Book Riot - The Podcast - TopPodcast.com

Latest Episodes:

Catch-451 Jul 18, 2022

Show notes

Jeff and Rebecca talk the best-selling books of the year, Book Riot’s own best books of the year so far, a very suspect reality show idea, and much more.

Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The show can also be found on Stitcher.

For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter!

DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:

The Book Riot Patreon

Book Riot’s Best of 2022 so far

Ada Limon named next Poet Laureate

Bookstores are booming & becoming more diverse

A reality show about authors?

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Good Job, Matt Jul 11, 2022

Show notes

Jeff and Rebecca talk about Jesmyn Ward winning the Library of Congress Fiction Prize, a major publisher getting hijacked (?), labor at publishing houses, The New York Times understanding BookTok just about as well as they do, and much more.

Discussed in this episode:

The Book Riot Patreon

We’re hiring!

Jesmyn Ward wins of Congress Prize for Fiction

Macmillan security breach

HarperCollins’s union authorizes strike if publisher does agree to fair contract

Penguin Classics adds Marvel to the Canon

NYT on BookTok

Public service story: if you work in any kind of library setting and have student loans, see if you eligible for student loan forgiveness

The Fox & I by Catherine Raven

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mental Cellophane Jul 04, 2022

Show notes

Jeff and Rebecca talk about “the book of the year,” Barnes & Noble and TikTok collaborating, follow up on book censorship stories, and more.

Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The show can also be found on Stitcher.

For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter!

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 Patreon

Ongoing: Lawyers say obscenity claims in VA case are ‘defective’ and should be tossed out

Canadian librarian responds to threats over drag queen story hour by adding a second event

TikTok now has a dedicated #booktok hub, and Barnes & Noble is partnering to promote it with a challenge

Authors are protesting Amazon policy that allows Kindle users to return ebooks within 7 days

Wahala by Nikki May

Memphis by Tara Stringfellow

An Immense World by Ed Yong

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Feather in the Trap Jun 27, 2022

Show notes

Jenn Northington joins Jeff to talk about a sweeping New York Times piece on diversity in publishing, the most popular GoodReads books of the moment, and how much Americans do and do not read books.

Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The show can also be found on Stitcher.

For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter!

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 Patreon

NYT looks at the state of diversity of the publishing industry

Florence Pugh to star in East of Eden Netflix series

The Obamas Head to Audible

Over 50% of Americans have not finished a book in the last year

72 of the most popular books on GoodReads….right now

The City Inside by Samit Basu

Aurora by David Koepp

An Immense World by Ed Yong

Flying Solo by Linda Holmes

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Implied Headline Jun 20, 2022

Show notes

Rebecca is joined by Book Riot’s managing editor, Vanessa Diaz, while Jeff is on vacation. They discuss the relaunch of MTV Books, James Patterson’s hot take on racism, and more.

Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The show can also be found on Stitcher.

For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter!

Discussed in this episode:

The Book Riot Podcast Patreon

MTV Books Reveals 2023 Relaunch Slate

Sales of LGBTQ Books Are Soaring

Mom’s for Liberty’s Book Rating System

James Patterson says older white men experience “another form of racism”

And then James Patterson apologizes

NYPL to give away 500,000 free books

The Margins writers’ conference

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Two Questions and a Comment Jun 13, 2022

Show notes

Jeff and Rebecca talk about Barnes & Noble’s picks for the best books of the year so far, Spotify coming for audiobooks, the quiet end of Oprah’s Book Club on AppleTV, Tiny Beautiful Things being adapted, and much more.

Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The show can also be found on Stitcher.

For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter!

Discussed in this episode:

The Book Riot Podcast Patreon

Obscenity suit is advancing in VA

Barnes & Noble’s best books of 2022 so far

Kathryn Hahn to appear in Hulu’s Tiny Beautiful Things adaptation

Spotify is coming for audiobooks

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I’ve Got No Animal Paraphernalia Jun 06, 2022

Show notes

Jeff and Rebecca discuss the results of their summer preview draft, go through a bunch of listener feedback, talk about a cookbook being adapted for the screen, a huge study of bookselling patterns on Amazon, and more.

Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The show can also be found on Stitcher.

For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter!

Discussed in this episode:

We hiring a Digital Marketing Manager

The Book Riot Podcast Patreon

Australian Cookbook To Be Adapted Into Feature Film

Ingram followed 150k books on Amazon for 3 years

Dog Eared Books in Ames, Iowa

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Playing by the Ruled May 30, 2022

Show notes

Jeff and Rebecca talk about book sales, Amazon’s new book club, the bookstore of the year, recent reading, and more.

Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The show can also be found on Stitcher.

For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter!

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 Patreon

Congrats to The Raven!

The Second: Race and Guns in a Fatally Unequal America by Carol Anderson

Amazon starts monthly book club

Post-Traumatic by Chantal Johnson

Translating Myself & Other by Jhumpa Lahiri

Trillions by Robin Wigglesworth

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From Talk Easy: Jennifer Egan on Writing Through Time May 27, 2022

Show notes

Today we're sharing a special preview of a podcast we've been enjoying, Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso, from Pushkin Industries. Talk Easy is a weekly interview podcast, where writer Sam Fragoso invites actors, writers, activists, and politicians to come to the table and speak from the heart in ways you probably haven't heard from them before. Driven by curiosity, he has revealing conversations with guests like Michael Lewis, Rupi Kaur, and Dave Eggers. In this preview, Sam talks to Jennifer Egan about the structural pulse of her new novel, The Candy House, why she’s drawn to nonlinear storytelling, and what the book reveals about authenticity in the digital age.

You can hear the full episode, and more from Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso, at https://podcasts.pushkin.fm/tebookriotegan

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Foley Artist on Mars May 23, 2022

Show notes

Jeff and Rebecca talk about a striking attempt to sue Barnes & Noble for obscenity and pornography, admit we were wrong but for dumb reasons, talk about a hero of the week, and more.

Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The show can also be found on Stitcher.

For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter!

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.