Try Bookbeat 60 days for free, click here Enjoy a whole world of audiobooks and e-books, everything from new releases to the classics

The Great Books

A podcast by: National Review

Hillsdale College’s John J. Miller discusses classic works within the Western literary canon

Our American listeners can also listen to The Great Books at our American site

183 Episodes

Episode 322: The Kennicott Bible
Published 2024-04-30

Episode 321: 'The Razor's Edge' by W. Somerset Maugham
Published 2024-04-23
Episode 320: 'The Last Man' by Mary Shelley
Published 2024-04-16
Episode 319: 'The Grapes of Wrath' by John Steinbeck
Published 2024-04-09
Episode 318: 'Burmese Days' by George Orwell
Published 2024-04-02
Episode 317: 'The Cocktail Party' by T. S. Eliot
Published 2024-03-26
Episode 316: 'A Treatise of Human Nature' by David Hume
Published 2024-03-19
Episode 315: 'The Redeemed Captive' by the Reverend John Williams
Published 2024-03-12
Episode 314: The Works of Philodemus
Published 2024-03-05
Episode 313: 'Oedipus Rex' by Sophocles
Published 2024-02-27
Episode 312: 'The Remains of the Day' by Kazuo Ishiguro
Published 2024-02-20
Episode 311: 'Rasselas' by Samuel Johnson
Published 2024-02-13
Episode 310: 'The Golden Key' by George MacDonald
Published 2024-02-06
Episode 309: 'The Picture of Dorian Gray' by Oscar Wilde
Published 2024-01-30
Episode 308: 'On Occult Philosophy' by Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa
Published 2024-01-23
Episode 307: 'The Iliad' by Homer, with Robin Lane Fox
Published 2024-01-16
Episode 306: 'The Iliad' by Homer, with Emily Wilson
Published 2024-01-09
Episode 305: 'A Man for All Seasons' by Robert Bolt
Published 2023-12-19
Episode 304: 'The Hearing Trumpet' by Leonora Carrington
Published 2023-12-12
Episode 303: 'On Duties' by Cicero
Published 2023-12-05
Episode 302: 'Mythology' by Edith Hamilton
Published 2023-11-28
Episode 301: The Poetry of Anne Bradstreet
Published 2023-11-21
Episode 300: 'God and Man at Yale' by William F. Buckley Jr.
Published 2023-11-14
Episode 299: 'The Teachings of Ptahhotep'
Published 2023-11-07
Episode 298: 'The Haunting of Hill House' by Shirley Jackson
Published 2023-10-31
Episode 297: 'The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym' by Edgar Allan Poe
Published 2023-10-24
Episode 296: 'Villette' by Charlotte Bronte
Published 2023-10-17
Episode 295: 'Daniel Deronda' by George Eliot
Published 2023-10-10
Episode 294: 'The Wealth of Nations' by Adam Smith
Published 2023-10-03
Episode 293: 'Cane' by Jean Toomer
Published 2023-09-26
Episode 292: 'The Man Who Was Thursday' by G. K. Chesterton
Published 2023-09-19
Episode 291: 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer' by Mark Twain
Published 2023-09-12
Episode 290: 'Robinson Crusoe' by Daniel Defoe
Published 2023-09-05
Episode 289: 'The Last Battle' by C. S. Lewis
Published 2023-08-15
Episode 288: 'The Magician's Nephew' by C. S. Lewis
Published 2023-08-08
Episode 287: 'The Horse and His Boy' by C. S. Lewis
Published 2023-08-01
Episode 286: 'The Silver Chair' by C. S. Lewis
Published 2023-07-25
Episode 285: 'The Voyage of the Dawn Treader' by C. S. Lewis
Published 2023-07-18
Episode 284: 'Prince Caspian' by C. S. Lewis
Published 2023-07-11
Episode 283: 'The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe' by C. S. Lewis
Published 2023-07-04

Hillsdale College’s John J. Miller discusses classic works within the Western literary canon.

183 Episodes

Episode 322: The Kennicott Bible

Episode 321: 'The Razor's Edge' by W. Somerset Maugham

Episode 320: 'The Last Man' by Mary Shelley

Episode 319: 'The Grapes of Wrath' by John Steinbeck

Episode 318: 'Burmese Days' by George Orwell

Episode 317: 'The Cocktail Party' by T. S. Eliot

Episode 316: 'A Treatise of Human Nature' by David Hume

Episode 315: 'The Redeemed Captive' by the Reverend John Williams

Episode 314: The Works of Philodemus

Episode 313: 'Oedipus Rex' by Sophocles

Episode 312: 'The Remains of the Day' by Kazuo Ishiguro

Episode 311: 'Rasselas' by Samuel Johnson

Episode 310: 'The Golden Key' by George MacDonald

Episode 309: 'The Picture of Dorian Gray' by Oscar Wilde

Episode 308: 'On Occult Philosophy' by Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa

Episode 307: 'The Iliad' by Homer, with Robin Lane Fox

Episode 306: 'The Iliad' by Homer, with Emily Wilson

Episode 305: 'A Man for All Seasons' by Robert Bolt

Episode 304: 'The Hearing Trumpet' by Leonora Carrington

Episode 303: 'On Duties' by Cicero

Episode 302: 'Mythology' by Edith Hamilton

Episode 301: The Poetry of Anne Bradstreet

Episode 300: 'God and Man at Yale' by William F. Buckley Jr.

Episode 299: 'The Teachings of Ptahhotep'

Episode 298: 'The Haunting of Hill House' by Shirley Jackson

Episode 297: 'The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym' by Edgar Allan Poe

Episode 296: 'Villette' by Charlotte Bronte

Episode 295: 'Daniel Deronda' by George Eliot

Episode 294: 'The Wealth of Nations' by Adam Smith

Episode 293: 'Cane' by Jean Toomer

Episode 292: 'The Man Who Was Thursday' by G. K. Chesterton

Episode 291: 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer' by Mark Twain

Episode 290: 'Robinson Crusoe' by Daniel Defoe

Episode 289: 'The Last Battle' by C. S. Lewis

Episode 288: 'The Magician's Nephew' by C. S. Lewis

Episode 287: 'The Horse and His Boy' by C. S. Lewis

Episode 286: 'The Silver Chair' by C. S. Lewis

Episode 285: 'The Voyage of the Dawn Treader' by C. S. Lewis

Episode 284: 'Prince Caspian' by C. S. Lewis

Episode 283: 'The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe' by C. S. Lewis