Book Riot - The Podcast

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

We consider The New York Times 100 Notable Books of the Year list to be the book list of record. In this episode, we make our picks for locks, likelies, and would-like-to-sees ahead of the anticipated release of the list next week.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) comJames Martyr!RSTLNE LocksAll FoursThere’s Always This YearRevenge of the Tipping PointThe Anxious GenerationGod of the WoodsKnifeCreation LakeIntermezzoThe WomenOrbitalThe City and Its Uncertain WallsThe Mighty RedDemon of UnrestMutual Agreed Upon Tier BBeautylandSplintersWandering StarsPlaygroundRejectionBy the Fire We CarryBe Ready When the Luck HappensSplit DecisionsJohn Lewis: A LifeEveryone Who is Gone is HereLong Island CompromiseSplintersMargot’s Got Money TroublesColored TelevisionCode DependentThe Small and the MightyEntitlementThis Strange, Eventful HistoryAll That GlittersLovely OneSonny BoyPatriot by Alexei NavalnyGreat Expectations by Vinson Cunningham Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rebecca Schinksy talks to Franklin Leonard and Randy Winston about The Black List, a project to get exceptional, unproduced work into the world.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 Black ListThe Book Riot Podcast Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca decide the It Book of November.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 PatreonVariation by Rebecca YarrosDidion & Babitz by Lili AnolikThe Name of This Band is R.E.M by Peter Ames CarlinHigh and Rising: A Book About De La Soul by Marcus MooreHeartbreak is the National Anthem: How Taylor Swift Reinvented Pop Music by Rob SheffieldCher: Part OneLost and Lassoed by Lyla SageTeller of Small Fortunes by Julie LeongMasquerade by Mike FuThe Serviceberry by Robin Wall KimmererFour Points of the Compass by Jerry BrottonWhat the Chicken Knows by Sy MontgomeryVanishing Treasure by Katherine RundellLazarus Man by Richard PriceThe Half King by Melissa LandersThe City and Its Uncertain Walls by Haruki Murakami Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca talk about B&N's finalists for their book of the year, why PW's best books of the year lists are so great and recent reading before they are joined by Brooke Nagler of The Book Group to talk about what it's like breaking into the world of books as an assistant to a literary agent.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 PatreonThe Book GroupA belated fare-thee-well to John GierachBarnes & Noble’s Book of the Year finalistsThe PW Best Books of the Year list is here, and it’s as hard to navigate as everThe Last One at the Wedding by Jason RekulakWe Solve Murders by Richard OsmanConclave by Robert HarrisPachinko by Min Jin Lee Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff offers Rebecca a list of questions about the world of books and reading that he would love to have answered but knows are impossible.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!The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices