Podcast Episodes

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, philo…

1 year, 7 months ago

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, d…

1 year, 7 months ago

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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1 year, 7 months ago

ALA Takeaways, B&N Foot Traffic Surges, Library Hold Stats, and more

Jeff tells Rebecca about his trip to the American Library Association Annual Convention before a discussion of listener feedback, B&N getting more pe…

1 year, 7 months ago

The It Books of July 2024

Jeff and Rebecca go through 10 contenders to pick the It Book of July.

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1 year, 7 months ago

Our Favorite Books of 2024 So Far [Teaser]

Jeff and Rebecca tally up their favorite reads of the year so far. Yes, James is at the top of the list.

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1 year, 7 months ago

JAMES Adaptation News, Wither Political Memoirs, Frieda McFadden Is Here To Low-Key Dominate Book Sales, and More

Jeff and Rebecca talk about a mixed bag of topics this week: James getting a major adaptation deal, Hilary Clinton is publishing a new mem.....YAWN, …

1 year, 7 months ago

The Books of the Year...So Far

Jeff and Rebecca look back at their It Book selections so far, see what they got right and wrong, and then talk about which books have been the books…

1 year, 8 months ago

Barnes & Noble Buys a Beloved Indie, Book Sales are Way Up, Real Data on Diversity in Published Books, and more.

Jeff and Rebecca dive into an extremely busy week of book news. Barnes & Noble buys Tattered Cover. April book sales are up so much it's hard to beli…

1 year, 8 months ago

The Most Interesting People in the Publishing World

Jeff and Rebecca talk about the people they think are doing the most interesting stuff in the world of books (less writing, more making of the books …

1 year, 8 months ago