The Book Pile

Comedy

A podcast where comedians tell you about books so you never have to read! (Now including fiction!) Kellen does standup; Dave writes ads; together they highlight lessons from the world’s best books--and some of the worst. New episode every Monday!

Episodes

Kellen's Favorite Books of 2025 So Far! (And three dumb ones)

Permission to Feel, by Marc Brackett

Chesterton's Gateway, by Ethan Nicolle WITH GUEST Ethan Nicolle!

A SECOND LOOK AT: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk

The Body, by Bill Bryson

Re-Issue: Excellent Advice for Living, by Kevin Kelly

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman

How to Read 100 Books This Year

Everybody Lies, by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz

Our Favorite Books of 2024!

Re-Issue: A Christmas Carol (with an EVEN NEWER introduction for 2024!)

Dopamine Nation by Anna Lembke

Kellen Crams to Get His 100 Books Read by The End of The Year!

A 2nd LOOK AT: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets!

Re-Issue: The Illustrated Man, by Ray Bradbury

THE ROAST OF: The Spy Who Loved Me, by Ian Fleming

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever WITH GUEST Dallas Jenkins

Yes Please, by Amy Poehler