Exploring the world of paperback books, their history, authors, and cover artists. We also feature interviews with readers, authors, and paperback collectors.
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Signup to Generate a PitchExploring the world of paperback books, their history, authors, and cover artists. We also feature interviews with readers, authors, and paperback collectors.
The Paperback Show is hosted by Ricky Lee Grove. The show has published 31 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Ep 31 The Dell Abyss Line of Horror Paperbacks" (18 July 2026, 28 minutes), "Ep 29 Book to Movie: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre by B. Traven" (13 February 2026, 41 minutes), and "Ep 28 - Favorite Books of 2025" (31 December 2025, 35 minutes).
The Paperback Show publishes roughly every few months, with episodes averaging 41 minutes across 31 episodes.
Booking probability for The Paperback Show is 37%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Paperback Show requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The Paperback Show's contact route on record: public web form.
The strongest fits for The Paperback Show are News, Magazine & Book Publishing. The Paperback Show has an arts audience.
Ricky Lee Grove hosts The Paperback Show, an arts show with 31 episodes published.
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Episode #31
Ep 31 of the Paperback Show podcasts covers the remarkable series of horror paperbacks published from 1991 to 1995 by Dell called "The Abyss" line. Special guest is Ben Rubin, archivist at the Horror Special Collections...
Episode #29
In this episode, Matt Kelland and I reflect on the B. Traven novel, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre , originally published in German in 1927. It was translated into English and published by Hill & Wang in 1935. John...
Episode #28
Special Guest, Matt Kelland, and I discuss our favorite books read in 2025. Full links to books in our Show notes at paperbackshow.com . Note: Music for his episode is from Free Music Archive, a creative commons 4.0...
Episode #28
Ep 28 is about the difference between the book, Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin, and the movie version directed by Roman Polanski and starring Mia Farrow (1968). My co-host, author Matt Kelland, and I look at the...
Episode #27
First of a series of podcasts with couples and their private libraries. When did they start collecting? What books do they collect? How do they organize their books? These are only a few of the questions I'll be asking...
Episode #24
Music by Dances with Wolves (The Frailty and Anxiety). Archive.org. Note that full show notes are available at the PaperbackShow.com
Episode #24
The Coldest City is a 2012 graphic novel by Antony Johnston with artwork by Sam Hart. It was made into a movie in 2017, starring Charlize Theron. In this episode, Matt Kelland and I discuss the adaption and the...
Episode #23
Ep 23 continues our Book to Movie series with guest Matt Kelland. In this episode we examine the action/thriller First Blood by David Morrell (1972) and its adaptation into the 1982 movie starring Sylvester Stallone...
Episode #22
Ep 22 is the second in our Book to Movie podcasts with writer Matt Kelland. Annihilation, both book and movie, is discussed. Jeff Van Der Meer wrote the highly-acclaimed novel in 2014 which Director Alex Garland then...
Episode #21
First of a series of podcasts on film adaptations of books. The Princess Bride (1973) by William Goldman was adapted by Goldman and director Rob Reiner in the 1983 film of the same name. Discussion of the adaptation...
Episode #20
Ep 20 features a discussion with writer, Chen Malun, on J. R. R. Tolkien's essay, "On Fairy Stories". This essay set the literary and philosophical foundation for modern fantasy and helped Tolkien determine what kind of...
Episode #19
Ep 19 features a brief history of the sleaze publisher, Holloway House, along with a discussion of the Black authors Iceberg Slim and Donald Goines (and others) and the development of Black Pulp Fiction with crime...
Episode #18
Special Guest, novelist Hal Bodner, discusses the unique writer, Patricia Highsmith (1921-1995) and, in particular, her most popular novel, "The Incredible Mr. Ripley" (1955). The podcast opens with a short biography...
Episode #17
This episode covers (briefly) the history of Bantam paperbacks with a specific focus on the Western and the author Louis L'amour. Full show notes and transcript can be found a paperbackshow.com. Music is from uppbeat.io...
Episode #16
Check out the full show notes at paperbackshow.com . Note that the music for this episode is licensed from upbeatio .
Episode #15
Episode 15 of the Paperback Show looks at another classic paperback: The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson published by Popular Library in paperback in 1963. The first part of the show introduces the concept of...
Episode #14
The first of an occasional series on Classic Paperbacks: those paperbacks that have had a huge influence on popular culture around the world. In ep 14 of the Paperback Show we look at the remarkable book Man's Search...
Episode #13
In this episode, we look at the life and work of celebrated private eye novelist, Ross MacDonald (aka Kenneth Millar) who wrote from the late 1940s into the early 1980s. He was the first mystery novelist to be reviewed...
Episode #12
I read a lot of paperbacks in 2022, but these four titles stood out. In this episode of the Paperback Show, I share why I liked the books, a bit about the authors, and the specific edition I read. The four titles are My...
Episode #11
Episode 11 contains a short biography of noted mystery writer James Mallahan Cain (1892 - 1977) along with a general summary of his books published in paperback. The second half of the show is a discussion with regular...
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