Book Riot - The Podcast

Jeff and Rebecca talk about Barnes & Noble as publishing’s hero(!?), developments in the world of book banning, new initiatives to combat said banning, 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: Book bans now reaching math textbooks in Florida California student’s petition to expand conversations about race in literature 5 Under 35 honorees Brooklyn Public Library offers ecards to kids 13-21 as a move to provide access/resist book bans We Need Diverse Books To Offer Grants to Educators to Buy Books  How Barnes & Noble went from villain to hero Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca talk 2022 book sales so far, Brandon Sanderson making it rain, dive into The Candy House by Jennifer Egan, 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: Book Riot Podcast Patreon! Brandon Sanderson pays it forward Book sales boom is over? Documentary about The Bookstore Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca talk about the new Book Riot Podcast Patreon, solicit recommendation requests for Moms/Dads/Grads episode, somehow spin out again about audiobook pricing, look at the most banned books of 2021, 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: Book Riot Podcast Patreon! Station Eleven team reuniting at HBO for Glass Hotel & Sea of Tranquility We probably have to say something about the Amazon union success The NYT looks at some of the most-banned books of 2021 B&N goes audiobook membership The Cartographers by Peng Shepard Secret Identity by Alex Segura The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi Pay Up by Reshma Saujani The Candy House by Jennifer Egan Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re sharing a special preview of a podcast we’ve been enjoying, Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso, from Pushkin Industries. Talk Easy is a weekly interview podcast, where writer Sam Fragoso invites actors, writers, activists, and musicians to come to the table and speak from the heart in ways you probably haven't heard from them before. Driven by curiosity and an abundance of research, he’s had revealing conversations with everyone from George Saunders and Cate Blanchett to Ocean Vuong and Gloria Steinem. In this preview, Sam talks with author Michael Lewis about his book, The Premonition, his approach to creating a relationship with the people he writes about, covering President Obama, and the power of luck. You can listen to Talk Easy at https://podcasts.pushkin.fm/tebookriot. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca talk about listener experiences with Atlas of the Heart, do a quick update from the Sandersonverse, discuss the rising sales of LBGTQ romance, and linger for a moment in the Frontlist Foyer. 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: LGBTQ romance sales are booming Evelyn Hugo adaptation going to Netflix The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka Pachinko by Min Jin Lee Tell Me Everything by Erika Krouse The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Danika Ellis joins Rebecca Schinsky to talk about Dr Seuss sales, librarians getting fired for not pulling books, that Where the Crawdads Sing Trailer, 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: Pulling racist books turned out to be good for business for Dr Seuss Texas librarian ​​alleges she was fired for not removing books Crawdads trailer ​​ Heroes of the Week Ted Cruz accidentally makes two anti-racist books bestsellers ​​ As mentioned on the show: Danika’s quiz to match book banning quote to the decade it occurred  Delilah Green Doesn’t Care by Ashley Herring Blake Tell Me an Ending by Jo Harkin Ready When You Are by Gary Lonesborough Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca talk about books sales thus far in 2022, check in on the “book of the year” candidates, note some discontent in the publishing workforce, and talk about books that are not what we thought they were. 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 have a literary activism newsletter coming soon Brandon Sanderson answers FAQs about that Kickstarter Wanna talk about that Twitter thread about low-mid level publishing folks bouncing out? Funny Farm by Laurie Zaleski Left on Tenth by Delia Ephron The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca talk about B&N’s 2021 results and how TikTok steers the ship, recent reading, new Cormac McCarthy novels, 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: James Daunt talks about BN’s 2021 Cormac McCarthy publishing 2 new novels with a different flavor Pamela Paul stepping down from NYT Book Review to join Opinion section The Voltage Effect by John List Left on Tenth by Delia Ephron Recitatif by Toni Morrison Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca talk about the closing of Amazon Books and the most interesting self-publishing story yet. 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: Amazon is shutting down all of its bookstores Brandon Sanderson’s Kickstarter! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca talk more about bonus content, the Dolly Parton/James Patterson unique audio experience, trailer talk, 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! Discussed in this episode: Novelists struggling with if/how to write about covid — curious where listeners are on this Britney! Spears! Memoir! For $15million  Cases in which challenged books have been returned to shelves in Washington state. Dolly/patterson audiobook experience on Spotify Pachinko Trailer looks amazing Rings of Power looks like….Rings of Power Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca talk premium podcast content, play a bookish round of 20 Questions, think about the two-year anniversary of Bookshop, 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: Mexican Gothic by Sylvia Moreno-Garcia The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas Students sue a school district over book banning Heartbreak by Florence Williams The Bomber Mafia by Malcolm Gladwell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca talk about new details about The Spine Collector, Apple’s Book Club, recent reads, and more. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The show can also be found on Stitcher. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: Check out our wordle-inspired merch at bookriot.com/merch Glory’s doing a WRBG series with Liveright The Bernardini plot thickens Apple’s new book club Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson The Power of Regret by Daniel Pink The Family Chao by Lan Samantha Chang The Nineties by Chuck Klosterman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca finally are ready to talk about Station Eleven, after discussing recent reads. And in the second half of the episode, they get to talk to Glory Edim of Well-Read Black Girl. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The show can also be found on Stitcher. Discussed in this episode: Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel Admissions by Kendra James To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara How to be Perfect by Michael Schur The Well-Read Black Girl Podcast Well-Read Black Girl on Instagram Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff is joined by Vanessa Diaz to talk about 2021s bestsellers, recent notable and favorite books, the continuing surge in book banning and censorshop in public libraries and schools, and more. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: Adaptation Nation The Book Riot Podcast Winter Preview Draft Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Personal Library Up for Auction Breaking down 2021’s bestsellers by publisher Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark Ariadne by Jennifer Saint Homicide and Halo-Halo by Mia P. Manansala The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd Ramón and Julieta by Alana Quintana Albertson Amor Actually Murder Most Actual, a Kobo original by Alexis Hall Wahala by Nikki May See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jeff and Rebecca doing something unusual: talking about the books they are reading. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The show can also be found on Stitcher. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: Winter Preview Draft Adaptation Nation Edelweiss Netgalley The Nineties by Chuck Klosterman Lost & Found by Kathryn Schulz To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara Somebody’s Daughter by Ashley Ford Mouth to Mouth by Antoine Wilson See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca talk about 2021 print sales and reading habits, Harlequin’s subscription play, give a general review of Station Eleven on HBO, and more. Discussed in this episode: Follow-up in Bernardini case ​​ Latest Pew stats re: Americans’ reading habits Print Books Have Huge 2021 Harlequin’s new subscription service debuts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca talk about the resolution of a recent literary mystery, the (cough) best books of the last 125 years, new year’s reading projects, and more. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: Winter Preview Draft Episode! Adaptation Nation! Italian publishing employee arrested for fraud, identity theft stealing those manuscripts The NYT let readers vote on the best book of the last 125 years to predictable results The Maid by Nita Prose Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Jeff and Rebecca recommend things from outside the world of books and reading. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: Rebecca’s List: Counting Crows, Butter Miracle album An Evening w/ Silk Sonic, Bruno Mars & Anderson Paak 100-Foot Wave All About Cake by Christina Tosi The White Lotus Bandsplain podcast Jammy bits The Sex Lives of College Girls Cadence toiletry holders – keepyourcadence.com The Robe by Lunya   Jeff’s List Reservation Dogs Dug Days Cousteau Passionfruit Syrup Cinnamon Syrup CarMax Get Back Pretty Paper by Willie Nelson hotels.google.com flights.google.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca list their favorites reads of 2021. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The show can also be found on Stitcher. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles Matrix by Lauren Groff Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead Klara & the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro You’re Not Listening by Kate Murphy Becoming Trader Joe by Joe Columbe Somebody’s Daughter by Ashley Ford Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner The Parker Inheritance by Varian Johnson The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street Make a Wish by Karina Yan Glaser Taste by Stanely Tucci Bourdain: The Oral Biography by Laurie Woolever The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel Wintering by Katherine May In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado Office of Historical Corrections by Danielle Evans Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead A Little Devil in America by Hanif Abdurraquib Evvie Drake Starts Over