Jeff and Rebecca check in on the Hot 50, their running list of the biggest/buzziest/most acclaimed books in the zeitgeist. 

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What Are the 50 Hottest Books of the Moment? [Teaser]

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Sharifah joins Jeff to talk about parenting books, recent reading, adaptation news, and a scheme involving QR codes that it just might work. 
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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
Americans Buy Over a Billions Books a Year
Trailer for Netflix’s adaptation of One Hundred Years of Solitude, coming out later this year
Plus: Thursday murder club casting, Project Hail Mary, Transcendent Kingdom casting
Crazy Rich Asians coming to Broadway
Knife by Salman Rushdie
They Can't Kill Us All by Wesley Lowrey
Sipsworth by Simon Van Booy
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Parenting Books, CRAZY RICH ASIANS as a Musical, and We Want to Know the Fate of the Mouse

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

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!
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!
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What Are the 50 Hottest Books of the Moment? [Teaser]

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