Jeff and Rebecca talk about their favorite books of 2022.
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Flying Solo by Linda Holmes
Song of the Cell by Sidhartha Mukherjee
Now is Not the Time to Panic by Kevin Wilson
The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka
Memphis by Tara M. Stringfellow
In the Shadow of the Mountain by Silvia Vasquez-Lavado
The Candy House by Jennifer Egan
To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
How to Be Perfect by Michael Schur
The Nineties by Chuck Klosterman
Heartbreak by Florence Williams
Post-Traumatic by Chantal Johnson
Solito by Javier Zamora
Stay True by Hua Hsu
In the Early Times by Tad Friend
Afterlives by Abdulrazak Gurnah
Inciting Joy by Ross Gay
Liberation Day by George Saunders
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Our Favorite Books of 2022

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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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TBR! For Mother's Day! Or anyone on any day!
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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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First Edition!
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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!
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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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Selling UK Covers in the US? Plus: a PLA report, JAMES is legit, and more.

Jeff and Rebecca check in with a selection of recent streaming adaptations (Shogun, 3 Body Problem, Masters of the Air, A Gentleman in Moscow, Ripley) and briefly discuss the year of Dune.
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Shogun, 3 Body Problem, Masters of the Air, A Gentleman in Moscow, Ripley...and Dune 2

Sharifah Williams joins Jeff to talk about fonts of all things, plus what's going on with Spotify, the tough media landscape, and more. 
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First Edition!
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HarperCollins saves thousands of trees with small tweak to book design
Spotify Might Be Raising Prices. Kinda Told Ya.
New museum for Children’s literature opens in Kansas City
What I Would Do If I Were Starting Book Riot...Today
Jeff Commits a TikTok
Please, Baby, Please by Spike Lee
Little Blue Truck
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Our Favorite Books of 2022

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