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Back to SearchTrump Sues PRH, The National Book Award Fiction Longlist, and More Book News
Jeff and Rebecca talk about the week's book news, from Trump flimsy lawsuit against PRH and The New York Times (and why it matters, flimsy as it is), break down a couple of award lists, do some Jefft…
Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago
Book Club: THE SECRET OF SECRETS by Dan Brown
Jeff, Rebecca, and Vanessa gather in a secret chamber to discuss the wonderfully absurd mysteries of Dan Brown's latest, The Secret of Secrets.
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Published on 3 months ago
National Book Awards Longlists, a Journey Into Literary History, and More
Book Riot's managing editor Vanessa Diaz joins Rebecca for a discussion about the National Book Awards longlists, authors' big settlement from Anthropic, and exciting adaptation news. Then, Vanessa t…
Published on 3 months ago
Introducing Zero to Well-Read, a New Podcast from Book Riot
Jeff and Rebecca introduce their new podcast, Zero to Well-Read, with its inaugural episode about The Great Gatsby. We dig into what makes Gatsby a classic, why it’s all over high school reading list…
Published on 3 months, 1 week ago
Obama's Summer Reading List, B&N Buys Another Indie & More
Jeff and Rebecca announce a couple of new projects before talking about authors settling with Anthropic, Obama's summer reading list, the Kirkus Prize nominees, B&N buying Books Inc, and more of the …
Published on 3 months, 1 week ago
The It Books of September 2025
Jeff and Rebecca crown the It Book of September 2025.
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Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Deals Deals Deals for August 2025 [Teaser]
This is a bonus preview of our Patreon-only episode: Deals Deals Deals for August 2025, in which Jeff presents interesting book deals for Rebecca's consideration.
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Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago
KATABASIS by R.F. Kuang
Jeff, Rebecca, and Vanessa talk about Katabasis by R.F. Kuang. Spoiler-free discussion for the first bit, with warning when we wade into deeper plot waters.
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Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago
American are Reading for Pleasure Less. A Lot Less.
Jeff and Rebecca talk about a big new survey of American reading habits, the Polari Prize closing up shop for the year, Katabasis getting an adaptation, ghost-written vanity memoirs, and more.
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Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago
Fall Adaptation Preview
Jeff and Rebecca preview a huge season of literary adaptations.
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Published on 3 months, 4 weeks ago