Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchBook 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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5 months, 1 week 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 Anthro…
5 months, 1 week 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 c…
5 months, 2 weeks 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 Priz…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
The It Books of September 2025
Jeff and Rebecca crown the It Book of September 2025.
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5 months, 3 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 c…
5 months, 3 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 …
5 months, 4 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 adaptati…
6 months ago
Fall Adaptation Preview
Jeff and Rebecca preview a huge season of literary adaptations.
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6 months ago
We Need a Book Review Revolution
An encouraging court win, thoughts on book reviews, direct to Kanopy films, and more of the week's book news.
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6 months, 1 week ago