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Book Riot - The Podcast is a weekly news and talk show about what's new, cool, and worth talking about in the world of books and reading, brought to you by the editors of BookRiot.com

    Selling UK Covers in the US? Plus: a PLA report, JAMES is legit, and more.

    Selling UK Covers in the US? Plus: a PLA report, JAMES is legit, and more.

    Jeff and Rebecca talk about some recent book-related travel things, do some quick adulation of James, and much more.
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    Discussed in this episode:
    First Edition!
    The Book Riot Podcast Patreon
    How about the nugget in this piece on AI that Meta thought about buying Simon & Schuster 
    Amazon grab-and-go was a sham
    Real Americans by Rachel Khong
    The Unsettled by Ayana Mathis
    James by Percival Everett
    There's Always This Year by Hanif Abdurraqib
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    • 1 hr 10 min
    Shogun, 3 Body Problem, Masters of the Air, A Gentleman in Moscow, Ripley...and Dune 2

    Shogun, 3 Body Problem, Masters of the Air, A Gentleman in Moscow, Ripley...and Dune 2

    Jeff and Rebecca check in with a selection of recent streaming adaptations (Shogun, 3 Body Problem, Masters of the Air, A Gentleman in Moscow, Ripley) and briefly discuss the year of Dune.
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    The Book Riot Podcast Patreon
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    • 1 hr 11 min
    Book Design, Spotify Rate Rumors, a New Museum of Children's Literature, and more

    Book Design, Spotify Rate Rumors, a New Museum of Children's Literature, and more

    Sharifah Williams joins Jeff to talk about fonts of all things, plus what's going on with Spotify, the tough media landscape, and more.
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    Discussed in this episode:
    First Edition!
    The Book Riot Podcast Patreon
    HarperCollins saves thousands of trees with small tweak to book design
    Spotify Might Be Raising Prices. Kinda Told Ya.
    New museum for Children’s literature opens in Kansas City
    What I Would Do If I Were Starting Book Riot...Today
    Jeff Commits a TikTok
    Please, Baby, Please by Spike Lee
    Little Blue Truck
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    • 56 min
    The "It" Books of April

    The "It" Books of April

    Jeff and Rebecca talk about the "it" books of the month. And struggle to pronounce Amor Towles.
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    Discussed in this episode:
    First Edition!
    The Book Riot Podcast Patreon
    The Paris Novel by Ruth Reichl
    Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent by Judi Dench
    The Cemetery of Untold Stories by Julia Alvarez
    Table for Two by Amor Towles
    The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo
    Reboot by Justin Taylor
    The Real Americans by Rachel Khong
    Funny Story by Emily Henry
    The Demon of Unrest by Erik Larson
    Knife by Salman Rushdie
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    • 54 min
    The Best TV Shows of the 21st Century [Teaser]

    The Best TV Shows of the 21st Century [Teaser]

    Jeff and Rebecca discuss the idea of prestige TV as the literary fiction of visual media, dissect The Hollywood Reporter's list of the 50 best shows of the 21st century, and dive into their own favorites.

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    • 5 min
    Notes from a Reconnaissance Mission Into the State of Publishing

    Notes from a Reconnaissance Mission Into the State of Publishing

    After noting the passing of Daniel Kahneman, Jeff debriefs Rebecca on his most recent round of discussions with the publishing world.
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    First Edition!
    The Book Riot Podcast Patreon
    RIP Daniel Kahneman
    Thinking, Fast and Slow
    The Undoing Project
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    • 58 min

Customer Reviews

4.7 out of 5
91 Ratings

91 Ratings

Sassy1999 ,

Excellent insights on books!

Lighthearted discussions about all things books! Perhaps my book will become a topic here!

abrose74 ,

Smart, insightful, enjoyable!

Such a pleasure to listen to book talk from this crew of funny and intelligent people.

Eden Reads ,

This one’s a must!

Every Monday morning the first thing I do is look for the new episode. And then I smile. It makes my week.

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