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You Know How I Am With Bandwagons Mar 14, 2022

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Jeff and Rebecca talk about B&N’s 2021 results and how TikTok steers the ship, recent reading, new Cormac McCarthy novels, and more.

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Discussed in this episode:

James Daunt talks about BN’s 2021

Cormac McCarthy publishing 2 new novels with a different flavor

Pamela Paul stepping down from NYT Book Review to join Opinion section

The Voltage Effect by John List

Left on Tenth by Delia Ephron

Recitatif by Toni Morrison

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Brandon Swagder$on Mar 07, 2022

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Jeff and Rebecca talk about the closing of Amazon Books and the most interesting self-publishing story yet.

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Amazon is shutting down all of its bookstores

Brandon Sanderson’s Kickstarter!

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Dolly Partterson Feb 28, 2022

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Jeff and Rebecca talk more about bonus content, the Dolly Parton/James Patterson unique audio experience, trailer talk, and more.

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Novelists struggling with if/how to write about covid — curious where listeners are on this

Britney! Spears! Memoir! For $15million

Cases in which challenged books have been returned to shelves in Washington state.

Dolly/patterson audiobook experience on Spotify

Pachinko Trailer looks amazing

Rings of Power looks like….Rings of Power

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Algorithms Gone Wild Feb 21, 2022

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Jeff and Rebecca talk premium podcast content, play a bookish round of 20 Questions, think about the two-year anniversary of Bookshop, and much more.

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Discussed in this episode:

Mexican Gothic by Sylvia Moreno-Garcia

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

Students sue a school district over book banning

Heartbreak by Florence Williams

The Bomber Mafia by Malcolm Gladwell

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Freudian Slippers Feb 14, 2022

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Jeff and Rebecca talk about new details about The Spine Collector, Apple’s Book Club, recent reads, and more.

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Check out our wordle-inspired merch at bookriot.com/merch

Glory’s doing a WRBG series with Liveright

The Bernardini plot thickens

Apple’s new book club

Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson

The Power of Regret by Daniel Pink

The Family Chao by Lan Samantha Chang

The Nineties by Chuck Klosterman

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Crying with a Knife Feb 07, 2022

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Jeff and Rebecca finally are ready to talk about Station Eleven, after discussing recent reads. And in the second half of the episode, they get to talk to Glory Edim of Well-Read Black Girl.

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Discussed in this episode:

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

Admissions by Kendra James

To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara

How to be Perfect by Michael Schur

The Well-Read Black Girl Podcast

Well-Read Black Girl on Instagram

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Bankable Crossover Jan 31, 2022

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Jeff is joined by Vanessa Diaz to talk about 2021s bestsellers, recent notable and favorite books, the continuing surge in book banning and censorshop in public libraries and schools, and more. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: Adaptation Nation The Book Riot Podcast Winter Preview Draft Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Personal Library Up for Auction Breaking down 2021’s bestsellers by publisher Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark Ariadne by Jennifer Saint Homicide and Halo-Halo by Mia P. Manansala The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd Ramón and Julieta by Alana Quintana Albertson Amor Actually Murder Most Actual, a Kobo original by Alexis Hall Wahala by Nikki May See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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ASMR for Knowledge Workers Jan 24, 2022

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This week, Jeff and Rebecca doing something unusual: talking about the books they are reading. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The show can also be found on Stitcher. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: Winter Preview Draft Adaptation Nation Edelweiss Netgalley The Nineties by Chuck Klosterman Lost & Found by Kathryn Schulz To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara Somebody’s Daughter by Ashley Ford Mouth to Mouth by Antoine Wilson See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Complexity Doesn't Have to Be a Bummer Jan 17, 2022

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Jeff and Rebecca talk about 2021 print sales and reading habits, Harlequin’s subscription play, give a general review of Station Eleven on HBO, and more. Discussed in this episode: Follow-up in Bernardini case Latest Pew stats re: Americans’ reading habits Print Books Have Huge 2021 Harlequin’s new subscription service debuts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Which Way the Smarm Flows Jan 10, 2022

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Jeff and Rebecca talk about the resolution of a recent literary mystery, the (cough) best books of the last 125 years, new year’s reading projects, and more. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: Winter Preview Draft Episode! Adaptation Nation! Italian publishing employee arrested for fraud, identity theft stealing those manuscripts The NYT let readers vote on the best book of the last 125 years to predictable results The Maid by Nita Prose Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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