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Books on the Nightstand published our final episode in July 2016. This is a place for listeners to find old episodes. 

I'm sorry that we don't have show notes for all of the episodes, and that the episodes do not have consistent filenames. Still, we hope you find that the content is valuable enough to overlook those annoyances.

Thank you to all who have listened to BOTNS over the years and for those who are just discovering the podcast. 

The 2013 Holiday Gift Guides are Here!

Nov 28, 2013

We are pleased to present the 2013 Holiday Gift Guides. As in previous years, we have a general gift guide organized by subject, filled with books for every person on your gift list. New this year is Geek Book, a gift guide filled with geeky gift suggestions. You can download either (or both) gift guide […]


Nov 27, 2013

Some announcements and updates, and an interview with Lauren Lovett of Reading Opens Minds, a nonprofit devoted to enriching lives through books and conversation.   A Thanksgiving Cornucopia   A mishmash of topics in segment one this week: My thoughts on the Catching Fire movie (hint: read the book first). Project Short...


Once Upon a Time…

Nov 24, 2013

Today, I’m honored to bring you a Project Short Story guest post from author Jessica Keener. I had the pleasure of working with Jessica on our panel at this year’s Boston Book Festival. Jessica is whip-smart, funny, and interesting, and these characteristics are reflected in her fiction. I devoured her latest short...


Nov 20, 2013

This week we talk about the painful exercise of culling your library when you just have too many books. Also, A Novel Cure and Empress Dowager Cixi.   Help us play publisher:   We’re thinking about organizing another Books on the Nightstand book for 2014, and we’d love your ideas. We had such fun putting […]


Nov 12, 2013

Booktopia Petoskey talks from Peter Heller, Jill McCorkle, and Bill Roorbach. Notes from this week’s podcast — to get the full Books on the Nightstand experience, listen to the audio. We know many of you enjoy reading our show notes, but the audio show is where the discussion happens. If you are receiving this via […]