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 the new Cormac McCarthy books.
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The Book Riot Podcast Patreon
TBR for Valentine’s Day
PW takes a look at the ongoing HC labor dispute
Cool thing – deep dive into the books from the 90s that appear on college syllabi now
Competition to name the Booker Prize statue
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Jeff checks in with Rebecca about re-entering, to a degree, the world of bookish social media. 
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Book Riot on Instagram
Book Riot on TikTok (be merciful)
TBR! For Mother’s Day! Or anyone on any day!
The Book Riot Podcast Patreon
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Looking at Bookish Social Media With Fresh Eyes [Updated]

Looking at Bookish Social Media With Fresh Eyes

Jeff and Rebecca talk about the best-selling books of the year so far, a variety of bookstore related mysteries, recent reading, and more.
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Discussed in this episode:
TBR! For Mother's Day! Or anyone on any day!
The Book Riot Podcast Patreon
US and UK Book Covers
Lauren Groff & James McBride named to Time 100
Knife by Salman Rushdie
The Cemetery of Untold Stories by Julia Alvarez
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The Best-Selling Books of the Year So Far, UK Covers on Sale in the US, and More.

Rebecca and Jeff look ahead to notable summer adaptations, including Bridgerton, Dark Matter, House of the Dragon, and more.
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Email us (podcast at bookriot dot com) with moms, dads, and grads recommendation requests!
First Edition!
The Book Riot Podcast Patreon
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Summer Adaptation Preview

Jeff and Rebecca talk about some recent book-related travel things, do some quick adulation of James, and much more. 
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First Edition!
The Book Riot Podcast Patreon
How about the nugget in this piece on AI that Meta thought about buying Simon & Schuster 
Amazon grab-and-go was a sham
Real Americans by Rachel Khong
The Unsettled by Ayana Mathis
James by Percival Everett
There's Always This Year by Hanif Abdurraqib
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