Book Riot - The Podcast

Jeff O'Neal and Rebecca Schinksy talk about Obama's favorite books of 2023, Iowa book banning law, best-selling books of 2023, winter reading, an exclusive excerpt of 'The Waters' by Bonnie Jo Campbell, ineffective strategy of Republicans, rise of Richard Osman's books, potential adaptation of 'Court of Thorns and Roses' on Hulu, and more.

Jeff O'Neal and Rebecca Schinsky compete to draft the best selection of 10 new and upcoming releases.Join us on Patreon for ad-free listening and premium content: https://www.patreon.com/bookriotpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff O'Neal and Rebecca Schinsky choose the "it book" of January 2024 from a roster of 10 finalists.Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify.For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter!2024 is the tenth year of the Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons and diversify our TBRs. To get book recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. We’ll also keep you informed about other cool reading challenges, readathons, and more across the bookish internet. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with a community of passionate, like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. Visit bookriot.com/readharder to sign up.This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.Discussed in this episode:TBR!First Edition!The Book Riot Podcast PatreonRead Harder 2024 is alive! Martyr! by Kaveh AkbarThe Storm We Made by Vanessa ChanDead in Long Beach, California by Venita BlackburnThe Showman by Simon ShusterCome and Get It by Kiley ReidSanctuary of the Shadow by Aurora AscherThe Fury by Alex MichaelidesBeautyland by Marie-Helen BertinoThe Atlas Complex by Olivie BlakeHouse of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J. Maas Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca share the movies, TV, podcasts, and other non-book highlights of the year. Join us on Patreon for ad-free listening and premium content: patreon.com/bookriotpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca look at the most important, memorable, strangest, and all and all most superlative stories from the year in books and reading. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify.For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter!Discussed in this episode:TBR!First Edition!The Book Riot Podcast PatreonRead Harder 2024 is alive! Good job, book people: The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store gets all the love; Paul Harding does not win awards for the book Jeff called “gormless”Bad job, book people: The Vaster Wilds & Let Us Descend are under-celebratedLove to See It: Pultizers expand eligibilityAudiobook moments of the year: Michelle Williams narrating Britney’s memoir; Leslie Jones’s 17-hour-long freestyle; Spotify introduces free listening for Premium membersWorst publisher response to book bans: Scholastic’s whole diversity collection situationBest publisher response to book bans: PRH takes legal action against book banning statesAchievements in Reporting: The Atlantic’s coverage of the Books 3 data set used to train LLMsMore of These Conversations: The bestseller lists are broken and Goodreads is bad for booksBiggest Mystery: WTF Oprah was up to with Covenant of WaterStill Waiting to See Its Impact: Simon & Schuster sold to KKR, TikTok plans a publishing imprintEyeballs Emoji: The BookTok hockey romance shenanigans, Bigolas Dickolas moves some units, Review Bombing AuthorNobody Asked for This: Twilight series coming to TV; HBO plans 10-year run for Harry Potter reboot Anticlimactic: Manuscript thief pleads guilty Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca run through the books they had their eyes on but didn't quite get to this year. Subscribe to premium content on Patreon to hear the rest: https://www.patreon.com/bookriotpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca handle a few last recommendation requests and then give some ideas for generally giftable books for 2023. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify.For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter!It’s happening, readers — we’re bringing paperbacks! Whether you (or a reader you know and love) hate carrying around bulky hardcovers, you’re on a budget, you want a wider range of recommendations, or all of the above, you can now get a paperback subscription from TBR, curated just for you by one of our Bibliologists. The holidays are here, and we’ve got three different levels for gifting to suit every budget. Get all the details at mytbr.co.This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.Discussed in this episode:TBR!First Edition!The Book Riot Podcast PatreonTaste by Stanley TucciWalking with Sam by Andrew McCarthyOh My Mother! by Connie WangAlone Time by Stephanie RosenbloomA Year in Provence by Peter MayleFrom Scratch by Tembi LockeHow to Excavate a Heart by Jake Maia ArlowHolidays on Ice by David SedarisBlack Cake by Charmaine WilkersonMemphis by Tara M. StringfellowThe Fortunes of Jaded Women by Carolyn HuynhThe English Understand Wool by Helen DewittBad Cree by Jessica JohnsThe Writing Retreat by Julia BartzWild Girls by Tiya MilesSex, Death, and Fly-Fishing by John GierachHidden Mountains by Michael WejchertRoss Gay 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene HanffLetters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria RilkeLetters of Note by Shaun Usher (volumes on Art and Love)Gilead by Marilynne RobinsonUglies by Scott WesterfeldReady Player One by Ernest ClineBattle Royale by Koushun TakamiWorld of Wonders by Johanna BasfordOnce Upon a Time I Lived on Mars by Kate GreeneMajor Labels by Kelefa SannehFrom Hollywood with Love by Scott MeslowCork Dork by Bianca BoskerAirplane Mode by Shahnaz HabibSigrid NunezThe Fraud by Zadie SmithA River Runs Through It by Norman MacleanThe Professor’s House by Willa CatherA Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James JoyceBlackouts by Justin TorresInvisible Cities by Italo CalvinoTom Lake by Ann PatchettThe Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBrideGoing Infinite by Michael LewisThe Wager by David GrannThe Book of (More) Delights by Ross Gay Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rebecca and Jeff run down their favorite books of 2023 and a few highlights from backlist reading.Listen to the full episode and see our full list of favorite books of 2023 on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/bookriotpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca wrap up their annual holiday recommendation extravaganza. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify.For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter!It’s happening, readers — we’re bringing paperbacks! Whether you (or a reader you know and love) hate carrying around bulky hardcovers, you're on a budget, you want a wider range of recommendations, or all of the above, you can now get a paperback subscription from TBR, curated just for you by one of our Bibliologists. The holidays are here, and we've got three different levels for gifting to suit every budget. Get all the details at mytbr.co.This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.Discussed in this episode:TBR!First Edition!The Book Riot Podcast PatreonGreek Lessons by Han KangPossession by A.S. ByattOn Beauty by Zadie SmithIf I Survive You by Jonathan EscofferyHow Strange a Season by Megan Mayhew BergmanThe Miniature Wife by Manuel GonzalesMusic for Wartime by Rebecca MakkaiThe Vanderbeekers series by Karina Yan GlaserMeet Yasmin! by Saadia FaruqiRosie Revere, Engineer by Andrea BeatyForward by Abby WambachOne Life by Megan RapinoeUphill by Jemele Hill The Rivals by Johnette HowardThe Orchard by Adele Crockett Robertson2 A.M. at the Cats Pajamas by Marie-Helen BertinoThe Buried Giant by Kazuo IshiguroThe Feather Thief by Kirk Wallace Johnson Now Is Not the Time to Panic by Kevin WilsonThe Swimmers by Julie OtsukaChemistry by Weike WangMouth to Mouth by Antoine WilsonPost Traumatic by Chantal V. JohnsonThe Guest by Emma ClineInstead by Maria CoffeyThe Most Fun We Ever Had by Claire LombardoThe Turner House by Angela FlournoyIf We’re Being Honest by Cat ShookPachinko by Min Jin LeeThe Thorn Birds by Colleen McCulloughThe House of the Spirits by Isabel AllendeWake, Siren by Nina MacLaughlinThe Bandit Queens by Parini ShroffBabel by R.F. KuangThe Real Work by Adam GopnikThe Country of the Blind by Andrew LelandHow Far the Light Reaches by Sabrina ImblerLab Girl by Hope JahrenNotes from a Young Black Chef by Kwame OnwuachiThe Golden Doves by Martha Hall KellyThe Collected Schizophrenias by Esmé Weijun WangBetween Two Kingdoms by Suleika JaouadGet a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia HibbertSix of Crows by Leigh BardugoTom Lake by Ann PatchettThe Pretty One by Keah BrownParnassus on Wheels by Christopher Morley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca respond to listener book recommendation requests.Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify.For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter!It's happening, readers — we're bringing paperbacks! Whether you hate carrying around bulky hardcovers, you're on a budget, you want a wider range of recommendations, or all of the above, you can now get a paperback subscription from TBR, curated just for you by one of our Bibliologists. You can also gift it (and the holidays, they are coming). Get all the details at mytbr.co.This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.Discussed in this episode:TBR!First Edition!The Book Riot Podcast PatreonFrom Strength to Strength by Arthur C. BrooksTogether by Vivek H. MurthyThe Other Significant Others by Rhaina CohenLitHub’s list of Midlife Coming-of-Age NovelsInciting Joy by Ross GayJoan is Okay by Weike WangAll My Rage by Sabaa TahirMe (Moth) by Amber McBridePachinko by Min Jin LeeThe Midnight Library by Matt HaigThe Berry Pickers by Amanda PetersSnacking Bakes by Yossy ArefiThe King Arthur Baking School by King Arthur Baking CompanyHow to Bake Everything by Mark BittmanNo One Tells You This by Glynnis MacNicolWomen Without Kids by Ruby WarringtonSelf, Shallow, and Self-Absorbed edited by Meghan DaumRegretting Motherhood by Orna DonathYellowface by R. F. KuangErasure by Percival EverettNever Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroBlack Cake by Charmaine WilkersonThere’s a Book Riot list for that!The Hike by Drew MagaryThe Last Final Girls by Stephen Graham JonesPaper Girls by Brian K. VaughanKaiju Preservation Society by John ScalziSong of the Cell by Siddhartha MukherjeeThe Good Life by Robert Waldinger & Marc SchulzI Contain Multitudes by Ed YongThe Perfectionists by Simon WinchesterThe Idea Factory by Jon GertnerI Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca MakkaiCeleste NgErotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur JaswalAge of Vice by Deepti Kapoor"15 LGBTQ Haunted Horror Novels""8 of the Best Queer Horror Books""Great New Queer Horror To Read This Fall"Queer Comics Database is a thing and has a list for this!A Week in Winter by Maeve BinchyAndy WeirMichael LewisS.A. CosbyIn the Shadow of the Mountain by Silvia Vasquez-LavadoThe Guide by Peter HellerThe Lost Man by Jane HarperThe Nineties by Chuck KlostermanA Little Devil in America by Hanif AbdurraquibCultish by Amanda MontellPaved Paradise by Henry GrabarEmpire of the Sum by Keith HoustonThe Mysterious Case of Rudolph Diesel by Douglas BruntTraffic by Tom VanderbiltHow We Got to Now by Steven JohnsonThe Alchemy of Us by Ainissa RamirezThe Barbarian Nurseries by Héctor TobarThe Searcher by Tana FrenchThe collected Patrick O’Brien on audioThe Three-Body Problem by Liu CixinNK JemisinPico Iyer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices