Podcast Episodes

The Best of the Rest of 2024 [Teaser]

A little teaser for our Best of the Rest of 2024 episode over on the Book Riot podcast Patreon. Rebecca and Jeff talk about their favorite non-book t…

1 year, 1 month ago

Emergency Podcast: On Obama's Favorite Books of 2024 [Teaser]

A preview of the first-ever EMERGENCY bonus episode for Patreon subscribers. Obama released his favorite books of 2024. Let's just say there were sur…

1 year, 2 months ago

The Year in Review

Jeff and Rebecca look back at the books & stories that defined 2024.

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1 year, 2 months ago

The Books We Missed This Year [Teaser]

A preview of our most recent Patreon-only episode about the books we missed this year (though, maybe we will get to a few of them? maybe?).

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1 year, 2 months ago

Taking Stock of the Year in Adaptations

Jeff and Rebecca take a look at the hits, misses, and favorites from the year in literary adaptations.

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1 year, 2 months ago

The Books of the Year

Jeff and Rebecca settle in to figure what 10 books from 2024 defined the year. Not the best (necessarily), the most popular (though could be), or mos…

1 year, 2 months ago

How THE NEW YORK TIMES Picks The 100 Notable, and 10 Best, Books of the Year

Gilbert Cruz, editor of The New York Times Book Review, joins Jeff to talk about the colossal undertaking that is making its 100 Notable Books List a…

1 year, 2 months ago

Our Favorite Books of the Year

Jeff and Rebecca reveal their favorite books of 2024.

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1 year, 2 months ago

The New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2024, Goodreads Choice Winners, Spotify's Most-Listened Audiobooks, and more.

Jeff and Rebecca get into the NYT's 100 Notable and 10 Best Books of the Year list, Goodreads Choice winners, Cormac McCarthy's distressing hidden re…

1 year, 2 months ago

Looking Back at Our It Book Picks of the Year, Interesting December Releases, and a Few More Holiday Recommendations

Jeff and Rebecca do a few more holiday recommendations before talking about nine interesting new books coming in December and then taking stock of th…

1 year, 2 months ago