Book Riot - The Podcast

Jeff and Rebecca try to figure out the mystery of a 2023 title with a HUGE print run, B&N booksellers’ book(s) of the year, the National Book Award winners, and what that literary gumshoe Michael Lewis stumbled into. This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about a strike at HarperCollins, who got the future of book-selling right, a beta Kindle Rewards program, and much more. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The show can also be found on Stitcher. For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE: The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Barnes & Noble booksellers choose Lessons in Chemistry as the book of the year Grammy Nominees for audiobooks Natl Book Award Winners Amazon editors’ best books of the year Tor Announces what the heck will happen with the Brandon Sanderson kickstarter books Michael Lewis FTX!!!!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca pick books from the year that are the most giftable. Whatever that means. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The show can also be found on Stitcher. 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: The Book Riot Podcast Patreon The Nineties By Chuck Klosterman How to Be Perfect by Michael Schur Inciting Joy by Ross Gay Kosher Soul by Michael Twitty An Immense World by Ed Yong What If 2 by Randall Munroe Baking School: The Bread Ahead Cookbook Building a Second Brain by Tiago Forte Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel Left on Tenth by Delia Ephron The Maid by Nita Prose Mouth to Mouth by Antoine Wilson Notes on an Execution To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about a strike at HarperCollins, who got the future of book-selling right, a beta Kindle Rewards program, and much more. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The show can also be found on Stitcher. 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: The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Ongoing: Jamestown, MI library defunded again HarperCollins union workers on strike until new contract is reached Amazon displaying Goodreads ratings on some title listings For fellow Bourdain fans, Jason Diamond read the unauthorized biography so we don’t have Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca talk about the NPR Book Concierge, a report on the Gone Girl Cruise, ToMo on a stamp, PRH not becoming PRHS&S, and much more. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The show can also be found on Stitcher. 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: The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Judge blocks PRH-SS merger Truly bananas follow-up: the Gone Girl cruise ToMo is going to be on a stamp Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about best of lists in general, Publishers Weekly’s list in particular, Spotify being surprised at not being special, and much more. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The show can also be found on Stitcher. 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: The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Free Patreon Episodes: for real this time. Spotify struggling with audiobooks update because of Apple’s in-app purchases rules that they…were kind of hoping to be magically exempt from PW’s Best Books of the Year PEN report on race, equity, and book publishing FX/Hulu order Never Let Me Go series Rogue Ingram employee replaces pro-choice titles with Focus on the Family propaganda while filling Bookshop orders Republicans propose federal “Don’t Say Gay” bill Celeste Ng named first ABA indie bookstore ambassador Lea

Jeff and Rebecca bring their favorite Patreon episode out from behind the wall: the biggest bookish phenomena of their reading lives. To get all the extra episodes, go to patreon.com/bookriotpodcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca talk about Barnes & Noble’s best books of the year, Alexandra Alter’s article on Colleen Hoover, and more. 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: The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Enter to win a copy of Book Riot’s own Reading the Stars Barnes & Noble’s best books of the year The Colleen Hoover profile we’ve been waiting for? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca talk about the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature, audiobooks coming to Spotify, Amazon’s updated ebook return policy, a new Kindle model that Jeff absolutely should not buy, and much more. 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: The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Enter to win a copy of Book Riot’s own Reading the Stars Annie Ernaux wins the Nobel Prize for Literature Spotify audiobooks are live New Kindle Scribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca talk about the most bookish non-adaptation ever made. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The show can also be found on Stitcher. For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Jeff’s 2012 Dead Poets Society Live-Blog Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca talk about the National Book Award longlist, which apparently triggers an existential crisis for Jeff. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The show can also be found on Stitcher. 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: The Book Riot Podcast Patreon The 2022 National Book Award Longlists Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca talk about John Green getting banned in his home school, new ereader news, recent reading, and much more. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The show can also be found on Stitcher. 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: The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Out of Print job posting Book banning weirdness: John Green’s first novel might be banned at his old school Long-awaited great news that Angela Flournoy has two more books coming Kobo’s new eco-conscious ereader Amazon’s new base Kindle This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub In the Early Times by Tad Friend Afterlives by Abdulrazak Gurnah The Mosquito Bowl by Buzz Bissinger Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca talk about the Booker Prize shortlist, Nora Roberts making it rain for a Michigan library, Virginia’s obscenity case against Gender Queer getting kicked to the curb, interesting new trailers, nerd TV, and more. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The show can also be found on Stitcher. 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: The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Liberty Hardy’s Patreon RIP Barbara Ehrenreich And Peter Straub Booker Prize Shortlist AJ Fikry trailer Their efforts have failed: VA obscenity case over Gender Queer is dismissed Nora Roberts saves Michigan library defunded over ​​LGBTQ titles Baker & Taylor’s systems were down for multiple weeks due to a ransomware attack the weekend of Aug 20-21 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca follow-up about stocking changes at Barnes & Noble, a Texas school district bans the word “transgender,” a slate of new book clubs, and more. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The show can also be found on Stitcher. 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: The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Shoutout to Kelly Jensen on PBS News Hour Texas school district bans the word “transgender” from district, along w/ sweeping policy around discussions of gender & sexuality Amazon is now sponsoring the TikTok Book Club Chemistry Lessons by Bonnie Garmus Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak The Hacienda by Isabel Canas Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca talk about the horrible attack on Salman Rushdie, a maybe consequential change to what Barnes & Noble stocks in its physical stores, a quick Confidence Index on DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY starring Keanu Reeves, and much more. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The show can also be found on Stitcher. 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: The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Salman Rushdie on the long road to recovery after being stabbed during event Dallas area librarians told to remove every book that was challenged last year from shelves, even those that were approved Barnes & Noble making a change to what it stocks and how it stocks This GRRM profile in Vanity Fair Keanu Reeves starring in Hulu’s Devil in the White City adaptation Joan is Okay by Weike Wang Home Waters by John Maclean We Were Dreamers by Si

Jeff and Rebecca talk about the passing of David McCullough, who holds the Dad Book crown, seeing the Colleen Hoover phenomenon in the wild, rubber-neck the PRH/S&S trial, and much more. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The show can also be found on Stitcher. 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: The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Is this the Colleen Hoover profile we have been looking for? Day Five of the Penguin Random House/S&S Trial Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rebecca and Sharifah discuss the salacious history of Go Ask Alice, the antitrust trial against Penguin Random House’s merger with Simon & Schuster, and more. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The show can also be found on Stitcher. 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. Links discussed in the show: The Book Riot Patreon How a Mormon Housewife Turned a Fake Diary Into an Enormous Best-Seller New York Times announces Gilbert Cruz as Books Editor Louisiana Librarian Seeks Legal Action After Harassment by Far-Right Group Michigan Library May Close Due to Conservative Propaganda Background on the PRH-Simon & Schuster antitrust trial Opening Arguments & Day One Testimony S & S CEO Jonathan Karp’s Testimony Why the Penguin Random House – Simon & Schuster Merger is About Amazon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca talk about Obama’s summer reading picks, Canadian reading habits, another take on “self-censorship,” and more. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The show can also be found on Stitcher. 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: We’re still taking applications for Editorial Ops Associate Utah State board of education policy opens door to book bans Half of all Canadians read a book a week?! Pamela Paul has a take Barack Obama’s summer reading list The Gillian Flynn Gone Girl…Danube River cruise? Perish by LaToya Watkins The Church of Baseball by Ron Shelton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Book Riot is running a campaign to match donations to the National Network of Abortion Funds from July 25th through August 1st. Feminism, gender equality, and inclusivity are all core tenants of our values at Book Riot, and we know there is no gender equality without reproductive freedom and bodily autonomy. We hope that you'll be able to participate in this match campaign. If you are able to support it financially, you can get information at https://bookriot.com/book-riot-matching-donations-to-national-network-of-abortion-funds/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca talk trailers (She Said, Rings of Power, House of the Dragon), a HarperCollins walk-out, Michelle Obama’s new book, and much more. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The show can also be found on Stitcher. 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: The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Follow-up: HarperCollins union workers hit the picket line New Michelle Obama book The Boys by Katie Hafner Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca talk the best-selling books of the year, Book Riot’s own best books of the year so far, a very suspect reality show idea, and much more. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The show can also be found on Stitcher. For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE: The Book Riot Patreon Book Riot’s Best of 2022 so far Ada Limon named next Poet Laureate Bookstores are booming & becoming more diverse A reality show about authors? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices