Book Riot - The Podcast Book Riot

Part 1 of our 2024 Moms, Dads, and Grads Recommendation Extravaganza, in which Jeff and Rebecca answer listener book recommendations requests.
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Books and authors recommended in this episode:
Musicophilia by Oliver Sacks
The Creative Act by Rick Rubin
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
Brandon Taylor
Lauren Groff
Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi
Mouth to Mouth by Antoine Wilson
The Wager by David Grann
In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick
The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger
Jane Harper
Walter Mosley
Joe Ide
Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke
The Searcher by Tana French
The Woman Next Door by Yewande Omotoso
Sipsworth by Simon Van Booy
Our Souls at Night by Kent Haruf
Cast, Catch, Release by Marina Gibson - coming June 4
Standing in a River Waving a Stick by John Gierach
A River Runs Through It by Norman Maclean
The Longest Silence by Thomas McGuane
We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry
George Saunders
The Hike by Drew Magary
Pym by Mat Johnson
Tiffany Reisz
Sierra Simone
Kennedy Ryan
A Sport and a Pastime by James Salter
The Change Room by Karen Connelly
Bake Me a Story by Nadiya Hussain
America’s Test Kitchen Complete Cookbook for Young Chefs
How to Cook Everything by Mark Bittman
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
The Real Work by Adam Gopnik
Hammerhead by Nina MacLaughlin
Spartina by John Casey
All the Beauty in the World by Patrick Bringley
The Alternatives by Caoilinn Hughes
Wait by Gabriella Burnham - coming May 21
The Celebrants by Stephen Rowley
Siracusa by Delia Ephron
Lies and Weddings by Kevin Kwan
Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto
Erasure by Percival Everett
James by Percival Everett
Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino
There There by Tommy Orange
Stay True by Hua Hsu
Real Americans by Rachel Khong
Anita de Monte Laughs Laughs by Xochitl Gonzalez
Ways to Make Sunshine by Renée Watson
The List of Things That Will Not Change by Rebecca Stead
The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street by Karina Yan Glaser
A Boy Called Bat by Elana K. Arnold
The Care and Feeding of a Pet Black Hole by Michelle Cuevas
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Jeff and Rebecca try to figure out what the "it book" of May 2024 will be.
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Discussed in this episode:
Book Riot on Instagram
Book Riot on TikTok (be merciful)
TBR! For Mother’s Day! Or anyone on any day!
You Like It Darker by Stephen King
Five Broken Blades by Mai Corland
Blue Ruin by Hari Kunzru
This Strange Eventful History by Claire Messud
Lies and Weddings by Kevin Kwan
All Fours by Miranda July
Exhibit by R.O. Kwon
Challenger by Adam Higginbotham
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
Long Island by Colm Tóibín
Coming Home by Brittney Griner
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Sharifah joins Jeff to talk about parenting books, recent reading, adaptation news, and a scheme involving QR codes that it just might work.
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Discussed in this episode:
Book Riot on Instagram
Book Riot on TikTok (be merciful)
TBR! For Mother’s Day! Or anyone on any day!
The Book Riot Podcast Patreon
Americans Buy Over a Billions Books a Year
Trailer for Netflix’s adaptation of One Hundred Years of Solitude, coming out later this year
Plus: Thursday murder club casting, Project Hail Mary, Transcendent Kingdom casting
Crazy Rich Asians coming to Broadway
Knife by Salman Rushdie
They Can't Kill Us All by Wesley Lowrey
Sipsworth by Simon Van Booy
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Jeff checks in with Rebecca about re-entering, to a degree, the world of bookish social media.
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Discussed in this episode:
Book Riot on Instagram
Book Riot on TikTok (be merciful)
TBR! For Mother’s Day! Or anyone on any day!
The Book Riot Podcast Patreon
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Jeff and Rebecca talk about the best-selling books of the year so far, a variety of bookstore related mysteries, recent reading, and more.
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Discussed in this episode:
TBR! For Mother's Day! Or anyone on any day!
The Book Riot Podcast Patreon
US and UK Book Covers
Lauren Groff & James McBride named to Time 100
Knife by Salman Rushdie
The Cemetery of Untold Stories by Julia Alvarez
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Rebecca and Jeff look ahead to notable summer adaptations, including Bridgerton, Dark Matter, House of the Dragon, and more.
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Discussed in this episode:
Email us (podcast at bookriot dot com) with moms, dads, and grads recommendation requests!
First Edition!
The Book Riot Podcast Patreon
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