Book Riot - The Podcast

A preview of the first-ever EMERGENCY bonus episode for Patreon subscribers. Obama released his favorite books of 2024. Let's just say there were surprises.Join us on Patreon for access to early, ad-free listening and all bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/bookriotpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca look back at the books & stories that defined 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:Book Riot’s TBRThe Book Riot Podcast on InstagramThe Book Riot Podcast PatreonThe 2025 Read Harder Challenge is live_________________________The dust settled as publishing’s earnings rebound in H1Barnes & Noble is back, baby, and they bought a beloved indieThe Discourse:  Remember the moment when some people thought Taylor Swift wrote Argylle?  PRH dismisses Reagan Arthur & Lisa Lucas NYT’s top 100 books of the century so far NaNoWriMo’s PR fail with AI only 20k serious readers of lit fic? Coming Attractions:  Spielberg in talks to produce James adaptation directed by Taika Waititi Liz Moore signs Sony deal for Long Bright River & God of the Woods Meryl Streep in adaptation of The Corrections Florence Pugh in East of Eden for Netflix The Black List expands to fiction & highlights publishing’s most-wanted adaptations,  Book banning news:  Idaho library to become adults-only High school shuts down library due to book banning law Big Five and Authors Guild sue over Florida law PRH hires a public policy role  Many states have banned book bans In memoriam:  Daniel Kahneman John Gierach Edna O’Brien Francine Pascal  Nikki Giovanni Paul Auster The #metoo trifecta of Cormac McCarthy, Alice Munro, and Neil GaimanThe robots are coming:  authors sue Anthropic Roxane Gay & Margaret Atwood among authors helping create AI reading guides Number go up: US audiobook sales hit $2 billion in 2023 One to watch: ByteDance’s 8th Note Press to publish print books in 2025This is why literacy matters: Florida dept of education recommends Pride & Prejudice as a book about American prideListener feedback award: the surprising origins of publishing’s seasons, Sophia’s It Books tracker Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A preview of our most recent Patreon-only episode about the books we missed this year (though, maybe we will get to a few of them? maybe?).Join us on Patreon for access to early, ad-free listening and all bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/bookriotpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca take a look at the hits, misses, and favorites from the year in literary adaptations.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 TBRThe Book Riot Podcast on InstagramThe Book Riot Podcast Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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