Podcast Episodes

Talking Bibliotherapy with Emely Rumble

Rebecca talks with Emely Rumble, author of Bibliotherapy in the Bronx, about using books as a tool for individual and collective healing, social just…

10 months, 1 week ago

Americans Want To Read More Books. Or Do They?

Jeff and Rebecca talk about a big new survey of Americans' feelings about reading, before talking about a small but interesting change at PW, recent …

10 months, 1 week ago

AUDITION by Katie Kitamura & and the Documentary BANNED TOGETHER

Jeff and Rebecca discuss Katie Kitamura's new novel, Audition. Then, Rebecca talks to Allyson Rice and Tom Wiggins, producers of the new documentary,…

10 months, 2 weeks ago

National Book Critics Circle Winners, Censorship Cases on a Collision Course with the Supreme Court, and more of the week's book news

Jeff is back from vacation and joins Rebecca to talk NBCC winners, escalating legal challenges to book bans, Penguin Random House sales info, recent …

10 months, 2 weeks ago

The It Books of April

Jeff and Rebecca consider contenders for the It Book of April, 2025.

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

The Reading Life of Stephen Graham Jones

Jeff is out this week reading on a beach, so we are sharing this rerun from the First Edition podcast in which Jeff talks to Stephen Graham Jones abo…

10 months, 3 weeks ago

5 Fascinating Stats About Modern Reading Habits, with Laura McGrath

Author, literary historian, and data scientist Laura McGrath joins Jeff and Rebecca to share some of the most interesting, surprising, and curious st…

10 months, 4 weeks ago

Which Classics Should You Read to Be "Well-Read"? [Teaser]

In this bonus preview of the most recent Patreon-only episode of The Book Riot Podcast, Jeff and Rebecca tackle an impossible question.

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11 months ago

The Long Odds of the Slushpile, Adaptation News, and Picking Vacation Reading

Jeff and Rebecca talk about the stunning reality of getting published from the slushpile, noodle about being well-read, and try to figure out what Je…

11 months ago

Things We Love and Things We Hate About Talking About Books Online with Traci Thomas

Traci Thomas of The Stacks podcast joins Jeff and Rebecca to talk about things we love (and hate) about talking about books online. Mostly it is real…

11 months ago