First Edition

Rebecca Schinsky is back to help Jeff pick the "it" book of June, and S.A. Cosby, author of the forthcoming All the Sinners Bleed, tells a reading story.This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.Discussed in this episode:Check out First Edition on Twitter, on Substack, and on Instagram.And if you have a moment to rate and review the show on Apple Podcasts, please and thank you!I Am Homeless If This is Not My Home by Lorrie MooreThe 272 by Rachel SwarnsAll the Sinners Bleed by S.A. CosbyFive Star Weekend by Elin HilderbrandBe Mine by Richard FordThe Puzzle Master by Danielle TrussoniThe Wind Knows My Name by Isabel AllendePageboy by Eliot PageWatch Us Dance by Leila SlimaniLove, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the occasion of the 20th Anniversary of The Kite Runner, author Khaled Hosseini joins Book Riot CEO Jeff O’Neal to talk about the creation, publication, and long-life of the literary phenomenon.Check out First Edition on Twitter, on Substack, and on Instagram.And if you have a moment to rate and review the show on Apple Podcasts, please and thank you!This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rebecca Schinsky is back to help Jeff figure out what the It book of May will be. And Book Riot editor Erica Ezeifedi comes on to debut a new First Edition segment, Reading Stories.Check out First Edition on Twitter, on Substack, and on Instagram.And if you have a moment to rate and review the show on Apple Podcasts, please and thank you!This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.Discussed in this Episode:The Making of Another Motion Picture Masterpiece by Tom HanksChain Gang All Stars by Nana Kwame Ajdei-BrenyahThe Covenant of Water by Abraham VergheseTraffic by Ben SmithThe Ferryman by Justin CroninHomebodies by Tembe Denton-HurstThe Late Americans by Brandon TaylorHey, Hun by Emily Lynn PaulsonYellowface by R.F. KuangSing Her Down by Ivy Pachoda Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Book Riot editors Vanessa Diaz and Kelly Jensen come on to talk about the long legacy of Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret in anticipation of the big new adaptation. Then Jeff talks to Professor Sarah Hart, author of the new book Once Upon a Prime, about the confluence of mathematics and literature. And finally, Professor Erica Williams on Nella Larsen, on the occasion of the new collection of her work: The Complete Fiction of Nella Larsen.This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.Relevant links!Are Your There, God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy BloomOnce Upon a Prime by Sarah HartThe Complete Fiction of Nella LarsenCheck out First Edition on Twitter, on Substack, and on Instagram.And if you have a moment to rate and review the show on Apple Podcasts, please and thank you!And please do email me with feedback here: firstedition@bookriot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this kick-off episode, Jeff O’Neal plays a game to determine the “it” book of April with Rebecca Schinksy, talks about what it means to put a book into the world with Simon & Schuster Senior Editor Yahdon Israel, and considers humanism with Sarah Bakewell, on the occasion of the publication of her new book, Humanly Possible.This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.Discussed in this episode:It Book Knock-Out ContendersWonder Boy by Angel Au-Yeung and David JeansCamp Zero by Michelle Min SterlingRomantic Comedy by Curtis SittenfeldYou Could Make This Place Beautiful by Maggie SmithSmall Mercies by Dennis LehaneThe Wager by David GrannHappy Place by Emily HenryIn the Lives of Puppets by T.J. KluneA Living Remedy by Nicole ChungHouse of Cotton by Monica BrashearsYahdon Israel’s Advance Readers ClubSoil by Camille T DungyHumanly Possible by Sarah BakewellFirst Edition on InstagramFirst Edition on TwitterFirst Edition on SubstackAnd please do email me with feedback here: firstedition@bookriot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Announcing FIRST EDITION: BookRiot.com co-founder Jeff O'Neal explores the wide bookish world. Interviews, lists, rankings, retrospectives, recommendations, and much more, featuring people who know and love books.Follow on Instagram @FirstEdPod and Twitter @FirstEdPod.And also sign up for the free companion newsletter! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices