Podcast Episodes

A Novel Trial

Rebecca and Sharifah discuss the salacious history of Go Ask Alice, the antitrust trial against Penguin Random House’s merger with Simon & Schuster, …

3 years, 6 months ago

Millions of Canadians Cranking

Jeff and Rebecca talk about Obama’s summer reading picks, Canadian reading habits, another take on “self-censorship,” and more.

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3 years, 7 months ago

Book Riot Matches Donations to the National Network of Abortion Funds

Book Riot is running a campaign to match donations to the National Network of Abortion Funds from July 25th through August 1st. Feminism, gender equa…

3 years, 7 months ago

Save It For the Message Boards

Jeff and Rebecca talk trailers (She Said, Rings of Power, House of the Dragon), a HarperCollins walk-out, Michelle Obama’s new book, and much more.

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3 years, 7 months ago

Catch-451

Jeff and Rebecca talk the best-selling books of the year, Book Riot’s own best books of the year so far, a very suspect reality show idea, and much m…

3 years, 7 months ago

Good Job, Matt

Jeff and Rebecca talk about Jesmyn Ward winning the Library of Congress Fiction Prize, a major publisher getting hijacked (?), labor at publishing ho…

3 years, 7 months ago

Mental Cellophane

Jeff and Rebecca talk about “the book of the year,” Barnes & Noble and TikTok collaborating, follow up on book censorship stories, and more.

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3 years, 7 months ago

A Feather in the Trap

Jenn Northington joins Jeff to talk about a sweeping New York Times piece on diversity in publishing, the most popular GoodReads books of the moment,…

3 years, 8 months ago

The Implied Headline

Rebecca is joined by Book Riot’s managing editor, Vanessa Diaz, while Jeff is on vacation. They discuss the relaunch of MTV Books, James Patterson’s …

3 years, 8 months ago

Two Questions and a Comment

Jeff and Rebecca talk about Barnes & Noble’s picks for the best books of the year so far, Spotify coming for audiobooks, the quiet end of Oprah’s Boo…

3 years, 8 months ago