Book Riot - The Podcast

Jeff presents Rebecca with a host of recently announced book deals of varying interest. This episode is sponsored by: Don’t Ever Forget by Matthew Farrell One by One by Ruth Ware Find Layla by Meg Elison Book Riot Insiders Books discussed in this episode: A Country You Can Leave by Asale Angel-Ajani Queen of Thieves by Erin Bledsoe Beasts of Prey by Ayana Gray The Moon and the Stars by Kia Cothron The Verifiers by Jane Pek My Monticello by Nicole Johnson Twice as Hard by Raphael Sofoluke and Opeyemi Sofoluke Systemic Exclusion by Kirsty Dunan The Talk by Darrin Bell Say Their Names by Cottman, Bunn, Charles, Gaines, Harriston, and Robinson-Jacob Untitled Covid Book by Mclean and Nocera The Next Wave by John Barry What Just Happened by Charles Finch Untitled Covid Medical Student Book by Emma Goldberg A Dozen Dresses That Changed the World by Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell Shade by Sam Bloch Bite by Bill Schutt The Pockets Book by Hannah Carlson The Axe by Jonny Diamond Llama Drama by Jennifer Kingson Treasure in Wasteland by Bryn Nelson Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro His Truth is Marching On by John Meacham The Six by Loren Grush Cherish Farrah by Bethany Morrow Crying in the Bathroom by Erika Sanchez The Beautiful Struggle by Ta-Nehisis Coates Bittman Bread by Mark Bittman and Kerri Conan Bibliophile: Diverse Spines by Jane Mount and Jamise Harper The Prince of the Skies by Antonio Itrube Pathological: A (Punctuated) Memoir by Sarah Fay Black Bodies Swinging by Robin Kelley A Light by Amanda Oliver Editing by Adam Moss Tread of Angels by Rebecca Roanhorse Ramon and Julieta by Alana Viramontes Albertson The Wild Sisters by Jessica Weisberg It’s OK to Use the Tissues by Tori Press Blush by Jamie Brenner Don’t Cry for Me by Daniel Black Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir Inclusion Revolution by Daisy Auger-Dominguez Untitled 1921 Tulsa Massacre YA Novel by Brandy Colbert The Half Moon by Mary Beth Keane Pulling the Chariot Out of the Sun by Shane McCrae The Big Hurt by Erika Schickel Trapped in, Dining Out by Osayi Endolyn Secret Santa by Andrew Shaffer Harriet Tubman: Live in Concert by Bob the Drag Queen In the Company of Witches by Auralee Wallace Thistlefoot by GennaRose Nethercott The Tale of the Mandarin Duck by Bette Milder with photographs by Michiko Kakutani See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca highlight the most interesting, noteworthy, and exciting books being released this fall. This episode is sponsored by; Book Riot Insiders Now That I’ve Found You by Kristina Forest, with Fierce Reads Blue Box Press and 1001 Dark Nights His Only Wife by Peace Adzo Medie, now available from Algonquin Books Books mentioned in this episode: The Lying Life of Adults by Elena Ferrante Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi Just Us by Claudia Rankine If Then by Jill Lepore Can’t Even by Anne Helen Petersen Jack by Marilynne Robinson Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam Office of Historical Corrections by Danielle Evans Mediocre by Ijeoma Oluo Sweat: A History of Exercise by Bill Hayes Memorial by Bryan Washington Piranesi by Susanna Clarke That Time of Year by Marie Ndiaye The Man Who Ate Too Much by John Birdsall Having and Being Had by Eula Biss The Story of Life in 10 ½ Species by Marianne Taylor Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse The Silence by Don DeLillo Eat a Peach by David Chang See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca follow-up about the Future Library, are surprised by the NBCC vote, get excited for Enola Holmes, and much more. This episode is sponsored by: TBR The Switch by Beth O’Leary Place at the Table by Saadia Faruqi, Laura Shovan Lobizona by Romina Garber Discussed in this episode: Let’s make sounds about the Enola Holmes trailer NBCC fails to vote out Carlin Romano Audible rolls out cheaper subscription plan for access to exclusive podcasts & audio content Pride and Less Prejudice See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca review their favorite reads from the most unusual summer of 2020. This episode is sponsored by: TBR The Morning Flower by Amanda Hocking The Haunting of Gillespie House by Darcy Coates Editorial Arts Academy for Freelance Book Editing 101 Books discussed in this episode: Intimations by Zadie Smith The Idea Factory by John Gertner Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer I Hold a Wolf by the Ears by Laura van den Berg Friends and Strangers by J. Courtney Sullivan What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami Deacon King Kong by James McBride The Beauty in Breaking by Michele Harper Burn the Place by Iliana Regan See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Rebecca and Vanessa go deep into all things Stephenie Meyer, as well as more Trump books, Amazon, and a new Netflix series featuring Marley Dias. This episode is sponsored by: TBR, Book Riot’s subscription service offering reading recommendations personalized to your reading life Vault Comics and #1 New York Times Bestselling author Brandon Sanderson’s new, original hardcover graphic novel DARK ONE! “With the Bark Off: Conversations from the LBJ Presidential Library,” Del Rey, publishers of THE SPACE BETWEEN WORLDS. Discussed in this episode: Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia Twitter thread about people stumbling into Twilight tourist destinations Stephenie Meyer planning 2 more Twilight books Bob Woodward has another Trump book Major book industry groups call on House Antitrust Subcommittee to investigate Amazon Marley Dias Netflix series The Future Library is still a thing, and Ocean Vuong is in See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca discuss some listener feedback, some bookseller discontent with Bookshop, Stephanie Meyer selling 1 million books in a week, and more. This episode is sponsored by: Flatiron Books, publishers of Court of Lions by Somaiya Daud His & Hers by Alice Feeney Read or Dead, Book Riot’s mystery/thriller podcast! Book Riot’s TBR Discussed in this episode: HOLY CATS Midnight Sun sells 1 million copies in first week Follow-up: SC librarian who was pushed out over Drag Queen Story Hour getting a settlement Eyeballs emoji for the ABA’s undisclosed investment in Bookshop LA Times Festival of the Book going online: Merriam-Webster has a podcast Running items: is Elizabeth Moss OK? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca talk about more real censorship, Caste by Isabel Wilkerson arriving, extensions of live-streaming rights for kids books, Stephanie Meyer's unendingly surprising career moves, and more. This episode is sponsored by: Read or Dead Flatiron Books, publisher of Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy Flatiron Books, publisher of Being Lolita by Alisson Wood The Last Stargazers by Emily Levesque Links discussed in this episode: More actual government intervention in free speech PRH extends covid-adjusted ebook & digital audio terms for libraries through end of year Oprah sends CASTE to Fortune 500 CEOs: Authors for Black Voices online auction to support publishing/literacy nonprofits Interview with Dana Canedy HQN & Graydon House accepting unagented manuscripts by Black writers Stephenie Meyer’s pandemic book tour Weird author googling fail: John Boyne accidentally includes elements from Legend of Zelda in new historical novel See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff gets Rebecca’s report on the first episode of The Michelle Obama Podcast, they talk about one of the more shocking publishing confessions in recent memory, find a case of real censorship, and more. This episode is sponsored by: Sponsored by Flatiron Books, publisher of His & Hers by Alice Feeney Flatiron Books, publisher of Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy Bombas Read or Dead, Book Riot’s mystery/thriller podcast! Discussed in this episode: How Much of These Hills is Gold by C Pam Zhang Real Life by Brandon Taylor Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid The Fire This Time edited by Jesmyn Ward Some of that bump in print sales is from big box stores HBO + Ta-Nehisi Coates team up for adaptation special Big ups to this response to the Harper’s letter A Sheriff Told Library Staff Not To Call 911 Because They Were Thinking Of Supporting Black Lives Matter Patrick Rothfuss’s editor doesn’t think he’s written a word of the final Kingkiller Chronicles book Heroes of the Week: Liberation Library sends books to incarcerated children Librarians, consider participating in our survey? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca talk about the best-selling books of 2020 so far, Barnes & Noble adapting, several exciting adaptation announcements, a case of real censorship, and more. This episode is sponsored by: Chronicles of Now Podcast Page Chaser Chasing the Light by Oliver Stone Traitor by Amanda McCrina Discussed in this episode: Best-selling Books of 2020 Mary Trump’s book breaks sales records JK Rowling’s book sales lagging Barnes & Noble looking ahead Amazon greenlights Paper Girls adaptation And Apple greenlights Shining Girls Cohen claims Barr re-imprisoned him to keep him from writing book See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca talk Tom Hank’s GREYHOUND, Lisa Lucas leaving The National Book Awards for Random House, The National Books Critics Circle getting its stuff together, how they are right about Colson Whitehead, and more. This episode is sponsored by: Blacktop Wasteland by S. A. Cosby Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy With the Bark Off: Conversations from the LBJ Presidential Library Book Riot Insiders Discussed in this episode: NBCC rebuilding board Lisa Lucas leaving NBF for Pantheon We probably have to talk about Warren Ellis Book It! Is still a thing Michelle! Obama! Podcast! Colson Whitehead keeps winning things! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices