3 Literary Listens

We love books and literature at The Bookery, so when we're not reading, we're probably thinking about stories and storylines! So it's no surprise that we'd have a few suggestions for audiobooks and podcasts you should give a listen.

Malcolm Guite's Hope for Hurt Christians on The Russell Moore Show A podcast produced by Christianity Today, The Russell Moore Show features conversations about faith, culture and signposts that point us toward the kingdom of Christ. In this episode from January 18, 2023, Russell chats with British poet Malcolm Guite, who speaks frankly and winsomely about faith, the gospel and the power of stories and imagination. This 47-minute episode is a balm for the creative Christian's heart. Listen here

Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng Released in 2022, Our Missing Hearts introduces us to a world consumed by fear. Ng, the author of Little Fires Everywhere, creates a suspenseful story that explores the love between a mother and her child and the power of story. In the midst of a broken world filled with broken people, Ng challenges us to think about who we are, who we want to become and what happens when we hate people for being different from us. Our Missing Hearts isn't a happy story or a Christian story, but it is a human story that calls us to examine ourselves, our thoughts and the way we treat others. Read by Lucy Liu, Audible chose the audiobook as one of the best fiction listens of 2022. Get it here.

The Habit Podcast Produced by the Rabbit Room and hosted by Jonathan Rogers, The Habit podcast bills itself as "conversations with writers about writing." Each episode features Rogers sitting down with a writer and chatting about life, writing, inspiration, creativity, faith and more. While the concept may sound heavy, the episodes are also filled with joy, levity and laughter. If creativity, the writing process, or the story behind how some of your favorite books came to be interests you, The Habit may be your next must-listen! Listen here.

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