
The Currently Reading Podcast
Meredith Monday Schwartz and Kaytee Cobb · Meredith Schwartz
Show overview
The Currently Reading Podcast has been publishing since 2018, and across the 8 years since has built a catalogue of 450 episodes, alongside 51 trailers or bonus episodes. That works out to roughly 410 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence, with the show now in its 8th season.
Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 49 min and 1h 1m — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. It is catalogued as a EN-language Arts show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 6 days ago, with 32 episodes already out so far this year. Published by Meredith Schwartz.
From the publisher
Currently Reading is a podcast dedicated to the love of books and reading. Meredith and Kaytee are two bookish friends who discuss their most recent reads - and please know, they are going to be honest about how they felt about them! All conversations are spoiler-free, pinkie promise. In addition, they'll talk about books they've loved forever, and a variety of other bookish topics - all to help you develop the reading life you've always wanted. Looking for your next great read? You'll find tons of book recommendations every week. Named one of the New York Times' "Best Podcasts for Book Lovers".
Latest Episodes
View all 450 episodesTrust Issues With Our Reading + Book Budgets (S9E3)
Tracking the Books We Dipped Into (S9E2)
Reading Over Summer Break: A New Season Begins (S9E1)
A Look Back at Season 8 (S8E50)
Consensus or Chaos: Bookish Opinion Edition (S8E49)
The 2026 Listener Press Episode! (S8E48)
Currently Reading Made Me Read It + Utilizing The Library Well (S8E47)
Annotating Books + Not Rating Books We Read (Season 8, Episode 46)
Bookish Conversation Anywhere + Changing Our Opinion on Books (Season 8, Episode 45)
Going Into A Book Blind + Making Birthdays Bookish (Season 8, Episode 44)
London Bookstore Strategies + Books We'd Stock In Our Own Bookstores (S8E43)
Boss My TBR + Finding Your Reading Sanity (S8E42)
Season 8, Episode 41: Book Hangovers + Mid Year Reading Check-In
Season 8, Episode 40: Airplane Reading + Books For Every Enneagram
Season 8, Episode 39: The Howl Train + Reading Therapy w/Mary
Season 8, Episode 38: A Revisit to Episode 8 - Getting Through A Reading Slump
Season 8, Episode 37: To The Moon And Back + Low Rated Books That Stuck With Us
Season 8, Episode 36: Spring Fever + The Oldest Books On Our TBR
Season 8, Episode 35: Bookish Bedrooms + Our Book Budgets
S8 Ep 34Season 8, Episode 34: Books That Grow + Our Reading Traditions
On this episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing: Bookish Moments: books that grow as we read and book festival serendipity Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we've been reading lately Deep Dive: partaking in bookish traditions Before We Go: our new segment featuring bookish friend posts and a sleeper hit brought by Meredith Show notes are time-stamped below for your convenience. Read the transcript of the episode (this link only works on the main site). . . . 1:31 - Bookish Moments of the Week 2:46 - Red Winter by Cameron Sullivan 5:40 - All Systems Red by Martha Wells 5:49 - Sandwich by Catherine Newman 5:50 - Wreck by Catherine Newman 7:02 - Birding with Benefits by Sarah T. Dubb 7:03 - Honey Bee Mine by Sarah T. Dubb 8:02 - Current Reads 8:34 - The Inn at Penglas Cove by Lauren Westwood (Meredith) 13:08 - The Man Who Died Seven Times by Yasuhiko Nishizawa (Kaytee) 17:37 - The 7 ½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton 18:04 - Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McCallister 18:34 - The Extra by Annie Neugebauer (Meredith) 19:05 - Book Talk, Etc 20:08 - Talking Scared Podcast w/ Annie Neugebauer 23:50 - Unreasonable Hospitality by Will Guidara (Kaytee) 24:01 - CR Season 7: Episode 16 29:10 - @wguidara on Instagram 29:34 - The Murder at World's End by Ross Montgomery (Meredith) 31:35 - An Unlikely Story 33:24 - The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett 34:27 - How to Solve Your Own Murder by Kristen Perrin 35:36 - The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow 36:18 - Waterstones 39:15 - Outlander by Diana Gabaldon 39:24 - The Ten Thousand Doors Of January by Alix E. Harrow 40:24 - Deep Dive: Our Reading Traditions 45:27 - The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis 45:29 - Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh 45:32 - Beauty by Robin McKinley 48:47 - BookPage 49:23 - Before We Go Kaytee highlights a bookish friend post 49:37 - The Better Mother by Jennifer van der Kleut Meredith brings a sleeper hit 51:09 - The Gift of Fear by Gavin de Becker Support Us: Become a Bookish Friend | Grab Some Merch Shop Bookshop dot org | Shop Amazon Bookish Friends Receive: The Indie Press List with a curated list of five books hand sold by the indie of the month. March's IPL is brought by our lovely friends at An Unlikely Story in Plainville, MA. Love and Chili Peppers with Kaytee and Rebekah - romance lovers get their due with this special episode focused entirely on the best selling genre fiction in the business All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the behind-the-scenes insights of an independent bookseller From the Editor's Desk with Kaytee and Bunmi Ishola - a quarterly peek behind the curtain at the publishing industry The Bookish Friends Facebook Group - where you can build community with bookish friends from around the globe as well as our hosts Connect With Us: The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads | Substack | Youtube The Hosts and Regulars: Meredith | Kaytee | Mary | Roxanna Production and Editing: Megan Phouthavong Evans Affiliate Disclosure: All affiliate links go to Bookshop unless otherwise noted. Shopping here helps keep the lights on and benefits indie bookstores. Thanks for your support!