Book Riot - The Podcast

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Book Riot - The Podcast is a weekly news and talk show about what's new, cool, and worth talking about in the world of books and reading, brought to you by the editors of BookRiot.com

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The Apocalypse is For Every...

01.30.2023

Jeff and Rebecca consider listener feedback, talk about Goodreads users’s most anticipated books of 2023, a wild use case for modern chatbots and books, TikTok’s ability to put its thumb on the scale, and much more. Follow the podcast via ...

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01.30.2023 The Apocalypse is For Everybody Jeff and Rebecca consider listener feedback, talk about Goodreads users’s most anticipated books of 2023, a wild use case for modern chatbots and books, TikTok’s ability to put its thumb on the scale, and much more. Follow the podcast via ...
01.23.2023 No Country for Old Scuba Divers Jeff and Rebecca follow up on reading goggles and scorched earth memoirs, look at other angles on unions in publishing, survey what recent-ish books appear on college syllabi, fail to name the Booker Prize statue, and then finally sputter about ...
01.16.2023 9 Billion NDAs Jeff and Rebecca talk a little more union stuff, try to imagine e-reading with VR goggles, note with disinterest a blockbuster title, look at the bestselling books of 2022, and more. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. ...
01.13.2023 Top 10 Most Anticipated Adaptations Coming in 2023 Jeff and Rebecca talk about 10 interesting new adaptations coming in 2023. Plus other less interesting but still interesting ones. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The show can also be found on Stitcher. For more industry ...
01.09.2023 Camels and Wedges Jeff and Rebecca are back to talk about Barack Obama’s favorite books of 2022, Apple launches AI narration of audiobooks, 2022 print sales, listener feedback, and more. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The show can also ...
12.19.2022 The Top Bookish Stories of 2022 Jeff and Rebecca look back on the most important, interesting, and befuddling stories from the year in books and reading. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The show can also be found on Stitcher. For more industry ...
12.12.2022 The Books of the Year Jeff and Rebecca discuss the books that define the year of 2022. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The show can also be found on Stitcher. For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books ...
12.05.2022 Our Favorite Books of 2022 Jeff and Rebecca talk about their favorite books of 2022. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The show can also be found on Stitcher. For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! ...
11.28.2022 2022 Holiday Recommendation Show, Part 2 Jeff and Rebecca conclude this year’s holiday recommendation extravaganza. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The show can also be found on Stitcher. For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! This ...
11.23.2022 2022 Holiday Recommendation Show, Part 1 The annual tradition returns! In this first of two episodes, Jeff and Rebecca respond to listener recommendation requests. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The show can also be found on Stitcher. For more industry news, sign ...
11.21.2022 Where the Crawdads Sing 2 Jeff and Rebecca try to figure out the mystery of a 2023 title with a HUGE print run, B&N booksellers’ book(s) of the year, the National Book Award winners, and what that literary gumshoe Michael Lewis stumbled into. This week, ...
11.17.2022 The Most Giftable Books of 2022 Jeff and Rebecca pick books from the year that are the most giftable. Whatever that means. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The show can also be found on Stitcher. For more industry news, sign up for ...
11.14.2022 The Full Gutenberg This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about a strike at HarperCollins, who got the future of book-selling right, a beta Kindle Rewards program, and much more. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The show can also be ...
11.07.2022 The Cap is a Feather Jeff and Rebecca talk about the NPR Book Concierge, a report on the Gone Girl Cruise, ToMo on a stamp, PRH not becoming PRHS&S, and much more. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The show can also ...
10.31.2022 Little Fancy Boy on the Internet This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about best of lists in general, Publishers Weekly’s list in particular, Spotify being surprised at not being special, and much more. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The show can also ...
10.24.2022 The 10 Biggest Bookish Phenomena of Our Reading Lives Jeff and Rebecca bring their favorite Patreon episode out from behind the wall: the biggest bookish phenomena of their reading lives. To get all the extra episodes, go to patreon.com/bookriotpodcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
10.17.2022 The Complete Tiffany Necklace Jeff and Rebecca talk about Barnes & Noble’s best books of the year, Alexandra Alter’s article on Colleen Hoover, and more. For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When ...
10.10.2022 11% Devil Jeff and Rebecca talk about the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature, audiobooks coming to Spotify, Amazon’s updated ebook return policy, a new Kindle model that Jeff absolutely should not buy, and much more. For more industry news, sign up for ...
10.03.2022 Dead Poets Society Jeff and Rebecca talk about the most bookish non-adaptation ever made. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The show can also be found on Stitcher. For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily ...
09.26.2022 Welcome to the Niche Jeff and Rebecca talk about the National Book Award longlist, which apparently triggers an existential crisis for Jeff. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The show can also be found on Stitcher. For more industry news, sign ...
09.19.2022 When One of You is a Dragon Jeff and Rebecca talk about John Green getting banned in his home school, new ereader news, recent reading, and much more. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The show can also be found on Stitcher. For more ...
09.12.2022 A Mist of Possibility Jeff and Rebecca talk about the Booker Prize shortlist, Nora Roberts making it rain for a Michigan library, Virginia’s obscenity case against Gender Queer getting kicked to the curb, interesting new trailers, nerd TV, and more. Follow the podcast via ...
08.29.2022 Where the Slugs Dwell Jeff and Rebecca follow-up about stocking changes at Barnes & Noble, a Texas school district bans the word “transgender,” a slate of new book clubs, and more. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The show can also ...
08.22.2022 Go Kill a Watchman Jeff and Rebecca talk about the horrible attack on Salman Rushdie, a maybe consequential change to what Barnes & Noble stocks in its physical stores, a quick Confidence Index on DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY starring Keanu Reeves, and much ...
08.15.2022 The Tipping Point Was a Tipping Point Jeff and Rebecca talk about the passing of David McCullough, who holds the Dad Book crown, seeing the Colleen Hoover phenomenon in the wild, rubber-neck the PRH/S&S trial, and much more. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. ...
08.08.2022 A Novel Trial Rebecca and Sharifah discuss the salacious history of Go Ask Alice, the antitrust trial against Penguin Random House’s merger with Simon & Schuster, and more. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The show can also be found ...
08.01.2022 Millions of Canadians Cranking Jeff and Rebecca talk about Obama’s summer reading picks, Canadian reading habits, another take on “self-censorship,” and more. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The show can also be found on Stitcher. For more industry news, sign ...
07.26.2022 Book Riot Matches Donations to the National Network of Abortion Funds Book Riot is running a campaign to match donations to the National Network of Abortion Funds from July 25th through August 1st. Feminism, gender equality, and inclusivity are all core tenants of our values at Book Riot, and we know ...
07.25.2022 Save It For the Message Boards Jeff and Rebecca talk trailers (She Said, Rings of Power, House of the Dragon), a HarperCollins walk-out, Michelle Obama’s new book, and much more. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The show can also be found on ...
07.18.2022 Catch-451 Jeff and Rebecca talk the best-selling books of the year, Book Riot’s own best books of the year so far, a very suspect reality show idea, and much more. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The show ...
07.11.2022 Good Job, Matt Jeff and Rebecca talk about Jesmyn Ward winning the Library of Congress Fiction Prize, a major publisher getting hijacked (?), labor at publishing houses, The New York Times understanding BookTok just about as well as they do, and much more. ...
07.04.2022 Mental Cellophane Jeff and Rebecca talk about “the book of the year,” Barnes & Noble and TikTok collaborating, follow up on book censorship stories, and more. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The show can also be found on ...
06.27.2022 A Feather in the Trap Jenn Northington joins Jeff to talk about a sweeping New York Times piece on diversity in publishing, the most popular GoodReads books of the moment, and how much Americans do and do not read books. Follow the podcast via RSS, ...
06.20.2022 The Implied Headline Rebecca is joined by Book Riot’s managing editor, Vanessa Diaz, while Jeff is on vacation. They discuss the relaunch of MTV Books, James Patterson’s hot take on racism, and more. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The ...
06.13.2022 Two Questions and a Comment Jeff and Rebecca talk about Barnes & Noble’s picks for the best books of the year so far, Spotify coming for audiobooks, the quiet end of Oprah’s Book Club on AppleTV, Tiny Beautiful Things being adapted, and much more. Follow ...
06.06.2022 I’ve Got No Animal Paraphernalia Jeff and Rebecca discuss the results of their summer preview draft, go through a bunch of listener feedback, talk about a cookbook being adapted for the screen, a huge study of bookselling patterns on Amazon, and more. Follow the podcast ...
05.30.2022 Playing by the Ruled Jeff and Rebecca talk about book sales, Amazon’s new book club, the bookstore of the year, recent reading, and more. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The show can also be found on Stitcher. For more industry ...
05.27.2022 From Talk Easy: Jennifer Egan on Writing Through Time Today we're sharing a special preview of a podcast we've been enjoying, Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso, from Pushkin Industries. Talk Easy is a weekly interview podcast, where writer Sam Fragoso invites actors, writers, activists, and politicians to come to ...
05.23.2022 Foley Artist on Mars Jeff and Rebecca talk about a striking attempt to sue Barnes & Noble for obscenity and pornography, admit we were wrong but for dumb reasons, talk about a hero of the week, and more. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple ...
05.16.2022 Manga Eyes of Desire Jeff and Rebecca talk about the 2022 Pulitzer Prizes, the reMarkable 2….tablet?, recent reading, and more. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The show can also be found on Stitcher. For more industry news, sign up for ...
05.09.2022 Exaggerate, Enhance, Create, and Reify Jeff and Rebecca take listener feedback, spend a few moments talking about Julia on HBO, look at real, honest-to-goodness BookTok numbers, and talk with Florence Williams about her book, Heartbreak. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The ...
05.02.2022 2022 Moms, Dad, and Grads Recommendation Show Jeff and Rebecca turn with their annual spring recommendation show. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The show can also be found on Stitcher. For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! ...
04.25.2022 Caffeinated, Liquid Snickers Bar Jeff and Rebecca talk about Barnes & Noble as publishing’s hero(!?), developments in the world of book banning, new initiatives to combat said banning, and more. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The show can also be ...
04.18.2022 The Realm of Cookies Jeff and Rebecca talk 2022 book sales so far, Brandon Sanderson making it rain, dive into The Candy House by Jennifer Egan, and more. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The show can also be found on ...
04.11.2022 A Broken Hallelujah Jeff and Rebecca talk about the new Book Riot Podcast Patreon, solicit recommendation requests for Moms/Dads/Grads episode, somehow spin out again about audiobook pricing, look at the most banned books of 2021, and much more. Follow the podcast via RSS, ...
04.05.2022 From Talk Easy: Michael Lewis on The Premonition We’re sharing a special preview of a podcast we’ve been enjoying, Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso, from Pushkin Industries. Talk Easy is a weekly interview podcast, where writer Sam Fragoso invites actors, writers, activists, and musicians to come to the ...
04.04.2022 They're All Lowlights Jeff and Rebecca talk about listener experiences with Atlas of the Heart, do a quick update from the Sandersonverse, discuss the rising sales of LBGTQ romance, and linger for a moment in the Frontlist Foyer. Follow the podcast via RSS, ...
03.28.2022 To Kill a Mockingbird Meets Nicholas Sparks Danika Ellis joins Rebecca Schinsky to talk about Dr Seuss sales, librarians getting fired for not pulling books, that Where the Crawdads Sing Trailer, and much more. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The show can also ...
03.21.2022 Nobels and Hostages Jeff and Rebecca talk about books sales thus far in 2022, check in on the “book of the year” candidates, note some discontent in the publishing workforce, and talk about books that are not what we thought they were. Follow ...
03.14.2022 You Know How I Am With Bandwagons Jeff and Rebecca talk about B&N’s 2021 results and how TikTok steers the ship, recent reading, new Cormac McCarthy novels, and more. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The show can also be found on Stitcher. For ...

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