Book Riot - The Podcast

Jeff and Rebecca follow up on reading goggles and scorched earth memoirs, look at other angles on unions in publishing, survey what recent-ish books appear on college syllabi, fail to name the Booker Prize statue, and then finally sputter about the new Cormac McCarthy books.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 PatreonTBR for Valentine’s DayPW takes a look at the ongoing HC labor disputeCool thing – deep dive into the books from the 90s that appear on college syllabi nowCompetition to name the Booker Prize statue Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca talk a little more union stuff, try to imagine e-reading with VR goggles, note with disinterest a blockbuster title, look at the bestselling books of 2022, 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:Update: Federal Labor Board certifies New York Amazon unionE-reading in VR is a thingPrince Harry’s memoir becomes UK’s fastest-selling nonfiction bookTop 25 bestselling print books of 2022 (CoHo is 6 of the top 10)Colleen Hoover announces It Ends With Us coloring bookAnd then Atria nukes it!!! Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret adaptationnnnnnnn Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca talk about 10 interesting new adaptations coming in 2023. Plus other less interesting but still interesting ones.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:Are You There God, It’s Me Margaret?The Color PurpleRed, White, & Royal BlueLessons in ChemistryKillers of the Flower MoonThe Three Body ProblemDumb MoneyLeave the world behindNightbitchNimonaPoor thingsHonorable MentionsDaisy Jones & The SixDune 2The Pale Blue EyeThe Ballad of Songbirds and SnakesThe PowerAll the Light We Cannot SeeThe KillerAmerican Born ChineseEileen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca are back to talk about Barack Obama’s favorite books of 2022, Apple launches AI narration of audiobooks, 2022 print sales, listener feedback, 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 2023 Winter Preview Draft on The Book Riot Podcast PatreonManuscript thief to plead guiltyBarack Obama’s favorite books of 2022Print book sales rose 10% before ChristmasPublishing Salary Survey 2022Apple has launched AI-narrated audiobooksSander$on blasts Audible pay rates for indie authorsVia listener Amanda K, a look at the downsides of how easy TikTok makes it to find & recommend booksShouts to Kelly being recognized for her book ban coverage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca look back on the most important, interesting, and befuddling stories from the year in books and reading.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:Salman Rushdie attackedPRH does not merge with S&STikTok on topAnd Colleen Hoover rides the waveThe assault on books and readingBrandon Sanderson’s singular KickstarterPeak adaptationBook sales are…fineLBGTQ book sales are more than fineThe end of Amazon’s foray into brick and mortar bookstoresStocking changes at Barnes & Noble Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca discuss the books that define the year of 2022.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 EPISODEIt Ends with Us by Colleen HooverTomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle ZevinBabel by R.F. KuangLessons in Chemistry by Bonnie GarmusOur Missing Hearts by Celeste NgI’m Glad My Mom Died by Jeanette McCurdyRabbit Hutch by Tess GuntyThe 90s by Chuck Klosterman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca talk about their favorite books of 2022.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 PatreonFlying Solo by Linda HolmesSong of the Cell by Sidhartha MukherjeeNow is Not the Time to Panic by Kevin WilsonThe Swimmers by Julie OtsukaMemphis by Tara M. StringfellowIn the Shadow of the Mountain by Silvia Vasquez-LavadoThe Candy House by Jennifer EganTo Paradise by Hanya YanagiharaSea of Tranquility by Emily St. John MandelHow to Be Perfect by Michael SchurThe Nineties by Chuck KlostermanHeartbreak by Florence WilliamsPost-Traumatic by Chantal JohnsonSolito by Javier ZamoraStay True by Hua HsuIn the Early Times by Tad FriendAfterlives by Abdulrazak GurnahInciting Joy by Ross GayLiberation Day by George Saunders Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca conclude this year’s holiday recommendation extravaganza.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 PatreonMerchants of Culture by John ThompsonBookish People by Susan CollThe Billion Dollar WhaleAn Ugly Truth by Sheera Frankel & Cecilia KangShe Said The Cult of WeAmor TowlesSherry Thomas’ Lady Sherlock seriesWe Ride Upon SticksIn the Dream HouseThe Space Between Worlds by Micaiah JohnsonThe Switch by Beth O’LearyOn the Rooftop2am at the Cat’s PajamasThe Alchemy of Us Your Table is ReadyThe Man from the FutureTender at the BoneButtermilk GraffitiOur Lady of Perpetual HungerDirt by Bill BufordThe English Patient52 Loaves by William Alexander Taste by Stanley TucciThe Remains of the Day by Kazuo IshiguroA Gentleman in Moscow by Amor TowlesSea of Tranquility by Emily St. John MandelPerish by LaToya WatkinsAll This Could Be DifferentThe Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka Cloudstreet by Tim WintonThe Home Place World of WondersPilgrim at Tinker CreekThe Naturalist at Large by Bernd HeinrichCutting Back by Leslie BuckA Little Devil in AmericaMajor LabelsI Contain MultitudesThe 90sThe Autobiography of Alice B ToklasThe Undoing Project by Michael LewisPachinko by Min Jin LeeThe Swimmers by Julie OtsukaHow Strange a SeasonBrandon TaylorThe Sentence (or any Erdrich)The Orchard by Adele Crockett RoberstonPost-Traumatic by Chantal JohnsonGeorge SaundersKelly LinkZone One by Colson WhiteheadHow to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles YuUnbound by Steph JaggerTrace by Lauret SavoyHigh Sierra by Kim Stanley RobinsonBeyond Possible by Nims Purja S.A. CosbyElmore LeonardThe Force by Don Winslow Anthem by Noah Hawley Joe IdeCatch & KillThe Devil & Sherlock Holmes by David GrannEvvie Drake Starts OverLives of Jaded Women Crazy Rich AsiansErotic Stories for Punjabi Women by Balli Kaur JaswalThe Mitford Series by Jan KaronGuernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society by Shaffer & Burrows,Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste NgBabel by R.F. Kuang Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The annual tradition returns! In this first of two episodes, Jeff and Rebecca respond to listener recommendation requests.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 PatreonA Year in the Woods by Torbjorn Ekelund Life is Meals by James & Kay Salter The Taste of Country Cooking by Edna LewisPig Years by Ellyn GaydosBraiding SweetgrassHow to Do Nothing Moneyball Some old-fashioned John IrvingGreat Circle by Maggie ShipsteadHarlem Shuffle by Colson WhiteheadPachinko by Min Jin LeeThe Hunters by James SalterEmperor of All MaladiesMichael LewisConfidence Man by HabermanBarbarian Days by William FinneganMatthew Perry’s memoirRebel Chef by Dominique CrenBorn a CrimeInside Voice by Lake BellIntimations by Zadie SmithThe Guide by Peter HellerKlara and the Sun by Kazuo IshiguroTomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle ZevinNow is Not the Time to Panic The Change by Kristen MillerThe Family Chao by Lan Samantha Chang The Vanishing Half by Brit BennettPowder Days by Heather HansmanMary RoachIsabel WilkersonAn Immense World by Ed Yong Stephen JohnsonRogues by Patrick Radden KeefeWhen Women Were BirdsHow to Be Perfect Let’s Talk About Hard ThingsBig FriendshipHunger by Roxane GayHeartbreak by Florence WilliamsHappy Holigays! New LGBTQ Holiday Romances for 2022Kiss Her Once for MeThe Holiday TrapTrust by Hernan DiazThe Candy House by Jennifer EganWhile Justice Sleeps by Stacey AbramsJane HarperHammerhead by Nina Mcloughlin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 PatreonBarnes & Noble booksellers choose Lessons in Chemistry as the book of the yearGrammy Nominees for audiobooksNatl Book Award WinnersAmazon editors’ best books of the yearTor Announces what the heck will happen with the Brandon Sanderson kickstarter booksMichael Lewis FTX!!!!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices