Book Riot - The Podcast

Jeff and Rebecca walk through their non-book media diets. Join us on Patreon for access to early, ad-free listening and bonus episodes. patreon.com/bookriotpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Book Riot's managing editor Vanessa Diaz joins Rebecca to discuss an upcoming adaptation of Colson Whitehead's The Nickel Boys, the National Book Foundation's 5 Under 35 honorees, DC's plan to celebrate the first trans superhero, and more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter Want to make your book club the best club? Sign up for our In the Club newsletter. In the Club will deliver recommendations for the best books to discuss in your book clubs. From buzzy new releases to brilliant throwbacks, the books highlighted in this newsletter will drive your book club discussions. We’ll also share some book club-friendly recipes and interesting bookish updates from all over. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features. In other words, we’ll keep you well-met, well-read, and well-fed. Sign up today! Discussed in this Episode: There’s a big screen adaptation of Nickel Boys coming soon DC Pride to honor creator of the first trans superhero Illinois school district pulls out of statewide book award Meanwhile, in Virginia, school district cancels district-wide read of Wishtree because it contains a tree that has both male and female reproductive parts. Yep. Congrats to the National Book Foundation’s 5 Under 35 honorees This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. The Hunter by Tana French Oye by Melissa Mogollon The Tower by Flora Carr The Exvangelicals by Sarah McCammon Sociopath by Patric Gagne Great Expectations by Vinson Cunningham James by Percival Everett Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff is away this week, so in honor of baseball season getting underway, we are rerunning our episode in which Jeff and Rebecca talk about Field of Dreams and the book it's based on, W.P. Kinsella's Shoeless Joe. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca try to guess which authors appear on each other's "insta-buy" lists. Join us on Patreon for access to early, ad-free listening and bonus episodes. patreon.com/bookriotpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca talk about publishers misrepresenting posthumous books, Jeff's Q&A with Authors Equity CEO Madeline McIntosh, RuPaul's Allstora backtracking, and much more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Want to make your book club the best club? Sign up for our In the Club newsletter. In the Club will deliver recommendations for the best books to discuss in your book clubs. From buzzy new releases to brilliant throwbacks, the books highlighted in this newsletter will drive your book club discussions. We’ll also share some book club-friendly recipes and interesting bookish updates from all over. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features. In other words, we’ll keep you well-met, well-read, and well-fed. Sign up today! Discussed in this episode: First Edition! The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Follow-up: Madeline McIntosh Q & A about Authors Equity RuPaul and Allstora backtrack on selling anti-LGBTQ titles Legislators in Delaware and Connecticut propose anti-book ban measures It's Time for Publishers to Tell the Truth About Posthumously Published Books Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the occasion of Cord Jefferson's Best Adapted Screenplay win, Jeff and Rebecca talk about their favorite books, movies, and TV shows set in the world of books before talking about Erasure by Percival Everett and American Fiction. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Want to make your book club the best club? Sign up for our In the Club newsletter. In the Club will deliver recommendations for the best books to discuss in your book clubs. From buzzy new releases to brilliant throwbacks, the books highlighted in this newsletter will drive your book club discussions. We’ll also share some book club-friendly recipes and interesting bookish updates from all over. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features. In other words, we’ll keep you well-met, well-read, and well-fed. Sign up today! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: First Edition! The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Elf Wonder Boys by Michael Chabon Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding Seven Days in June by Tia Williams Luster by Raven Leilani Hothouse by Boris Kachka Yellowface by R.F. Kuang Erasure by Percival Everett Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Book Riot editor Danika Ellis joins Jeff to talk about Allstore (a new online bookstore) and Authors Equity (a new publisher) coming at the same target from two different angles. Plus: a report on diversity in publishing and Spotify's curious new Audiobooks Tier. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Want to make your book club the best club? Sign up for our In the Club newsletter. In the Club will deliver recommendations for the best books to discuss in your book clubs. From buzzy new releases to brilliant throwbacks, the books highlighted in this newsletter will drive your book club discussions. We’ll also share some book club-friendly recipes and interesting bookish updates from all over. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features. In other words, we’ll keep you well-met, well-read, and well-fed. Sign up today! Discussed in this episode: First Edition! The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Our Queerest Shelves The Read Harder Challenge Is This What Author-Centered Publishing Looks Like? RuPaul Launches an “Online Book Marketplace” RuPaul bookstore controversy Results of Lee & Low’s publishing diversity baseline survey and Erica’s response in The Deep Dive Spotify introduces audiobooks tier at $9.99 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca try to predict the most literary Oscar. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Sign up for Better Living Through Books and the BR Pod newsletter Want to make your book club the best club? Sign up for our In the Club newsletter. In the Club will deliver recommendations for the best books to discuss in your book clubs. From buzzy new releases to brilliant throwbacks, the books highlighted in this newsletter will drive your book club discussions. We’ll also share some book club-friendly recipes and interesting bookish updates from all over. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features. In other words, we’ll keep you well-met, well-read, and well-fed. Sign up today! Discussed in this episode: Ranking the Last 20 Winners of the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay First Edition! The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca note a customer survey Bookshop.org sent to customers about their audiobook habits, decide no-new news is good news as Jesmyn Ward stays on at S&S, really resonate with Ted Gioia's "State of Culture, 2024," and more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Sign up for Better Living Through Books and the BR Pod newsletter Want to make your book club the best club? Sign up for our In the Club newsletter. In the Club will deliver recommendations for the best books to discuss in your book clubs. From buzzy new releases to brilliant throwbacks, the books highlighted in this newsletter will drive your book club discussions. We’ll also share some book club-friendly recipes and interesting bookish updates from all over. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features. In other words, we’ll keep you well-met, well-read, and well-fed. Sign up today! Discussed in this episode: First Edition! The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Bookshop.org appears to be interested in audiobooks Jesmyn Ward signs 3-book deal with Scribner TikTok-famous librarian quits because of harassment And I think we have to talk about Ted Gioia and the state of the culture Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca discuss Kelly Link's debut novel, The Book of Love. Join us on Patreon for access to early, ad-free listening and bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/bookriotpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca pick the "it" book of March. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Sign up for Better Living Through Books and the BR Pod newsletter Want to make your book club the best club? Sign up for our In the Club newsletter. In the Club will deliver recommendations for the best books to discuss in your book clubs. From buzzy new releases to brilliant throwbacks, the books highlighted in this newsletter will drive your book club discussions. We’ll also share some book club-friendly recipes and interesting bookish updates from all over. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features. In other words, we’ll keep you well-met, well-read, and well-fed. Sign up today! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: First Edition! The Book Riot Podcast Patreon The Hunter by Tana French Maktub by Paulo Coehlo Parasol Against the Axe by Helen Oyeyemi The Morningside by Téa Obreht Memory Piece by Lisa Ko There's Always Next Year by Hanif Abdurraqib Anita de Monte Laughs Last by Xochitl Gonzalez Until August by Gabriel García Márquez The Prisoner's Throne by Holly Black James by Percival Everett Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca review some of the most interesting book deal announcements from the last few months. Join us on Patreon for access to early, ad-free listening and bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/bookriotpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca talk about LeVar Burton's book deal, opening up the National Book Awards, book banning news, and why no one should think this is the forever home for Simon & Schuster. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! 2024 is the tenth year of the Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons and diversify our TBRs. To get book recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. We’ll also keep you informed about other cool reading challenges, readathons, and more across the bookish internet. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with a community of passionate, like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. Visit bookriot.com/readharder to sign up. Discussed in this episode: Sign up for Better Living Through Books and the BR Pod newsletter First Edition! The Book Riot Podcast Patreon National Book Awards open to authors who are not US citizens LeVar Burton Signs 2-book deal West Virginia House passes bill that allows prosecution of librarians Maryland legislators introduce the Freedom to Read Act ALA releases “book résumés” to help fight book bans Marilynne Robinson remains lovely KKR is in no hurry to sell S&S. But they will Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are re-running an episode from our short-run podcast series Adaptation Nation on Dune, covering Frank Herbert's novel and what turned out to be part one of Denis Villaneueve's adaptation. Amanda Nelson and Jenn Northington joined Jeff for this deep dive. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! 2024 is the tenth year of the Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons and diversify our TBRs. To get book recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. We’ll also keep you informed about other cool reading challenges, readathons, and more across the bookish internet. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with a community of passionate, like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. Visit bookriot.com/readharder to sign up. Discussed in this episode: Sign up for Better Living Through Books and the BR Pod newsletter First Edition! The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Frank Herbert’s Distrust of JFK Hari Kunzru on Dune Muslim Influences in Dune Is Dune a White Savior Narrative? Sidelining Arab Voices in Dune Dune Book Club with Ausma Zehanat Khan Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca dive into general questions from listeners and offer personalized recommendations, including whether any F. Scott Fitzgerald books are worth reading and what's the deal with Huck Finn? Join us on Patreon for access to early, ad-free listening and bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/bookriotpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca discuss some good listener feedback on coincidences before running through a bunch of adaptation news and then talking about recent media consumption. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! 2024 is the tenth year of the Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons and diversify our TBRs. To get book recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. We’ll also keep you informed about other cool reading challenges, readathons, and more across the bookish internet. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with a community of passionate, like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. Visit bookriot.com/readharder to sign up. Discussed in this episode: Sign up for Better Living Through Books and the BR Pod newsletter First Edition! The Book Riot Podcast Patreon The Elly Conway “mystery” was indeed the most interesting thing about Argylle..and even that is pretty boring Ongoing: Publishers confirm that Spotify audiobook sales have been solid in terms of revenue & reaching new users Amy Adams & Jenna Ortega in talks for Klara & the Sun adaptation Who wants to watch the Hallmark Channel’s Jane Austen adaptations with me? Lifetime gets its groove back with Terry McMillan And I guess we’re going to do A Gentleman in Moscow But we will not be getting the big ACOTAR series, or maybe we will Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vanessa Diaz joins Rebecca for a conversation about the best movies adapted from romances and love stories, the ones that are due for a remake, and a few creative takes on what a love story even is. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! 2024 is the tenth year of the Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons and diversify our TBRs. To get book recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. We’ll also keep you informed about other cool reading challenges, readathons, and more across the bookish internet. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with a community of passionate, like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. Visit bookriot.com/readharder to sign up. Discussed in this Episode: Vanessa's ode to Practical Magic Rebecca revisits The Bridges of Madison County The Adaptation Nation podcast feed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Trisha Brown and Jess Pryde, hosts of When in Romance, join Jeff to talk about what's going on in the world of romance: what's changed over the last ten years (and what hasn't), what the state of romance is today, where it's going, and a recommendation or two as well. This was fun. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! 2024 is the tenth year of the Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons and diversify our TBRs. To get book recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. We’ll also keep you informed about other cool reading challenges, readathons, and more across the bookish internet. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with a community of passionate, like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. Visit bookriot.com/readharder to sign up. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: When in Romance Podcast Most Anticipated Books of 2023 Episode of When in Romance Sign up for Better Living Through Books and the BR Pod newsletter First Edition! The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Black Love Matters, edited by Jessica P. Pryde The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston Indigo by Beverly Jenkins Role Playing by Cathy Yardley Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall The Viscount Made Me Do It by Diana Quincy A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams After Hours on Milagro Street by Angelina M. Lop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca take a moment to mark the death of N. Scott Momaday, do a post-mortem on the Argylle 'intrigue," pitch a movie based on a secret banned bookshelf in Houston, and more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! 2024 is the tenth year of the Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons and diversify our TBRs. To get book recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. We’ll also keep you informed about other cool reading challenges, readathons, and more across the bookish internet. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with a community of passionate, like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. Visit bookriot.com/readharder to sign up. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: Sign up for Better Living Through Books and the BR Pod newsletter First Edition! The Book Riot Podcast Patreon N. Scott Momaday Has Died Of course Constance Grady did the legwork on Argylle The Argylle movie reviews are rolling in, and they’re…not great How not to pitch your book to BookTokers Hero of the Week: Texas teacher’s clandestine library of banned books Some late-breaking info about Spotify’s audiobook performance; Audible is concerned Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar Come and Get It by Kiley Reid The Fury by Alex Michaelides Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After a ho-hum January slate of new releases, Jeff and Rebecca are back to working their way through a much stronger slate of It Book candidates. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! 2024 is the tenth year of the Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons and diversify our TBRs. To get book recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. We’ll also keep you informed about other cool reading challenges, readathons, and more across the bookish internet. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with a community of passionate, like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. Visit bookriot.com/readharder to sign up. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: Sign up for Better Living Through Books and the BR Pod newsletter First Edition! The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Bride by Ali Hazelwood The American Daughters by Maurice Carlos Ruffin The Women by Kristin Hannah The Great Wave by Michiko Kakutani The Book of Love by Kelly Link Greta & Valdin by Rebecca K. Reilly A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams Splinters by Leslie Jamison Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca helpfully wade into the Adapted Screenplay Discourse, question framing 2023 as anything other than dominance for the Big 5, peruse the National Book Critics Circle Award nominees, and more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! 2024 is the tenth year of the Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons and diversify our TBRs. To get book recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. We’ll also keep you informed about other cool reading challenges, readathons, and more across the bookish internet. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with a community of passionate, like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. Visit bookriot.com/readharder to sign up. Discussed in this episode: Sign up for Better Living Through Books and the BR Pod newsletter First Edition! The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Kansas introduces anti-book ban bill Independent publishers chip away at Big Five’s hold on bestseller lists NBCC awards finalists Oscar nominees are out and apparently Barbie is an adaptation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of The Intuitionist, Jeff and Rebecca dive deep on Colson Whitehead's debut novel. Join us on Patreon for access to ad-free listening and premium content: https://www.patreon.com/bookriotpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca talk about notable adaptations coming out over the next few months. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! 2024 is the tenth year of the Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons and diversify our TBRs. To get book recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. We’ll also keep you informed about other cool reading challenges, readathons, and more across the bookish internet. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with a community of passionate, like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. Visit bookriot.com/readharder to sign up. Discussed in this episode: Sign up for Better Living Through Books and the BR Pod newsletter First Edition! The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Monsieur Spade Masters of the Air The Taste of Things The Expats Origin (based on Caste) Feud: Capote vs The Swans Argylle It Ends With Us Dune 2 Lisa Frankenstein Spaceman 3 Body Problem Apples Never Fall Civil War LoTR: War of the Rohirrim Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca talk about some good legal news, B&N's announced plans to open 50 new stores, quashing (and starting?) some Argylle authorship rumors, the LAPL getting into the publishing game, and more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! 2024 is the tenth year of the Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons and diversify our TBRs. To get book recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. We’ll also keep you informed about other cool reading challenges, readathons, and more across the bookish internet. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with a community of passionate, like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. Visit bookriot.com/readharder to sign up. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: Sign up for Better Living Through Books and the BR Pod newsletter First Edition! The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Big win: Fifth Circuit declares Texas book bans unconstitutional Anti-book ban bill introduced in New Mexico and Massachusetts, may their efforts succeed Argylle director shuts down the T Swift conspiracy theory Barnes & Noble to open 50 new stores this year LA Public Library acquires indie publisher Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca check in on the Hot 50, their running list of the biggest/buzziest/most acclaimed books in the zeitgeist. Join us on Patreon for access to ad-free listening and premium content: https://www.patreon.com/bookriotpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca try to power rank the top books of 2019. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! 2024 is the tenth year of the Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons and diversify our TBRs. To get book recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. We’ll also keep you informed about other cool reading challenges, readathons, and more across the bookish internet. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with a community of passionate, like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. Visit bookriot.com/readharder to sign up. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: Sign up for Better Living Through Books and the BR Pod newsletter First Edition! The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Jeff's List: How to Be an Antiracist The Nickel Boys The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and the Horse Daisy Jones & The Six Red, White & Royal Blue She Said This is How You Lose the Time War The Yellow House How to Do Nothing Maybe You Should Talk to Someone Rebecca's List: The Nickel Boys Daisy Jones & The Six Normal People Such a Fun Age She Said (and Women Talking) Red, White & Royal Blue Maid Gideon the Ninth Maybe You Should Talk to Someone How to Be Antiracist Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca kick themselves for not seeing the obvious reason Oprah might be stumping extra-hard for The Covenant of Water, marvel at Keanu Reeves, lament banning the dictionary, and are unsurprised, mostly, with a list of the most popular books of the last ten years. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! 2024 is the tenth year of the Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons and diversify our TBRs. To get book recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. We’ll also keep you informed about other cool reading challenges, readathons, and more across the bookish internet. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with a community of passionate, like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. Visit bookriot.com/readharder to sign up. Discussed in this episode: Sign up for Better Living Through Books and the BR Pod newsletter First Edition! The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Book Riot contributors’ most anticipated books of 2024 This might be the reason Oprah wanted to sell a lot of copies of Covenant of Water Open AI says it can’t train LLMs without copyright material Florida county bans the dictionary Swifties fuel another literary conspiracy theory Keanu Reeves collabs on sci-fi novel with China Miéville Goodreads members’ 76 most popular books of the last decade Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca run through some of their personally most-anticipated books of the first-ish half of 2024. Plus, they have some other Book Riot editors weigh in with their picks. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! 2024 is the tenth year of the Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons and diversify our TBRs. To get book recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. We’ll also keep you informed about other cool reading challenges, readathons, and more across the bookish internet. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with a community of passionate, like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. Visit bookriot.com/readharder to sign up. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: First Edition! The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Read Harder 2024 is alive! Reading Genesis by Marilynne Robinson The Bloodied Nightgown by Joan Acocella Until August by Gabriel García Márquez This Strange Eventful History by Claire Messud The Unicorn Woman by Gayl Jones The Z Word by Lindsay King-Miller State of Paradise by Laura Van Den Burg A Chance Meeting by Rachel Cohen The Fine Art of Literary Fist-Fighting by Lee Gutkind The Cemetery of Untold Stories by Julia Alvarez Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange Anita de Monte Laughs Last by Xochitl Gonzalez Splinters by Leslie Jamison The Last Fire Season by Manjula Martin The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley Corey Fah Does Social Mobility by Isabel Waidner Legacy by Uché Blackstock Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts by Crystal Wilkinson The Other Significant Others by Rhaina Cohen Acts of Forgiveness by Maura Cheeks This American Ex-Wife by Lyz Lenz Supercommunicators by Charles Duhigg Optimal by Daniel Goleman & Cary Cherniss And How Does That Make You Feel by Joshua Fletcher Lies and Weddings by Kevin Kwan The Cliffs by Scott Cawthorn Looking for a Sign by Susie Dumond Jewel Me Twice by Charish Reid The American Daughters by Maurice Carlos Ruffin For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff O'Neal and Rebecca Schinksy talk about Obama's favorite books of 2023, the best-selling books of 2023 in the U.S., some good news in Iowa, our winter reading, and more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! 2024 is the tenth year of the Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons and diversify our TBRs. To get book recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. We’ll also keep you informed about other cool reading challenges, readathons, and more across the bookish internet. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with a community of passionate, like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. Visit bookriot.com/readharder to sign up. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: First Edition! The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Read Harder 2024 is alive! Barack’s best of 2023 list Key parts of Iowa book ban bill cannot be enforced Excerpt of The Waters by Bonnie Jo Campbell, the new “Read With Jenna” pick Best-Selling UK Books of 2023 Temple Folk North Woods Absolution Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff O'Neal and Rebecca Schinsky compete to draft the best selection of 10 new and upcoming releases. Join us on Patreon for ad-free listening and premium content: https://www.patreon.com/bookriotpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff O'Neal and Rebecca Schinsky choose the "it book" of January 2024 from a roster of 10 finalists. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! 2024 is the tenth year of the Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons and diversify our TBRs. To get book recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. We’ll also keep you informed about other cool reading challenges, readathons, and more across the bookish internet. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with a community of passionate, like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. Visit bookriot.com/readharder to sign up. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: TBR! First Edition! The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Read Harder 2024 is alive! Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar The Storm We Made by Vanessa Chan Dead in Long Beach, California by Venita Blackburn The Showman by Simon Shuster Come and Get It by Kiley Reid Sanctuary of the Shadow by Aurora Ascher The Fury by Alex Michaelides Beautyland by Marie-Helen Bertino The Atlas Complex by Olivie Blake House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J. Maas Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca share the movies, TV, podcasts, and other non-book highlights of the year. Join us on Patreon for ad-free listening and premium content: patreon.com/bookriotpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca look at the most important, memorable, strangest, and all and all most superlative stories from the year in books and reading. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Discussed in this episode: TBR! First Edition! The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Read Harder 2024 is alive! Good job, book people: The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store gets all the love; Paul Harding does not win awards for the book Jeff called “gormless” Bad job, book people: The Vaster Wilds & Let Us Descend are under-celebrated Love to See It: Pultizers expand eligibility Audiobook moments of the year: Michelle Williams narrating Britney’s memoir; Leslie Jones’s 17-hour-long freestyle; Spotify introduces free listening for Premium members Worst publisher response to book bans: Scholastic’s whole diversity collection situation Best publisher response to book bans: PRH takes legal action against book banning states Achievements in Reporting: The Atlantic’s coverage of the Books 3 data set used to train LLMs More of These Conversations: The bestseller lists are broken and Goodreads is bad for books Biggest Mystery: WTF Oprah was up to with Covenant of Water Still Waiting to See Its Impact: Simon & Schuster sold to KKR, TikTok plans a publishing imprint Eyeballs Emoji: The BookTok hockey romance shenanigans, Bigolas Dickolas moves some units, Review Bombing Author Nobody Asked for This: Twilight series coming to TV; HBO plans 10-year run for Harry Potter reboot Anticlimactic: Manuscript thief pleads guilty Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca run through the books they had their eyes on but didn't quite get to this year. Subscribe to premium content on Patreon to hear the rest: https://www.patreon.com/bookriotpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca handle a few last recommendation requests and then give some ideas for generally giftable books for 2023. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! It’s happening, readers — we’re bringing paperbacks! Whether you (or a reader you know and love) hate carrying around bulky hardcovers, you’re on a budget, you want a wider range of recommendations, or all of the above, you can now get a paperback subscription from TBR, curated just for you by one of our Bibliologists. The holidays are here, and we’ve got three different levels for gifting to suit every budget. Get all the details at mytbr.co. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: TBR! First Edition! The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Taste by Stanley Tucci Walking with Sam by Andrew McCarthy Oh My Mother! by Connie Wang Alone Time by Stephanie Rosenbloom A Year in Provence by Peter Mayle From Scratch by Tembi Locke How to Excavate a Heart by Jake Maia Arlow Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson Memphis by Tara M. Stringfellow The Fortunes of Jaded Women by Carolyn Huynh The English Understand Wool by Helen Dewitt Bad Cree by Jessica Johns The Writing Retreat by Julia Bartz Wild Girls by Tiya Miles Sex, Death, and Fly-Fishing by John Gierach Hidden Mountains by Michael Wejchert Ross Gay 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke Letters of Note by Shaun Usher (volumes on Art and Love) Gilead by Marilynne Robinson Uglies by Scott Westerfeld Ready Player One by Ernest Cline Battle Royale by Koushun Takami World of Wonders by Johanna Basford Once Upon a Time I Lived on Mars by Kate Greene Major Labels by Kelefa Sanneh From Hollywood with Love by Scott Meslow Cork Dork by Bianca Bosker Airplane Mode by Shahnaz Habib Sigrid Nunez The Fraud by Zadie Smith A River Runs Through It by Norman Maclean The Professor’s House by Willa Cather A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce Blackouts by Justin Torres Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino Tom Lake by Ann Patchett The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride Going Infinite by Michael Lewis The Wager by David Grann The Book of (More) Delights by Ross Gay Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rebecca and Jeff run down their favorite books of 2023 and a few highlights from backlist reading. Listen to the full episode and see our full list of favorite books of 2023 on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/bookriotpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca wrap up their annual holiday recommendation extravaganza. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! It’s happening, readers — we’re bringing paperbacks! Whether you (or a reader you know and love) hate carrying around bulky hardcovers, you're on a budget, you want a wider range of recommendations, or all of the above, you can now get a paperback subscription from TBR, curated just for you by one of our Bibliologists. The holidays are here, and we've got three different levels for gifting to suit every budget. Get all the details at mytbr.co. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: TBR! First Edition! The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Greek Lessons by Han Kang Possession by A.S. Byatt On Beauty by Zadie Smith If I Survive You by Jonathan Escoffery How Strange a Season by Megan Mayhew Bergman The Miniature Wife by Manuel Gonzales Music for Wartime by Rebecca Makkai The Vanderbeekers series by Karina Yan Glaser Meet Yasmin! by Saadia Faruqi Rosie Revere, Engineer by Andrea Beaty Forward by Abby Wambach One Life by Megan Rapinoe Uphill by Jemele Hill The Rivals by Johnette Howard The Orchard by Adele Crockett Robertson 2 A.M. at the Cats Pajamas by Marie-Helen Bertino The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro The Feather Thief by Kirk Wallace Johnson Now Is Not the Time to Panic by Kevin Wilson The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka Chemistry by Weike Wang Mouth to Mouth by Antoine Wilson Post Traumatic by Chantal V. Johnson The Guest by Emma Cline Instead by Maria Coffey The Most Fun We Ever Had by Claire Lombardo The Turner House by Angela Flournoy If We’re Being Honest by Cat Shook Pachinko by Min Jin Lee The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende Wake, Siren by Nina MacLaughlin The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff Babel by R.F. Kuang The Real Work by Adam Gopnik The Country of the Blind by Andrew Leland How Far the Light Reaches by Sabrina Imbler Lab Girl by Hope Jahren Notes from a Young Black Chef by Kwame Onwuachi The Golden Doves by Martha Hall Kelly The Collected Schizophrenias by Esmé Weijun Wang Between Two Kingdoms by Suleika Jaouad Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo Tom Lake by Ann Patchett The Pretty One by Keah Brown Parnassus on Wheels by Christopher Morley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca respond to listener book recommendation requests. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! It's happening, readers — we're bringing paperbacks! Whether you hate carrying around bulky hardcovers, you're on a budget, you want a wider range of recommendations, or all of the above, you can now get a paperback subscription from TBR, curated just for you by one of our Bibliologists. You can also gift it (and the holidays, they are coming). Get all the details at mytbr.co. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: TBR! First Edition! The Book Riot Podcast Patreon From Strength to Strength by Arthur C. Brooks Together by Vivek H. Murthy The Other Significant Others by Rhaina Cohen LitHub’s list of Midlife Coming-of-Age Novels Inciting Joy by Ross Gay Joan is Okay by Weike Wang All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir Me (Moth) by Amber McBride Pachinko by Min Jin Lee The Midnight Library by Matt Haig The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters Snacking Bakes by Yossy Arefi The King Arthur Baking School by King Arthur Baking Company How to Bake Everything by Mark Bittman No One Tells You This by Glynnis MacNicol Women Without Kids by Ruby Warrington Self, Shallow, and Self-Absorbed edited by Meghan Daum Regretting Motherhood by Orna Donath Yellowface by R. F. Kuang Erasure by Percival Everett Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson There’s a Book Riot list for that! The Hike by Drew Magary The Last Final Girls by Stephen Graham Jones Paper Girls by Brian K. Vaughan Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi Song of the Cell by Siddhartha Mukherjee The Good Life by Robert Waldinger & Marc Schulz I Contain Multitudes by Ed Yong The Perfectionists by Simon Winchester The Idea Factory by Jon Gertner I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai Celeste Ng Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoor "15 LGBTQ Haunted Horror Novels" "8 of the Best Queer Horror Books" "Great New Queer Horror To Read This Fall" Queer Comics Database is a thing and has a list for this! A Week in Winter by Maeve Binchy Andy Weir Michael Lewis S.A. Cosby In the Shadow of the Mountain by Silvia Vasquez-Lavado The Guide by Peter Heller The Lost Man by Jane Harper The Nineties by Chuck Klosterman A Little Devil in America by Hanif Abdurraquib Cultish by Amanda Montell Paved Paradise by Henry Grabar Empire of the Sum by Keith Houston The Mysterious Case of Rudolph Diesel by Douglas Brunt Traffic by Tom Vanderbilt How We Got to Now by Steven Johnson The Alchemy of Us by Ainissa Ramirez The Barbarian Nurseries by Héctor Tobar The Searcher by Tana French The collected Patrick O’Brien on audio The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin NK Jemisin Pico Iyer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca talk Amazon's best books of the year, The National Book Award winners, Goodreads Choice Award nominees, and much more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! It's happening, readers — we're bringing paperbacks! Whether you hate carrying around bulky hardcovers, you're on a budget, you want a wider range of recommendations, or all of the above, you can now get a paperback subscription from TBR, curated just for you by one of our Bibliologists. You can also gift it (and the holidays, they are coming). Get all the details at mytbr.co. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: TBR! First Edition! The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Book Riot’s Best Books of 2023 Rebecca’s victory lap for the Barnes & Noble Book of the Year A sigh of relief for Jeff, Paul Harding did not win the NBA And Amazon editors agree - their best books of 2023 Goodreads Choice Awards kick off Data Baby by Susannah Breslin The Vulnerables by Sigrid Nunez Hidden Potential by Adam Grant How to Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair Everything I Learned I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant by Curtis Chin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca talk about Barnes & Noble's finalists for Book of the Year, a treasure trove of literary awards data, the stunning catalog of audiobooks from Spotify, and more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! It's happening, readers — we're bringing paperbacks! Whether you hate carrying around bulky hardcovers, you're on a budget, you want a wider range of recommendations, or all of the above, you can now get a paperback subscription from TBR, curated just for you by one of our Bibliologists. You can also gift it (and the holidays, they are coming). Get all the details at mytbr.co. Discussed in this Episode: TBR! First Edition! The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Finalists for Barnes & Noble Book of the Year WNDB launches Indigenous Reads Rising 35 years of National Book Awards data A Look at audiobook economics Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca talk about the sales numbers for The Woman in Me, PW's best books of the year list, the Fourth Wing adaptation announcement, and more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! It's happening, readers — we're bringing paperbacks! Whether you hate carrying around bulky hardcovers, you're on a budget, you want a wider range of recommendations, or all of the above, you can now get a paperback subscription from TBR, curated just for you by one of our Bibliologists. You can also gift it (and the holidays, they are coming). Get all the details at mytbr.co. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: First Edition! The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Britney sales numbers PW’s best books of 2023 There’s a Fourth Wing adaptation coming Highlights of a couple new studies about Americans’ reading habits Barnes & Noble Discover Prize goes to The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters 12 Things Rebecca Learned in 12 Years of Book Riot Blackouts by Justin Torres The Woman in Me by Britney Spears Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rebecca and Jenn Northington discuss Scholastic's decision to walk back the plan to silo diverse books, BookTok's takedown of a Taylor-Travis fanfic, and more. Then Rebecca is joined by Kelly Jensen for a conversation about Britney Spears's new memoir, The Woman in Me. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Autumn is here, which means it's time to curl up with a great read and get cozy — whatever your version of cozy looks like. Whether it's romance, creepy reads, modern classics, or escapist reads you crave, TBR can help you find the perfect books for your fall reading, with options curated to your specific reading tastes. Visit mytbr.co to find out more and sign up — it only takes a few minutes! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Links Discussed in the Episode: Michelle Williams impersonates Justin Timberlake in Britney Spears’s memoir Nailed it: Oprah selects Let Us Descend for final book club of 2023 Update: Scholastic walks back separate diversity collection YA author opens bookstore dedicated to banned books & marginalized authors BookTok takes down a Tayvis romance How much should books cost? "Purge the Poison" by Marina A Fire Born of Exile by Aliette de Bodard Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca talk about the celebrity memoir boomlet, Levar Burton hosting the National Book Awards, renovating Barnes & Noble, Scholastic separating LBGTQ+ and other marginalized books, the Lessons in Chemistry adaptation, and more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Autumn is here, which means it's time to curl up with a great read and get cozy — whatever your version of cozy looks like. Whether it's romance, creepy reads, modern classics, or escapist reads you crave, TBR can help you find the perfect books for your fall reading, with options curated to your specific reading tastes. Visit mytbr.co to find out more and sign up — it only takes a few minutes! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: First Edition! The Book Riot Podcast Patreon RIP Louise Glück Update: Michelle Williams is the support narrator for Britney’s memoir Update: LeVar Burton to host NBA ceremony Scholastic confirms option to withhold LGBTQ+ titles from book fairs Barnes & Noble’s new looks seem to be paying off That American Fiction trailer tho Family Meal by Bryan Washington Blackouts by Justin Torres MCU Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca discuss listener feedback about Spotify audiobooks & the mystery Nov 7th Red Tower release, several interesting book announcements, recent reading, and more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Autumn is here, which means it’s time to curl up with a great read and get cozy — whatever your version of cozy looks like. Whether it’s romance, creepy reads, modern classics, or escapist reads you crave, TBR can help you find the perfect books for your fall reading, with options curated to your specific reading tastes. Visit mytbr.co to find out more and sign up — it only takes a few minutes! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: First Edition! The Book Riot Podcast Patreon UK authors union demands info about Spotify’s audiobook licensing Salman Rushdie memoir about stabbing The Woman in Me by Britney Spears The Pairing by Casey McQuiston Somewhere Beyond the Sea by TJ Klune Company by Shannon Sanders Roman Stories by Jhumpa Lahiri Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

American poet and 2020 Nobel Laureate Louise Glück has passed away. She was something of a house favorite here, so we thought we'd share a rebroadcast of the time Jeff and Rebecca talked about the life and work of Louise Glück, plus an extended discussion of her 1993 poem, “Vespers.” RIP, Louise Glück, we are so grateful for your work and your life. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: The Collected Poems of Louise Glück “The Body Artist” by Dan Chiasson “Vespers” by Louise Glück Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca talk about the honoree of the 2023 Nobel Prize in literature, the National Book Award finalists, free audiobooks coming to Spotify subscribers, and more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Autumn is here, which means it's time to curl up with a great read and get cozy — whatever your version of cozy looks like. Whether it's romance, creepy reads, modern classics, or escapist reads you crave, TBR can help you find the perfect books for your fall reading, with options curated to your specific reading tastes. Visit mytbr.co to find out more and sign up — it only takes a few minutes! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: First Edition! The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Nobel winner Jon Fosse NBA finalists Spotify to make audiobooks free for premium users Leave the World Behind trailer Making It So by Patrick Stewart Land of Milk and Honey by C Pam Zhang Going Infinite by Michael Lewis Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca talk about Book3 (and reactions to it), a survey about what libraries think of book bans, the U.S. suing Amazon, and more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Autumn is here, which means it's time to curl up with a great read and get cozy — whatever your version of cozy looks like. Whether it's romance, creepy reads, modern classics, or escapist reads you crave, TBR can help you find the perfect books for your fall reading, with options curated to your specific reading tastes. Visit mytbr.co to find out more and sign up — it only takes a few minutes! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: First Edition! The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Results of the parent perceptions survey BR partnered on with EveryLibrary The Atlantic got the data about the 183,000 books in Books3 AI training set FTC sues Amazon for unlawful monopoly The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff The Book of (More) Delights by Ross Gay This Other Eden by Paul Harding Land of Milk and Honey by C Pam Zhang How to Fight Book Bans & Censorship Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As an extra for you this week, we are delighted to share the first episode of Borrowed and Banned, a new podcast made by our friends at the Brooklyn Public Library. This 7-episode limited series, hosted by Virginia Marshall and Adwoa Adusei, tells the story of America's ideological war with its bookshelves by talking with students on the frontlines, the librarians and teachers whose livelihoods are endangered when they speak up, and the writers whose books have become a political battleground. Learn more about Borrowed and Banned at https://www.bklynlibrary.org/podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca talk about the National Book Award for Fiction longlist, a bunch of red states leaving the American Library Association, a teacher getting fired for teaching The Diary of Anne Frank, and Oprah's next surprising book club pick. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Book Riot’s editorial team is writing for casual and power readers alike over at The Deep Dive! During the month of September, all new free subscribers will be entered to win Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler, plus 5 mystery books from The Deep Dive. To enter, simply start a free subscription to The Deep Dive. No payment method required! Discussed in this episode: First Edition! The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Deep Dive shout-out: The Bestseller List is Broken Texas teacher fired after reading aloud from graphic novel of Anne Frank’s diary Red states cut ties with ALA Reading IT’S PERFECTLY NORMAL Project Gutenberg releases 5,000 public domain audiobooks w/ AI narration Bidding opens Tues 9/26, in the Authors for Voices of Color auction to support WNDB Oprah’s next pick is also 600+ pages long, and she’s only giving it a month National Book Award Longlist Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices