Book Riot - The Podcast

This week, Jeff and Rebecca close out 2017 with some of our favorite non-book things of the year:   This episode is sponsored by: Reckless: The Petrified Flesh by Cornelia Funke Bark Box Ginny Moon by Benjamin Ludwig   Stuff discussed in this episode: Halt and Catch Fire The Hot Sardines Apple AirPods Cravings by Chrissy Teigen Rainbow by Ke$ha The Punisher on Netflix Monument Valley 2 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jeff and Rebecca look back at the notable bookish stories of the year.   This episode is sponsored by: Reckless: The Petrified Flesh by Cornelia Funke Bookaxe Podkin One-Ear by Kiernan Larwood   Links discussed in this episode: JRR Tolkien’s son resigns as director of estate Indigo plans to enter US market New Barnes & Noble concept store w/ restaurant opens in Plano, TX Audible lets romance readers skip to the good parts Most deserved million-dollar book deal: Colin Kaepernick When the chickens come home to roost: UNH gets raked for spending librarian’s donation on stadium sign The story that just won’t die about the YA book that bought its way onto the NYT list Turkey of the Year, redux: NYT’s debut romance coverage New York times awkwardly covers romance for the first time Terry Pratchett’s unfinished works destroyed by steamroller, per his wishes Readers’ Rights story that didn’t actually become a thing: TSA canceling pilot of procedures requiring passengers to remove books from carry-

This week, Jeff and Rebecca finish up holiday recommendation requests and share some long-overdue listener feedback.   This episode is sponsored by: Casper Reckless: The Petrified Flesh by Cornelia Funke OwlCrate Jr.   Books recommended in this episode: I Contain Multitudes by Ed Young Incarceration Nations Who Thought This Would Be a Good Idea? by Alyssa Mastromonaco Southern Reach Trilogy by Jeff VanderMeer Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth Wangs vs the World by Jade Chang Mr Penumbra’s 24-Hours Bookstore by Robin Sloan Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler, Alibis by André Aciman Unbound by Steph Jagger Known and Strange Things by Teju Cole The Force by Don Winslow   IQ by Joe Ide What It Means When a Man Falls From the Sky Children of the New World The Kingkiller Chronicles by Patrick Rothfuss  Sorceror to the Crown by Zen Cho Julia Quinn’s Bridgerton series Roomies by Christina Lauren Beverly Jenkins The Wars of the Roses series by Conn Iggulen How to Cook Everything Vegetar

Jeff and Rebecca wrap up their 2017 Holiday recommendations.   This episode is sponsored by: TryAudiobooks.com Reckless: The Petrified Flesh by Cornelia Funke   Books recommended in this episode: Angelmaker by Nick Harkaway I Am Rosa Parks by Brad Meltzer A Study in Scarlet Women by Sherry Thomas From the Hips by Rebecca Odes Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes Joy On Demand The Uterus is a Feature, not a Bug by Sarah Lacy The Startup Way by Eric Ries Lafayette in the Somewhat United States by Sarah Vowell Beloved by Toni Morrison  Hunger by Roxane gay Night Comes to the Cumberlands by Henry Caudil An Untamed State by Roxane Gay Ramp Hollow by Steven Stoll You Had Me at Woof Afterglow by Eileen Myles Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck It Ain’t So Awful, Falafel by Firoozah Dumas The First Rule of Punk by Celia Perez From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsberg The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street by Karina Yan Glaser Alive Life of Pi by Yann Martel The Martian by Andy Weir The Dog S

Jeff and Rebecca kick off this year's holiday recommendation extravaganza... This episode is sponsored by: Men & Dogs Penguin Random House Audio   Books recommended in this episode: The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown What If by Randall Munroe Schott's Original Miscellany by Ben Schott Salt Fat Acid Heat by Samin Nosrat and Wendy McNaughton The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern History of the World in Six Cups by Tom Standige Dragons Love Tacos by Adam Rubin and Daniel Salmieri The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden Zero to Well-Read in 100 Books The Fate of the West by Bill Emmott, No Is Not Enough by Naomi Klein We Were Eight Years in Power by Ta-nehisi Coates Hope in the Dark by Rebecca Solnit Wisdom of Sundays by Oprah Winfrey When Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe Yoga Bodies by Laura Lipton and Jamie Beard Other Minds by Peter Godfrey-Smith Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi The Storied Life of AJ Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan The Changeling by Victor Lavalle Dark Matter by Blake

This week, Jeff and Rebecca recap the National Book Awards, tackle a pair of grim publishing industry surveys, realize how little they know about Spanish-language publishing in the U.S., and much more.    This episode is sponsored by: Libby PRH Audio The Illustrated Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them   Links discussed in this episode:   National Book Award winners  Bilingual book about Selena is outselling everyone, including Harry Potter  PW’s 2017 salary survey shows publishing is still super white & the wage gap is huge  More than half of the respondents to a UK publishing industry survey report experiencing sexual harassment  California will be first state to require LGBTQ-inclusive history texts  JRR Tolkien’s son resigns as director of estate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Jeff and Rebecca mull Barnes & Noble's new concept stores opening, Pokemon go but for Harry Potter, a new entrant in the US bookstore market, and much more.    This episode is sponsored by: Renegades by Marissa Meyer The Sacrifice of Sunshine Girl by Paige Mckenzie OwlCrate Links discussed in this episode: Amazon best books of the year  Indigo plans to enter US market  LORD OF THE RINGS series at amazon? Harry Potter AR game coming from makers of Pokemon Go  And all 8 HP movies coming to HBO in January  New Barnes & Noble concept store w/ restaurant opens in Plano, TX See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jeff and Rebecca nervously discuss a series adaptation of Invisible Man, survey the 2017 Goodreads Choice nominees, ponder Audible's new romance subscription, and much more.  This episode is sponsored by: Frankie by Shivaun Plozza Casper Our own $500 Bookstore giveaway   Links discussed in this episode: Follow-up: Comey memoir has a title and May 2018 release date  Hulu developing an adaptation of Invisible Man  Zadie Smith awarded the 2017 Langston Hughes Medal  Next Dragon Tattoo book will be Lagercrantz’s last  Voting opens for Goodreads Choice Awards  Audible developing tech to let romance fans “skip to the good parts” See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jeff and Rebecca follow-up about Reading Rainbow beef, gripe about sales figures, mark the departure of a couple of gross dudes in books, and much more.  This episode is sponsored by: Ready Player One by Ernie Cline HelloFresh (use offer code bookriot30) Haven by Mary Lindsey Win 500 Bucks to spend at the bookstore of your choice!   Links discussed in this episode: Update: LeVar Burton no longer being sued over Reading Rainbow catchphrase  Colin Kaepernick gets $1million book deal  Talking numbers: new John Green helps lift sales 8% in early October. But really it's Dan Brown.  Gross Bill O’Reilly gets his ass dropped Gross Harvey Weinstein used book deals to buy silence Angela Flournoy developing an HBO show with Issa Rae  Hallmark is accepting submissions for romance & mystery novels See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jeff and Rebecca sink their teeth into the new VIDA numbers, quickly mention the 2017 Man Booker Prize announcement, roll around in some book sales data, and much more.    This episode is sponsored by: The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater Libby The Lost Causes by Etting & Schwartz   Links discussed in this episode: Win 500 Bucks to spend at the bookstore of your choice! George Saunders wins 2017 Man Booker Prize 2016 VIDA count  NYC libraries to forgive all children’s fines Riz Ahmed as Hamlet for Netflix!?  Mississippi school district pulls TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD from curriculum because it offends peopleFlorida school district bans all books with “profanity, cursing, or inappropriate subject matter”    Kickstarter for a queer feminist bookstore in Mississippi  Library of Congress begins Librarians in Residence pilot program See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Jeff and Rebecca follow-up about a long profile of the UNH librarian who gave the school $4MM, welcome waterproof Kindles, celebrate literary Macarthur winners, and much more.    This episode is sponsored by: Quackery by Kang & Pederson The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater Forest of a Thousand Laterns by Julie C. Dao   Links discussed in this episode: Follow-up on the librarian who left $4 million to UNH and now it’s funding football  The results of the Ripped Bodice study on diversity in romance are...very bad Jesmyn Ward & Viet Thanh Nguyen win Macarthur Genius grants Hachette Book Group terminates Weinstein imprint  Amazon finally introduces a waterproof Kindle AmazonCrossing goes multilingual Another shifted-perspective 50 Shades book is coming in November  New York times awkwardly covers romance for the first time See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Jeff and Rebecca revel in Dan Brown week, approve of this year's Nobel Laureate in Literature, run-down more awards lists, and much more.   This episode is sponsored by: Dear Fahrenheit 451 by Annie Spence Book of the Month 27 Hours by Tristina Wright   Links discussed in this episode: Kazuo Ishiguro wins Nobel Prize for Literature NBA finalists  Profile of Rupi Kaur, who has a new book out and is outselling Homer ten to one See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jeff and Jenn talk about this year's 5 under 35 honorees, dissect some upcoming adaptation news, ponder audiobooks, and much more.  This episode is sponsored by: The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street by Karina Yan Glaser The Black Bird of the Gallows by Meg Kassel Casper   Links discussed in this episode: Work for Book Riot! Book of Mormon becomes most expensive book ever sold 5 Under 35 List Artemis movie already in the works A Brief History of Seven Killings being adapted tooTrailer for ANNIHILATION  Buy books for disaster relief See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Jeff and Rebecca talk about shortlists and finalists in fall awards season, audiobook growth, HRC selling some units, Google serving library results, and much more.    This episode is sponsored by: The Wonderling by Mira Bartok Provenance by Ann Leckie Kobo Audiobooks Lit Chat   Links discussed in this episode: Kirkus Prize finalists  National Book Award longlists  Hillary Clinton’s book has sold more than 300K copies  Books win big at Emmy’s  Cool tech thing: Google search now checks your local library for ebooks  A look at growth in a downloadable audiobooks in an otherwise flat market See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jeff and Rebecca put the discussion of gaming the NYT bestseller list to bed, note Amazon's policing of reviews of What Happened, shrug their shoulder over the Man Booker shortlist, and much more.   This episode is sponsored by: The Golden House by Salman Rushdie Lit Chat The Book of Separation by Tova Miris   Links discussed in this episode: Lani Sarem is still defending her gaming of the NYT bestseller list  Amazon defends deleting 1-star reviews of HRC’s book New documentary film about the NYPL 5 previously unpublished Kurt Vonnegut stories coming  Casey Affleck to star in STONER, which is just very wrong  Kirkus has added diversity/identification tagging to reviews See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Jeff and Amanda consider a conservative publisher giving the NYT bestseller list the brush off, worry over Barnes & Noble's continued slide, anticipate Roxane Gay's forthcoming advice column, and much more.   This episode is sponsored by: The Nocturnal Journal by Lee Crutchley CopyCat by Alex Lake A Conspiracy in Belgravia by Sherry Thomas   Links discussed in this episode: Follow-up: Libba Bray on the all-girl remake of Lord of the Flies Roxane Gay gets NYT advice column Conservative publisher bouncing from caring about NYT bestseller list Barnes & Noble continues to fade even as publishing grows New Emily Mandel book coming Book doulasRosario Dawson to narrate ARTEMIS See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Jeff and Rebecca follow-up about a Pepe the Frog rip-off children's book, disagree about destroying Terry Pratchett's work, consider a world in which a $1 million advance isn't all that much, and much more.    This episode is sponsored by: Book of the Month The End of the World Running Club by Adrian Walker Mask of Shadows by Linsey Miller Libby   Links discussed in this episode: Weird follow-up: creator of Pepe the Frog makes children’s book author donate profits to Muslim rights group  Terry Pratchett’s unfinished works destroyed by steamroller, per his wishes VE SCHWAB’s big book deal World’s 50 largest publishers CA library goes private Warner Brothers bringing all-female adaptation of Lord of the Flies  Details on the YA/PEN scandal See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jeff and Rebecca spend most of the episode gawking at one of the strangest book-world stories they've yet covered.    This episode is sponsored by Book of the Month.    Links discussed in this episode: YA Author Briefly Scams Way Onto NYT Bestseller List Celebrity Instagrams Sell Books...Don't They? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about follow up about Audible for dogs and coloring book sales, unpack the non-profit Voldemort movie, Michiku Kakutani's forthcoming book, swearing in books, and much more.    This episode is sponsored by Penguin Random House Audio The Hawkweed Legacy by Irina Bringnull The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin   Links discussed in this episode: Unofficial Harry Potter movie about Voldemort gets Warner Brothers approval Do a thing: $5 for every copy of new Ta-Nehisi Coates sold at Print going to African American Teaching Fellows  Michiko Kakutani has a book deal Assistant Principal fired for writing children’s book about Pepe the Frog  American books are getting more profane  The Ripped Bodice is creating a community for romance readers See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jeff and Rebecca anticipate a shared favorite coming to Netflix, bag on fixing book prices, scratch their heads over Audible for dogs, and decide that suing Levar Burton is ill-advised.    This episode is sponsored by: Genius: The Con by Leopoldo Gout Book of the Month Caraval by Stephanie Garber   Links discussed in this episode: Annotated #4: The United States V. One Book Called Ulysses Our Souls at Night coming to Netflix Ava Duvernay adapting Octavia Butler's Dawn for television LeVar Burton sued for using his Reading Rainbow catchphrase on his podcast  Philip Pulman calls for return of fixed pricing  Audible for Dogs is a real thing  New Yorkers can stream 30K movies free with a library card  Generating Romance titles with AI See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices