Book Riot - The Podcast

Jeff and Rebecca react to the 2020 Pulitzer Prizes. At least the ones they had reactions to. This episode is sponsored by: Summer Darlings by Brooke Lea Foster Book Riot Insiders TBR, Book Riot’s subscription service offering Tailored Book Recommendations for readers of all stripes. Link discussed in this episode: The 2020 Pulitzer Prizes See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca talk about PW publishing and argument against #booksareessential, a particularly dunder-headed reading list banning, how months turn into other months, and more. Email us your recommendation requests! podcast@bookriot.com This episode is sponsored by: The Sunday Girl by Pip Drysdale Fight Club 3 by Chuck Palahniuk The Hermione Granger for President 2020 campaign! Libro.fm Links discussed in this episode: Follow-up: two agents on why books are not essential Alaska school board bans 5 classics, residents respond by offering students $100 to read them all Federal appeals court declares literacy a constitutional right Michelle Obama’s BECOMING to be Netflix documentary We Need Diverse Books launches emergency fund See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca follow-up about Sweaters of Consequence, scrutinize #booksareessential, lament the through-line of the most challenged books of 2019, but end on a good thing. This episode is sponsored by: Sigh, Gone by Phuc Tran Bombas TBR Links discussed in this episode: Indie bookseller flowchart on how to spend your dollars for best impact Case study on what libraries are doing right now PRH donates 750,000 books to First Book PW rallies behind indies with #booksareessential campaign Amazon revealed as mystery donor of $250k to UK bookshops ALA list of 2019’s most challenged books See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jeff and Rebecca mark the official cancellation of BEA for 2020, puzzle over surprisingly good print sales numbers last week, give props to a creative New England bookseller, and more. This episode is sponsored by: This Boy by Lauren Myracle We Didn’t Ask For This by Adi Alsaid TBR Book Riot Insiders Links discussed in this episode: Sales of print books went up last week LSC, the country’s largest book printer, files for bankruptcy South Carolina librarian sues over Drag Queen Story Hour firing Independent Bookstore Day holding online events Apr 25 Good idea: RJ Julia booksellers generate funds by selling books to be given away to students See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff presents Rebecca with 16 recently announced book deals and then....well that's it. That's the schtick. This episode is sponsored by: Kim Jiyoung by Cho Nam-Joo Libro.fm TBR Book Riot Insiders See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca follow the escalating pandemic problem for Barnes & Noble, walk through the definition of "upmarket," consider a big 5 publishers layoffs and salary cuts, and more. This episode is sponsored by: Miss Austen by Gill Hornby Afterlife by Julia Alvarez Ruthless Gods by Emily A. Duncan Links discussed in this episode: Flatiron hires editor to focus on works by Latinx and BIPOC writers Barnes & Noble has now closed more than 500 stores & furloughed corporate employees And 5 Barnes & Noble warehouse workers in NJ diagnosed w/ COVID-19 Or maybe its 9 employees? Warehouse workers protest Macmillan lays off some staff, cuts other salaries Survey of indies reveals toll And Bookshop numbers are up Libro FM hiring 10 laid-off booksellers for one-month special project See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Book Riot Podcast is a bi-weekly news and talk show about what's new, cool, and worth talking about in the world of books and reading, brought to you by Jeff O'Neal and Rebecca Schinsky of Book Riot. Listen as we break down industry news, lists, recommendations, power rankings, and more. Plus, bonus episodes air regularly on Patreon, digging into everything from adaptations to book clubs to interviews and more: https://www.patreon.com/bookriotpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca talk about five candidates for the next installment of Book Nerd Movie Club and ask readers to vote for a winner. The candidates are: The English Patient Fried Green Tomatoes The Devil Wears Prada Field of Dreams The Remains of the Day This episode is sponsored by: The Malevolent Volume by Justin Phillip Reed See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca talk about Barnes & Noble closing hundreds of stores, James Patterson riding for indies once again (though also being wrong about some important stuff), heroes of the week, and much more. This episode is sponsored by: Libro.fm TBR Book Riot Insiders My Way to You by Catherine Bybee Links discussed in this episode: Barnes & Noble temporarily closes 400 stores Indigo Closes all 199 Stores Powell’s hires back some staff to handle online orders James Patterson spearheads fundraiser for indie bookstores PubWest’s open letter to Amazon Dolly Parton reading bedtime stories And LeVar Burton reading to everyone See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca run-down some of their favorite books about being...not where you are. This episode is sponsored by: The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin Libro.fm The Better Sister by Alafair Burke Dog Diaries: Mission Impawsible by James Patterson and Steven Butler See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices