Backlisted

140 episodes · 3 with AI analysis

The literary podcast that has been giving new life to old books since 2015. For show notes visit backlisted.fm and get an extra two shows a month by supporting the pod at patreon.com/backlisted

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People · top 20

Companies · top 11

Unbound Penguin Books Blood Axe Books Chatto and Windus Disney Plus Broken Sleep Netflix BBC Faber and Faber Weidenfeld and Nicolson The Viking Press

Topics · top 10

William Golding's literary science fictionNeanderthal representation in fictionNarrative perspective and point-of-view shiftsPrelapsarian worldbuildingEditorial decision-making in publishingGenre classification and literary snobberyCognitive estrangement in speculative fictionPaleogenetics and imaginative fictionCharacter voice and vocabulary constraintTragedy and evolutionary contingency

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Mar 2, 2026

The Inheritors by William Golding

William Golding's literary science fictionNeanderthal representation in fictionNarrative perspective and point-of-view shifts

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Jan 27, 2026

The Sacred and Profane Love Machine by Iris Murdoch

Iris Murdoch's philosophical fiction and moral philosophy integrationLiterary canon formation and feminist reclamation of women philosophersAdaptation of literary fiction to film and stage formats

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Feb 10, 2026

Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis

C.S. Lewis Literary AnalysisTill We Have Faces Novel StudyCupid and Psyche Myth Retelling

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