
Book Riot - The Podcast
News in the world of books and reading, including hot industry releases, adaptations, publishing industry events, and more with Book Riot’s Jeff O’Neal and Rebecca Shinsky.Book Riot is the largest independent editorial book site in North America and home to a host of media, from podcasts to newsletters to original content, all designed around diverse readers and across all genres.
Latest episodes

Feb 28, 2022 • 50min
Dolly Partterson
Jeff and Rebecca talk more about bonus content, the Dolly Parton/James Patterson unique audio experience, trailer talk, 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!Discussed in this episode:Novelists struggling with if/how to write about covid — curious where listeners are on this Britney! Spears! Memoir! For $15million Cases in which challenged books have been returned to shelves in Washington state.Dolly/patterson audiobook experience on Spotify Pachinko Trailer looks amazingRings of Power looks like….Rings of Power Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 21, 2022 • 58min
Algorithms Gone Wild
Jeff and Rebecca talk premium podcast content, play a bookish round of 20 Questions, think about the two-year anniversary of Bookshop, 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:Mexican Gothic by Sylvia Moreno-GarciaThe Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins ReidA Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. MaasStudents sue a school district over book banning Heartbreak by Florence WilliamsThe Bomber Mafia by Malcolm Gladwell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 14, 2022 • 1h
Freudian Slippers
Jeff and Rebecca talk about new details about The Spine Collector, Apple’s Book Club, recent reads, and more.Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The show can also be found on Stitcher.This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.Discussed in this episode:Check out our wordle-inspired merch at bookriot.com/merchGlory’s doing a WRBG series with Liveright The Bernardini plot thickens Apple’s new book club Black Cake by Charmaine WilkersonThe Power of Regret by Daniel PinkThe Family Chao by Lan Samantha ChangThe Nineties by Chuck Klosterman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 7, 2022 • 1h 33min
Crying with a Knife
Jeff and Rebecca finally are ready to talk about Station Eleven, after discussing recent reads. And in the second half of the episode, they get to talk to Glory Edim of Well-Read Black Girl.Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The show can also be found on Stitcher.Discussed in this episode:Station Eleven by Emily St. John MandelAdmissions by Kendra JamesTo Paradise by Hanya YanagiharaHow to be Perfect by Michael SchurThe Well-Read Black Girl PodcastWell-Read Black Girl on Instagram Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 31, 2022 • 60min
Bankable Crossover
Jeff is joined by Vanessa Diaz to talk about 2021s bestsellers, recent notable and favorite books, the continuing surge in book banning and censorshop in public libraries and schools, and more.
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Discussed in this episode:
Adaptation Nation
The Book Riot Podcast Winter Preview Draft
Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Personal Library Up for Auction
Breaking down 2021’s bestsellers by publisher
Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark
Ariadne by Jennifer Saint
Homicide and Halo-Halo by Mia P. Manansala
The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd
Ramón and Julieta by Alana Quintana Albertson
Amor Actually
Murder Most Actual, a Kobo original by Alexis Hall
Wahala by Nikki May
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Jan 24, 2022 • 53min
ASMR for Knowledge Workers
This week, Jeff and Rebecca doing something unusual: talking about the books they are reading. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The show can also be found on Stitcher. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: Winter Preview Draft Adaptation Nation Edelweiss Netgalley The Nineties by Chuck Klosterman Lost & Found by Kathryn Schulz To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara Somebody’s Daughter by Ashley Ford Mouth to Mouth by Antoine Wilson See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 17, 2022 • 57min
Complexity Doesn't Have to Be a Bummer
Jeff and Rebecca talk about 2021 print sales and reading habits, Harlequin’s subscription play, give a general review of Station Eleven on HBO, and more.
Discussed in this episode:
Follow-up in Bernardini case
Latest Pew stats re: Americans’ reading habits
Print Books Have Huge 2021
Harlequin’s new subscription service debuts
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Jan 10, 2022 • 1h 1min
Which Way the Smarm Flows
Jeff and Rebecca talk about the resolution of a recent literary mystery, the (cough) best books of the last 125 years, new year’s reading projects, and more.
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Discussed in this episode:
Winter Preview Draft Episode!
Adaptation Nation!
Italian publishing employee arrested for fraud, identity theft stealing those manuscripts
The NYT let readers vote on the best book of the last 125 years to predictable results
The Maid by Nita Prose
Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez
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Dec 31, 2021 • 3min
The English Patient
Listen to Jeff and Rebecca's guest appearance on Adaptation Nation.
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Dec 20, 2021 • 1h 19min
Our Favorite Non-Book Things of 2021
Jeff and Rebecca recommend things from outside the world of books and reading.
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Discussed in this episode:
Rebecca’s List:
Counting Crows, Butter Miracle album
An Evening w/ Silk Sonic, Bruno Mars & Anderson Paak
100-Foot Wave
All About Cake by Christina Tosi
The White Lotus
Bandsplain podcast
Jammy bits
The Sex Lives of College Girls
Cadence toiletry holders – keepyourcadence.com
The Robe by Lunya
Jeff’s List
Reservation Dogs
Dug Days
Cousteau
Passionfruit Syrup
Cinnamon Syrup
CarMax
Get Back
Pretty Paper by Willie Nelson
hotels.google.com
flights.google.com
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