Book Riot - The Podcast

This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about Book Riot's Best Books of 2016 picks, Amazon's best-selling books of 2016, the Goodreads Choice winners, turning Harper Lee into a tourist attraction, and our pick for strangest book-adjacent story of the year. This episode is sponsored by: Casper TryAudiobooks.com Madison Reed See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rebecca and Jeff do another episode of listener holiday recommendation requests. For a list of the books recommended in this episode, go here. This episode is sponsored by: Audible Searching for John Hughes by Jason Diamond The Novice by Taran Matharu See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jeff and Rebecca answer listeners' holiday book recommendation requests. For a list of the books recommended, go here. This episode is sponsored by A Child of Books by Oliver Jeffers and Sam Winston Raymie Nightingale by Kate DiCamillo Retro Photo by David Ellwand The Hired Girl by Laura Amy Schlitz See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jeff and Rebecca recap Book Riot Live, talk about the National Book Awards, do a quick recap of the best books of 2016, and much more. This episode is sponsored by: Madison Reed Audible Bookwitty See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca record live from the show floor at Book Riot Live. This episode is sponsored by The Tourist by Robert Dickinson. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rebecca and Amanda talk to Zen Cho, author of Sorcerer to the Crown. This episode is sponsored by Heartless by Marissa Meyer. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Jeff and Rebecca discuss the Goodreads choice awards, Amazon Prime bookstore pricing, books with "girl" in the title, and much more. This episode is sponsored by: Audible @NatGeo Balls: It Takes Some to Get Some by Chris Edwards See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff interviews Sui Li, a 2016 5 Under 35 nominee, about his longshot win, his unusual career, and being a doctor who writes. Check out his novel, Transoceanic Lights. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Rebecca and Jeff talk about Paul Beatty winning the Man Booker Prize, President Obama's list of essential reading, James Patterson's diagnosis of the 2016 election, and much more. This episode is sponsored by: Bombas TryAudiobooks.com/cooking @NatGeo Audible See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about Claudia Rankine's plans for her Macarthur money, Bob Dyan's Nobel stand-off, publishing missing on digital media, and much more. This episode is sponsored by: TryAudiobooks.com Playster And the Monkey Learned Nothing by Tom Lutz See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca talk with Ashley Ford about her Audible Channel podcast, "Authorized," and her work with Matter Studios. This episode is sponsored by Where Am I Now? by Mara Wilson. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jeff and Amanda talk about Bob Dylan's Nobel, discounted haircuts for reading aloud, Arundhati Roy's new novel, and much more. This episode is sponsored by: Bombas FabFitFun Audible See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jeff and Rebecca do a deep dive on the Ferrante unmasking, talk about the National Book Award finalists, find a couple of things to be excited about, and much more. This episode is sponsored by: Bombas The Other Einstein by Marie Benedict Casper Penguin Random House Audio See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this interview episode, Jeff talks with two children's books authors about how children's publishing works, from idea to finished copy: Minh Le and Rita Meade. Minh's book: Let Me Finish Rita's book: Edward Gets Messy This episode is sponsored by Still a Work in Progress by Jo Knowles See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about the announcement of a new Dan Brown novel, the 5 under 35 nominees, librarians getting arrested, and much more. This episode is sponsored by: Audible Bookwitty What the Dickens by Brian Kozlowski See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk 10 best U.S. cities for book lovers, publishing industry salaries, MacArthur genius winners, the expansion of Google Play Books and much more. This episode is sponsored by: Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo The Courtship of Eva Eldridge by Diane Simmons FabFitFun See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jeff is joined by Jenn Northington to talk about an AirBnb bookstore, literary award-season in full swing, an algorithm that can predict best-sellers, and much more. This episode is sponsored by: Audible FabFitFun The Ones by Daniel Sweren-Becker See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this special episode, Rebecca and Jeff talk to Icema Gibbs, Director of Corporate Social Responsibility and JetBlue, about the Soar with Reading program that puts book vending machines in book "deserts." This episode is sponsored by Still a Work in Progress by Jo Knowles. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk American reading habits, the new Oprah book club pick, the hero of the week, and unexpected heated digression about ebook pricing, and much more. This episode is sponsored by: Penguin Random House Audio and Entertainment Digital Membership See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about suing authors to get advances back, books "timed" to your commute, sales down at PRH, and much more. This week's episode is sponsored by: Audible The Call by Peadar O'Guilin FabFitFun See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Rebecca and Amanda discuss victories for women and people of color at the Hugo Awards, Harry Potter's effect on Americans' attitudes toward Donald Trump, what to do with Truman Capote's ashes, and more. This episode is sponsored by Casper Mattresses, Spontaneous by Aaron Starmer, and Audible. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jeff and Rebecca discuss the best cities in the world for book lovers, WattPad's new business model for writers, and more. This episode is sponsored by Audible and The Unseen World by Liz Moore. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jackson Bird from The Harry Potter Alliance joins Jeff for an in-depth, spoiler-filled discussion of HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD and the current state of the Harry Potter Universe. This episode is sponsored by TryAudiobooks.com. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about our visit to Powell's, rumors of another Oprah pick, librarian Olympics, and much more. This episode is sponsored by: TryAudiobooks.com The Beauty of Darkness by Mary E. Pearson How to Ruin Everything by George Watsky See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, it's all about Harry Potter and the Cursed Child and The Underground Railroad. This episode is sponsored by Audible, TryAudiobooks.com, and BookWitty. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about the impending release of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, the Man Booker longlist, and more. This episode is sponsored by: EveryLibrary Maud's Line by Margaret Verble See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about the last Divergent movie going straight to TV, one-hour book delivery, audiobook listening by state, how romance gets sold, and much more. This episode is sponsored by TryAudiobooks.com The Crow Girl by Erik Axl Sund Everylibrary.org See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about beauty products in Barnes & Noble, the best debut novels of 2016, James Patterson hanging some serious paper, and much more. This episode is sponsored by: EveryLibrary.org Audible The Crow Girl by Erik Axl Sund What the Dead Want by Norah Olson See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about online pricing, Gay Talese's untrue non-fiction, the first romance-only bookstore in the U.S., and book vending machines in "book deserts." This episode is sponsored by: I'm Your Biggest Fan by Katie Coyne and Invasion of the Tearling by Erika Johansen See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rebecca talks with Lisa Lucas (executive director of the National Book Foundation) and Kevin Nguyen (deputy editor of GQ.com) about the best books of the year so far. This episode is sponsored by Bookwitty. Visit bookwitty.com to set up your free account. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Rebecca and Amanda discuss the town that fired its library cat, what happens when a work of journalism is marketed as memoir, restaurants inside Barnes & Noble stores, and more. This episode is sponsored by Audible (go to audiblepodcast.com/bookriot to start your free 30-day trial), Dream Jumper by Greg Grunberg and Lucas Turnbloom, and Bookwitty. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk the best-selling books of the first half of 2016, the health of Barnes & Noble, celebrity literary philanthropy, and much more. This week's episode is sponsored by: Casper (use offer code RIOT for $50 off) and The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff talks with N.K. Jemisin about her experience (so far) with Patreon. Relevant links: N.K. Jemisin's Patreon N.K. Jemisin's post-launch blog post on her Patreon See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Rebecca and Jeff talk about autism-friendly libraries, local book delivery, waving late fees for kids, soft censorship, and much more. This episode is sponsored by: The Girls by Emma Cline Audible See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jeff and Amanda talk about a Rotten Tomatoes for books, the opening of HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, Independent Bookstore Day, and much more. This episode is sponsored by Read Me Like a Book by Liz Kessler Book of the Month TryAudiobooks.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Rebecca and Jeff talk about Amazon's list of the 20 Most Well-Read Cities in the U.S., art takes another book from us, Wattpad goes Hollywood, and much more. This episode is sponsored by: Audible Pinhole Press Smoke by Dan Vyleta See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

� This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about Patreon and the publishing industry, Comixology's new subscription service, the difficulty of the ebook market, and much more. This episode is sponsored by: Smoke by Dan Vyleta The Fiona Fitzgerald Series by Warren Adler See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk the difficulty of reviewing audiobooks, Goodreads getting into the discounted ebook game, Lena Dunham publishing her teenage diary, and much more. This episode is sponsored by: Audible: the world's leading provider of audiobooks. For a free trial, go to audiblepodcast.com/bookriot. Gena/Finn by Kat Helgeson and Hannah Moskowitz. A novel about fan fiction, fan girls and fan fiction. For 25% off and free shipping, go to chroniclebooks.com and use offer code BOOKRIOT. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jeff and Amanda debrief from this year's Book Expo America. This episode is sponsored by TryAudiobooks.com The Square Root of Summer by Harriet Reuter Hapgood The Killing Forest by Sara Blaedel See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about Google AI reading romance novels, algorithms picking books, Ian McKellan's Shakespeare apps, and much more. This episode is sponsored by Audible, Book of the Month, and The Atomic Weight of Love by Elizabeth J. Church. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about the resignation of Barnes& Noble's founder, the Andrew Luck Book Club, the reasonspeople buy books, and more.This episode is sponsored by Book of theMonth and The Killing Forest bySara Blaedel. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about this year's Pulitzer Prize winners, Pew's 2015 survey of American reading habits, the most anticipated books of the rest of the year, and much more. This week's episode is sponsored by The Walls Around Us by Nova Ren Suma and Before the Fall by Noah Hawley. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about stunt literary prizes, the most challenged books of 2015, the Man Booker International Shortlist, the graying of digital readers, and much more. This episode is sponsored by Audible and the Book Riot family of super useful email newsletters. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jeff and Amanda talk a recovered Shakespeare First Folio, staying in Elsinore for ten bucks, Lena Dunham's new imprint, and much more. This episode is sponsored by Casper Mattresses and The Nutmeg Tree by Margery Sharp (which you can for free by clicking this link right here). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The week, Jeff and Rebecca talk this year's VIDA count, bookstore bookmobiles, James Patterson reups library giving, whispers of a new Marylinne Robinson novel, Nazi witch books, and much more. This episode is sponsored by Audible, Penguin Random House Audio, and Rich and Pretty by Rumaan Alam. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about five-star restaurants in a Barnes & Noble, Penguin Random House profits, adult coloring books flyng off the shelves, representations of Native Americans in children's books, and much more. This episode is sponsored by Audible and Harry's. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Amanda and Jeff talk about women who grew up reading Harry Potter, Ireland first book banning in 18 years, Ferrante for kids, and much more. This week's episode is sponsored by Harry's, A Tyranny of Petticoats, and Warby Parker. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Amanda and Jeff talk about JK Rowling's new wizarding story, Lionel Shriver's comments, the most literate countries in the world, and much more. This episode is sponsored by Audible, Harry's, and Burn Baby Burn by Meg Medina. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Amanda and Jeff talk about book clubs helping people live longer, the best books of the spring, middle grade books getting crazy longer, an ebook program for low-income families. This episode is sponsored by Harry's and Audible.com. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about the most assigned female writers on college courses, a new imprint for Muslim stories, B&N considering opening Amazon-style stores, and much more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices