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News in the world of books and reading, including hot industry releases, adaptations, publishing industry events, and more with Book Riot’s Jeff O’Neal and Rebecca Shinsky. Book Riot is the largest independent editorial book site in North America and home to a host of media, from podcasts to newsletters to original content, all designed around diverse readers and across all genres.
News in the world of books and reading, including hot industry releases, adaptations, publishing industry events, and more with Book Riot’s Jeff O’Neal and Rebecca Shinsky. Book Riot is the largest independent editorial book site in North America and home to a host of media, from podcasts to newsletters to original content, all designed around diverse readers and across all genres.
It's as far back as we go with these historical rankings--30 years to 1995. Strange year, that sees Jeff pick a single copy of an individual book in his top 10. Christian dystopias, fairy tale retellings, genre-changing memoirs: there are spots for all of them in our top 10s. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . Sign up for the Book Riot Podcast Newsletter and follow the show on Instagram and Bluesky . Get more industry news with our Today in Books daily newsletter. Looking to elevate your reading life? Tailored Book Recommendations delivers reading recommendations hand-picked just for you by real human book nerds. Plans start at just $18! The Book Riot Podcast is a proud member of the Airwave Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff and Rebecca talk about a bunch of mid-year lists: best-ofs, best-selllers, and more. Then Erica Ezeifedi talks to Rodney Freeman, former librarian and producer of the documentary Are You a Librarian , about the rich & overlooked history of Black librarianship in the US. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . Sign up for the Book Riot Podcast Newsletter and follow the show on Instagram and Bluesky . Get more industry news with our Today in Books daily newsletter. Looking to elevate your reading life? Tailored Book Recommendations delivers reading recommendations hand-picked just for you by real human book nerds. Plans start at just $18! The Book Riot Podcast is a proud member of the Airwave Podcast Network. Discussed in this episode: Book Riot’s best books of 2025 so far The top 10 bestselling books of the year so far Bookshop’s bestsellers of the year so far Constance Grady explores whether there actually is a crisis with kids’ reading Sarah J. Maas has completed the first draft of the 6th ACOTAR book Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff and Rebecca try to answer the fun but impossible question of what are the top 10 books someone might read first on their path to becoming well-read. This was originally a Patreon-only members post. To get more like this, subscribe to the Book Riot podcast Patreon . Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . Sign up for the Book Riot Podcast Newsletter and follow the show on Instagram and Bluesky . Get more industry news with our Today in Books daily newsletter. Looking to elevate your reading life? Tailored Book Recommendations delivers reading recommendations hand-picked just for you by real human book nerds. Plans start at just $18! The Book Riot Podcast is a proud member of the Airwave Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff and Rebecca are joined by Book Riot's Managing Editor Vanessa Diaz and Powell's Book Buyer Keith Mosman to talk about their favorite books of the year so far. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . Sign up for the Book Riot Podcast Newsletter and follow the show on Instagram and Bluesky . Get more industry news with our Today in Books daily newsletter. Looking to elevate your reading life? Tailored Book Recommendations delivers reading recommendations hand-picked just for you by real human book nerds. Plans start at just $18! The Book Riot Podcast is a proud member of the Airwave Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff and Rebecca answer listener questions. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . Sign up for the Book Riot Podcast Newsletter and follow the show on Instagram and Bluesky . Get more industry news with our Today in Books daily newsletter. Looking to elevate your reading life? Tailored Book Recommendations delivers reading recommendations hand-picked just for you by real human book nerds. Plans start at just $18! The Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff and Rebecca talk about several notable adaptations news items, legal rulings in AI and LBGTQ titles, recent reading, and more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . Sign up for the Book Riot Podcast Newsletter and follow the show on Instagram and Bluesky . Get more industry news with our Today in Books daily newsletter. Looking to elevate your reading life? Tailored Book Recommendations delivers reading recommendations hand-picked just for you by real human book nerds. Plans start at just $18! The Book Riot Podcast is a proud member of the Airwave Podcast Network. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: The Book Riot Podcast Live at Powell’s on July 9th! Judge rejects authors’ claims that Meta violated copyright law by using their books to train AI SCOTUS says parents can opt students out of positive-affirming lessons about LGBTQ+ issues Project Hail Mary trailer! Trailer for Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of The Odyssey leaks online Jennifer Aston to star in Apple+ adaptation of I’m Glad My Mom Died The Möbius Book by Catherine Lacey Six Frigates by Ian W. Toll The Doorman by Chris Pavone The Summer of 1787 by David O. Stewart Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff and Rebecca try to figure out what the It Books of July will be. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . Sign up for the Book Riot Podcast Newsletter and follow the show on Instagram and Bluesky . Get more industry news with our Today in Books daily newsletter. Looking to elevate your reading life? Tailored Book Recommendations delivers reading recommendations hand-picked just for you by real human book nerds. Plans start at just $18! The Book Riot Podcast is a proud member of the Airwave Podcast Network. The Book Riot Podcast Live at Powell's on July 9th! Discussed in this episode: Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Danika Ellis joins Rebecca to talk about NetGalley's new consumer marketing platform, the latest decision in an AI copyright lawsuit, BookTok's obsession with marginalia, and more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . Sign up for the Book Riot Podcast Newsletter and follow the show on Instagram and Bluesky . Get more industry news with our Today in Books daily newsletter. Looking to elevate your reading life? Tailored Book Recommendations delivers reading recommendations hand-picked just for you by real human book nerds. Plans start at just $18! The Book Riot Podcast is a proud member of the Airwave Podcast Network. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this Episode: Netgalley launches consumer marketing platform Booktrovert Sarah J. Maas signs major licensing deal Judge rules use of copyrighted materials to train AI without authors’ permission is fair use, but using pirated copies violates copyright law Let’s talk about marginalia and the latest BookTok trend Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong So Many Stars by Caro de Robertis Sympathy for Wild Girls by Demree McGhee Awakened by A.E. Osworth Ten Incarnations of Rebellion by Vaishnavi Patel Among Friends by Hal Ebbott The Original by Nell Stevens Tusk Love by Thea Guanzon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff and Rebecca compare their lists of the biggest, buzziest, most newsworthy books of 2025 so far. Looking for the best books of the year so far? Join us Powell's on July 9th. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . Sign up for the Book Riot Podcast Newsletter and follow the show on Instagram and Bluesky . Get more industry news with our Today in Books daily newsletter. Looking to elevate your reading life? Tailored Book Recommendations delivers reading recommendations hand-picked just for you by real human book nerds. Plans start at just $18! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff and Rebecca talk about their shared love for Richard Linklater's Before Trilogy ( Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, Before Midnight) . This is a bonus preview of a Patreon-only episode of the Book Riot Podcast . To get the whole episode and every single other Patreon-exclusive thing ever posted by the BR Pod, go here to sign up . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Vanessa Diaz joins Rebecca to discuss the demise of 8th Note Press, the resurrection of BookCon, a recent win in the fight against book bans, and more. Get your tickets to join us at Powell's on July 9th for a conversation about the best books of the year so far. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . Sign up for the Book Riot Podcast Newsletter and follow the show on Instagram and Bluesky . Get more industry news with our Today in Books daily newsletter. Looking to elevate your reading life? Tailored Book Recommendations delivers reading recommendations hand-picked just for you by real human book nerds. Plans start at just $18! Check out Strong Sense of Place wherever you get your podcasts, or visit strongsenseofplace.com This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this Episode: BookCon is coming back ByteDance is closing 8th Note Press Voters reject book bans in MAGA-heavy California county Right-wing “See You at the Library” event returns in 2025, partnered with US Dept of Education Reese’s Book Club launching companion podcast Ali Hazelwood run off Instagram for having an opinion about Peeta and Gale from the Hunger Games Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
We are bringing our special live recording of The Most Recommendable Books of the Century So Far out from behind the Patreon wall for all listeners to try to entice you to come to our next live recording at Powell's on July 9th: The Best Books of the Year (so far) . Sign up for the Book Riot Podcast Newsletter and follow the show on Instagram and Bluesky . Get more industry news with our Today in Books daily newsletter. Tailored Book Recommendations has the chops to find the right read for your loved one this Father’s Day. Gift TBR today starting at just $18! Discussed in this Episode: The Book Riot Live at Powell’s July 9th: The Best Books of the Year (so far) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
It's a Book Riot podiverse crossover event! The adaptation of E. Lockhart's YA sensation We Were Liars debuts later this week. Kelly Jensen sat down with Lockhart for a recent episode of the Hey YA! podcast. Enjoy! Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . Sign up for the Book Riot Podcast Newsletter and follow the show on Instagram and Bluesky . Get more industry news with our Today in Books daily newsletter. Looking to elevate your reading life? Tailored Book Recommendations delivers reading recommendations hand-picked just for you by real human book nerds. Plans start at just $18! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this Episode: We Were Liars by E. Lockhart Family of Liars by E. Lockhart We Fell Apart by E. Lockhart Hey YA Interview with Gayle Forman We Were Liars on Prime Instagram My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han Again, Again by E. Lockhart Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff and Rebecca talk about recent reading, why late night talk shows might be interested in doing book clubs, a victory in court against book bans, and more book news. Then, Jeff talks to Al Woodworth, Managing Editor of the Amazon Books team, about their picks for the Best Books of 2025 so far and how their team makes those selections. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . Sign up for the Book Riot Podcast Newsletter and follow the show on Instagram and Bluesky . Get more industry news with our Today in Books daily newsletter. Tailored Book Recommendations has the chops to find the right read for your loved one this Father’s Day. Gift TBR today starting at just $18! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this Episode: St. Francis, MN school district drops book banning policy & returns books to shelves in respond to lawsuit Carla Hayden speaks out about firing Stephen Colbert launches the Late Show Book Club The Book Riot Live at Powell’s July 9th: The Best Books of the Year (so far) Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy The Book of Alchemy of Suleika Jaouad Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Rebecca Schinksy, Vanessa Diaz, and Danika Ellis go deep on V.E. Schwab's highly anticipated new book to answer the question: So, is it good? Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . Sign up for the Book Riot Podcast Newsletter and follow the show on Instagram and Bluesky . Get more industry news with our Today in Books daily newsletter. Tailored Book Recommendations has the chops to find the right read for your loved one this Father’s Day. Gift TBR today starting at just $18! Check out Strong Sense of Place wherever you get your podcasts, or visit strongsenseofplace.com This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this Episode: The Book Riot Live at Powell’s July 9th: The Best Books of the Year (so far) Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V. E. Schwab Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff and Rebecca try to determine what the It Book of May 2025 will be. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . Sign up for the Book Riot Podcast Newsletter and follow the show on Instagram and Bluesky . Get more industry news with our Today in Books daily newsletter. Trust your reading list to the experts at Tailored Book Recommendations who have recommended over 160,000 books to readers of all kinds. Let TBR match you with your next favorite read! Get started for only $18 at mytbr.co ! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
This is a preview of the Patreon-only episode in which Jeff and Rebecca talk about Bertino's new short story collection by ranking the stories in Exit Zero by Marie-Helene Bertino. This is for the real ones out there. Go here to check out The Book Riot Podcast Patreon . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff and Rebecca talk about still being pissed off about the 2012 non-pulitzer, Gaiman seemingly throwing in the image rehab towel, legal challenges and defenses, and more before talking about their recent reading. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . Sign up for the Book Riot Podcast Newsletter and follow the show on Instagram and Bluesky . Get more industry news with our Today in Books daily newsletter. Trust your reading list to the experts at Tailored Book Recommendations who have recommended over 160,000 books to readers of all kinds. Let TBR match you with your next favorite read! Get started for only $18 at mytbr.co ! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this Episode: The Books of Marie-Helene Bertino...with Marie-Helene Bertino on First Edition Jane Friedman on The Business of Being a Writer on First Edition The Long History of The Simplified Spelling Movement with Gabe Henry on First Edition. The Book Riot Podcast Patreon The Book Riot Podcast on Instagram The Book Riot Podcast Newsletter Exit Zero by Marie-Helene Bertino Enough is Enuf by Gabe Henry Pronoun Trouble by John McWhorter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff and Rebecca continue to get mileage out of the "Of the Century so Far" framing, this time by ranking the fiction winners of the Pulitzer prize. Tough. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . Sign up for the Book Riot Podcast Newsletter and follow the show on Instagram and Bluesky . Get more industry news with our Today in Books daily newsletter. Trust your reading list to the experts at Tailored Book Recommendations who have recommended over 160,000 books to readers of all kinds. Let TBR match you with your next favorite read! Get started for only $18 at mytbr.co ! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this Episode: The Book Riot Podcast Patreon The Book Riot Podcast on Instagram The Book Riot Podcast Newsletter Email your Moms, Dads, and Grads Recommendations to podcast (at) bookriot (dot) com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
It's the 20th anniversary of the publication of Kazuo Ishiguro's modern classic, Never Let Me Go . Jeff and Rebecca recorded this episode diving into the book and movie in 2022. To listen to the whole episode, sign up to become a member of The Book Riot podcast Patreon . You'll get new bonus episodes as they publish, as well as access to all the bonus stuff we've done so far. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Rebecca sits down with Vanessa Diaz to discuss a new study that shows book bans lead to increased readership of inclusive content, the men cashing in big on romantasy, PEN Awards finalists, and more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . Sign up for the Book Riot Podcast Newsletter and follow the show on Instagram and Bluesky . Get more industry news with our Today in Books daily newsletter. Trust your reading list to the experts at Tailored Book Recommendations who have recommended over 160,000 books to readers of all kinds. Let TBR match you with your next favorite read! Get started for only $18 at mytbr.co ! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this Episode: PEN Awards Finalists ALA State of America’s Libraries report New study finds that book bans lead to increased readership ACLU files suit against Department of Defense schools over book banning The men cashing in on romantasy Meta says books used to train LLMs are both essential and essentially worthless Searches by Vauhini Vara Murder at Gull's Nest by Jess Kidd Murder by Cheesecake by Rachel Ekstrom Courage Harlem Rhapsody by Victoria Christopher Murray Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Rebecca talks with Emely Rumble, author of Bibliotherapy in the Bronx , about using books as a tool for individual and collective healing, social justice, and more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . Sign up for the Book Riot Podcast Newsletter and follow the show on Instagram and Bluesky . Get more industry news with our Today in Books daily newsletter. Trust your reading list to the experts at Tailored Book Recommendations who have recommended over 160,000 books to readers of all kinds. Let TBR match you with your next favorite read! Get started for only $18 at mytbr.co ! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this Episode: Bibliotherapy in the Bronx Literapy NYC National Association for Poetry Therapy International Federation of Biblio/Poetry Therapy The Center/Institute for Creative "Righting" Follow Emely on Instagram , TikTok , and Threads Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff and Rebecca talk about a big new survey of Americans' feelings about reading, before talking about a small but interesting change at PW, recent reading, and more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . Sign up for the Book Riot Podcast Newsletter and follow the show on Instagram and Bluesky . Get more industry news with our Today in Books daily newsletter. Trust your reading list to the experts at Tailored Book Recommendations who have recommended over 160,000 books to readers of all kinds. Let TBR match you with your next favorite read! Get started for only $18 at mytbr.co ! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this Episode: The Book Riot Podcast Patreon The Book Riot Podcast on Instagram The Book Riot Podcast Newsletter Email your Moms, Dads, and Grads Recommendations to podcast (at) bookriot (dot) com. New NPR/Ipsos poll shows most Americans want to read more…and just don’t PW now charging for review consideration Laura McGrath on how publishing industry demographics compare to US population Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff and Rebecca discuss Katie Kitamura's new novel, Audition . Then, Rebecca talks to Allyson Rice and Tom Wiggins, producers of the new documentary, Banned Together . Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . Sign up for the Book Riot Podcast Newsletter and follow the show on Instagram and Bluesky . Get more industry news with our Today in Books daily newsletter. Trust your reading list to the experts at Tailored Book Recommendations who have recommended over 160,000 books to readers of all kinds. Let TBR match you with your next favorite read! Get started for only $18 at mytbr.co ! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this Episode: The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Email your Moms, Dads, and Grads Recommendations to podcast (at) bookriot (dot) com. Audition by Katie Kitamura Banned Together Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff is back from vacation and joins Rebecca to talk NBCC winners, escalating legal challenges to book bans, Penguin Random House sales info, recent reading, and more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . Sign up for the Book Riot Podcast Newsletter and follow the show on Instagram and Bluesky . Get more industry news with our Today in Books daily newsletter. Trust your reading list to the experts at Tailored Book Recommendations who have recommended over 160,000 books to readers of all kinds. Let TBR match you with your next favorite read! Get started for only $18 at mytbr.co ! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this Episode: The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Email your Moms, Dads, and Grads Recommendations to podcast (at) bookriot (dot) com. NBCC Award winners Iowa’s book ban bill blocked again by federal judge The biggest book censorship stories of the year so far Bishop who urged Trump to “have mercy” will publish 2 books for kids PRH sales up 8.5% in 2024 James Patterson is teaming up with…Mr. Beast RIP NaNoWriMo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff and Rebecca consider contenders for the It Book of April, 2025. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . Sign up for the Book Riot Podcast Newsletter and follow the show on Instagram and Bluesky . Get more industry news with our Today in Books daily newsletter. Trust your reading list to the experts at Tailored Book Recommendations who have recommended over 160,000 books to readers of all kinds. Let TBR match you with your next favorite read! Get started for only $18 at mytbr.co ! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this Episode: The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Email your Moms, Dads, and Grads Recommendations to podcast (at) bookriot (dot) com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff is out this week reading on a beach, so we are sharing this rerun from the First Edition podcast in which Jeff talks to Stephen Graham Jones about his reading life. Stephen Graham Jones is the NYT bestselling author of thirty-five or so novels and collections, and there are some novellas and comic books in there as well. Most recent are Earthdivers and I Was a Teenage Slasher . His new book, The Buffalo Hunter Hunter , is out now. Subscribe to First Edition via RSS , Apple Podcasts , or Spotify . For episode extras, subscribe to the First Edition Substack . This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Author, literary historian, and data scientist Laura McGrath joins Jeff and Rebecca to share some of the most interesting, surprising, and curious stats about modern reading habits. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . Sign up for the Book Riot Podcast Newsletter and follow the show on Instagram and Bluesky . Get more industry news with our Today in Books daily newsletter. Trust your reading list to the experts at Tailored Book Recommendations, who have recommended over 160,000 books to readers of all kinds. Let TBR match you with your next favorite read! Get started for only $18 at mytbr.co ! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this Episode: Laura's Substack textCrunch Philippa Chong, Inside the Critics Circle Christine Larson, Love in the Time of Self-Publishing Janice Radway, A Feeling for Books Janice Radway, Reading the Romance Chong and Kim, "Writing By Women or For Women? Either Way, You're Less Likely to be Reviewed." Inman Berens and Noorda, Immersive Media 2020 Inman Berens and Noorda, "Gen Z and Millennials: How they Use Public Libraries and Identify through Media Use." Porter, Eimannsberger, English, et. al. "Genre Juggernaut: Measuring 'Romance'" Lucy, Li, et al. "Racial and Ethnic Representation in Literature Taught in US High Schools" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
In this bonus preview of the most recent Patreon-only episode of The Book Riot Podcast, Jeff and Rebecca tackle an impossible question. To listen to the full episode and get access to all previous Patreon-only episodes, consider joining The Book Riot Podcast Patreon . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff and Rebecca talk about the stunning reality of getting published from the slushpile, noodle about being well-read, and try to figure out what Jeff is going to read on vacation. He is genuinely stumped. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . Sign up for the Book Riot Podcast Newsletter and follow the show on Instagram and Bluesky . Get more industry news with our Today in Books daily newsletter. Trust your reading list to the experts at Tailored Book Recommendations who have recommended over 160,000 books to readers of all kinds. Let TBR match you with your next favorite read! Get started for only $18 at mytbr.co ! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this Episode: Laura McGrath on the math of the slush pile Trump’s new executive order targets libraries & museums…and what you can do about it Keira Knightley Pride & Prejudice to be re-released 4/20 for 20th anniversary Call your reps and get out there to protect the Dept of Education Frontlist Foyer, sponsored by Thriftbooks Hunchback Beautyland Everything I Never Told You White Light The Buffalo Hunter Hunter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Danika Ellis joins Jeff to talk about a spate of book-related AI disasters, Amazon's list of the best books of the year, Michelle Obama's recently-announced book, and much more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . Sign up for the Book Riot Podcast Newsletter and follow the show on Instagram and Bluesky . Get more industry news with our Today in Books daily newsletter. Tailored Book Recommendations has the chops to find the right read for your loved one this Father’s Day. Gift TBR today starting at just $18! Discussed in this Episode: The Book Riot Live at Powell’s July 9th: The Best Books of the Year (so far) Book Riot’s In the Club, In Reading Color, and Our Queerest Shelves Newsletters Book Riot’s Read Harder Challenge Salman Rushdie’s attacker sentenced to 25 years Chicago Sun-Times runs AI-generated summer reading list w/ fake books And business insider thing too AI clone books showing up on amazon: Amazon’s Best Books of the Year & Goodreads most popular books of the year so far Michelle Obama’s new book The Two Kinds of Book Auctions James Cameron to adapt THE DEVILS 13 Signs You Used ChatGPT to Write Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
This episode comes over from the First Edition feed: Jeff solos his way through listing a bunch of books coming in June that, were time and space no object, would go on the TBR for sure. Subscribe to First Edition via RSS , Apple Podcasts , or Spotify . For episode extras, subscribe to the First Edition Substack . Tailored Book Recommendations has the chops to find the right read for your loved one this Father’s Day. Gift TBR today starting at just $18! Discussed in this episode: The Book Riot Podcast The Book Riot Podcast Live at Powell’s on July 9th, 2025 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff is joined by Book Riot editors Danika Ellis and Erica Ezeifedi to talk about what makes a beach read, beach reads picks, and memorable beach reading moments. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . Sign up for the Book Riot Podcast Newsletter and follow the show on Instagram and Bluesky . Get more industry news with our Today in Books daily newsletter. Tailored Book Recommendations has the chops to find the right read for your loved one this Father’s Day. Gift TBR today starting at just $18! Discussed in this Episode: The Book Riot Live at Powell's July 9th: The Best Books of the Year (so far) The Best Beach Reads of All Time The Hey YA Podcast Book Riot's In the Club, In Reading Color, and Our Queerest Shelves Newsletters Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
This is a bonus preview of the Book Riot Podcast's most recent Patreon-only episode . Jeff and Rebecca catch up with each other's recent reading and give some non-book media takes. For example: Fountain of Youth . Woof. To listen to the full episode and get access to literally every Patreon-only thing we have done over the last three years, go to Patreon to sign up . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff and Rebecca talk to Spotify's Associate Director for Audiobooks Editorial Katie del Rosario about curating audiobooks for Spotify, getting people to try audiobooks, spotlighting special titles, and more. Then, Jeff and Sharifah talk about Flashlight by Susan Choi, one of the most anticipated releases of the summer. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . Sign up for the Book Riot Podcast Newsletter and follow the show on Instagram and Bluesky . Get more industry news with our Today in Books daily newsletter. Tailored Book Recommendations has the chops to find the right read for your loved one this Father’s Day. Gift TBR today starting at just $18! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: Spotify Audiobooks Flashlight by Susan Choi The Book Riot Podcast Live at Powell's on July 9th. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff and Rebecca consider a loaded roster of June books to pick the It Book of the month. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . Sign up for the Book Riot Podcast Newsletter and follow the show on Instagram and Bluesky . Get more industry news with our Today in Books daily newsletter. Trust your reading list to the experts at Tailored Book Recommendations who have recommended over 160,000 books to readers of all kinds. Let TBR match you with your next favorite read! Get started for only $18 at mytbr.co ! Discussed in This Episode: The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Time again to look at interesting, lucrative, exciting, strange, or otherwise notable book deal announcements. Always a good time. This is a bonus preview of our most recent Patreon-only episode. To listen to the full episode and our entire back catalog of bonus content, sign-up for the Book Riot podcast Patreon . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff and Rebecca look back a couple of decades to power-rank the books of 2005. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . Sign up for the Book Riot Podcast Newsletter and follow the show on Instagram and Bluesky . Get more industry news with our Today in Books daily newsletter. Trust your reading list to the experts at Tailored Book Recommendations who have recommended over 160,000 books to readers of all kinds. Let TBR match you with your next favorite read! Get started for only $18 at mytbr.co ! The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Discussed in This Episode: Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Book Riot's managing editor Vanessa Diaz joins Rebecca for a conversation about the latest romantasy BookTok conspiracy, what's going on with the Trump administration firing the Librarian of Congress, the NYT 's best books of the year so far, recent reading, and more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . Sign up for the Book Riot Podcast Newsletter and follow the show on Instagram and Bluesky . Get more industry news with our Today in Books daily newsletter. Become a Book Riot All Access member and explore our full library of members-only content, including must-reads, deep dives, and reading challenge recommendations. For a limited time, the first 50 new All Access annual members get a FREE copy of Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz courtesy of Tor Publishing! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this Episode: Trump administration abruptly fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden What is the Library of Congress, and What Does the Librarian of Congress Do? Firing comes on the heals of major report about AI and copyright Trump names his former defense attorney as acting Librarian of Congress Massive victory in lawsuit against Trump’s dismantling of IMLS The NYT’s best books of the year so far Romantasy BookTok’s latest conspiracy Edinburgh-based tour company to replace Harry Potter tours w/ LGBTQ+ history walks for Pride Month The Dry Season by Melissa Febos So Many Stars by Caro de Robertis Detective Aunty by Uzma Jalaluddin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff and Rebecca are joined by Sharifah Williams and Prof. Laura McGrath to conduct the first ever Book Riot fantasy book draft. We explain the rules, talk about strategy, and then engage in some fairly chaotic literary team building. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . Sign up for the Book Riot Podcast Newsletter and follow the show on Instagram and Bluesky . Get more industry news with our Today in Books daily newsletter. Trust your reading list to the experts at Tailored Book Recommendations who have recommended over 160,000 books to readers of all kinds. Let TBR match you with your next favorite read! Get started for only $18 at mytbr.co ! Discussed in This Episode: The Book Riot Fantasy League Scoring Sheet - Make a copy to keep your own . The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
This is a bonus preview of the our most recent Patreon-only episode, The JeffCore Books of May 2025. To listen to the full episode and get access to the complete back catalog of bonus content, sign up for the Book Riot Podcast Patreon here . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff and Rebecca continue to lap up with extreme interest scuttlebutt about James 's Pulitzer win before talking about Lithgow's underwhelming reaction to Rowling's transphobia, a new publisher focused on dudes (initially. they swear) and more book news. Then Sharifah Williams hops on to talk about Kevin Wilson's new novel, Run for the Hills . Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . Sign up for the Book Riot Podcast Newsletter and follow the show on Instagram and Bluesky . Get more industry news with our Today in Books daily newsletter. Trust your reading list to the experts at Tailored Book Recommendations who have recommended over 160,000 books to readers of all kinds. Let TBR match you with your next favorite read! Get started for only $18 at mytbr.co ! Discussed in This Episode: This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Alexandra Alter confirms JAMES Pulitzer speculation ( LitHub piece with the speculation ) John Lithgow surprised by backlash to J.K. Rowling New imprint will focus on literary fiction by men Agatha Christie’s estate authorizes writing course taught by AI deepfake You can now buy books in the Kindle iOS app Run for The Hills by Kevin Wilson The Book Riot Podcast Patreon The Book Riot Podcast on Instagram The Book Riot Podcast Newsletter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff and Rebecca each select 10 books to win your vote in our Summer Preview draft. To listen to the full episode and all of the bonus content from The Book Riot podcast, join the Patreon . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
First, Jeff and Rebecca digest Percival Everett's Pulitzer win (including a little palace intrigue of the literary variety). Then, they conclude this go-round of reader recommendation requests. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . Sign up for the Book Riot Podcast Newsletter and follow the show on Instagram and Bluesky . Get more industry news with our Today in Books daily newsletter. Trust your reading list to the experts at Tailored Book Recommendations who have recommended over 160,000 books to readers of all kinds. Let TBR match you with your next favorite read! Get started for only $18 at mytbr.co ! Discussed in This Episode: The The Pulitzer Board Overrule The Jury? The Book Riot Podcast Patreon The Book Riot Podcast on Instagram The Book Riot Podcast Newsletter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff and Rebecca respond to a range of listener recommendation requests, including, but not exclusively, for moms, dads, and grads. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . Sign up for the Book Riot Podcast Newsletter and follow the show on Instagram and Bluesky . Get more industry news with our Today in Books daily newsletter. Trust your reading list to the experts at Tailored Book Recommendations who have recommended over 160,000 books to readers of all kinds. Let TBR match you with your next favorite read! Get started for only $18 at mytbr.co ! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Traci Thomas of The Stacks podcast joins Jeff and Rebecca to talk about things we love (and hate) about talking about books online. Mostly it is really great! Mostly! Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . Sign up for the Book Riot Podcast Newsletter and follow the show on Instagram and Bluesky . Get more industry news with our Today in Books daily newsletter. Discussed in this episode: Aardvark Box Giveaway! The Stacks Podcast The Stacks on Instagram Unstacked by Traci Thomas The Book Riot Podcast Patreon The Book Riot Podcast Newsletter The Book Riot Podcast on Instagram Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
This is a preview of our live recording of the Most Recommendable Books of the Century (so far) at Powell's in beautiful downtown Portland, Oregon. If you aren't already a Patreon member, you can listen to the full recording when you sign up. Thanks to Powell's, our family and friends, and everyone who came out (or told someone else to). Hope to do it again sometime in the not-too-distant future. Listen to the rest by becoming a member of The Book Riot Podcast Patreon . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff and Rebecca debrief a little about their live recording at Powell's last week before talking about Meta Streisanding itself, the exciting/scary news of Scorsese's for actual life Gilead adaptation, and more of the week's book news. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . Sign up for the Book Riot Podcast Newsletter and follow the show on Instagram and Bluesky . Get more industry news with our Today in Books daily newsletter. Trust your reading list to the experts at Tailored Book Recommendations who have recommended over 160,000 books to readers of all kinds. Let TBR match you with your next favorite read! Get started for only $18 at mytbr.co ! Discussed in this episode: Scorcese! Adapts! Gilead! Series! Austin Butler & Saoirse Ronan to star in Deep Cuts adaptation Moms for Liberty is shutting down BookLooks Former Meta executive ordered to halt promotion of tell-all book Spotify launches program to publish audiobooks for independent authors WNDB announces first We Need Diverse Books Day April 3 Careless People White Light by Jack Lohmann We Tell Ourselves Stories by Alissa Wilkinson The Book Riot Podcast Patreon The Book Riot Podcast Newsletter The Book Riot Podcast on Instagram Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff and Rebecca talk about The Antidote by Karen Russell . Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . Sign up for the Book Riot Podcast Newsletter and follow the show on Instagram and Bluesky . Get more industry news with our Today in Books daily newsletter. Trust your reading list to the experts at Tailored Book Recommendations who have recommended over 160,000 books to readers of all kinds. Let TBR match you with your next favorite read! Get started for only $18 at mytbr.co ! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: The Book Riot Podcast Patreon The Book Riot Podcast Newsletter The Book Riot Podcast on Instagram Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff fills Rebecca on his recent trip to New York for publishing meetings before they talk about the newly announced Harper Lee collection and other items of note. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . Sign up for the Book Riot Podcast Newsletter and follow the show on Instagram and Bluesky . Get more industry news with our Today in Books daily newsletter. Trust your reading list to the experts at Tailored Book Recommendations who have recommended over 160,000 books to readers of all kinds. Let TBR match you with your next favorite read! Get started for only $18 at mytbr.co ! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this Episode: Come See us live at Powell’s on March 13th Hear us on Books with Betsy New collection of Harper Lee’s previously unpublished short stories coming this fall This day-in-the-life of an audiobook narrator is great (and they get paid by the finished hour - does this apply to Meryl Streep?) Kathryn Stockett’s first novel since The Help is coming this fall Deep Cuts The Dream Hotel Sucker Punch The River Has Roots Ingrained The Book Riot Podcast Patreon The Book Riot Podcast Newsletter The Book Riot Podcast on Instagram Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff and Rebecca get ready for Spring with March's It Book Knockout Round. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . Sign up for the Book Riot Podcast Newsletter and follow the show on Instagram and Bluesky . Get more industry news with our Today in Books daily newsletter. Trust your reading list to the experts at Tailored Book Recommendations who have recommended over 160,000 books to readers of all kinds. Let TBR match you with your next favorite read! Get started for only $18 at mytbr.co ! Discussed in this Episode: Come See us live at Powell’s on March 13th The Book Riot Podcast Patreon The Book Riot Podcast Newsletter The Book Riot Podcast on Instagram Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
With Rebecca out, Liberty Hardy joins Jeff on the occasion of the 500th episode of All the Books! They talk about being book podcasters and a host of other reading-related topics. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . Sign up for the Book Riot Podcast Newsletter and follow the show on Instagram and Bluesky . Get more industry news with our Today in Books daily newsletter. A new year means a new Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons. Sign up at bookriot.com/readharder . Discussed in this episode: All The Books! Liberty Hardy on Instagram Come See us live at Powell’s on March 13th The Book Riot Podcast Patreon The Book Riot Podcast Newsletter The Book Riot Podcast on Instagram Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff and Rebecca run though the nominees for the 2025 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and assign each of them a win probability. Please do not bet on these. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . Sign up for the Book Riot Podcast Newsletter and follow the show on Instagram and Bluesky . Get more industry news with our Today in Books daily newsletter. A new year means a new Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons. Sign up at bookriot.com/readharder . Discussed in this Episode: Come See us live at Powell’s on March 13th The Book Riot Podcast Patreon The Book Riot Podcast Newsletter The Book Riot Podcast on Instagram Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff and Rebecca digest a bunch of high-profile adaptation news which leads them to wonder about the prospects of a big-budget romantasy series ever coming to screens, some news around book bannings and censorship, talk about recent reading, and more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . Sign up for the Book Riot Podcast Newsletter and follow the show on Instagram and Bluesky . Get more industry news with our Today in Books daily newsletter. A new year means a new Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons. Sign up at bookriot.com/readharder . This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission Discussed in this Episode: Come See us live at Powell's on March 13th The Book Riot Podcast Patreon The Book Riot Podcast Newsletter The Book Riot Podcast on Instagram Hulu cans the ACOTAR adaptation STARZ to adapt All Fours Matt! Damon! Is! Odysseus! Nimona creator N.D. Stevenson announces new book LA Times Book Prize finalists Indiana cuts Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library from budget Iowa rushes to advance a bill that would criminalize librarianship Talk to Me by Rich Benjamin Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood Soft Core by Brittany Newell Calling In Back After This by Linda Holmes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff and Rebecca talk about authors they think would most benefit from (or they would just personally like to see have) a signal adaptation. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . Sign up for the Book Riot Podcast Newsletter and follow the show on Instagram and Bluesky . Get more industry news with our Today in Books daily newsletter. A new year means a new Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons. Sign up at bookriot.com/readharder . Discussed in this Episode: The Book Riot Podcast Patreon The Book Riot Podcast Newsletter The Book Riot Podcast on Instagram Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
This is a preview of our Patreon-only discussion of Shigehiro Oishi's Life in Three Dimensions . Listen to the rest by becoming a member of The Book Riot Podcast Patreon . This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
First up, Jeff offers his remembrances of reading Tom Robbins. Then, Jeff and Rebecca talk about the hardcover dominance of the Big 5, the first landmark AI fair use case, recent reading, and more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . Sign up for the Book Riot Podcast Newsletter and follow the show on Instagram and Bluesky . Get more industry news with our Today in Books daily newsletter. A new year means a new Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons. Sign up at bookriot.com/readharder . This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this Episode: The Book Riot Podcast Patreon The Book Riot Podcast Newsletter The Book Riot Podcast on Instagram R.I.P. Tom Robbins Thomson Reuters wins first big AI copyright case in the US Big Five retained hold on hardcover bestsellers in 2024 (let’s talk about some highlights from the print edition too) Laura McGrath dives into publishing’s diversity data Barbara Kinsolver funds rehab center with profits from Demon Copperhead Margaret Atwood to publish memoir “of sorts” this fall Turns out graphic novels are good for kids’ reading habits John Lithgow to play Dumbledore in HBO Harry Potter series Sendak/King team-up Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood On Tyranny Bibliophobia by Sarah Chihaya How to Share an Egg by Bonny Reichart Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff and Rebecca are joined by romance expert Jessica Pryde to talk about romantasy, current trends in romance, category romance, navigating commercial romance covers, and much more. Jessica co-hosts Book Riot's When in Romance . You can also find her exclamations about books and internet ridiculousness on BlueSky ( JessIsReading ) and instagram/threads ( jess_is_reading ). Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . Sign up for the Book Riot Podcast Newsletter and follow the show on Instagram and Bluesky . Get more industry news with our Today in Books daily newsletter. A new year means a new Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons. Sign up at bookriot.com/readharder . This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this Episode: The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Jennifer Roberson That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon by Kimberly Lemming Lights Out by Navessa Allen The Kiss Countdown by Etta Easton I Think I Like "Cozy" Dark Romance Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff is back with his quarterly pile of recent book deal announcements to bounce off Rebecca. One of our favorite recurring episodes. To listen to the whole thing, check out the Book Riot Podcast Patreon . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeff and Rebecca spend more time than they would like in legal-land before talking about how everybody hates blurbs, recent reading, and other book news. Then, Brenna Connor of Circana joins Jeff to talk about 2024 book sales highlights and lowlights before looking ahead to 2025. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . Sign up for the Book Riot Podcast Newsletter and follow the show on Instagram and Bluesky . Get more industry news with our Today in Books daily newsletter. A new year means a new Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons. Sign up at bookriot.com/readharder . This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: The Book Riot Podcast Patreon First Edition Shout-out to Feedspot for featuring us as #5 in the top 100 book podcasts on the planet Scarlett Pavlovich sues Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer for rape & human trafficking and Netflix adaptation of Sandman to end after second season Man accused of attacking Salman Rushdie to go to trial Big 5 and Authors Guild sue Idaho over book banning law Simon & Schuster’s flagship imprint won’t require blurbs and Rebecca Makkai essay in the NYT Dystopian novels are on the rise again after the inauguration On the Hippie Trail The Loves of My Life Life in Three Dimensions Tilt Bibliophobia by Sarah Chihaya Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff and Rebecca preview the books of 2025 (that we know about) that will be on the reading world's radar in 2025. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks ! Discussed in this episode: Book Riot’s TBR The Book Riot Podcast on Instagram The Book Riot Podcast Patreon The 2025 Read Harder Challenge is live Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
A little teaser for our Best of the Rest of 2024 episode over on the Book Riot podcast Patreon. Rebecca and Jeff talk about their favorite non-book things from 2024, a few of which might be of interest to other humans. Join us on Patreon for access to early, ad-free listening and bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/bookriotpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
A preview of the first-ever EMERGENCY bonus episode for Patreon subscribers. Obama released his favorite books of 2024. Let's just say there were surprises. Join us on Patreon for access to early, ad-free listening and all bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/bookriotpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff and Rebecca look back at the books & stories that defined 2024. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks ! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: Book Riot’s TBR The Book Riot Podcast on Instagram The Book Riot Podcast Patreon The 2025 Read Harder Challenge is live _________________________ The dust settled as publishing’s earnings rebound in H1 Barnes & Noble is back, baby , and they bought a beloved indie The Discourse: Remember the moment when some people thought Taylor Swift wrote Argylle ? PRH dismisses Reagan Arthur & Lisa Lucas NYT’s top 100 books of the century so far NaNoWriMo’s PR fail with AI only 20k serious readers of lit fic ? Coming Attractions: Spielberg in talks to produce James adaptation directed by Taika Waititi Liz Moore signs Sony deal for Long Bright River & God of the Woods Meryl Streep in adaptation of The Corrections Florence Pugh in East of Eden for Netflix The Black List expands to fiction & highlights publishing’s most-wanted adaptations, Book banning news: Idaho library to become adults-only High school shuts down library due to book banning law Big Five and Authors Guild sue over Florida law PRH hires a public policy role Many states have banned book bans In memoriam: Daniel Kahneman John Gierach Edna O’Brien Francine Pascal Nikki Giovanni Paul Auster The #metoo trifecta of Cormac McCarthy , Alice Munro , and Neil Gaiman The robots are coming: authors sue Anthropic Roxane Gay & Margaret Atwood among authors helping create AI reading guides Number go up: US audiobook sales hit $2 billion in 2023 One to watch: ByteDance’s 8th Note Press to publish print books in 2025 This is why literacy matters: Florida dept of education recommends Pride & Prejudice as a book about American pride Listener feedback award: the surprising origins of publishing’s seasons , Sophia’s It Books tracker Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
A preview of our most recent Patreon-only episode about the books we missed this year (though, maybe we will get to a few of them? maybe?). Join us on Patreon for access to early, ad-free listening and all bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/bookriotpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff and Rebecca take a look at the hits, misses, and favorites from the year in literary adaptations. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks ! Discussed in this episode: Book Riot’s TBR The Book Riot Podcast on Instagram The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff and Rebecca settle in to figure what 10 books from 2024 defined the year. Not the best (necessarily), the most popular (though could be), or most interesting (in many cases not), but a list that comes closest to telling the story of 2024 in reading. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks ! Discussed in this episode: Book Riot's TBR The Book Riot Podcast on Instagram The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Gilbert Cruz, editor of The New York Times Book Review , joins Jeff to talk about the colossal undertaking that is making its 100 Notable Books List and its 10 Best Books of the Year List. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks ! Discussed in this episode: The Book Riot Podcast on Instagram The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff and Rebecca reveal their favorite books of 2024. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks ! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: The Book Riot Podcast on Instagram The Book Riot Podcast Patreon James by Percival Everett There's Always This Year by Hanif Abdurraqib Splinters by Leslie Jamison Knife by Salman Rushdie Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino Challenger by Adam Higginbotham The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman The Other Significant Others Colored Television Margot's Got Money Trouble Great Expectations by Vinson Cunningham Blackpill Ghostroots by Pemi Aguda Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff and Rebecca get into the NYT's 100 Notable and 10 Best Books of the Year list, Goodreads Choice winners, Cormac McCarthy's distressing hidden relationship, and kidney stones. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks ! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: The Book Riot Podcast on Instagram The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Cormac McCarthy’s secret muse was 16 when he began a relationship with her Costco to keep books in-store year-round in 100 locations The NYT’s 100 notable books of the year and Top 10 Spotify reveals top audiobooks in the US & globally Goodreads Choice Awards are as white as ever The Tournament of Books shortlist has landed Taylor Swift book sales best everyone but Barack Rental House by Weike Wang The Boys of Riverside What's Next Nightbitch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff and Rebecca do a few more holiday recommendations before talking about nine interesting new books coming in December and then taking stock of their monthly It Book guesses. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks ! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: The Book Riot Podcast on Instagram The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Our Full Year It Books Finalists and Picks Big List of Steamy Romances Nuts and Bolts Challenger Cork Dork Greta & Valdin Parable of the Sower Land of Milk and Honey Martyr! Intermezzo Strange Eventful History The Bee Sting Say Nothing Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoo r Rental House A Century of Tomorrows Giant Love The Rivals The Rest is Memory by Lily Tuck Alter Ego by Alex Segura Custodians of Wonder Cabin by Patrick Hutchinson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff and Rebecca return for the second half of our 2024 Recommendation Extravaganza. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks ! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: The Book Riot Podcast on Instagram The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Nevada by Imogen Binnie Argonauts by Maggie Nelson Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi The House of Impossible Beauties by Joseph Cassara Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead Tommy Orange Pachinko A Gentleman in Moscow Kevin Wilson Brief History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart The Sellout Bookshop.org Little Blue Truck Pete’s a Pizza Race to the Wild The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street House on the Cerulean Sea The Parker Inheritance Winnie the Pooh 8 Books About Houses Haunted by More Than Ghosts 20 Must-Read Stories of Eerie Cabins & Haunted Houses Hacienda by Isabel Canas Ghostroots by Pemi Aguda All the Right Notes by Dominic Lim Unlikely Animals by Annie Hartnett Goodbye Vitamin by Rachel Khong Sandwich by Catherine Newman The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka Life is Meals Ross Gay Year of Wonder by Clemency Burton Hill Pig Years Carolyn Heilbrun’s Kate Fansler Series Eleanor Catton Brit Bennett Kevin Wilson Zadie Smith Colson Whitehead The Sentence by Louise Erdrich Pride and Prejudice Count of Monte Cristo House of Mirth Their Eyes Were Watching God Instructions for a Heatwave by Maggie O’Farrell Tana French New Cozy Books to Snuggle Up With This Fall Cozy Historical Fantasy Cozy, Comforting BIPOC Books Legends & Lattes The Night Circus Book with No Pictures by BJ Novak What Do People Do All Day by Richard Scarry Tom Lake by Ann Patchett Real Americans by Rachel Khong Jesmyn Ward North Woods The Sympathizer 23 of the Best & Swooniest Romantasy Reads Small World by Jonathan Evison Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson East of Eden Frederick Backman Thursday Murder Club Sipsworth Creation Lake Someone Like Us Entitlement People in the Trees The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver Intermezzo The Mighty Red I’m Mostly Here to Enjoy Myself Such a Fun Age The Vanishing Half Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff and Rebecca recommend books released in 2024 that would make great gifts — for a bunch of different kinds of readers. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks ! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: The Book Riot Podcast on Instagram The Book Riot Podcast Patreon The Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy Tan Be Ready When the Luck Happens The God of the Woods Great Expectations by Vinson Cunningham Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange By The Fire We Carry Bone of the Bone The Serviceberry Praise Song for the Kitchen Ghosts What Goes With What Kids Cook Anything by Mark Bittman The Other Significant Others Vanishing Treasures Beautiful Creatures Margot's Got Money Troubles Colored Television Knife Smoke Kings Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop Cue the Sun! The Bright Sword Mythos by Stephen Fry An Encyclopedia of Gardening for Colored Children The Researcher's First Murder Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff and Rebecca talk about the winners of the 2024 National Book Awards a little before embarking on the first of two rounds of answering listener holiday recommendation requests. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks ! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: The Book Riot Podcast on Instagram The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Angie Kim Megan Abbott Liz Moore Dr No Motherless Brooklyn The Most Fun We Ever Had On Beauty Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow Yellowface Everything I Never Told You Jami Attenberg Colored Television Be Ready When the Luck Happens Chemistry Margo’s Got Money Trouble Birnam Wood House of Cotton In the Time of Butterflies by Julia Alvarez The Overstory The God of the Woods The Trees Barkskins The Most Greek Lessons The Buddha in the Attic Wintering Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows Greta & Valdin Michael Lewis Steven Johnson Hanif Abdurraquib Challenger How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe How Big Things Get Done Gilead Our Souls at Night The Woman Next Door Educated A Love Song for Ricki Wilde Looking for a Sign Merry Little Meet Cute Storied Life of AJ Fikry Ink Blood Sister Scribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff and Rebecca look back 30 years to 1994 and power-rank the year's most influential, important, and memorable titles. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks ! Discussed in this episode: The Book Riot Podcast on Instagram The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Send us your recommendation requests: podcast (at) bookriot (dot) co Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff and Rebecca consider ten contenders to be the It Book of the Month. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . Sign up for the Book Riot Podcast Newsletter and follow the show on Instagram and Bluesky . Get more industry news with our Today in Books daily newsletter. A new year means a new Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons. Sign up at bookriot.com/readharder . Discussed in this Episode: The Book Riot Podcast Patreon First Edition Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff and Rebecca discuss the new novel by the 2024 Nobel Laureate in Literature, Han Kang. To listen to the full episode, become a member of the Book Riot Podcast Patreon , if you aren't already. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeff and Rebecca talk about Dark Horse parting ways with Neil Gaiman, get off some hot takes about bookish social media, go through the ins-and-outs of ebooks coming to Bookshop.org, and more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . Sign up for the Book Riot Podcast Newsletter and follow the show on Instagram and Bluesky . Get more industry news with our Today in Books daily newsletter. A new year means a new Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons. Sign up at bookriot.com/readharder . This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this Episode: The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Bookshop.org’s Ebook Launch & Reading 25 Minutes a Day in 2025 with Gretchen Rubin episode of First Edition Dark Horse Comics drops Neil Gaiman Bookshop.org launches ebook sales NYT’s coverage accidentally indicts how bad the old indie ebook options are Authors Guild introduces “Human Authored” certification New! Dan! Brown! Hero of the week: Octavia’s Bookshelf Defy by Sunita Sah Y2K by Colette Shade We Do Not Part by Han Kang Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff and Rebecca talk about a bunch of early-ish career writers to keep your eye on. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . Sign up for the Book Riot Podcast Newsletter and follow the show on Instagram and Bluesky . Get more industry news with our Today in Books daily newsletter. A new year means a new Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons. Sign up at bookriot.com/readharder . Discussed in this Episode: The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff and Rebecca note some side-effects of Onyx Storm's huge release before talking about Oscars nominations, NBCC finalists, recent reading and more. Then, Jami Attenberg talks to Rebecca about how she put together a book fair where every kid can walk away with a book. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . Sign up for the Book Riot Podcast Newsletter and follow the show on Instagram and Bluesky . Get more industry news with our Today in Books daily newsletter. A new year means a new Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons. Sign up at bookriot.com/readharder . This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this Episode: The Book Riot Podcast Patreon The Onyx Storm roll-out didn’t quite go as planned - and demand crashed the Target website and Fans are not impressed with the “exclusive” art NBCC finalists Oscar nominees for Best Adapted Screenplay Blob I Heard Her Call My Name by Lucy Sante The Language of Mathematics by Raul Rojas Alligator Tears by Edgar Gomez Life in Three Dimensions by Shigehiro Oishi Jami's Craft Talk Substack How We Hacked the Scholastic Book Fair So Every Kid Could Buy a Book 1,000 Words: A Writer's Guide to Staying Creative, Focused, and Productive All Year Round A Reason to See You Again Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff and Rebecca look back and power-rank the books of 2015. Ten picks each, minimal cheating. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . Sign up for the Book Riot Podcast Newsletter and follow the show on Instagram and Bluesky . Get more industry news with our Today in Books daily newsletter. A new year means a new Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons. Sign up at bookriot.com/readharder . Discussed in this Episode: The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
This is a preview of our most recent bonus episode for Patreon members: The January 2025 Hot List Check-in . This is where Jeff offers Rebecca a list of the books he thinks are the current hot books and she tells him he is wrong. Or right. Since Patreon episodes aren't in the main feed, there is some occasional cursing, and in this preview, Jeff had to get out the horn-bleep effect. If you enjoyed this, please consider becoming a paid member of the Book Riot podcast Patreon . We have fun trying to make things you enjoy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff and Rebecca talk about the very, very ugly details emerging about Neil Gaiman, 2024's best-selling books, audio-first publishing, and more. Then, Kelly Jensen and Kathleen Schmidt talk about the price of books and what effects they have. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . Sign up for the Book Riot Podcast Newsletter and follow the show on Instagram and Bluesky . Get more industry news with our Today in Books daily newsletter. A new year means a new Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons. Sign up at bookriot.com/readharder . This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this Episode: Details emerge in sexual assault allegations against Neil Gaiman Simon & Schuster launches audio-first imprint helmed by Jason Pinter Print book sales saw small increase in 2024 Steven Soderbergh read more books than I did last year Publishing Confidential What Will Potential Tariffs Mean for Comics? The Little Book of Goat Yoga Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor Rebecca Yarros Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix Aflame by Pico Iyer Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan I Heard Her Call My Name by Lucy Sante Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Randy Winston of The Black List joins Rebecca and Jeff to preview the spring's most interesting literary adaptations. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . Sign up for the Book Riot Podcast Newsletter and follow the show on Instagram and Bluesky . Get more industry news with our Today in Books daily newsletter. A new year means a new Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons. Sign up at bookriot.com/readharder . This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this Episode: The Book Riot Podcast Patreon The Black List The Black List Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff and Rebecca talk about their experience reading Fourth Wing . A word of caution: the book didn't work for them. If hearing honest, free-ranging discussions of the specifics of why is going to be unpleasant, this might be one for you to skip. If you are interested in the rest and are not already signed up for our Patreon , go here to subscribe and get the whole discussion . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
We kick off the new year in book news by talking about Book Riot's own list of the most anticipated books of 2025, a look at the whiteout that was the 2024 Goodreads Choices Awards before talking about All Fours (Jeff read it). And then some very brief reactions to Fourth Wing (we both read it). Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks ! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: The Book Riot Podcast on Instagram The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Check out new collections on Patreon Book Riot’s Most Anticipated Books of 2025 The Unbearable Whiteness of the Goodreads Choice Awards Federal judge strikes down portion of Arkansas book banning law that could have put librarians and booksellers in jail Christopher Nolan’s next film is an adaptation of The Odyssey Constance Grady digs into whether there’s actually a crisis of men not reading Jenna Bush Hager launches imprint with PRH Katy Waldman Goes Deep on the Romantasy Plagiarism Case All Fours by Miranda July Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros The Heart of Winter Life in Three Dimensions by Shigehiro Oishi Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jason Blitman of the Gays Reading podcast joins Jeff and Rebecca to talk about more books to watch for in 2025. Jeff and Rebecca also joined Jason on Gays Reading for more picks in this episode . Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks ! Discussed in this episode: Book Riot’s TBR The Book Riot Podcast on Instagram The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff and Rebecca ring in the new year with another It Book knockout round. A storm gathers. Can anyone sail through it? Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks ! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: Book Riot’s TBR The Book Riot Podcast on Instagram The Book Riot Podcast Patreon The 2025 Read Harder Challenge is live Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney We Do Not Part by Han Kang Good Dirt by Charmaine Wilkerson The Loves of My Life by Edmund White Dare I Say It by Naomi Watts Three Wild Dogs and the Truth by Markus Zusak Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor The Crash by Frieda McFadden Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
A preview of our 2025 Winter Preview Draft on our Patreon. Jeff and Rebecca draft 10 books each and then ask listeners to vote on which list they want to win, for whatever reason they like. Join us on Patreon for access to early, ad-free listening and all bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/bookriotpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Rebecca sits down with Book Riot's managing editor Vanessa Diaz to discuss Marielle Heller's adaptation of Nightbitch starring Amy Adams and Scoot McNairy. Nightbitch is streaming now on Hulu. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this Episode: Marielle Heller Explores the Feral Side of Motherhood Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff and Rebecca talk about Amazon's best books of the year list, the pros and cons of the Goodreads Choice Awards, PW's annual salary survey, recent reading, and much more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks ! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: The Book Riot Podcast on Instagram The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Send us your recommendation requests: podcast (at) bookriot (dot) com Good news: most TX school board candidates who support book bans lost their elections Amazon editors’ best books of 2024 Voting is open for the Goodreads Choice Awards PW annual salary survey Barnes & Noble on track to open 60 new stores this year India’s ban on The Satanic Verses may end because of missing paperwork Playground by Richard Powers When the Coffee Gets Cold Orbital by Samantha Harvey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
We consider The New York Times 100 Notable Books of the Year list to be the book list of record. In this episode, we make our picks for locks, likelies, and would-like-to-sees ahead of the anticipated release of the list next week. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks ! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: The Book Riot Podcast on Instagram The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Send us your recommendation requests: podcast (at) bookriot (dot) com James Martyr! RSTLNE Locks All Fours There’s Always This Year Revenge of the Tipping Point The Anxious Generation God of the Woods Knife Creation Lake Intermezzo The Women Orbital The City and Its Uncertain Walls The Mighty Red Demon of Unrest Mutual Agreed Upon Tier B Beautyland Splinters Wandering Stars Playground Rejection By the Fire We Carry Be Ready When the Luck Happens Split Decisions John Lewis: A Life Everyone Who is Gone is Here Long Island Compromise Splinters Margot’s Got Money Troubles Colored Television Code Dependent The Small and the Mighty Entitlement This Strange, Eventful History All That Glitters Lovely One Sonny Boy Patriot by Alexei Navalny Great Expectations by Vinson Cunningham Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Rebecca Schinksy talks to Franklin Leonard and Randy Winston about The Black List, a project to get exceptional, unproduced work into the world. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks ! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: The Black List The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff and Rebecca decide the It Book of November. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks ! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Variation by Rebecca Yarros Didion & Babitz by Lili Anolik The Name of This Band is R.E.M by Peter Ames Carlin High and Rising: A Book About De La Soul by Marcus Moore Heartbreak is the National Anthem: How Taylor Swift Reinvented Pop Music by Rob Sheffield Cher: Part One Lost and Lassoed by Lyla Sage Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie Leong Masquerade by Mike Fu The Serviceberry by Robin Wall Kimmerer Four Points of the Compass by Jerry Brotton What the Chicken Knows by Sy Montgomery Vanishing Treasure by Katherine Rundell Lazarus Man by Richard Price The Half King by Melissa Landers The City and Its Uncertain Walls by Haruki Murakami Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff and Rebecca talk about B&N's finalists for their book of the year, why PW's best books of the year lists are so great and recent reading before they are joined by Brooke Nagler of The Book Group to talk about what it's like breaking into the world of books as an assistant to a literary agent. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks ! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: The Book Riot Podcast Patreon The Book Group A belated fare-thee-well to John Gierach Barnes & Noble’s Book of the Year finalists The PW Best Books of the Year list is here, and it’s as hard to navigate as ever The Last One at the Wedding by Jason Rekulak We Solve Murders by Richard Osman Conclave by Robert Harris Pachinko by Min Jin Lee Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff offers Rebecca a list of questions about the world of books and reading that he would love to have answered but knows are impossible. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks ! The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Sharifah Williams joins Jeff to talk about B&N's Best Books of the Year list, promising trailers, PRH's new boilerplate AI language, and more of the week's top book news. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks ! The Book Riot Podcast Patreon This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: Barnes & Noble best books of 2024 (ohmygod it isn’t even Halloween yet) PRH adds language to copyright pages prohibiting use in AI training How Should Debut Novelists Measure Success? Ursula K. Le Guin Prize Say Nothing God of the Woods by Liz Moore Ghostroots by Pemi Aguda Orbital by Samantha Harvey Sonny Boy by Al Pacino Interior Chinatown Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff and Rebecca head down to the literary trading floor and evaluate their portfolio to determine which authors to buy, sell, or hold. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks ! The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff and Rebecca mark the beginning of what should be a busy awards season for James , talk about Taylor Swift's notable book release strategy, get ready for TikTok to publish print titles, and mull more of the week's book news. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks ! The Book Riot Podcast Patreon This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: Percival Everett wins the Kirkus Prize South Carolina public library to stop acquiring books for minors Amazon announces Kindle Colorsoft Taylor Swift publishing first official book as Target exclusive ByteDance imprint 8th Note Press to publish first print books in 2025 Kate McKinnon to host National Book Awards What I Ate In One Year by Stanley Tucci Meditations for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman The Driving Machine by Witold Rybcyznski A Reason to See You Again by jami attenberg The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates Revenge of the Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff and Rebecca talk about a shared favorite movie, 1989's When Harry Met Sally . Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks ! The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff and Sharifah talk about Han Kang's Nobel win, the twenty-thousands serious and dedicated readers of literary fiction, a Book It! Program misdirect, and more news of the week. Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks ! The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Discussed in this episode: The 50 U.S. Writers That Could Win the Nobel. Someday. My Life in Bookshelves Company to help authors license their work to AI companies What good is great literature? New goodreads competitor 20,000 readers of literary fiction? FRAUDULENT RESURRECTION OF BOOK IT THIS IS NOT IT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff and Rebecca go through Jeff's recent piece, The 10 Most Interesting Questions in the World of Books and Reading? Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks ! The Book Riot Podcast Patreon This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: The 10 Most Interesting Questions in the World of Books and Reading? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff and Rebecca digest the finalists for the 2024 National Book Award in fiction, envy and admire MacArthur winners, get pumped for The Corrections on TV, and think about Reese's thriller. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks ! The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Discussed in this episode: This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. mytbr.co National Book Award finalists announced Federal judge orders Arkansas public library to reshelve “inappropriate” books Jason Reynolds, Ling Ma, Alice Wong among 2024 MacArthur grant winners Meryl Streep attached to star in Corrections adaptation Reese Witherspoon to co-write debut novel with Harlan Coben The Mighty Red by Louise Erdrich Entitlement by Rumaan Alam Chop Fry Watch Learn by Michelle King Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff and Rebecca consider 10 books and crown one of them the It Book of the Month. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks ! The Book Riot Podcast Patreon This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: The Message The Mighty Red Slaveroad The Bog Wife The Boyfriend The Revenge of The Tipping Point What I Ate in One Year Sonny Boy Meditations for Mortals Absolution Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff and Rebecca digest the five finalists for the 2024 Booker Prize, talk about some upcoming literary adaptations, developments in the world of book banning and censorship, and hit some recent reading. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks ! The Book Riot Podcast Patreon This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: PRH hires a public policy role ALA reports 40% decline in book bans this year so far Booker Prize shortlist The 60 most popular books on Goodreads in the last 5 years Florence Pugh to start in East of Eden adaptation for Netflix The Repeat Room by Jesse Ball Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff and Rebecca share half-baked brainstorms about ways to make life better. Join us on Patreon for access to early, ad-free listening and all bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/bookriotpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeff and Rebecca debut a new format, "Is It Good?," with the most-hyped book of the fall: Intermezzo by Sally Rooney . Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks ! The Book Riot Podcast Patreon This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: Intermezzo by Sally Rooney What People Are Saying About The New Sally Rooney Book Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff and Rebecca talk about their time in New York last week, recount some recent reading, and then Rebecca talks with Amanda Litman from Run for Something. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks ! The Book Riot Podcast Patreon This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: Run for Something Entitlement by Rumaan Alam Catalina Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff and Rebecca turn the time-machine dial to "2004" to pick the 10 books from that year that mattered the most. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks ! The Book Riot Podcast Patreon This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: Gilead The Plot Against America He's Just Not That Into You What's the Matter with Kansas? Alexander Hamilton In the Shadow of No Towers Snow by Orham Pamuk After Dark by Haruki Murakami Cloud Atlas Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell Transmission by Hari Kunzru My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
This week, Jeff and Rebecca discuss the 10 selections for The National Book Awards Fiction Longlist along with their mostly wrong guesses, Good Omens production pauses amid the accusations against Neil Gaiman, Rachel Kushner's Creation Lake , and an author interview chestnut we would like to see roasted, once and for all. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks ! The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Discussed in this episode: Production paused on Good Omens series due to allegations against Neil Gaiman National Book Awards Fiction Longlist Big Publishing Saw Earnings Rebound in H1 How Historical Fiction Redefined the Literary Canon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff and Rebecca preview the always-busy fall adaptation slate, after paying respects to James Earl Jones as he fades into the cornfield. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks ! The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff and Rebecca mull NaNoWriMo's AI blunder, note the passing of Len Riggio, talk about recent reading, and much more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks ! The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Discussed in this episode: Big Five Publishing & Authors Guild Sue Over New Florida Book Banning Law NaNoWriMo maybe blew itself up over AI statement? Disney pauses Graveyard Book adaptation amid sexual assault allegations against Neil Gaiman Follow-up: court upholds decision against Internet Archive, a win for major publishers Rebecca was on Drinks in the Library to talk about Four Thousand Weeks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff and Rebecca talk through 10 contenders for the "It" book of September. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks ! The Book Riot Podcast Patreon This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: Creation Lake The Life Impossible Colored Television Lovely One Nexus We Solve Murders Intermezzo Playground Entitlement The Blue Sisters Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Rebecca and Jeff compete to draft the best collection of 10 new releases for the season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeff and Rebecca embark upon a fool's errand: trying to guess the longlist for the 2024 National Book Award for Fiction. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks ! The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff and Rebecca are back to talk about Obama's summer reading list, what is new and what isn't in a New York Times article about recent publishing layoffs, the state of LLM legal disputes, and more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks ! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Authors sue Anthropic Obama’s summer reading list How the Push to Diversify Publishing Fell Short New research: most Americans oppose book bans Two DeSantis-appointed school board members defeated in Broward County, FL Mina's Matchbox On the Edge Someone Like Us A Well-Trained Wife An Honest Woman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the theatrical release of The Shawshank Redemption , here is our Book Nerd Movie Club episode about the novella and film. A classic. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks ! The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Vanessa joins Jeff to stare slack-jawed at a list of the best-selling books from the last five decades in the UK, talk about recent book-banning news, wince at some PR pack-ins, and more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks ! Discussed in this episode: The Book Riot Podcast Patreon The 100 bestselling books of the past 50 years High school shuts down its library because of book-banning state law One Year After DeSantis Takeover, Florida’s New College Throws Out Hundreds of LGBTQ+ Books Walmart Celebrates Emily Henry Adapter Yulin Kuang’s Spicy Debut Novel With Limited-Edition Hot Sauce Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni Highlight Domestic Violence in It Ends With Us After Backlash Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Rebecca is joined by Book Riot's intrepid managing editor Vanessa Diaz for a conversation about the new adaptation of Colleen Hoover's It Ends With Us , starring Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Join us on Patreon for access to early, ad-free listening and bonus content. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Looking back at one of the great movie years for book lovers: 1999. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks ! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff and Rebecca talk about the people they think are doing the most interesting stuff in the world of books (less writing, more making of the books you know?). Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks ! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: Find Other Book Riot Fans (Social Media Handle Exchange) The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff and Rebecca discuss one of the most anticipated books of the season, Exhibit by R.O. Kwon. Join us on Patreon for access to early, ad-free listening and all bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/bookriotpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeff and Rebecca talk about Jeff's breakdown of a bunch of Best of 2024 So Far lists, dive into a listener-created spreadsheet of It Books, talk about Oprah's summer book club selection, and much more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks ! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: Find Other Book Riot Fans (Social Media Handle Exchange) The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Oprah’s summer book club pick is…woof Goodreads’ most popular books of the year so far Jeff rounded up the best-of-2024-so-far lists Let’s talk about Sophia’s amazing It Book tracker Pod newsletter with the explainer for it Grief is For People by Sloane Crosley There's Always This Year by Hanif Abdurraqib I'm Mostly Here to Enjoy Myself by Glynnis MacNicol Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff and Rebecca rank the 10 most important, lasting, and otherwise notable books from 2014. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks ! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin Being Mortal by Atul Gawande Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit Lila by Marilynne Robinson Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng Milk and Honey by Rupi Kuar Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff and Rebecca get a little unhinged imagining some of their favorite authors trying out each others' styles. Join us on Patreon for access to early, ad-free listening and all bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/bookriotpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeff and Rebecca discuss Barnes & Noble's list of the Best Books of the Year (So Far), dissect Costco's new book-selling strategy, wonder about the price Apple paid to host Reese's Book Club (Audio-only), and more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks ! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: Barnes & Noble’s best of 2024 so far Costco to stop selling books year-round US Audiobook Sales Hit $2 Billion in 2023 Apple Books becomes official audiobooks home for Reese’s Book Club The Winner by Teddy Wayne youthjuice by E.K. Sathue Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck Greta & Valdin by Rebecca K Reilly Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff and Rebecca decide what the "it" book of June is. Twice. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: Our new running list of books talked about on the show at Thriftbooks The Book Riot Podcast Patreon One of Our Kind by Nicola Yoon youthjuice by E.K. Sathue Eruption by Michael Crichton and James Patterson God Bless You, Otis Spunkmeyer by Joseph Earl Thomas Same As It Ever Was by Claire Lombardo Margot's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe Little Rot by Akwaeke Emezi Not in Love by Ali Hazelwood Cue the Sun! by Emily Nussbaum Lulu Dean's Little Library of Banned Books by Kirsten Miller Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff and Rebecca mark the 35th anniversary of Kazuo Ishiguro's THE REMAINS OF THE DAY by revisiting the novel and the 1993 adaptation. Join us on patreon for access to early, ad-free listening and all bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/bookriotpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff and Rebecca talk about Rebecca's recent visit to a big industry conference, a couple of notable publishing world dismissals, Dune , recent reading, and more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: The State of Publishing, as Seen from the Inside The Book Riot Podcast Patreon PRH dismisses Reagan Arthur & Lisa Lucas (related: Brooke Warner on publishing’s backlash ) The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley Reading the Room by Paul Yamazaki All Fours by Miranda July Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff and Rebecca talk about what a dad book is, what it isn't, and what it could be. Then, they give some recommendations that best represent the Dad Book 2.0. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: TBR! For Father's Day! Or anyone on any day! The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Grit by Angela Duckworth Grunt by Mary Roach Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn Moneyball by Michael Lewis Attica Locke S.A. Cosby Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Managing Editor Vanessa Diaz is joined by Jess Pryde of When in Romance to discuss the third season of Netflix's Bridgerton adaptation. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Make this your most bookish summer yet with personalized reading recommendations from Tailored Book Recommendations! Our bibliologists (aka professional book nerds) are standing by to help you find your next favorite read. Get your recommendations via email, or opt to receive hardcovers or paperbacks delivered right to your door. And with quarterly or annual plans available, TBR has something for every budget. Get started today from just $18! Head to mytbr.co to subscribe. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books and Links Discussed Romancing Mister Bridgerton by Julia Quinn (Bridgertons #4) What is Regency Romance? Shonda Rhimes Explains Why ‘Bridgerton’ Season 3 Took So Long TikTok: The making of that Queen Charlotte wig Official Bridgerton Spotify Playlist Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Rebecca and Book Riot's managing editor, Vanessa Diaz, discuss the surprising, boring origins of publishing's seasons, Ken Follett's big move, and more recent news. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Make this your most bookish summer yet with personalized reading recommendations from Tailored Book Recommendations! Our bibliologists (aka professional book nerds) are standing by to help you find your next favorite read. Get your recommendations via email, or opt to receive hardcovers or paperbacks delivered right to your door. And with quarterly or annual plans available, TBR has something for every budget. Get started today from just $18! Head to mytbr.co to subscribe. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this Episode: Farewell to Alice Munro The amazing, boring origins of publishing’s seasons Ken Follett moves to Hachette in one-book deal after 45 years with Penguin Netflix execs propose Willy Wonka-inspired reality show Print sales are down 2% over the first four months of last year; frontlist sales taking market share from backlist The Enid Public Library bans Pride displays for the third year running Oye by Melissa Mogollon Magical/Realism by Vanessa Angélica Villareal When We Were Silent by Fiona McPhillips The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley This Strange Eventful History by Claire Messud Another Word for Love by Carvell Wallace For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff and Rebecca review some of the most interesting and exciting book deal announcements from the last few months. Join us on Patreon for access to early, ad-free listening and bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/bookriotpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
To mark the 10th anniversary of the Gone Girl movie, and the 12th anniversary of the book's original publication, we're rerunning our Adaptation Nation episode from 2022 in which Jeff O'Neal, Rebecca Schinsky, and Amanda Nelson dive into the book, the movie, and the legacy of this hugely influential work. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Make this your most bookish summer yet with personalized reading recommendations from Tailored Book Recommendations! Our bibliologists (aka professional book nerds) are standing by to help you find your next favorite read. Get your recommendations via email, or opt to receive hardcovers or paperbacks delivered right to your door. And with quarterly or annual plans available, TBR has something for every budget. Get started today from just $18! Head to mytbr.co to subscribe. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff and Rebecca finish off the season's recommendation requests, talk about Salman Rushdie's Knife, answer a few mailbag questions, and more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Make this your most bookish summer yet with personalized reading recommendations from Tailored Book Recommendations! Our bibliologists (aka professional book nerds) are standing by to help you find your next favorite read. Get your recommendations via email, or opt to receive hardcovers or paperbacks delivered right to your door. And with quarterly or annual plans available, TBR has something for every budget. Get started today from just $18! Head to mytbr.co to subscribe. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: Kelly Jensen named a Library Journal Mover & Shaker Knife by Salman Rushdie The Candy House by Jennifer Egan Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke Pachinko by Min Jin Lee A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles There’s Always This Year by Hanif Abdurraqib North Woods by Daniel Mason Afterlives by Abdulrazak Gurnah A Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson Cloudstreet by Tim Winton Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoor The Fraud by Zadie Smith Scorched Grace by Margot Douaihy The Sentence by Louise Erdrich Land of Milk and Honey by C Pam Zhang Small World by Jonathan Evison The Most Fun We Ever Had by Claire Lombardo Real Americans by Rachel Khong The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff and Rebecca tour the week in books, check in with Project 2025's dastardly plans and Spotify's continued growth, enjoy a little rant time, and much more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks ! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: The Book Riot Podcast Patreon What is Going on with Book Sales? Episode of First Edition Court approves Barnes & Noble purchase of Tattered Cover Fare thee well, Edna O’Brien RIP Francine Pascal Liz Moore signs Sony deal for Long Bright River and God of the Woods The Booker Prize longlist Spotify adds 1,000 audiobooks from publishers distributed by Ingram Jennifer Wilson’s tweet Project 2025’s impact on libraries, books, and reading The Bear by Julia Phillips Liars by Sarah Manguso Great Expectations by Vinson Cunningham State of Paradise by Laura Van Den Berg Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff and Rebecca consider 10 contenders for the It Book of August. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks ! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: What is Going on with Book Sales? Episode of First Edition Mina's Matchbox by Yoko Ogawa There Are Rivers by Elif Shafak Apprentice to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer The Art of Power by Nancy Pelosi House of Bone and Rain by Gabino Iglesias Burn by Peter Heller Hum by Helen Phillips All That Glitters by Orlando Whitfield The Pairing by Casey McQuiston Peggy by Rebecca Godfrey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff and Rebecca respond to some listener feedback, talk about the sales spike of Kamala Harris books, some truly amateur hour cheating in the Hugo Awards, and nerd out about some specific sales data related the the NYT 100 Best Books of the 21st Century List. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks ! Discussed in this episode: What is Going on with Book Sales? Episode of First Edition *** We’re hiring *** The NYT list is moving units Kamala Harris book sales soaring Hugo Awards reveal (poorly executed) scheme to get fraudulent votes for one author Nickel Boys adaptation will open the New York Film Festival, hits theaters 10/25 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff and Rebecca are joined by Sharifah Williams to discuss the books they selected for in The New York Times's 100 best books of the 21st century, how they picked, and their reactions to the final list. Join us on Patreon for access to early, ad-free listening and bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/bookriotpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the film release of The NeverEnding Story , Jeff, Rebecca, and Sharifah talk about the book, movie, and its place in pop and nerd culture. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks ! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: The NeverEnding Story by Michael Ende The NeverEnding Story Oral History The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff and Rebecca are back to do more discussion of The New York Times 's list of the Best Books of the 21st Century, go over the reader version of the list, predict what books we think are the most likely to make Obama's summer reading list, talk about their recent reading, and more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks ! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: The Book Riot Podcast Patreon The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century NYT reveals readers’ top 100 Slow Productivity by Cal Newport State of Paradise by Laura Van Den Berg The Coin by Yasmin Zaher The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman There's Always This Year by Hanif Abdurraquib James by Percival Everett Fire Exit by Morgan Talty The Demon of Unrest by Erik Larson The Women by Kristin Hannah The Searcher by Tana French Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
In this special episode, Jeff and Rebecca are joined by Gilbert Cruz, editor of The New York Times Book Review , to talk about the construction, philosophy, and end result of The New York Times list of the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks ! Discussed in this episode: The Book Riot Podcast Patreon The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century The New York Times Book Review Podcast discussion of the list Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Rebecca and Book Riot managing editor Vanessa Diaz discuss the NYT's 100 books of the 21st century, sexual assault allegations against Neil Gaiman, disturbing revelations about Alice Munro, and more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Visit Thrift Books to see all the titles featured on the show. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this Episode: Reagan Arthur will return to Hachette Foot traffic is also up at Books a Million & Half Price Books Book Riot’s Best Books of 2024 So Far NYT Top 100 Books of the Century Neil Gaiman accused of sexual assault Alice Munro’s daughter reveals family secret of sexual abuse Romance bookstores on the rise PRH Buys Boom! Studios The God of the Woods by Liz Moore Ruse of Shadows by Sherry Thomas Malas by Marcela Fuentes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
With Jeff and Rebecca hither and yon, we asked our editors to drop in and talk about their favorite books of the year so far. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks ! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: Find Other Book Riot Fans (Social Media Handle Exchange) The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Moon of the Turning Leaves by Waubgeshig Rice Shift Happens by J Albert Mann Kill Her Twice by Stacey Lee A Suffragist's Guide to the Antarctic by Yi Shun Lai Here We Go Again by Alison Cochrun Cash Delgado Is Living the Dream by Tehlor Kay Mejia youthjuice by E.K. Sathue Magical/Realism by Vanessa Angelica Villareal A Ruse of Shadows by Sherry Thomas The Framed Women of Ardemore House by Brandy Schillace Hirayasumi, Vol. 1 by Keigo Shinzō, translated by Jan Mitsuko Cash Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff tells Rebecca about his trip to the American Library Association Annual Convention before a discussion of listener feedback, B&N getting more people into stores, and recent reading. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks ! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: Find Other Book Riot Fans (Social Media Handle Exchange) The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Foot traffic up YOY in Barnes & Noble stores Webtoon goes public for $315 million Barnes & Noble picks God of the Woods as July book club selection Oliver Burkeman’s next book is about meditation Good Material by Dolly Alderton The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff and Rebecca go through 10 contenders to pick the It Book of July. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks ! Discussed in this episode: Find Other Book Riot Fans (Social Media Handle Exchange) The Book Riot Podcast Patreon The Coin by Yasmin Zaher I Was a Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones The God of the Woods by Liz Moore Someone Like Us by Dinaw Mengestu The Book of Elsewhere by Keanu Reeves and China Mieville State of Paradise by Laura Van Den Berg All This & More by Peng Sheperd Long Island Compromise by Taffy Brodesser-Akner Liars by Sarah Manguso The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff and Rebecca tally up their favorite reads of the year so far. Yes, James is at the top of the list. Join us on Patreon for access to early, ad-free listening and bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/bookriotpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeff and Rebecca talk about a mixed bag of topics this week: James getting a major adaptation deal, Hilary Clinton is publishing a new mem.....YAWN, and Frieda McFadden looks to go full grocery store. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this Episode: Visit mytbr.co to subscribe today – it only takes a few minutes. That’s mytbr.co ! Stephen Spielberg to direct adaptation of JAMES with Taika Waititi in early talks to direct New Hillary Clinton memoir coming this fall The new queen of the bestseller list isn’t a TikTok romantasy hit Slow Productivity by Cal Newport Lies and Weddings by Kevin Kwan Same As It Ever Was by Claire Lombardo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff and Rebecca look back at their It Book selections so far, see what they got right and wrong, and then talk about which books have been the books of the year thus far. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks ! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: Find Other Book Riot Fans (Social Media Handle Exchange) The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff and Rebecca dive into an extremely busy week of book news. Barnes & Noble buys Tattered Cover. April book sales are up so much it's hard to believe. And published books have gotten way more diverse over the last 5 years, but there is more work to be done and reason to wonder if the progress will continue. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS , Apple Podcasts , and Spotify . For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks ! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: Find Other Book Riot Fans (Social Media Handle Exchange) The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Barnes & Noble buys Tattered Cover Amazon’s best books of 2024 so far Sales were way up in April and print sales were up 5% in May New data on DEI in publishing Frontlist Foyer, brought to you by Thriftbooks Long Island by Colm Tóibín Bite by Bite by Aimee Nezhukumatathil Consent by Jill Ciment Margo's Got Money Problems by Rufi Thorpe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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