Book Riot - The Podcast

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

This week, Jeff and Rebecca lap up the drops of tea spilling from Mary Trump’s book, talk about the coming wave of new releases, and get into that Harper letter. This episode is sponsored by: Becoming Duchess Goldblatt: A Memoir by Anonymous Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust Amazon Publishing Book Riot Insiders Discussed in this episode The Egg and the Wall by Haruki Murakami Popper’s Paradox aka The Paradox of Tolerance Mary L Trump book dropping 2 weeks early bc of demand ABA bylaws Phoebe Robinson gets imprint at Plume Nan Talese retiring Simon & Schuster names Dana Canedy as Publisher All the ugh in the world for Harpers See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca talk some new Trump books, some non-fun Dan Brown news, a hero of the week, and much more. This episode is sponsored by: These Nameless Things by Shawn Smucker Portrait in Sepia, Inés of My Soul, The Infinite Plan, Daughter of Fortune, and Island Beneath the Sea by Isabel Allende Thicker Than Blood by Mike Omer Book Riot Insiders, the digital hangout spot for the Book Riot community Discussed in this episode: NBCC update Boston U’s Center for Antiracist Research launches, founder Ibram X Kendi Print sales have unexpected high HBO wins The Vanishing Half in 7-figure bidding war DAN BROWN OH NO Hero of the week: teen created app that gets millions to read short stories by text message See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about white people being upset at Black-owned bookstores for not getting them their anti-racist books fast enough (this is not a joke), how you should NOT repeat NOT microwave your library books, how Sherlock Holmes having feelings is a apparently a matter that needs adjudication, and much more. This episode is sponsored by: Hey YA, Book Riot’s own podcast about all things young adult lit TBR: Tailored Book Recommendations, Book Riot’s personalized reading recommendation service, which now has gifting! Discussed in this episode: NBCC update Macmillan CEO steps back from day to day operations Amazon’s Best Books of the Year so far list Be patient with bookstores Arthur Conan Doyle’s estate sue’s Netflix for giving Sherlock Holmes too many feelings GRRM reports “steady progress” on next GoT book See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rebecca, Vanessa, and Sharifah discuss The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett. This episode is sponsored by: Hey YA, Book Riot’s own podcast about all things young adult lit Harper Perennial and Twisted by Emma Dabiri TBR: Tailored Book Recommendations, Book Riot’s personalized reading recommendation service, which now has gifting! Book Riot Insiders, the digital hangout spot for the Book Riot community Also mentioned in this episode: The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison Passing by Nella Larsen The House Behind the Cedars by Charles W. Chestnutt See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices