Book Riot - The Podcast

The Year in Review

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Jeff and Rebecca look back at the books & stories that defined 2024.

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Discussed in this episode:

Book Riot’s TBR

The Book Riot Podcast on Instagram

The Book Riot Podcast Patreon

The 2025 Read Harder Challenge is live

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The dust settled as publishing’s earnings rebound in H1

Barnes & Noble is back, baby, and they bought a beloved indie

The Discourse: 

  • Remember the moment when some people thought Taylor Swift wrote Argylle? 
  • PRH dismisses Reagan Arthur & Lisa Lucas
  • NYT’s top 100 books of the century so far
  • NaNoWriMo’s PR fail with AI
  • only 20k serious readers of lit fic?

    Coming Attractions: 

    • Spielberg in talks to produce James adaptation directed by Taika Waititi
    • Liz Moore signs Sony deal for Long Bright River & God of the Woods
    • Meryl Streep in adaptation of The Corrections
    • Florence Pugh in East of Eden for Netflix
    • The Black List expands to fiction & highlights publishing’s most-wanted adaptations, 

      Book banning news: 

      • Idaho library to become adults-only
      • High school shuts down library due to book banning law
      • Big Five and Authors Guild sue over Florida law
      • PRH hires a public policy role 
      • Many states have banned book bans

        • In memoriam: 

        • Daniel Kahneman
        • John Gierach
        • Edna O’Brien
        • Francine Pascal 
        • Nikki Giovanni
        • Paul Auster

          • The #metoo trifecta of Cormac McCarthy, Alice Munro, and Neil Gaiman

          The robots are coming: 

          • authors sue Anthropic
          • Roxane Gay & Margaret Atwood among authors helping create AI reading guides

            • Number go up: US audiobook sales hit $2 billion in 2023 

            One to watch: ByteDance’s 8th Note Press to publish print books in 2025

            This is why literacy matters: Florida dept of education recommends Pride & Prejudice as a book about American pride

            Listener feedback award: the surprising origins of publishing’s seasons, Sophia’s It Books tracker

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