Book Riot - The Podcast

Jeff and Rebecca are off for the Memorial Day weekend, but Jeff offers something to hold you over in the meantime, and something to check out on May 31.Discussed in this episode:First Edition Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca follow up on THIS IS HOW YOU LOSE THE TIME WAR and the mystery non-fiction title, get into an LLM marketing to help write novels, PRH and PEN sue Florida, and unexpected adaptation news.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:First Edition!First Edition on Twitter. First Edition on Instagram. The First Edition (free) Substack.The Book Riot Podcast PatreonSudowritePEN American & PRH sue Florida school district over book bansTaika Waititi to direct Klara and the Sun adaptation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kelly Jensen joins Jeff to talk about two very weird publishing stories and then a long discussion about book banning and new legislation attempting to combat it.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:First Edition!First Edition on Twitter. First Edition on Instagram. The First Edition (free) Substack.The Book Riot Podcast PatreonAn Interview With the Author Whose Novel Is Rocketing up the Amazon Charts Thanks to a Tweet From Someone Called “Bigolas Dickolas”Right To Read BillsTaylor Swift Rumor Fuels Pre-Orders of Untitled Non-Fiction Book Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca respond to listener requests for recommendations.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!For a complete list of recommendations discussed in this episode, visit our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca talk about good buzz for the adaptation of Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret coming out this weekend, the most banned books of 2013, continued improvements at Barnes & Noble, a new Twilight adaptation, 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:Send us your recommendation requests at podcast@bookriot.comFirst Edition!First Edition on Twitter. First Edition on Instagram. The First Edition (free) Substack.The Book Riot Podcast PatreonBook Riot’s new email newsletter, The Deep DiveAYTGIMM comes out of the gate with $600k in Thursday preview box office Twilight TV series in development ALA releases top 13 most banned & challenged books of 2022 James Daunt says BN returns are down to 7% (from 30%) since ending co-opRating Covers of AYTGIMM by Judy Blume Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Moms, Dads and Grads gifting season is upon us! So here is just a quick reminder if you're looking for a recommendation of books to give to a mom, a dad, a mom or dad figure in your life, a graduate, or something for yourself for the coming season, you have until this Thursday, April 27th to send those to us.Send that to podcast@bookriot.com, and put "moms dads grads" in the subject line so that we know not to miss it.And as always, these are first come first serve. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca are traveling for work this week, so we present the inaugural episode of First Edition to tide you over. We’ll be back next week with a regular episode.In the first section, Jeff and Rebecca play a game of “knockout” to figure out what the “it” book of April might be. In the second section, Yahdon Israel, Senior Editor at Simon & Schuster, comes on to talk about putting books into the world. And in section three, Sarah Bakewell and Jeff talk about humanism on the occasion of the publication of her new book, Humanly Possible.This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.Discussed in this episode:First Edition!First Edition on Twitter. First Edition on Instagram. The First Edition (free) Substack.The Book Riot Podcast PatreonWonder Boy by Angel Au-Yeung and David JeansCamp Zero by Michelle Min SterlingRomantic Comedy by Curtis SittenfeldYou Could Make This Place Beautiful by Maggie SmithSmall Mercies by Dennis LehaneThe Wager by David GrannHappy Place by Emily HenryIn the Lives of Puppets by T.J. KluneA Living Remedy by Nicole ChungHouse of Cotton by Monica BrashearsYahdon Israel’s Advance Readers ClubSoil by Camille T DungyHumanly Possible by Sarah Bakewell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca note a coming 10 years of discourse, are unimpressed by the bestselling books of the year so far, and chew on a big nothingburger about Obama’s reading list.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:First Edition!First Edition on Twitter. First Edition on Instagram. The First Edition (free) Substack.The Book Riot Podcast PatreonBook Riot’s new email newsletter, The Deep DiveUpdate: the Harry Potter reboot is coming to HBO, and….it will run for 10 years And Casey Bloys is already dodging the issueFirst quarter bestsellersThe “secret” behind how Obama’s reading lists get madeEbooks are coming to Bookshop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca talk about audiobooks for quite a bit longer than they thought plus some other things.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:First Edition!First Edition on Twitter. First Edition on Instagram. The First Edition (free) Substack.The Book Riot Podcast PatreonBook Riot’s new email newsletter, The Deep DiveBrandon Sanderson has entered the chat re: Audible taking too big of a cut from indie authors Cory Doctorow weighs in Ads in Audible audiobooksLiving Remedy by Nicole ChungHouse of Cotton by Monica Brashears Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca tease First Edition a little bit more, wind up the case of the manuscript thief, continue to have more things to say about LLMs, are tentatively interested in Questlove’s new imprint, consider Jeff’s recent return to #booktwitter, 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:First Edition!First Edition on Twitter. First Edition on Instagram. The First Edition Substack.The Book Riot Podcast PatreonBook Riot’s new email newsletter, The Deep DiveBernardini gets time served & will be deported Fun with AI: LibraryThing introduces a search tool for when you can’t remember a title Questlove is starting an imprint Wired’s Brandon Sanderson profile. And then Sanderson’s response. And then Esquire’s counter (?) profile.The Real Work by Adam GopnikBandit Queens by Parini ShroffBiography of X by Catherine Lacey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices