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Book Riot - The Podcast Book Riot
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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
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Our Ballots for the NYT's 100 Best Books of the 21st Century [Teaser]
Jeff and Rebecca are joined by Sharifah Williams to discuss the books they selected for in The New York Times's 100 best books of the 21st century, how they picked, and their reactions to the final list.
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Book Nerd Movie Club: THE NEVERENDING STORY
On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the film release of The NeverEnding Story, Jeff, Rebecca, and Sharifah talk about the book, movie, and its place in pop and nerd culture.
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Discussed in this episode:
The NeverEnding Story by Michael Ende
The NeverEnding Story Oral History
The Book Riot Podcast Patreon
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The Readers' List of the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century, Predicting Obama's Summer Reading List, and more.
Jeff and Rebecca are back to do more discussion of The New York Times's list of the Best Books of the 21st Century, go over the reader version of the list, predict what books we think are the most likely to make Obama's summer reading list, talk about their recent reading, and more.
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Discussed in this episode:
The Book Riot Podcast Patreon
The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
NYT reveals readers’ top 100
Slow Productivity by Cal Newport
State of Paradise by Laura Van Den Berg
The Coin by Yasmin Zaher
The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman
There's Always This Year by Hanif Abdurraquib
James by Percival Everett
Fire Exit by Morgan Talty
The Demon of Unrest by Erik Larson
The Women by Kristin Hannah
The Searcher by Tana French
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Building The 100 Best Books of the Century with Gilbert Cruz, Editor of THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
In this special episode, Jeff and Rebecca are joined by Gilbert Cruz, editor of The New York Times Book Review, to talk about the construction, philosophy, and end result of The New York Times list of the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.
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The Book Riot Podcast Patreon
The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
The New York Times Book Review Podcast discussion of the list
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The Best Books of the 21st Century
Rebecca and Book Riot managing editor Vanessa Diaz discuss the NYT's 100 books of the 21st century, sexual assault allegations against Neil Gaiman, disturbing revelations about Alice Munro, and more.
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Discussed in this Episode:
Reagan Arthur will return to Hachette
Foot traffic is also up at Books a Million & Half Price Books
Book Riot’s Best Books of 2024 So Far
NYT Top 100 Books of the Century
Neil Gaiman accused of sexual assault
Alice Munro’s daughter reveals family secret of sexual abuse
Romance bookstores on the rise
PRH Buys Boom! Studios
The God of the Woods by Liz Moore
Ruse of Shadows by Sherry Thomas
Malas by Marcela Fuentes
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Book Riot Editors Pick Their Favorite Books of 2024 So Far
With Jeff and Rebecca hither and yon, we asked our editors to drop in and talk about their favorite books of the year so far.
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Find Other Book Riot Fans (Social Media Handle Exchange)
The Book Riot Podcast Patreon
Moon of the Turning Leaves by Waubgeshig Rice
Shift Happens by J Albert Mann
Kill Her Twice by Stacey Lee
A Suffragist's Guide to the Antarctic by Yi Shun Lai
Here We Go Again by Alison Cochrun
Cash Delgado Is Living the Dream by Tehlor Kay Mejia
youthjuice by E.K. Sathue
Magical/Realism by Vanessa Angelica Villareal
A Ruse of Shadows by Sherry Thomas
The Framed Women of Ardemore House by Brandy Schillace
Hirayasumi, Vol. 1 by Keigo Shinzō, translated by Jan Mitsuko Cash
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Customer Reviews
Mansplaining central
I really like this pod but holy cow does Jeff know that he just plows over Rebecca 99% of the time? I don’t know how Rebecca puts up with it. This man just talks over her constantly. Like just blatantly and aggressively. It’s genuinely wild.
Reign it in Jeff
Jeff! Shut up and let Rebecca talk! You’re rudeness by constantly interrupting her makes listening to this podcast very unpleasant.
Do the hosts read these reviews?
Jeff. Please stop interrupting Rebecca. She has important things to say. Slow down and let her speak! I love the content of this show but it’s way too annoying to listen to Jeff for 90% of the podcast. Could we get a different host or rotate Jeff out every other week or something? I’d love to hear more of Rebecca’s thoughts.