Book Riot - The Podcast

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

Jeff and Rebecca pick books from the year that are the most giftable. Whatever that means.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 PatreonThe Nineties By Chuck KlostermanHow to Be Perfect by Michael SchurInciting Joy by Ross GayKosher Soul by Michael TwittyAn Immense World by Ed YongWhat If 2 by Randall MunroeBaking School: The Bread Ahead CookbookBuilding a Second Brain by Tiago ForteTomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle ZevinSea of Tranquility by Emily St. John MandelLeft on Tenth by Delia EphronThe Maid by Nita ProseMouth to Mouth by Antoine WilsonNotes on an ExecutionTo Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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!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 PatreonOngoing: Jamestown, MI library defunded againHarperCollins union workers on strike until new contract is reached Amazon displaying Goodreads ratings on some title listings For fellow Bourdain fans, Jason Diamond read the unauthorized biography so we don’t have Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca talk about the NPR Book Concierge, a report on the Gone Girl Cruise, ToMo on a stamp, PRH not becoming PRHS&S, 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:The Book Riot Podcast PatreonJudge blocks PRH-SS merger Truly bananas follow-up: the Gone Girl cruise ToMo is going to be on a stamp Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about best of lists in general, Publishers Weekly’s list in particular, Spotify being surprised at not being special, 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:The Book Riot Podcast PatreonFree Patreon Episodes: for real this time. Spotify struggling with audiobooks update because of Apple’s in-app purchases rules that they…were kind of hoping to be magically exempt fromPW’s Best Books of the YearPEN report on race, equity, and book publishingFX/Hulu order Never Let Me Go seriesRogue Ingram employee replaces pro-choice titles with Focus on the Family propaganda while filling Bookshop ordersRepublicans propose federal “Don’t Say Gay” billCeleste Ng named first ABA indie bookstore ambassador Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices