Book Riot - The Podcast

Jeff and Rebecca try to remain focused while doing a bunch of listener follow-up, wonder about HMH’s trade business being for sale, admire PW’s Best Books of 2020 list (mostly), and preview upcoming topics. This episode is sponsored bY This episode is sponsored by Instant Karma by Marissa Meyer, Spellbreaker by Charlie N. Holmberg, TBR, Book Riot’s subscription service, and Emporia State University’s School of Library & Information Management Discussed in this episode: 92Y podcast PW best books 2020 HMH exploring sale of trade group Parents sue NC charter school calling novel POET X “an assault on Christianity” See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca list their most-wished for bookish adaptations. This episode is sponsored by: This episode is sponsored by Zikora by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Whatbook, TBR, Book Riot’s subscription service, and Book Riot Insiders Discussed in this episode: The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien Paradise by Toni Morrison Dust Tracks on a Road by Zora Neale Hurston The Arrangements by Maggie Shipstead Maine by J. Courtney Sullivan Zone One by Colson Whitehead Wild Game by Adrienne Brodeur Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb Billion Dollar Whale by Bradley Hope A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab The Wangs V. The World by Jade Chang Shadowshaper by Daniel Jose Older The Secret History by Donna Tartt We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry The Woman Next Door by Yewande Omotoso See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca talk about a call for help and a weird stock purchase at The Strand, more encouraging hires in publishing, an ugly fight at B&N goes away, and how much we really don’t like Audible-only things. This episode is sponsored by: This episode is sponsored by Fallen Queen (Mariposa Book 1) by Y. R. Shin, Emporia State University’s School of Library & Information Management, TBR, Book Riot’s subscription service, and The Unspoken by Ian K. Smith. Discussed in this episode: Shouts to Bernard Schwartz at the 92nd Street Y – check out their recording of Ethan Hawke reading Gilead Babysitters Club gets season 2 And Cheryl Strayed is bringing back Dear Sugar as a newsletter Hachette launches BIPOC imprint Litigation b/t Barnes & Noble & former CEO ends abruptly Strand owner buys 6-figures of Amazon stock And then the Strand got 25,000 orders   Email us! podcast@bookriot.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca discuss Jack by Marilynne Robinson. This episode is sponsored by: This episode is sponsored by Book Trip, by C.J. Duarte, Penguin Random House Audio, TBR, Book Riot’s subscription service, and Book Riot Insiders. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca mostly respond to listener ideas for bonus episodes. Some of it is even about books. This episode is sponsored by: This episode is sponsored by Macmillan Podcasts, Book Trip by C.J. Duarte, Mexican Gothic by Sylvia Moreno-Garcia, and Book Riot Insiders. Discussed in this episode: First Underground Railroad teaser trailer Toni Morrison’s apartment See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca discuss the recent adaptations of Little Fires Everywhere, High Fidelity, and Enola Holmes. This episode is sponsored by: This episode is sponsored by Yen Press, Nothing Like I Imagined by Mindy Kaling, Penguin Random House Audio, and Book Riot Insiders. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca ask for ideas for post-election episode topics, go over what is going on with book sales, float the idea of making author “retirements” a bigger deal, and much more. This episode is sponsored by: This episode is sponsored by Sips by: Experience the joy of personalized tea discovery. , A Drop of Midnight by Jason Diakité, Watch Over Me by Nina LaCour, and Book Riot Insiders. Discussed in this episode: New YorkTimes profile of Madeline McIntosh Unit sales of print books up 6.4% in first 9 months of 2020 Indie bookstore sales down 40% on average Bill Bryson says he’s retiring See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca talk about the life and work of 2020 Nobel Laureate Louise Glück, plus an extended discussion of her 1993 poem, “Vespers.” This episode is sponsored by: This episode is sponsored by Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse , Amazon Publishing, Read or Dead, and TBR. Discussed in this episode: The Collected Poems of Louise Glück “The Body Artist” by Dan Chiasson “Vespers” by Louise Glück See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca tease their special 2020 Nobel Prize episode, look at the National Book Award longlist, consider an interesting new position at Simon & Schuster, and respond to listener feedback on their half-baked ideas, and more. This episode is sponsored by: This episode is sponsored by She Come By It Natural by Sarah Smarsh , The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab, Rural Voices: 15 Authors Challenge Assumptions About Small-Town America edited by Nora Shalaway Carpenter, and Book Riot’s mystery thriller podcast, Read or Dead. Discussed in this episode: Sad nerd news: Dune is delayed to 2021 Tressie McMillan Cottom, NK Jemisin, and Jacqueline Woodson among MacArthur scholars Sienna Farris named director of multicultural marketing at S & S NBA finalists Women’s Prize excluding trans & nonbinary writers on basis of “sex as defined by law” Lumberjanes in development at HBO Max! Fox News starting book line at HarperCollins   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more

Jeff and Rebecca pitch ideas that are not quite ready for prime-time. This episode is sponsored by Grand Central Publishing and Iris Johansen’s CHAOS , Daddy Daughter Day by Jeff Bridges and Isabelle Bridges-Boesch, Welcome to the United States of Anxiety by Jen Lancaster, and Book Riot’s mystery thriller podcast, Read or Dead. Discussed in this episode: Half-Baked Ideas, Volume 1 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca talk about Amazon’s apparent discount decline, a new Executive Editor at Random House, another major James Patterson donation, and much more. This episode is sponsored by: This episode is sponsored by Bombas , Skyhunter by Marie Lu, Witches of Brooklyn by Sophie Escabasse, and Book Riot’s mystery thriller podcast, Read or Dead . Discussed in this episode: Jamia Wilson named Exec Editor at Random House Follow-up: Phoebe Robinson announces first books for her Tiny Reparations imprint Ongoing: publishers worry as ebook library checkouts soar James Patterson donates $2.5 million to teachers during covid First look at Underground Railroad looks gooooood Money by Jacob Goldstein See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Liberty Hardy of All the Books! and Rincey Abrams of Read or Dead join Jeff to talk about Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi. THIS EPISODE IS SPONSORED BY: This episode is sponsored by The Return by Nicholas Sparks , Fence: Striking Distance by Sarah Rees Brennan, TBR, and Book Riot Insiders See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jenn Northington joins Jeff to talk about listener reactions to the Dune trailer, the launch of Publishers Weekly in Spanish, the National Book Foundation’s 5 Under 35 Nominees, an indie bookstore diversity reading initiative, and more. This episode is sponsored by: This episode is sponsored by White Fox by Sara Faring , These Vengeful Hearts by Katherine Laurin, Standoff by Jamie Thompson, and Book Riot Insiders Discussed in this episode: National Book Foundation’s 5 Under 35 Honorees New England Booksellers Announce Major Diversity Reading Initiative Artist’s Relief Distributes $13.5 Million in Pandemic Grants Dana Canedy talking about why diversity is good business Find Jenn on the SFF Yeah Podcast See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca discuss Eat a Peach by David Chang. Then Jenn Northington comes on to talk to Jeff about that Dune trailer. This episode is sponsored by Solutions and Other Problems by Allie Brosh , Chaos by Iris Johansen, and Book Riot Insiders. DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE Eat a Peach by David Chang SFF Yeah with Ausma Zehanat Khan Dune and Middle Eastern representation Dune and gender See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca talk about the CEO of Macmillan leaving, Obama’s presidential memoir release date and cover reveal, the DOJ looking to press charges against John Bolton, and much more. This episode is sponsored by: Book Riot Insiders A Drop of Midnight by Jason Diakité Athena’s Choice by Adam Boostrom These Vengeful Hearts by Katherine Laurin Discussed in this episode: Obama’s next memoir dropping Nov 17 John Sargent leaving Macmillan Ongoing: DOJ pursuing criminal charges re: Bolton book Hachette releases diversity & inclusion progress report Monique Patterson is as VP of acquisition outreach at St Martin’s Harper Collins sues Lindsay Lohan for taking $365k advance and not writing book Most diverse Booker shortlist ever Stanley Crouch, Dead at Age 74 Skyhorse Publishing’s House of Horrors See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca talk about the book and the movie versions of The Princess Bride. This episode is sponsored by: See Her Die by Melinda Leigh Interference by Brad Parks Book Riot Insiders, the digital hangout spot for the Book Riot community Harper Paperbacks Books discussed in this episode: The Princess Bride by William Goldman As You Wish by Carey Elwes See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca discuss rumors of PRH trying to buy Simon & Schuster, a bankrupt printer causing havoc in publishing, more cringe-inducing Dan Brown…stuff, a hero of the week, and much more. This episode is sponsored by: The Insomniacs by Marit Weisenberg Before She Was Helen by Caroline B. Cooney Now That I’ve Found You by Kristina Forest Book Riot Insiders Discussed in this episode: Serious issues w/ book printers set industry behind for the season This amazing Dan Brown profile Bertelsmann interested in buying Simon & Schuster PRH workforce diversity report Madhulika Sikka in as VP at Crown And Gerry Howard retiring from Doubleday Heroes of the Week: Parents created Liberation Station when their son wanted to see more Black boys in books See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff presents Rebecca with a host of recently announced book deals of varying interest. This episode is sponsored by: Don’t Ever Forget by Matthew Farrell One by One by Ruth Ware Find Layla by Meg Elison Book Riot Insiders Books discussed in this episode: A Country You Can Leave by Asale Angel-Ajani Queen of Thieves by Erin Bledsoe Beasts of Prey by Ayana Gray The Moon and the Stars by Kia Cothron The Verifiers by Jane Pek My Monticello by Nicole Johnson Twice as Hard by Raphael Sofoluke and Opeyemi Sofoluke Systemic Exclusion by Kirsty Dunan The Talk by Darrin Bell Say Their Names by Cottman, Bunn, Charles, Gaines, Harriston, and Robinson-Jacob Untitled Covid Book by Mclean and Nocera The Next Wave by John Barry What Just Happened by Charles Finch Untitled Covid Medical Student Book by Emma Goldberg A Dozen Dresses That Changed the World by Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell Shade by Sam Bloch Bite by Bill Schutt The Pockets Book by Hannah Carlson The Axe by Jonny Diamond Llama Drama by Je

Jeff and Rebecca highlight the most interesting, noteworthy, and exciting books being released this fall. This episode is sponsored by; Book Riot Insiders Now That I’ve Found You by Kristina Forest, with Fierce Reads Blue Box Press and 1001 Dark Nights His Only Wife by Peace Adzo Medie, now available from Algonquin Books Books mentioned in this episode: The Lying Life of Adults by Elena Ferrante Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi Just Us by Claudia Rankine If Then by Jill Lepore Can’t Even by Anne Helen Petersen Jack by Marilynne Robinson Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam Office of Historical Corrections by Danielle Evans Mediocre by Ijeoma Oluo Sweat: A History of Exercise by Bill Hayes Memorial by Bryan Washington Piranesi by Susanna Clarke That Time of Year by Marie Ndiaye The Man Who Ate Too Much by John Birdsall Having and Being Had by Eula Biss The Story of Life in 10 ½ Species by Marianne Taylor Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse The Silence by Don DeLillo Eat a

Jeff and Rebecca follow-up about the Future Library, are surprised by the NBCC vote, get excited for Enola Holmes, and much more. This episode is sponsored by: TBR The Switch by Beth O’Leary Place at the Table by Saadia Faruqi, Laura Shovan Lobizona by Romina Garber Discussed in this episode: Let’s make sounds about the Enola Holmes trailer NBCC fails to vote out Carlin Romano Audible rolls out cheaper subscription plan for access to exclusive podcasts & audio content Pride and Less Prejudice See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices