Podcast Episodes

National Book Award Announces Host, B&N Discover Prize, and more book news.

Jeff and Rebecca applaud the news that Jeff Hiller will be hosting the National Book Awards in November before talking about more book news from the …

4 months ago

The Seventeen Year-Old Who Invented Science Fiction

With Guillermo del Toro's Netflix adaptation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein in the news, we thought we would bring out an episode we did for Annotate…

4 months, 1 week ago

How Much Does Genre Matter to Readers?

Prof. Laura McGrath joins Jeff and Rebecca to talk about what some studies can tell us about just how much readers care (and don't) about genre.

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4 months, 1 week ago

The 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature, NBA Finalists, and more award season news. PLUS: Hachette CEO David Shelley

Sharifah Williams joins Jeff to talk about the 2025 Nobel for Literature, National Book Award finalists and more award season news. Then, Hachette CE…

4 months, 1 week ago

Zero to Well-Read: TWILIGHT by Stephenie Meyer

A drop-in of the most recent episode of Zero to Well-Read, in which Jeff O'Neal and Rebecca Schinksy are joined by Book Riot editors Vanessa Diaz and…

4 months, 2 weeks ago

Anthropic Settlement Portal Shows All. Mostly.

Jeff and Rebecca talk about the opening of the portal to submit claims against the $1.5 Billion Anthropic settlement, Reading Rainbow's relaunch, One…

4 months, 2 weeks ago

The It Books of October 2025

Jeff and Rebecca consider 10 candidates for the title, It Book of October 2025.

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

The Booker Prize Finalists, Judge Shades Trump's Lawsuit Against PRH, and More Book News

Jeff and Rebecca talk about The Booker Prize finalists, a judicial brow-beating, soft book sales, and more.

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

The Books That Matter: THE SNOWY DAY

Today we have for you an episode from the Brooklyn Public Library’s Borrowed & Returned podcast series, looking back on Ezra Jack Keats' trailblazing…

5 months ago

Trump 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),…

5 months ago