Book Riot - The Podcast Book Riot

Jeff and Rebecca dive into an extremely busy week of book news. Barnes & Noble buys Tattered Cover. April book sales are up so much it's hard to believe. And published books have gotten way more diverse over the last 5 years, but there is more work to be done and reason to wonder if the progress will continue.
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Find Other Book Riot Fans (Social Media Handle Exchange)
The Book Riot Podcast Patreon
Barnes & Noble buys Tattered Cover
Amazon’s best books of 2024 so far
Sales were way up in April and print sales were up 5% in May
New data on DEI in publishing
Frontlist Foyer, brought to you by Thriftbooks
Long Island by Colm Tóibín
Bite by Bite by Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Consent by Jill Ciment
Margo's Got Money Problems by Rufi Thorpe
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Jeff and Rebecca talk about the people they think are doing the most interesting stuff in the world of books (less writing, more making of the books you know?).
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Find Other Book Riot Fans (Social Media Handle Exchange)
The Book Riot Podcast Patreon
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Jeff and Rebecca discuss one of the most anticipated books of the season, Exhibit by R.O. Kwon.
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Jeff and Rebecca talk about Jeff's breakdown of a bunch of Best of 2024 So Far lists, dive into a listener-created spreadsheet of It Books, talk about Oprah's summer book club selection, and much more.
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Discussed in this episode:
Find Other Book Riot Fans (Social Media Handle Exchange)
The Book Riot Podcast Patreon
Oprah’s summer book club pick is…woof
Goodreads’ most popular books of the year so far
Jeff rounded up the best-of-2024-so-far lists
Let’s talk about Sophia’s amazing It Book tracker 
Pod newsletter with the explainer for it
Grief is For People by Sloane Crosley
There's Always This Year by Hanif Abdurraqib
I'm Mostly Here to Enjoy Myself by Glynnis MacNicol
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Jeff and Rebecca rank the 10 most important, lasting, and otherwise notable books from 2014.
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Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk
A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
Being Mortal by Atul Gawande
Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay
Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit
Lila by Marilynne Robinson
Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
Milk and Honey by Rupi Kuar
Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
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Jeff and Rebecca get a little unhinged imagining some of their favorite authors trying out each others' styles.
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