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AUDITION by Katie Kitamura & and the Documentary BANNED TOGETHER Apr 09, 2025

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Jeff and Rebecca discuss Katie Kitamura's new novel, Audition. Then, Rebecca talks to Allyson Rice and Tom Wiggins, producers of the new documentary, Banned Together.

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Audition by Katie Kitamura

Banned Together

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National Book Critics Circle Winners, Censorship Cases on a Collision Course with the Supreme Court, and more of the week's book news Apr 07, 2025

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Jeff is back from vacation and joins Rebecca to talk NBCC winners, escalating legal challenges to book bans, Penguin Random House sales info, recent reading, and more.

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NBCC Award winners

Iowa’s book ban bill blocked again by federal judge

The biggest book censorship stories of the year so far

Bishop who urged Trump to “have mercy” will publish 2 books for kids

PRH sales up 8.5% in 2024

James Patterson is teaming up with…Mr. Beast

RIP NaNoWriMo

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The It Books of April Apr 02, 2025

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Jeff and Rebecca consider contenders for the It Book of April, 2025.

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The Reading Life of Stephen Graham Jones Mar 31, 2025

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Jeff is out this week reading on a beach, so we are sharing this rerun from the First Edition podcast in which Jeff talks to Stephen Graham Jones about his reading life. Stephen Graham Jones is the NYT bestselling author of thirty-five or so novels and collections, and there are some novellas and comic books in there as well. Most recent are Earthdivers and I Was a Teenage Slasher.

His new book, The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, is out now.

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5 Fascinating Stats About Modern Reading Habits, with Laura McGrath Mar 26, 2025

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Author, literary historian, and data scientist Laura McGrath joins Jeff and Rebecca to share some of the most interesting, surprising, and curious stats about modern reading habits.

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Discussed in this Episode:

Laura's Substack textCrunch

Philippa Chong, Inside the Critics Circle

Christine Larson, Love in the Time of Self-Publishing

Janice Radway, A Feeling for Books

Janice Radway, Reading the Romance

Chong and Kim, "Writing By Women or For Women? Either Way, You're Less Likely to be Reviewed."

Inman Berens and Noorda, Immersive Media 2020

Inman Berens and Noorda, "Gen Z and Millennials: How they Use Public Libraries and Identify through Media Use."

Porter, Eimannsberger, English, et. al. "Genre Juggernaut: Measuring 'Romance'"

Lucy, Li, et al. "Racial and Ethnic Representation in Literature Taught in US High Schools"

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Which Classics Should You Read to Be "Well-Read"? [Teaser] Mar 25, 2025

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In this bonus preview of the most recent Patreon-only episode of The Book Riot Podcast, Jeff and Rebecca tackle an impossible question.

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The Long Odds of the Slushpile, Adaptation News, and Picking Vacation Reading Mar 24, 2025

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Jeff and Rebecca talk about the stunning reality of getting published from the slushpile, noodle about being well-read, and try to figure out what Jeff is going to read on vacation. He is genuinely stumped.

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Discussed in this Episode:

Laura McGrath on the math of the slush pile

Trump’s new executive order targets libraries & museums…and what you can do about it

Keira Knightley Pride & Prejudice to be re-released 4/20 for 20th anniversary

Call your reps and get out there to protect the Dept of Education

Frontlist Foyer, sponsored by Thriftbooks

Hunchback

Beautyland

Everything I Never Told You

White Light

The Buffalo Hunter Hunter

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Things We Love and Things We Hate About Talking About Books Online with Traci Thomas Mar 19, 2025

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Traci Thomas of The Stacks podcast joins Jeff and Rebecca to talk about things we love (and hate) about talking about books online. Mostly it is really great! Mostly!

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Aardvark Box Giveaway!

The Stacks Podcast

The Stacks on Instagram

Unstacked by Traci Thomas

The Book Riot Podcast Patreon

The Book Riot Podcast Newsletter

The Book Riot Podcast on Instagram

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The Book Riot Podcast Live at Powell's! [Teaser] Mar 18, 2025

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This is a preview of our live recording of the Most Recommendable Books of the Century (so far) at Powell's in beautiful downtown Portland, Oregon. If you aren't already a Patreon member, you can listen to the full recording when you sign up. Thanks to Powell's, our family and friends, and everyone who came out (or told someone else to). Hope to do it again sometime in the not-too-distant future.

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The GILEAD Adaptation is Real, Meta Streisands Itself, Powells Event Debrief and More of the Week's Book News. Mar 17, 2025

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Jeff and Rebecca debrief a little about their live recording at Powell's last week before talking about Meta Streisanding itself, the exciting/scary news of Scorsese's for actual life Gilead adaptation, and more of the week's book news.

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