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Bert's Books


    • Feb 22, 2026 LATEST EPISODE
    • weekly NEW EPISODES
    • 34m AVG DURATION
    • 286 EPISODES


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    Latest episodes from The Bert's Books Podcast

    Pigeon Talk

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2026 39:31


    Featuring Witch Trial and The Kaiju Preservation Society

    I'll lick you when you get here

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2026 38:25


    Featuring Adrift by Will Dean and Five Survive by Holly Jackson

    An interview with Jennie Godfrey

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2026 42:19


    Jennie talks about all things Barbecue at No 9

    I don't know him from Adam

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2026 44:55


    Featuring The Barbecue at No 9 and Mistborn

    Margate does actually exist

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2026 47:33


    Featuring reviews of The Impossible Thing and The Book of Guilt

    My Ugly Wife

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2026 41:17


    Featuring reviews of This Book Made Me Think Of You and My Husband's Wife

    Live from Swindon

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2026 39:01


    Featuring Sally's review of The Correspondent and Meet the Newmans

    OnlyBerts

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2026 35:38


    Bert is talking about Room 706, while Michael's been reading the newest Tom Hindle

    But how was the lamb shank?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2026 40:12


    Bert is joined by Esme to talk about Shatter me and My Grandfather, the Master Detective

    The Rest of 2025 Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2025 34:34


    Featuring a Curtain Call to Murder, Shatter Creek and Everybody knows

    The Rest of 2025 Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2025 30:57


    Featuring The Big Over Easy, The Safekeep and Thirteenth Guest

    Review of the Year

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2025 58:14


    Bert, Michael and Sally discuss the books they've loved the most in 2025 - PLUS, what's to come in 2026

    Stylish Black Boots

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2025 49:47


    Featuring Objects of Desire and Fifteen Wild December's

    Donald Sutherland is a Real Person

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2025 44:54


    Featuring The Silver Book and The Tainted Cup

    What Sally Wants Sally Gets

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2025 37:47


    Featuring The Other People and The White Octopus Hotel

    Just a Pair of Gay Boys Solving Crime

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2025 43:19


    Featuring Don't Make Me Laugh and The Nancy's and the Case of the Missing Necklace

    Nothing Went Wrong!

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2025 37:16


    Talking About The Coast Road and Cheesecake!

    Shut up and Dance

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2025 38:02


    Featuring Saltwash and Think Again

    Was there even a shoe?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2025 37:35


    Featuring The Murder at World's End and The Long Shoe

    Michael Moons Again

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2025 49:05


    Featuring We Hexed the Moon and Death at The White Hart

    Is whiskellier a word?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2025 39:42


    Sally's been reading This House of Grief and Bert's talking to Michael about The Society of Unknowable Objects

    This is Not A Pedcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2025 44:21


    Bert is talking about North Woods and Michael has been reading Shy Trans Banshee

    Two Bookshops One Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2025 50:40


    Bert reviews The Two Roberts and Tracey is talking about Watching You

    There's Not Even One Robert

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2025 48:37


    Featuring History is All You Left Me and The Impossible Fortune

    Our Beautiful Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2025 46:52


    Featuring Seascraper, A room Above A Shop and Our Beautiful Mess

    A Particularly Nasty Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2025 41:48


    Including of Ants and Dinosaurs and A Particularly Nasty Case

    How Do You Even Milk A Cow?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2025 41:21


    Michael and Bert are talking about The Killer Question while Sally's been reading The Wall - as recommended by Pedro!

    Are We Talking Fondue?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2025 40:38


    Featuring When the Moon Hits Your Eye and the Cut Throat Trial

    You Can't Do That In a Pair of Chelsea Boots

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2025 37:47


    Featuring My Name Was Eden and The Game is Murder

    Scribbledacious

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2025 30:32


    Bert has been re-reading Scribbleboy and newbie to the podcast, Nicola has been reading The Treasures

    I Wasn't Going to Lick It!

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2025 44:10


    Featuring the Here One Moment and The Man Who Died Seven Times

    Humpty Dumpty Lives in Reading

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2025 40:09


    Featuring Snow White and the Seven Samurai and The Phoenix Pencil Company

    Don't Cry for Me Alan Partridge

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2025 41:45


    Sally is talking about The Penguin Lessons and Bert is reading The Neighbour's Guide to Murder

    Get Midgley!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2025 44:07


    Featuring some barely noticeable edits, If We Were Villains and Fake Heroes.

    The Money Saving exBert

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2025 44:12


    Featuring Kill your Darlings and Double Room

    It's Not Even Set in Wales

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2025 37:28


    Featuring Getting Away and The Psychology of Secrets

    Sexy Drunk Ghost

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2025 37:07


    Featuring a Family Matter by Claire Lynch, Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton and a mystery in the shop...

    In the Sea?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2025 31:35


    Michael's back and reading The Dying Squad and Bert's bene reading Some of Us Are Liars

    Feel the Wood

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2025 35:44


    Bert's reading The Book of Form and Loneliness and Sally's been reading PAH!

    My Cheesy Lasagne Brings All the Men to the Yard

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2025 32:57


    Featuring Atmosphere and Instructions for Heartbreak

    Off to Harrogate with Freddie & James

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2025 42:10


    Featuring Never Flinch & Scuttler's Cove

    A Box Full of Methodists

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2025 53:19


    Featuring a Box Full of Murders and American Dirt

    Just Buy Some Books

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2025 32:10


    Featuring The Lamplighters & Some Body Like Me

    Michael May Sound Like a Chipmunk

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2025 35:57


    Featuring The Names by Florence Knapp and You'd Look Better as A Ghost by Joanna Wallace

    Bert's Borders

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2025 36:33


    Featuring A History of the World in 47 Borders and The Sunshine Man

    Not Everybody Puts Her in Hotpants

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2025 42:53


    Featuring The Cracked Mirror by Chris Brookmyre and The Fake Out by Stephanie Archer

    Gerroff My Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2025 35:04


    Featuring reviews of The Eights and Broken Country

    Have I Told You About My Stapler?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2025 36:06


    Featuring The Paris Express by Emma Donoghue and My Favourite Mistake by Marian Keyes

    Earl Sausage and Lady Lush

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2025 38:30


    Featuring reviews of Drive Your Plow over the Bones of the Dead and Miss Benson's Beetle

    The Strange Case of Hitler's Right Testicle

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2025 39:56


    Featuring reviews of Vital Organs and The Profiler

    It was Margaret Atwood

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2025 39:38


    Featuring This Motherless Land by Nikki May and Three Days in June by Anne Tyler

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