This week, Jeff and Rebecca discuss the 10 selections for The National Book Awards Fiction Longlist along with their mostly wrong guesses, Good Omens production pauses amid the accusations against Neil Gaiman, Rachel Kushner's Creation Lake, and an author interview chestnut we would like to see roasted, once and for all. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page...
Sep 16, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jeff and Rebecca preview the always-busy fall adaptation slate, after paying respects to James Earl Jones as he fades into the cornfield. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks! The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 12, 2024•1 hr 8 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jeff and Rebecca mull NaNoWriMo's AI blunder, note the passing of Len Riggio, talk about recent reading, 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! Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks! The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Discussed in this episode: Big Five Publishing & Authors Guild Sue Over New Florida Book Banning Law NaNoWriMo maybe blew itself up over AI statement? Disne...
Sep 09, 2024•1 hr 22 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jeff and Rebecca talk through 10 contenders for the "It" book of September. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks! The Book Riot Podcast Patreon This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: Creation Lake The Life Impossible Colored Television Lovely One...
Sep 04, 2024•49 min•Transcript available on Metacast Rebecca and Jeff compete to draft the best collection of 10 new releases for the season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 30, 2024•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jeff and Rebecca embark upon a fool's errand: trying to guess the longlist for the 2024 National Book Award for Fiction. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks! The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 28, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jeff and Rebecca are back to talk about Obama's summer reading list, what is new and what isn't in a New York Times article about recent publishing layoffs, the state of LLM legal disputes, 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! Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commissi...
Aug 26, 2024•1 hr 9 min•Transcript available on Metacast On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the theatrical release of The Shawshank Redemption, here is our Book Nerd Movie Club episode about the novella and film. A classic. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks! The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 21, 2024•1 hr 27 min•Transcript available on Metacast Vanessa joins Jeff to stare slack-jawed at a list of the best-selling books from the last five decades in the UK, talk about recent book-banning news, wince at some PR pack-ins, 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! Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks! Discussed in this episode: The Book Riot Podcast Patreon The 100 bestselling books of the past 50 years High school sh...
Aug 19, 2024•49 min•Transcript available on Metacast Rebecca is joined by Book Riot's intrepid managing editor Vanessa Diaz for a conversation about the new adaptation of Colleen Hoover's It Ends With Us, starring Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Join us on Patreon for access to early, ad-free listening and bonus content. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affil...
Aug 09, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Transcript available on Metacast Looking back at one of the great movie years for book lovers: 1999. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 07, 2024•1 hr 12 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jeff and Rebecca tour the week in books, check in with Project 2025's dastardly plans and Spotify's continued growth, enjoy a little rant time, 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! Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: The Book R...
Aug 05, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jeff and Rebecca consider 10 contenders for the It Book of August. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: What is Going on with Book Sales? Episode of First Edition Mina's Matchbox by Yoko Ogawa There Are Riv...
Jul 31, 2024•53 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jeff and Rebecca respond to some listener feedback, talk about the sales spike of Kamala Harris books, some truly amateur hour cheating in the Hugo Awards, and nerd out about some specific sales data related the the NYT 100 Best Books of the 21st Century List. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks! Discussed in this episode: What is Going on w...
Jul 29, 2024•1 hr•Transcript available on Metacast Jeff and Rebecca are joined by Sharifah Williams to discuss the books they selected for in The New York Times's 100 best books of the 21st century, how they picked, and their reactions to the final list. 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
Jul 25, 2024•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the film release of The NeverEnding Story, Jeff, Rebecca, and Sharifah talk about the book, movie, and its place in pop and nerd culture. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in th...
Jul 24, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jeff and Rebecca are back to do more discussion of The New York Times's list of the Best Books of the 21st Century, go over the reader version of the list, predict what books we think are the most likely to make Obama's summer reading list, talk about their 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! Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks! This content contains ...
Jul 22, 2024•58 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this special episode, Jeff and Rebecca are joined by Gilbert Cruz, editor of The New York Times Book Review, to talk about the construction, philosophy, and end result of The New York Times list of the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks! Discussed in this episode: The Book Riot Podcast Patreon The 100 ...
Jul 17, 2024•52 min•Transcript available on Metacast Rebecca and Book Riot managing editor Vanessa Diaz discuss the NYT's 100 books of the 21st century, sexual assault allegations against Neil Gaiman, disturbing revelations about Alice Munro, 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! Visit Thrift Books to see all the titles featured on the show. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate com...
Jul 15, 2024•1 hr•Transcript available on Metacast With Jeff and Rebecca hither and yon, we asked our editors to drop in and talk about their favorite books of the year so far. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: Find Other Book Riot Fans (Social Media Han...
Jul 10, 2024•35 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jeff tells Rebecca about his trip to the American Library Association Annual Convention before a discussion of listener feedback, B&N getting more people into stores, and recent reading. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed...
Jul 08, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jeff and Rebecca go through 10 contenders to pick the It Book of July. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks! Discussed in this episode: Find Other Book Riot Fans (Social Media Handle Exchange) The Book Riot Podcast Patreon The Coin by Yasmin Zaher I Was a Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones The God of the Woods by Liz Moore Someone Like U...
Jul 03, 2024•54 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jeff and Rebecca tally up their favorite reads of the year so far. Yes, James is at the top of the list. 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
Jul 02, 2024•5 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jeff and Rebecca talk about a mixed bag of topics this week: James getting a major adaptation deal, Hilary Clinton is publishing a new mem.....YAWN, and Frieda McFadden looks to go full grocery store. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this Episode: Visit mytbr.co to subscrib...
Jul 01, 2024•1 hr•Transcript available on Metacast Jeff and Rebecca look back at their It Book selections so far, see what they got right and wrong, and then talk about which books have been the books of the year thus far. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episod...
Jun 26, 2024•48 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jeff and Rebecca dive into an extremely busy week of book news. Barnes & Noble buys Tattered Cover. April book sales are up so much it's hard to believe. And published books have gotten way more diverse over the last 5 years, but there is more work to be done and reason to wonder if the progress will continue. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftb...
Jun 24, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jeff and Rebecca talk about the people they think are doing the most interesting stuff in the world of books (less writing, more making of the books you know?). Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: Find Oth...
Jun 19, 2024•58 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jeff and Rebecca discuss one of the most anticipated books of the season, Exhibit by R.O. Kwon. Join us on Patreon for access to early, ad-free listening and all bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/bookriotpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 18, 2024•6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jeff and Rebecca talk about Jeff's breakdown of a bunch of Best of 2024 So Far lists, dive into a listener-created spreadsheet of It Books, talk about Oprah's summer book club selection, 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! Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commis...
Jun 17, 2024•58 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jeff and Rebecca rank the 10 most important, lasting, and otherwise notable books from 2014. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks! 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 Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel The Bo...
Jun 12, 2024•1 hr 15 min•Transcript available on Metacast 
