Book Riot - The Podcast

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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 Schinsky.

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August 11, 2025 "Well-Read" is Hard to Define. But Real.
Jeff and Rebecca process some public comments about the idea of being "well-read," a big influencer book club, a study on the gender of animals in kids books, and more book news of the week.
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Discussed in this episode:
BookTok celeb Jack Edwards launches Inklings book club to “elevate” online reading culture
Obamas’ production company picks up All the Sinners Bleed
National Association of Black Bookstores launches
Study shows gender bias in animal characters in children’s books
Frontlist Foyer, brought to you by Thriftbooks:
The Book of Alchemy
Clam Down by Anelise Chen
How to Be a Living Thing by Mari Andrew

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August 04, 2025 The 2025 Booker Longlist Is Here
Jeff and Rebecca break down the 2025 longlist for the Booker Prize, digest the news of a new book from Kamala Harris, lament the demise of class (behavior, not socio-economic status), and much more.
Jeff and Rebecca decide what the It Book of August will be.
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Discussed in this episode:
Kamala Harris to publish memoir about presidential race in September
The 2025 Booker Prize longlist
And a possible conflict of interest on the Booker panel
We’re getting a new George Saunders novel in January
Maggie by Katie Yee
The Carpool Detectives by Chuck Hogan
Everyone is Lying to You by Jo Piazza
The Feather Detective by Chris Sweeney
The Brain at Rest by Joseph Jebelli

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1h 11min
July 30, 2025 The It Books of August
Jeff and Rebecca decide what the It Book of August will be.
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July 28, 2025 Making a Case for Supporting Independent Media, Way Early Award Nominations, and More
Vanessa Diaz joins Jeff as he workshops a couple of takes, before they dive into IMAX scalping, way early award longlists, and more of the week's book news.
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Discussed in this Episode:
The Odyssey IMAX Showtimes Sell Out Instantly as Scalpers List Resales Higher Than $200
The Center For Fiction Releases the Longlist for 2025 First Fiction Prize in July, because sure
The Book Industry Study Group conducting survey on how AI is changing publishing
Spotify expanding audiobooks plans, language is confusing
Audiobook walking clubs?
Deep Historical Survey on Gender Split of Who Writes Fiction
The Bewitching by Silvia Morreno-Garcia
Salt Bones by Jennifer Givhan
Algospeak by Adam Aleksic
Vera, or Faith by Gary Shteyngart

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1h 3min
July 23, 2025 Power Ranking the Books of 1995
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.
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1h 3min
July 21, 2025 Mid-Year Check-in Time. PLUS: Rodney Freeman on ARE YOU A LIBRARIAN?
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.
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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

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1h 4min
July 16, 2025 The Top Ten Books to Read to Be Well-Read
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.
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52min
July 14, 2025 The Best Books of the Year So Far: Live at Powell's!
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.
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1h 12min
July 09, 2025 Summer 2025 Mailbag
Jeff and Rebecca answer listener questions.
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1h 10min
July 07, 2025 Project Hail Mary Gets a Trailer, AI Is Fair Use (for now), and more book news of the week
Jeff and Rebecca talk about several notable adaptations news items, legal rulings in AI and LBGTQ titles, recent reading, and more.
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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

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57min

FAQs about Book Riot - The Podcast:

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