Book Riot - The Podcast

Jeff and Rebecca settle in to figure what 10 books from 2024 defined the year. Not the best (necessarily), the most popular (though could be), or most interesting (in many cases not), but a list that comes closest to telling the story of 2024 in reading.Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify.For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter!Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks!Discussed in this episode:Book Riot's TBR The Book Riot Podcast on InstagramThe Book Riot Podcast Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gilbert Cruz, editor of The New York Times Book Review, joins Jeff to talk about the colossal undertaking that is making its 100 Notable Books List and its 10 Best Books of the Year List.Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify.For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter!Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks!Discussed in this episode:The Book Riot Podcast on InstagramThe Book Riot Podcast Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca reveal their favorite books of 2024.Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify.For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter!Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks!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 on InstagramThe Book Riot Podcast PatreonJames by Percival EverettThere's Always This Year by Hanif AbdurraqibSplinters by Leslie JamisonKnife by Salman RushdieBeautyland by Marie-Helene BertinoChallenger by Adam HigginbothamThe Bright Sword by Lev GrossmanThe Other Significant OthersColored Television Margot's Got Money TroubleGreat Expectations by Vinson CunninghamBlackpillGhostroots by Pemi Aguda Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca get into the NYT's 100 Notable and 10 Best Books of the Year list, Goodreads Choice winners, Cormac McCarthy's distressing hidden relationship, and kidney stones.Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify.For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter!Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks!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 on InstagramThe Book Riot Podcast PatreonCormac McCarthy’s secret muse was 16 when he began a relationship with her Costco to keep books in-store year-round in 100 locationsThe NYT’s 100 notable books of the year and Top 10Spotify reveals top audiobooks in the US & globallyGoodreads Choice Awards are as white as everThe Tournament of Books shortlist has landed Taylor Swift book sales best everyone but BarackRental House by Weike WangThe Boys of RiversideWhat's NextNightbitch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca do a few more holiday recommendations before talking about nine interesting new books coming in December and then taking stock of their monthly It Book guesses.Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify.For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter!Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks!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 on InstagramThe Book Riot Podcast PatreonOur Full Year It Books Finalists and PicksBig List of Steamy RomancesNuts and BoltsChallengerCork DorkGreta & ValdinParable of the SowerLand of Milk and HoneyMartyr!IntermezzoStrange Eventful HistoryThe Bee StingSay NothingAge of Vice by Deepti KapoorRental HouseA Century of TomorrowsGiant LoveThe RivalsThe Rest is Memory by Lily TuckAlter Ego by Alex SeguraCustodians of WonderCabin by Patrick Hutchinson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca return for the second half of our 2024 Recommendation Extravaganza.Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify.For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter!Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks!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 on InstagramThe Book Riot Podcast PatreonNevada by Imogen BinnieArgonauts by Maggie NelsonFreshwater by Akwaeke EmeziThe House of Impossible Beauties by Joseph CassaraGreat Circle by Maggie ShipsteadTommy Orange PachinkoA Gentleman in MoscowKevin WilsonBrief History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonSuper Sad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart The SelloutBookshop.orgLittle Blue TruckPete’s a PizzaRace to the WildThe Vanderbeekers of 141st StreetHouse on the Cerulean SeaThe Parker InheritanceWinnie the Pooh8 Books About Houses Haunted by More Than Ghosts20 Must-Read Stories of Eerie Cabins & Haunted HousesHacienda by Isabel CanasGhostroots by Pemi AgudaAll the Right Notes by Dominic LimUnlikely Animals by Annie Hartnett Goodbye Vitamin by Rachel KhongSandwich by Catherine NewmanThe Swimmers by Julie OtsukaLife is MealsRoss GayYear of Wonder by Clemency Burton HillPig YearsCarolyn Heilbrun’s Kate Fansler SeriesEleanor CattonBrit BennettKevin WilsonZadie SmithColson WhiteheadThe Sentence by Louise ErdrichPride and Prejudice Count of Monte CristoHouse of MirthTheir Eyes Were Watching God Instructions for a Heatwave by Maggie O’FarrellTana FrenchNew Cozy Books to Snuggle Up With This FallCozy Historical FantasyCozy, Comforting BIPOC BooksLegends & LattesThe Night CircusBook with No Pictures by BJ NovakWhat Do People Do All Day by Richard ScarryTom Lake by Ann PatchettReal Americans by Rachel KhongJesmyn Ward North WoodsThe Sympathizer23 of the Best & Swooniest Romantasy ReadsSmall World by Jonathan EvisonBlack Cake by Charmaine WilkersonEast of Eden Frederick Backman Thursday Murder ClubSipsworthCreation LakeSomeone Like UsEntitlementPeople in the Trees The Lacuna by Barbara KingsolverIntermezzoThe Mighty RedI’m Mostly Here to Enjoy MyselfSuch a Fun AgeThe Vanishing Half Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca recommend books released in 2024 that would make great gifts — for a bunch of different kinds of readers.Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify.For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter!Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks!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 on InstagramThe Book Riot Podcast PatreonThe Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy TanBe Ready When the Luck HappensThe God of the WoodsGreat Expectations by Vinson CunninghamWandering Stars by Tommy OrangeBy The Fire We CarryBone of the BoneThe ServiceberryPraise Song for the Kitchen GhostsWhat Goes With WhatKids Cook Anything by Mark BittmanThe Other Significant OthersVanishing TreasuresBeautiful CreaturesMargot's Got Money TroublesColored TelevisionKnifeSmoke Kings Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong BookshopCue the Sun!The Bright SwordMythos by Stephen FryAn Encyclopedia of Gardening for Colored ChildrenThe Researcher's First Murder Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca talk about the winners of the 2024 National Book Awards a little before embarking on the first of two rounds of answering listener holiday recommendation requests.Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify.For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter!Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks!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 on InstagramThe Book Riot Podcast PatreonAngie KimMegan AbbottLiz MooreDr NoMotherless BrooklynThe Most Fun We Ever HadOn BeautyTomorrow and Tomorrow and TomorrowYellowfaceEverything I Never Told YouJami Attenberg Colored TelevisionBe Ready When the Luck HappensChemistryMargo’s Got Money TroubleBirnam Wood House of CottonIn the Time of Butterflies by Julia AlvarezThe Overstory The God of the WoodsThe Trees Barkskins The MostGreek LessonsThe Buddha in the AtticWinteringErotic Stories for Punjabi WidowsGreta & ValdinMichael LewisSteven JohnsonHanif AbdurraquibChallengerHow to Live Safely in a Science Fictional UniverseHow Big Things Get DoneGileadOur Souls at NightThe Woman Next Door EducatedA Love Song for Ricki WildeLooking for a SignMerry Little Meet Cute Storied Life of AJ FikryInk Blood Sister Scribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca look back 30 years to 1994 and power-rank the year's most influential, important, and memorable titles.Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify.For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter!Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks!Discussed in this episode:The Book Riot Podcast on InstagramThe Book Riot Podcast PatreonSend us your recommendation requests: podcast (at) bookriot (dot) co Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca talk about Amazon's best books of the year list, the pros and cons of the Goodreads Choice Awards, PW's annual salary survey, recent reading, and much more.Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify.For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter!Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks!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 on InstagramThe Book Riot Podcast PatreonSend us your recommendation requests: podcast (at) bookriot (dot) comGood news: most TX school board candidates who support book bans lost their electionsAmazon editors’ best books of 2024Voting is open for the Goodreads Choice AwardsPW annual salary surveyBarnes & Noble on track to open 60 new stores this yearIndia’s ban on The Satanic Verses may end because of missing paperworkPlayground by Richard PowersWhen the Coffee Gets ColdOrbital by Samantha Harvey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices