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Back to SearchThe Books We Missed in 2025 [Teaser]
This is a bonus preview of our Patreon-only episode in which Jeff and Rebecca talked about the books they wanted to read but didn't, they want to read and might still, they definitely are OK no…
Published on 12 hours ago
The Best of the Rest of 2025 [Teaser]
This is a bonus preview of our Patreon-only episode in which Jeff and Rebecca talk about their favorite non-book things of 2025.
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Published on 1 day, 11 hours ago
UPDATED - Our Favorite Books of 2025
Jeff and Rebecca list their favorite books of the year, and then are joined by a series of Book Riot editors to share their picks: Kelly Jensen, Danika Ellis, Erica Ezefedi, Sharifah Williams, and Va…
Published on 2 days, 13 hours ago
Our Favorite Books of 2025
Jeff and Rebecca list their favorite books of the year, and then are joined by a series of Book Riot editors to share their picks: Kelly Jensen, Danika Ellis, Erica Ezefedi, Sharifah Williams, and Va…
Published on 2 days, 19 hours ago
The 2025 Read Harder Challenge, How Publishing People Feel about Publishing, and more
Jeff and Rebecca talk about Book Riot's 2025 Read Harder Challenge, PW's 2025 Salary & Job Survey, a new Gen Z book club, and resurrect the spirit of Annotated for a very cool story about the women w…
Published on 5 days, 4 hours ago
So, How's the Hamnet Adaptation?
Rebecca sits down with Vanessa Diaz to discuss the adaptation of Hamnet, in wide theatrical release this week. They talk about the film as a standalone piece of art, how it works as an adaptation, th…
Published on 1 week, 2 days ago
Goodreads Choice Winners, NYT 10 Best, and Spotify Wrapped for Audiobooks
Jeff and Rebecca talk about the Goodreads Choice Winners, the NYT's 10 Best of the Year, NPR's excellent year-end round-up before talking to Katie del Rosario of Spotify about the year in audiobooks …
Published on 1 week, 5 days ago
2025 It Books Scorekeeping and December New Releases
Jeff and Rebecca look back on their It Books selections from 2025 to see what they got right and wrong. But first, take a look at a pretty uninspiring slate of December new releases.
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Published on 2 weeks, 2 days ago
The 2025 Holiday Recommendation Show, Part 2
Jeff and Rebecca wrap up the 2025 Holiday Recommendations.
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Published on 2 weeks, 5 days ago
The 2025 Holiday Recommendation Show, Part 1
Jeff and Rebecca are back with another holiday recommendation show. Part 2 coming on Monday.
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Published on 3 weeks, 2 days ago