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**Book Riot – The Podcast**

News in the world of books and reading, including hot industry releases, adaptations, publishing industry events, and more with Book Riot’s Jeff O’Neal and Rebecca Schinsky.
Book Riot is the largest independent editorial book site in North America and home to a host of media, from podcasts to newsletters to original content, all designed around diverse readers and across all genres.

Latest Episodes:

Manga Eyes of Desire May 16, 2022

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Jeff and Rebecca talk about the 2022 Pulitzer Prizes, the reMarkable 2….tablet?, recent reading, and more.

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Discussed in this episode:

The Book Riot Patreon!

Pulitzer winners

Is this a thing?

Post-Traumatic by Chantal Johnson

Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng

Dinner for One by Sutanya Dacres

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Exaggerate, Enhance, Create, and Reify May 09, 2022

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Jeff and Rebecca take listener feedback, spend a few moments talking about Julia on HBO, look at real, honest-to-goodness BookTok numbers, and talk with Florence Williams about her book, Heartbreak.

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Discussed in this episode:

The Book Riot Patreon!

Let’s talk about those BookTok numbers from publishers lunch — public link to the pod & infographic

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2022 Moms, Dad, and Grads Recommendation Show May 02, 2022

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Jeff and Rebecca turn with their annual spring recommendation show.

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Discussed in this episode:

The Book Riot Patreon

2022 (!) 5 Under 35 Honorees

Book Riot Podcast Listener Survey

Danez Smith

Hanif Abdurraquib

Morgan Parker

Louise Gluck

Time is a Mother by Ocean Vuong

Selected Poems of Nikki Giovanni

Poets.org

The Great Circle

Pretty Face by Lucy Parker

A Taste of Her Own Medicine by Tasha Harrison

The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner

Gilead

Lila by Marilynne Robinson

Wicked Fox by Kate Cho

Books for K-Drama Fans

2am at the Cat’s Pajamas

City of Girls

Black Cake

Storied Life of AJ Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin

Pachinko

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie

Chronicles of St. Mary’s by Jodi Taylor

The Wheel of Time

I Came All This Way to Meet You

My Glory Was I Had Such Friends

The Ugly Cry

Fierce Attachments

The Odd Woman in the City by Vivian Gornick

Joan is Okay

Crooked Hallelujah by Kelli Jo Ford

Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones

Sag Harbor by Colson Whitehead

The Cartographers by Peng Shepard

The Lincoln Highway

Greek to Me by Mary Norris

The Moonflower Murders by Anthony Horowitz

Automatic Detective by A. Lee Martinez

A Small Death in Lisbon by Robert Wilson

Lab Girl

Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake

The Wild Iris by Louise Gluck

Financial Intelligence

To The End of the Land by David Grossman

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Caffeinated, Liquid Snickers Bar Apr 25, 2022

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Jeff and Rebecca talk about Barnes & Noble as publishing’s hero(!?), developments in the world of book banning, new initiatives to combat said banning, and more.

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Discussed in this episode:

Book bans now reaching math textbooks in Florida

California student’s petition to expand conversations about race in literature

5 Under 35 honorees

Brooklyn Public Library offers ecards to kids 13-21 as a move to provide access/resist book bans

We Need Diverse Books To Offer Grants to Educators to Buy Books

How Barnes & Noble went from villain to hero

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The Realm of Cookies Apr 18, 2022

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Jeff and Rebecca talk 2022 book sales so far, Brandon Sanderson making it rain, dive into The Candy House by Jennifer Egan, and more.

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Discussed in this episode:

Book Riot Podcast Patreon!

Brandon Sanderson pays it forward

Book sales boom is over?

Documentary about The Bookstore

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A Broken Hallelujah Apr 11, 2022

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Jeff and Rebecca talk about the new Book Riot Podcast Patreon, solicit recommendation requests for Moms/Dads/Grads episode, somehow spin out again about audiobook pricing, look at the most banned books of 2021, and much more.

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Discussed in this episode:

Book Riot Podcast Patreon!

Station Eleven team reuniting at HBO for Glass Hotel & Sea of Tranquility

We probably have to say something about the Amazon union success

The NYT looks at some of the most-banned books of 2021

B&N goes audiobook membership

The Cartographers by Peng Shepard

Secret Identity by Alex Segura

The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi

Pay Up by Reshma Saujani

The Candy House by Jennifer Egan

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From Talk Easy: Michael Lewis on The Premonition Apr 05, 2022

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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 musicians to come to the table and speak from the heart in ways you probably haven't heard from them before. Driven by curiosity and an abundance of research, he’s had revealing conversations with everyone from George Saunders and Cate Blanchett to Ocean Vuong and Gloria Steinem. In this preview, Sam talks with author Michael Lewis about his book, The Premonition, his approach to creating a relationship with the people he writes about, covering President Obama, and the power of luck.

You can listen to Talk Easy at https://podcasts.pushkin.fm/tebookriot.

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They're All Lowlights Apr 04, 2022

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Jeff and Rebecca talk about listener experiences with Atlas of the Heart, do a quick update from the Sandersonverse, discuss the rising sales of LBGTQ romance, and linger for a moment in the Frontlist Foyer.

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DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:

LGBTQ romance sales are booming

Evelyn Hugo adaptation going to Netflix

The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka

Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

Tell Me Everything by Erika Krouse

The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb

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To Kill a Mockingbird Meets Nicholas Sparks Mar 28, 2022

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Danika Ellis joins Rebecca Schinsky to talk about Dr Seuss sales, librarians getting fired for not pulling books, that Where the Crawdads Sing Trailer, and much more.

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DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:

Pulling racist books turned out to be good for business for Dr Seuss

Texas librarian alleges she was fired for not removing books

Crawdads trailer

Heroes of the Week

Ted Cruz accidentally makes two anti-racist books bestsellers

As mentioned on the show: Danika’s quiz to match book banning quote to the decade it occurred

Delilah Green Doesn’t Care by Ashley Herring Blake

Tell Me an Ending by Jo Harkin

Ready When You Are by Gary Lonesborough

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Nobels and Hostages Mar 21, 2022

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Jeff and Rebecca talk about books sales thus far in 2022, check in on the “book of the year” candidates, note some discontent in the publishing workforce, and talk about books that are not what we thought they were.

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