 2 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/1672/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML7074781238.mp3
- [East of Eden by John Steinbeck](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1834477502/5220555a5b7b) (2026-09-29, 114 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/1672/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML6316028572.mp3
- [The Road by Cormac McCarthy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1834477502/b20c7d2f6f86) (2026-09-22, 102 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/1672/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML9767253874.mp3
- [17 Books to Better Understand America, with Sharon McMahon](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1834477502/76613765c692) (2026-09-15, 60 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/1672/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML4775299820.mp3
- [Ask Us Anything: Anniversary Mailbag Edition](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1834477502/655cac9c1788) (2026-09-08, 60 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/1672/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML3888371024.mp3
- [The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen, with Rob Harvilla](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1834477502/95353ddcd60a) (2026-09-01, 143 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/1672/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML9541756321.mp3
- [Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1834477502/195c4bbe98e1) (2026-08-25, 78 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/1672/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML8273664611.mp3
- [The Vegetarian by Han Kang](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1834477502/8604f55747bf) (2026-08-18, 77 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/1672/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML3713026127.mp3
- [Curating the Canon, with Gilbert Cruz](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1834477502/9efe1675165f) (2026-08-12, 52 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/1672/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML7561832709.mp3
- [The Sci-Fi Novel That Predicted 2026](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1834477502/d60415d7a515) (2026-08-11, 97 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/1672/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML5155063235.mp3
- [Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1834477502/3ba59af4171f) (2026-08-04, 97 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/1672/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML1526826631.mp3
- [Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1834477502/632b74fc81c3) (2026-07-28, 100 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/1672/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML7406151403.mp3
- [The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1834477502/027ff4f096c5) (2026-07-21, 98 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/1672/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML6231579121.mp3
- [Book vs. Movie: The Odyssey](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1834477502/cb95f55fc9ea) (2026-07-20, 90 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/1672/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML3318072533.mp3
- [How to Get More Out of Your Reading, and More From the Mailbag](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1834477502/67afa5959250) (2026-07-14, 76 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/1672/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML3235901023.mp3
- [The Odyssey of Homer](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1834477502/98e272ed77a6) (2026-07-07, 92 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/1672/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML5745919271.mp3
- [The United States Constitution, with Amanda Nelson](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1834477502/d54314c4f377) (2026-06-30, 119 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/1672/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML3093551022.mp3
- [Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1834477502/1f543068e02a) (2026-06-23, 93 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/1672/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML9057239737.mp3
- [My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1834477502/78943c1a4e2e) (2026-06-16, 93 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/1672/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML3310811205.mp3
- [How to Tackle Intimidating Books, with Emily Wilson](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1834477502/9c4e9a720a84) (2026-06-09, 51 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/1672/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML5604715118.mp3
- [I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1834477502/0edacb9e8bce) (2026-06-02, 96 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/1672/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML6896805994.mp3
- [The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1834477502/6b18234b3749) (2026-05-26, 79 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/1672/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML6392772772.mp3
- [How to Read Toni Morrison and Where to Start, with Namwali Serpell](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1834477502/b504b344725e) (2026-05-21, 54 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/1672/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML6650216528.mp3
- [Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1834477502/7f45656234a4) (2026-05-19, 81 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/1672/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML6704174180.mp3
- [A Classic Summer Read](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1834477502/3d392934f7bc) (2026-05-12, 78 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/1672/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML3198683686.mp3
- [Start Here: Welcome to Zero to Well-Read!](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1834477502/55171f848439) (2026-05-07, 3 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/1672/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML3826861731.mp3
- [The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1834477502/3145579fa5eb) (2026-05-05, 94 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/1672/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML5502140277.mp3?updated=1777931240
- [Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1834477502/b1818eb38647) (2026-04-28, 114 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/1672/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML7257256215.mp3?updated=1777323280
- [James by Percival Everett](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1834477502/a11d0348a6a2) (2026-04-21, 102 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/1672/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML1247945338.mp3?updated=1776718321
- [Gilead by Marilynne Robinson](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1834477502/a3dcb7d78a66) (2026-04-14, 104 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/1672/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML6264845880.mp3?updated=1776112268
- [The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1834477502/623909c7c0cb) (2026-04-07, 85 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/1672/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML8450618517.mp3?updated=1775506501
- [Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1834477502/c071a0271834) (2026-03-31, 77 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/1672/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML8360815098.mp3?updated=1774898480
- [How to Hone Your Reading Skills, What Makes a Good Reading Goal, and More from the Mailbag](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1834477502/fab32d9cd7cf) (2026-03-24, 74 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/1672/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML3806063541.mp3?updated=1774296954
- [Forever... by Judy Blume](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1834477502/313fbbb0159a) (2026-03-17, 77 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/1672/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML5665799518.mp3?updated=1773691696
- [The Book ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER is Based On](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1834477502/c157b3c5f191) (2026-03-10, 72 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/1672/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML1913492590.mp3?updated=1773332711
- [Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1834477502/e02040b4cfd7) (2026-03-03, 84 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/1672/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML7376701400.mp3?updated=1772820872
- [1984 by George Orwell](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1834477502/d143248f0a0e) (2026-02-24, 90 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/1672/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML9574688851.mp3?updated=1772820583
- [The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1834477502/788df850da19) (2026-02-17, 101 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/1672/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML8789598083.mp3?updated=1772820562
- [Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1834477502/2fbd31f9c8e1) (2026-02-10, 93 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/1672/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML5358443300.mp3?updated=1772820528
- [Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1834477502/8bc61344ddb6) (2026-02-03, 87 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/1672/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML3909701195.mp3?updated=1772820570
- ["Bartleby, the Scrivener" by Herman Melville](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1834477502/2f5da01ec795) (2026-01-27, 78 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/1672/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML8613581607.mp3?updated=1772820441
- [The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1834477502/a92ad07f979d) (2026-01-20, 79 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/1672/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML7119087147.mp3?updated=1772820494
- [One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1834477502/fc504f2a5d63) (2026-01-13, 84 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/1672/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML5003640129.mp3?updated=1772820454
- [Little Women by Louisa May Alcott](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1834477502/cd4528befee5) (2026-01-06, 92 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/1672/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML1120627720.mp3?updated=1772820207
- [How to Read More (and Better) in 2026](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1834477502/c885d234d4bd) (2025-12-30, 64 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/1672/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML3455023357.mp3?updated=1767038394

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