Book Riot - The Podcast

Muppet Arm Confetti Cannon

05 Aug 2018

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#271: Pop a Squat Randomly

30 Jul 2018

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#270: Wildly Gesticulating

23 Jul 2018

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This week, Rebecca and Sharifah discuss Barack Obama's latest summer reading list, the nominees for the Alternative Nobel, a feminist response to the ...

#269: Charlatanism Quotient

16 Jul 2018

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#268: Original Recipe Jerkwad

08 Jul 2018

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This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about the alternative Nobel, B&N fires its CEO, Bourdain bio in the works, South Caroline police challenge reading ch...

#267: Antepentultimate Caboose

02 Jul 2018

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This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about the 2017 VIDA count, Diaz keeping his MIT job, Jimmy Fallon's book club, ALA removes Laura Ingalls Wilder's nam...

#266: Born in the Hot Seat

24 Jun 2018

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This week, Rebecca and special guest co-host Josh Christie discuss bookstores offering Airbnb rentals, Barack Obama's recent reading list, the ongoing...

#265: Rarefied Air

18 Jun 2018

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This week, Jeff and Rebecca discuss Anthony Bourdain's legacy (literary and otherwise), the book Bill Gates is gifting to college graduates, the lates...

#264: A Guillotine Moment

12 Jun 2018

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This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about The Boston Review's Junot Diaz decision, an unprecedented Amazon scam, Michael Lewis' Audible original, and muc...

#263: Lotta Feet, Lotta Shoes

04 Jun 2018

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This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about a major embezzling scandal, The Golden Man Booker, listener follow-up, and much more. This episode is spon...

#262: Read the Room, BEA

28 May 2018

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This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about the passing of Philip Roth, Sean Spicer coming to BEA, Watchmen's TV reboot, a hero of the week, and much more...

#261: Therapy for Immortals

21 May 2018

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This week, Jeff and Rebecca stay on the #metoo in publishing trail, discuss the rumors about the direction of Amazon's LORD OF THE RINGS series, mark ...

#260: 12 Angry Meta-Men

14 May 2018

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In this episode, Jeff and Rebecca follow-up about Junot Diaz and the TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD trial, go over 2017 publishing sales statistics, and blesse...

Catch Up With Recommended Season 1!

09 May 2018

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Recommended is back! Season 2 will start on May 16, so there’s no time like the present to catch up with Season 1. Get more details and subscribe at...

#259: The Third Way

07 May 2018

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This week, Jeff and Rebecca wrestle with #metoo accusations against Junot Diaz, process the news that there will be no 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature,...

#258: Something You Can Hold in Your Hands

30 Apr 2018

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This week, Jeff and Sharifah talk about big Comey sales numbers, Circe tops the NYT list, The Great American Read, and much more. This episode is ...

#257: The Thin Edge of the Camel

23 Apr 2018

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This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about this year's Pulitzer winners, Amazon Prime subscriber stats, and reading....IN SPACE. This episode is spons...

B for Billion

16 Apr 2018

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This week, Jeff and Rebecca get Rebecca up to speed on Nobel nuttiness and Circe mysteries, try to digest huge adaptation news, puzzle out another Ama...

Sticking it to the Man

10 Apr 2018

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This week, Jeff and Jenn talk about a strange snag in Circe pricing and #metoo related turmoil at the Nobel. This episode is sponsored by: Book R...

#254: Killing Goliath with the Tipping Point

02 Apr 2018

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This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk season 2 of Annotated, the difficulty of doing personalized book recommendations at scale, the on-going concern about...

#253: Gay Bunnies and Ingenuity

26 Mar 2018

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This week, Rebecca and Jenn discuss the rescinding of awards, diversity in romance, books about Marlon Bundo, and more. This episode is sponsored by:...

A New Meridian

19 Mar 2018

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This week, Jeff and Rebecca begrudgingly discuss the Harper Lee estate, imagine terrifying robot booksellers, express adaptation fatigue, and much mor...

Cathartic Muppet Arms

12 Mar 2018

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This week, Jeff and Rebecca digest some new Barnes & Noble projects, get welcome good news in the form of a new Marilynne Robinson novel, and continue...

You Made It Worse

05 Mar 2018

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This week, Jeff and Amanda follow-up about Scribd, try to figure out how to feel about Sherman Alexie’s statement, praise Dolly Parton, and much mor...

A Funereal Mood

26 Feb 2018

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This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about further #metoo fallout, relay some info about B&N from little birdies, ponder the hair-sharing economy of revol...

#248: No Heroes

19 Feb 2018

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This week, Jeff and Rebecca follow-up about some tangible repercussions of #metoo in children's publishing, consider a new rationale for taking To Kil...

#247: We Don't Know Where We Are

13 Feb 2018

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In this episode, Jeff and Rebecca discuss #metoo coming to the world of children's publishing, Scribd tries "unlimited" reading, and much more.   Thi...

#246: Mundus Inversus

05 Feb 2018

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This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about Kobo and Wal-Mart teaming up, bad adaptations, the National Book Award adding a translation prize, and much mor...

#245: Book Talk and Random Grievances

29 Jan 2018

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This week, Jeff and Rebecca pay tribute to Ursula K Le Guin, say goodbye and hello to Sue Grafton, recount a major book heist, consider Amazon's first...

#244: A Sheep, Not a Sheepdog

22 Jan 2018

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This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk Fire and Fury's continued run, more details about PBS' Great American Read, Ferrante going to The Guardian, and much ...

#243: Meat-Related Analogies

16 Jan 2018

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This week, Jeff welcomes Rebecca back from vacation, and then they talk about the Garth Brooks anthology, Barack Obama's favorite books of 2017, PBS a...

#242: Let's Eat the Nothingburger

08 Jan 2018

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This week, Jeff and Jenn talk about Fire & Fury hype, new books from Lindy West, a bookselling giant's passing, and much more.   This episode is spon...

#241: Bear, Not the Naked Kind

26 Dec 2017

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This week, Jeff and Rebecca close out 2017 with some of our favorite non-book things of the year:   This episode is sponsored by: Reckless: The Petri...

#240: A Hierarchy of Delight: Our 2017 Year in Review

18 Dec 2017

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This week, Jeff and Rebecca look back at the notable bookish stories of the year.   This episode is sponsored by: Reckless: The Petrified Flesh by Co...

#239: The Squirrel Detective

11 Dec 2017

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This week, Jeff and Rebecca finish up holiday recommendation requests and share some long-overdue listener feedback.   This episode is sponsored by: ...

#238: 2017 Holiday Recommendation Show, Part 2

04 Dec 2017

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Jeff and Rebecca wrap up their 2017 Holiday recommendations.   This episode is sponsored by: TryAudiobooks.com Reckless: The Petrified Flesh by Cor...

#237: 2017 Holiday Recommendation Show, Part 1

27 Nov 2017

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Jeff and Rebecca kick off this year's holiday recommendation extravaganza... This episode is sponsored by: Men & Dogs Penguin Random House Audio   B...

#236: One of the Other Toms

20 Nov 2017

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This week, Jeff and Rebecca recap the National Book Awards, tackle a pair of grim publishing industry surveys, realize how little they know about Span...

#235: I Think I Hate This

13 Nov 2017

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In this episode, Jeff and Rebecca mull Barnes & Noble's new concept stores opening, Pokemon go but for Harry Potter, a new entrant in the US bookstore...

#234: Something Cotten in the State of Denmark

06 Nov 2017

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This week, Jeff and Rebecca nervously discuss a series adaptation of Invisible Man, survey the 2017 Goodreads Choice nominees, ponder Audible's new ro...

#233: Punching Bag Mattress

30 Oct 2017

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This week, Jeff and Rebecca follow-up about Reading Rainbow beef, gripe about sales figures, mark the departure of a couple of gross dudes in books, a...

#232: Slightly Ridiculous

23 Oct 2017

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This week, Jeff and Rebecca sink their teeth into the new VIDA numbers, quickly mention the 2017 Man Booker Prize announcement, roll around in some bo...

#231: Your Choice of Quadraped

16 Oct 2017

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In this episode, Jeff and Rebecca follow-up about a long profile of the UNH librarian who gave the school $4MM, welcome waterproof Kindles, celebrate ...

#230: Fantastically Bonkers

09 Oct 2017

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In this episode, Jeff and Rebecca revel in Dan Brown week, approve of this year's Nobel Laureate in Literature, run-down more awards lists, and much m...

#229: The Nature of Nature

02 Oct 2017

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This week, Jeff and Jenn talk about this year's 5 under 35 honorees, dissect some upcoming adaptation news, ponder audiobooks, and much more.  This e...

#228: Adaptation Gold Rush

25 Sep 2017

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In this episode, Jeff and Rebecca talk about shortlists and finalists in fall awards season, audiobook growth, HRC selling some units, Google serving ...

#227: Pig Steroids

18 Sep 2017

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This week, Jeff and Rebecca put the discussion of gaming the NYT bestseller list to bed, note Amazon's policing of reviews of What Happened, shrug the...

#226: Everyone is Wrong

11 Sep 2017

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In this episode, Jeff and Amanda consider a conservative publisher giving the NYT bestseller list the brush off, worry over Barnes & Noble's continued...

#225: Everyone's Hermione

03 Sep 2017

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In this episode, Jeff and Rebecca follow-up about a Pepe the Frog rip-off children's book, disagree about destroying Terry Pratchett's work, consider ...

#224: Dan Brown Goat Yoga

29 Aug 2017

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This week, Jeff and Rebecca spend most of the episode gawking at one of the strangest book-world stories they've yet covered.    This episode is spo...

#223: O'Neal's Razor Is Satisfied

21 Aug 2017

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This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about follow up about Audible for dogs and coloring book sales, unpack the non-profit Voldemort movie, Michiku Kakuta...

#222: Regularly Scheduled Awkwardness

14 Aug 2017

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This week, Jeff and Rebecca anticipate a shared favorite coming to Netflix, bag on fixing book prices, scratch their heads over Audible for dogs, and ...

#221: One Book Gravy Train

07 Aug 2017

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This week, Jeff and Rebecca mull PBS' upcoming The Great American Read and ponder the world's highest earning authors.   This episode is sponsored by...

#220: Identity Squatting

31 Jul 2017

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This week, Jeff and Amanda follow-up about ambiguous pen-names, go over the 2017 Man Booker longlist, mark Michiko Kakutani's retirement from the New ...

#219: Don't @ Me

24 Jul 2017

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This week, Jeff and Rebecca follow-up about police distributing books to kids, relay the strange case of Dracula in Icelandic, round-up a bunch of ada...

#218: Lexical Malfeasance

19 Jul 2017

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In this episode, Jeff and Rebecca talk about sales numbers for BEHOLD THE DREAMERS post-Oprah selection, a good year so far for print sales, the openi...

Quick Scheduling Note

17 Jul 2017

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This week's episode is a little delayed due to summer scheduling and will be out Tues/Wed, but a little something that can tide you over until then. ...

#217: Boundless Theories

10 Jul 2017

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This week, Rebecca and guest co-host Jenn discuss new standards for ebook accessibility, the men's rights activists who took on a feminist bookstore,...

#216: Cross the Memes

02 Jul 2017

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This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about the launch of Annotated, tastefully gloat about guessing Oprah's next book club selection, appreciate the booki...

#215: Minimum Viable Pottermore

26 Jun 2017

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This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about our new podcast series, Emma Watson's ascent to the Mount Rushmore of celebrity book nerds, Amazon buying Whole...

#214: Deploy Your Nuance

19 Jun 2017

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This week, Rebecca and Jeff talk about JULIUS CAESAR backlash, Amazon being the fifth largest bookstore chain in the U.S, Trump blocking Stephen King ...

#213: A Guy Who Still Uses LiveJournal

12 Jun 2017

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This week, Jeff and Rebecca discuss new info about the the Game of Thrones Extended Universe, Oprah's Book Club rumblings, Well-Read Black Girl's conf...

#212: A T-Shirt That Says, "Yea, Books"

05 Jun 2017

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This week Jeff and Rebecca talk about listener feedback on Little Free Libraries and the Amazon Buy Button, the coming GAME OF THRONES adaptation mult...

#211: Crying Forearms

29 May 2017

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This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about the surprising strength of Scribd's subscribership, Little Free Library backlash, Bill Gates' recommended summe...

#210: Rolodex of Rants

22 May 2017

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This week, Jeff and Rebecca talking about Author Who Shall Not Be Named suing his former publisher. changes to Amazon's "buy" button, James Patterson ...

#209: Moms, Dads, and Grad Recommendation Show, Part 2

15 May 2017

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Rebecca and Jeff wrap up this year's moms, dads, and grads recommendation bonanza.    This episode is sponsored by: OwlCrate Audiobooks.com Protect ...

#208: Moms, Dads, and Grad Recommendation Show, Part 1

08 May 2017

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Jeff and Rebecca answer listener recommendation requests for summer holidays and graduation.  This episode is sponsored by: Woman No. 17 by Edan Lep...

#207: Patient Zahro

30 Apr 2017

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This week, Jeff and Rebecca follow-up about personalized book recommendation services, Shelfie's tech being integrated at Kobo, approve of Rick Riorda...

#206: Dump Adjacent

24 Apr 2017

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This week, Rebecca and Jeff talk about UK reading habits, a new Fahrenheit 451 adaptation, audiobook recommendations, the Salander dynasty, and much m...

#205: Existential Benadryl

17 Apr 2017

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This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk the 2017 Pulitzer Prize winners, the most-challenged books of 2016, Book Riot Insiders, and more.    This episode i...

#204: Business Fingers

10 Apr 2017

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This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about the Bidens' book deals, the most "literate" city in the U.S., the absurdity of copyright law, and much more.  ...

#203: The Dudeliest

03 Apr 2017

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This week, Rebecca and Amanda discuss Norway's doomsday library, a disco party at the Library of Congress, and more.  This episode sponsored by:  ...

#202: It Feels a Little Small

27 Mar 2017

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This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about The New York Times' evolving book coverage, Chelsea Clinton's upcoming children's book, Jane Austen's new alt-r...

#201: Psychological Steamer Trunks

20 Mar 2017

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This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about oxford commas, labor laws, ebook sales, a raft of adaptation news, and much more.    This episode is sponsore...

#200: You Asked Us Anything

13 Mar 2017

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In this 200th episode, Jeff and Rebecca answer any and all listener questions.  _____________________ If you have a moment and are willing to fill ou...

#199: The Underbelly of American History

07 Mar 2017

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This week, Rebecca and Jeff talk about the Obamas's record-setting book deals, a bill to ban the work of Howard Zinn, book recommendation algorithms, ...

#198: Nefarious Shell-Less Mollusks

27 Feb 2017

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Jeff and Rebecca talk YA ebook pricing, That Book getting cancelled, a (sigh) discovered Walt Whitman novella, and much more.    This episode is spo...

#197: Nothingburger Diagnosis

20 Feb 2017

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In this week's episode, Jeff and Rebecca talk about their new podcast project, bookstore sales up in 2016, new book announcements from Neil Gaiman & P...

#196: Not a Woman, a Bra

13 Feb 2017

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This week, Rebecca and Jeff talk about Rushdie taking on U.S. politics, eulogize Shelfie, admire book fairies, and much more.    This week's episode...

#195: Antibiotics for the Soul

07 Feb 2017

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This week, Amanda joins Jeff to talk about Dune getting a film reboot, using books in place of juvenile detention, celebrity book clubs, and much more...

#194: That's How Counting Works

31 Jan 2017

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This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk more about the fallout of The Book That Must Not Be Named, The New York Times screwing with its bestseller lists, The...

#193: It's All About the Casting

23 Jan 2017

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This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about the bookishness of Obama, the 2017 Tournament of Books, digital lending on the rise, a 50 Shades musical, and m...

#192: Maw of Anticipation

16 Jan 2017

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This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about whispers of The Winds of Winter, best-selling books of 2016, the 2017 Tournament of Books, and much more. Click...

#191: A Little Sweary

09 Jan 2017

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This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk an Amazon bookstore coming to NYC, bookstores getting a holiday bounce, the most checked out books at New York librar...

#190: Predictions and Wishes for 2017

02 Jan 2017

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This week, Jeff and Rebecca look ahead to 2017 in books and reading.    This episode is sponsored by: Third Love The Girl in Green by Derek B. Mille...

#189: 2016 Year in Review

26 Dec 2016

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Rebecca and Jeff look back at the year in books and reading.  Be sure to enter our $250 Barnes and Noble giveaway: go here to enter.    This episod...

#188: Psychic Flannel Pajamas

19 Dec 2016

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This week, Rebecca and Jeff talk best-selling audiobooks of 2016, the 2017 Read Harder challenge, Croatia's free ebook experiment, and much more.   ...

#187: The Best Books of 2016

12 Dec 2016

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This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about Book Riot's Best Books of 2016 picks, Amazon's best-selling books of 2016, the Goodreads Choice winners, turnin...

#186: Holiday Recommendation Show, Part 2

05 Dec 2016

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Rebecca and Jeff do another episode of listener holiday recommendation requests.  For a list of the books recommended in this episode, go here.   Th...

#185: 2016 Holiday Recommendation Show

28 Nov 2016

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This week, Jeff and Rebecca answer listeners' holiday book recommendation requests.  For a list of the books recommended, go here.  This episode is ...

#184: Feelings Narrative

21 Nov 2016

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This week, Jeff and Rebecca recap Book Riot Live, talk about the National Book Awards, do a quick recap of the best books of 2016, and much more.  Th...

#183: The Denim Version of Girding Your Loins

14 Nov 2016

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Jeff and Rebecca record live from the show floor at Book Riot Live.  This episode is sponsored by The Tourist by Robert Dickinson. See omnystudio.co...

Book Riot Interviews: Zen Cho

11 Nov 2016

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Rebecca and Amanda talk to Zen Cho, author of Sorcerer to the Crown.    This episode is sponsored by Heartless by Marissa Meyer. See omnystudio.com...

#182: Slightly Misguided Tirade

07 Nov 2016

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This week Jeff and Rebecca discuss the Goodreads choice awards, Amazon Prime bookstore pricing, books with "girl" in the title, and much more.    Th...

BR Interviews: Sui Li

04 Nov 2016

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Jeff interviews Sui Li, a 2016 5 Under 35 nominee, about his longshot win, his unusual career, and being a doctor who writes.  Check out his novel, ...

#181: Gory Droopeth

31 Oct 2016

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This week, Rebecca and Jeff talk about Paul Beatty winning the Man Booker Prize, President Obama's list of essential reading, James Patterson's diagno...

#180: She Does Not Mess Around

24 Oct 2016

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This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about Claudia Rankine's plans for her Macarthur money, Bob Dyan's Nobel stand-off, publishing missing on digital medi...

Book Riot Interviews: Ashley Ford, host of AUTHORIZED

20 Oct 2016

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Jeff and Rebecca talk with Ashley Ford about her Audible Channel podcast, "Authorized," and her work with Matter Studios.  This episode is sponsored ...

#179: Obscure European Whatevers

17 Oct 2016

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This week, Jeff and Amanda talk about Bob Dylan's Nobel, discounted haircuts for reading aloud, Arundhati Roy's new novel, and much more. This episode...

#178: The "How" Matters

10 Oct 2016

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This week, Jeff and Rebecca do a deep dive on the Ferrante unmasking, talk about the National Book Award finalists, find a couple of things to be exci...