Jeff and Rebecca turn the time-machine dial to "2004" to pick the 10 books from that year that mattered the most.

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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

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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.

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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

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Jeff and Rebecca preview the always-busy fall adaptation slate, after paying respects to James Earl Jones as he fades into the cornfield.

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Jeff and Rebecca mull NaNoWriMo's AI blunder, note the passing of Len Riggio, talk about recent reading, and much more.

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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

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Jeff and Rebecca talk through 10 contenders for the "It" book of September.

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Creation Lake

The Life Impossible

Colored Television

Lovely One

Nexus

We Solve Murders

Intermezzo

Playground

Entitlement

The Blue Sisters

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Rebecca and Jeff compete to draft the best collection of 10 new releases for the season.

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Jeff and Rebecca embark upon a fool's errand: trying to guess the longlist for the 2024 National Book Award for Fiction.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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

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