Episodes

  • The It Books of May 2025

    The It Books of May 2025
    Apr 30 2025
    Jeff and Rebecca try to determine what the It Book of May 2025 will be. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. Sign up for the Book Riot Podcast Newsletter and follow the show on Instagram and Bluesky. Get more industry news with our Today in Books daily newsletter. Trust your reading list to the experts at Tailored Book Recommendations who have recommended over 160,000 books to readers of all kinds. Let TBR match you with your next favorite read! Get started for only $18 at mytbr.co! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    48 mins
  • Ranking the Stories of EXIT ZERO by Marie-Helene Bertino by How Marie-Helene Bertino They Are [Teaser]

    Ranking the Stories of EXIT ZERO by Marie-Helene Bertino by How Marie-Helene Bertino They Are [Teaser]
    Apr 29 2025
    This is a preview of the Patreon-only episode in which Jeff and Rebecca talk about Bertino's new short story collection by ranking the stories in Exit Zero by Marie-Helene Bertino. This is for the real ones out there. Go here to check out The Book Riot Podcast Patreon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    6 mins
  • Celebrity Book Clubs GO IRL, Literary Grudges, and more book news

    Celebrity Book Clubs GO IRL, Literary Grudges, and more book news
    Apr 28 2025
    Jeff and Rebecca talk about still being pissed off about the 2012 non-pulitzer, Gaiman seemingly throwing in the image rehab towel, legal challenges and defenses, and more before talking about their recent reading. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. Sign up for the Book Riot Podcast Newsletter and follow the show on Instagram and Bluesky. Get more industry news with our Today in Books daily newsletter. Trust your reading list to the experts at Tailored Book Recommendations who have recommended over 160,000 books to readers of all kinds. Let TBR match you with your next favorite read! Get started for only $18 at mytbr.co! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this Episode: The Books of Marie-Helene Bertino...with Marie-Helene Bertino on First Edition Jane Friedman on The Business of Being a Writer on First Edition The Long History of The Simplified Spelling Movement with Gabe Henry on First Edition. The Book Riot Podcast Patreon The Book Riot Podcast on Instagram The Book Riot Podcast Newsletter Exit Zero by Marie-Helene Bertino Enough is Enuf by Gabe Henry Pronoun Trouble by John McWhorter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    54 mins
  • The 10 Best Winners of The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction of the Century So Far

    The 10 Best Winners of The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction of the Century So Far
    Apr 23 2025
    Jeff and Rebecca continue to get mileage out of the "Of the Century so Far" framing, this time by ranking the fiction winners of the Pulitzer prize. Tough. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. Sign up for the Book Riot Podcast Newsletter and follow the show on Instagram and Bluesky. Get more industry news with our Today in Books daily newsletter. Trust your reading list to the experts at Tailored Book Recommendations who have recommended over 160,000 books to readers of all kinds. Let TBR match you with your next favorite read! Get started for only $18 at mytbr.co! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this Episode: The Book Riot Podcast Patreon The Book Riot Podcast on Instagram The Book Riot Podcast Newsletter Email your Moms, Dads, and Grads Recommendations to podcast (at) bookriot (dot) com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    54 mins
  • NEVER LET ME GO by Kazuo Ishiguro, the book and the movie [Teaser]

    NEVER LET ME GO by Kazuo Ishiguro, the book and the movie [Teaser]
    Apr 22 2025
    It's the 20th anniversary of the publication of Kazuo Ishiguro's modern classic, Never Let Me Go. Jeff and Rebecca recorded this episode diving into the book and movie in 2022. To listen to the whole episode, sign up to become a member of The Book Riot podcast Patreon. You'll get new bonus episodes as they publish, as well as access to all the bonus stuff we've done so far. 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
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    9 mins
  • Study Shows Book Bans Lead to Increased Readership, the "Shadow Daddies" of Romantasy, and More

    Study Shows Book Bans Lead to Increased Readership, the "Shadow Daddies" of Romantasy, and More
    Apr 21 2025
    Rebecca sits down with Vanessa Diaz to discuss a new study that shows book bans lead to increased readership of inclusive content, the men cashing in big on romantasy, PEN Awards finalists, and more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. Sign up for the Book Riot Podcast Newsletter and follow the show on Instagram and Bluesky. Get more industry news with our Today in Books daily newsletter. Trust your reading list to the experts at Tailored Book Recommendations who have recommended over 160,000 books to readers of all kinds. Let TBR match you with your next favorite read! Get started for only $18 at mytbr.co! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this Episode: PEN Awards Finalists ALA State of America’s Libraries report New study finds that book bans lead to increased readership ACLU files suit against Department of Defense schools over book banning The men cashing in on romantasy Meta says books used to train LLMs are both essential and essentially worthless Searches by Vauhini Vara Murder at Gull's Nest by Jess Kidd Murder by Cheesecake by Rachel Ekstrom Courage Harlem Rhapsody by Victoria Christopher Murray Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    57 mins
  • Talking Bibliotherapy with Emely Rumble

    Talking Bibliotherapy with Emely Rumble
    Apr 16 2025
    Rebecca talks with Emely Rumble, author of Bibliotherapy in the Bronx, about using books as a tool for individual and collective healing, social justice, and more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. Sign up for the Book Riot Podcast Newsletter and follow the show on Instagram and Bluesky. Get more industry news with our Today in Books daily newsletter. Trust your reading list to the experts at Tailored Book Recommendations who have recommended over 160,000 books to readers of all kinds. Let TBR match you with your next favorite read! Get started for only $18 at mytbr.co! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this Episode: Bibliotherapy in the Bronx Literapy NYC National Association for Poetry Therapy International Federation of Biblio/Poetry Therapy The Center/Institute for Creative "Righting" Follow Emely on Instagram, TikTok, and Threads Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    46 mins
  • Americans Want To Read More Books. Or Do They?

    Americans Want To Read More Books. Or Do They?
    Apr 14 2025
    Jeff and Rebecca talk about a big new survey of Americans' feelings about reading, before talking about a small but interesting change at PW, recent reading, and more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. Sign up for the Book Riot Podcast Newsletter and follow the show on Instagram and Bluesky. Get more industry news with our Today in Books daily newsletter. Trust your reading list to the experts at Tailored Book Recommendations who have recommended over 160,000 books to readers of all kinds. Let TBR match you with your next favorite read! Get started for only $18 at mytbr.co! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this Episode: The Book Riot Podcast Patreon The Book Riot Podcast on Instagram The Book Riot Podcast Newsletter Email your Moms, Dads, and Grads Recommendations to podcast (at) bookriot (dot) com. New NPR/Ipsos poll shows most Americans want to read more…and just don’t PW now charging for review consideration Laura McGrath on how publishing industry demographics compare to US population Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    59 mins
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