Book Riot - The Podcast
Episodes
#156: Elon Musk Take the Wheel
09 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about Google AI reading romance novels, algorithms picking books, Ian McKellan's Shakespeare apps, and much more. Thi...
#155: Narnes & Bloble
02 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about the resignation of Barnes& Noble's founder, the Andrew Luck Book Club, the reasonspeople buy books, and more.Th...
#154: The Bermuda Triangle, In a Good Way
25 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about this year's Pulitzer Prize winners, Pew's 2015 survey of American reading habits, the most anticipated books of...
#153: Intentional Whimsy
18 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about stunt literary prizes, the most challenged books of 2015, the Man Booker International Shortlist, the graying o...
#152: The Nazi Witch Book Threshold
11 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff and Amanda talk a recovered Shakespeare First Folio, staying in Elsinore for ten bucks, Lena Dunham's new imprint, and much more. This...
#151: One Chart to Rule Them All
04 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
The week, Jeff and Rebecca talk this year's VIDA count, bookstore bookmobiles, James Patterson reups library giving, whispers of a new Marylinne Robin...
#150: Creativity Hucksterism
28 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about five-star restaurants in a Barnes & Noble, Penguin Random House profits, adult coloring books flyng off the she...
#149: Assumptive Leap of Fear
21 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Amanda and Jeff talk about women who grew up reading Harry Potter, Ireland first book banning in 18 years, Ferrante for kids, and much more...
#148: I Just Assume Japan Beats Us
14 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Amanda and Jeff talk about JK Rowling's new wizarding story, Lionel Shriver's comments, the most literate countries in the world, and much ...
#147: Fire-Hand Shadow-Puppet Wolf
07 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Amanda and Jeff talk about book clubs helping people live longer, the best books of the spring, middle grade books getting crazy longer, an...
#146: Magic Internet Dust
29 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about the most assigned female writers on college courses, a new imprint for Muslim stories, B&N considering opening ...
#145: Pot Committed
22 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about not talking about "rediscovered" literary works, Kobo in trouble, War & Peace on bestseller lists, the remarkab...
#144: Jed Bartlet's Patronus
15 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff and Amanda talk To Kill a Mockingbird on Broadway, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child coming in book form, Elena Ferrante's miniseries,...
#143: Hop in the Delorean
08 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about best selling genre books of 2015, rumors of a huge rollout of Amazon bookstores, follow up on romance reviewing...
#142: Peter Flabbit
01 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about a newly discovered story by Beatrix Potter, LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE getting a new movie treatment, a compre...
#141: Pajama Hierarchy
25 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff and Rebecca an early frontrunner for hero of the year, author getting paid for appearances, Pottermore downsizing, loosening job requi...
#140: Stay Woke, Holly Madison
18 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about slew of new literary adaptations, the first pick of Emma Watson's book club, the shuttering of Shelfari, borrow...
#139: The Internet Illuminati
11 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Rebecca and Amanda discuss an author catfishing bloggers to get reviews, Emma Watson's feminist book club, and more. This episode is sponso...
#138: Year in Review
28 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff and Rebecca look back at the year the coolest, most frustrating, most interesting, and most notable stories from 2015. This episode ...
#137: Lexical Acrobatics
21 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jeff and Rebecca follow up on James Patterson's grants to indie booksellers, the possibilities and pitfalls of subscription services ...
#136: A Hole in Your Flaw
14 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Rebecca and Jeff talk about the NYT 100 Notable Books of 2015, a Muppets book banning, signed copies of GO SET A WATCHMAN, Oprah's imprint,...
#135: 2015 Holiday Recommendation Show
07 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff and Rebecca respond to listener requests for book recommendations, from self-help to sci-fi. This week's episode is sponsored by Pen...
#134: The Pod is Modular
30 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about Clare Vaye Watkins' essay in TIN HOUSE, a modular reading station, most valuable 20th century books, erotica au...
#133: There's Only One Pie
23 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about the National Book Award winners, self-publishing keeps growing, Anne Frank gets a co-author, and call for recom...
#132: I'm Funny, You're Sad
16 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about declining ebook sales, the Goodreads Choice awards, Amazon's list of the 100 best books of 2015, our hero of th...
#131: Working Super Blue
09 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode taped at Book Riot Live, Jeff and Rebecca talk the Amazon bookstore, quarterbacks recommending books, TINY BEAUTIFUL THINGS going to T...
#130: Hunkering
02 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff and Rebecca go long on restricting access to books in schools, talk about the prospect of an American Writers Museum, geek out over th...
#129: Reverse Goldilocks
26 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about the new Harry Potter play, Shonda Rimes doing a Romeo and Juliet sequel series, the Kirkus book awards, new boo...
#128: Where Do You Even Get Papyrus?
19 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about President Obama interviewing Marilynne Robinson, Marlon James winning the Booker Prize, more Salander books com...
#127: Something Nerdy This Way Comes...
12 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk indies not stocking particular books, gender-bent Twilight, kids and reading, new books, and much more. This episode ...
Ep. 126: Taking Off Their Smelly Socks
06 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Amanda and Swapna discuss the week's book news. This episode is sponsored by The Bollywood Bride by Sonali Dev, The Chess Queen Enigma by Colleen Glea...
#125: Hella Whoa
28 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Rebecca and Amanda talk about the latest report on ebook & print book sales, the bestselling books of Amazon's first twenty years, Harlequ...
#124: Are These the REAL Reasons?
21 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff and Amanda talk about declining library attendance, not starting books, the Man Booker shortlist, new books, and much more. This week'...
#123: Gateway Underthings
14 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about an honest-to-goodness book ban, identify theft in the world of high profile poetry, reading in the bathroom, ne...
#122: No News is Good News
08 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about no new Harper Lee novels, protesting 9/11 literature without reading it, PRH book sales, public libraries getti...
#121: Engage Your Core
31 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about the book lord of Bogota, book on bikes (stationary or otherwise), banned manga in Japan, the startling permissi...
#120: The Most Predictable of Bummers
24 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about giving away ebooks at hotels, a Venice mayor has a banning iniative blow up in his face, free bus rides for Rom...
Introducing: Get Booked!
20 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Rebecca and Amanda preview Amanda's new podcast Get Booked, a bi-weekly show of personalized book recommendations. Get Booked launches September 10...
#119: I Would Not Be This Nice
16 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Amanda and Jeff follow up with the Nazi romance story, talk about indie bookstores getting into politics, the rise of phone reading, buildi...
#118: Metaphorically Afflutter
10 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about a scandal rocking the romance world, the story of a women who submitted her novel to agents under a man's name,...
#117: Mangalf the Beige
03 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff and Amanda talk about the Man Booker longlist, a "gritty" reboot of Little Women, selling Between the World and Me at cost, more YA bo...
#116: Your Anecdata is Invalid
27 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about audiobooks rising, more data that have books at home is good for kids, 2015 book sales, new books, and much mor...
#115: All the Asterisks
20 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Rebecca, Jeff, and Amanda do a deep dive on GO SET A WATCHMAN and still manage to get to some other news. This episode is sponsored by Scri...
#114: Happier Sausage-Making
13 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Rebecca and Jeff talk about the book world getting ready for the new Harper Lee, summer reading stats, 2015 book sales are strong, bad publ...
#113: Snowshoe Fascinator
05 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Rebecca and Amanda talk about the latest numbers on ebook growth, the Kafka-esque story of what's happening to Kafka's papers, Zadie Smith...
#112: The Opposite of Boggart
29 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about the passing of James Salter, a new Harry Potter play, Grey selling big, new books, and much more. This episode ...
#111: Full Up on Jonathans
22 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about a publisher trying the Year of Only Women challenge, books in barbershops, ToMo at Columbia, new books, and muc...
#110: Extremely Corporeal
15 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Amanda and Jeff talk rising book sales, reverse showrooming, the idea of publishing only women for a year, where the line is in high school...
#109: Just Burn the Whole Thing Down
08 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about the new E.L. James book, Amazon's most well-read U.S. cities, a Harper Lee auction, books about women not winni...
#108: Gardening by Astral Projection
02 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Amanda, Jeff, and Rebecca talk the news and new books of Book Expo America. This week's episode is sponsored by TryAudiobooks.com, Scribd, ...
#107: Marples and Holmeses
25 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk the best book set in each state, a huge book deal, Sam and Frodo walking distances, homophobia in schools, new books,...
#106: The Warhorse of Literary Criticism
18 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about getting ebooks in museums, Harold Bloom's list of the 12 greatest American authors, Amy Poehler on vinyl (?), t...
Introducing: All the Books!
11 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Rebecca and Book Riot contributing editor Liberty Hardy announce a new weekly podcast about the most exciting and interesting new releases. See omn...
#105: Not Without Genre
11 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk book gluts, sci-fi awards, romance sales, the McSweeney's kickstarter, Macmillan tries bundling, new books, and much ...
#104: Moms, Dads, and Grads Recommendation Show
04 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Amanda, Rebecca, and Jeff answer reader recommendation requests for summer time holidays and reading. This episode is sponsored by Scribd, ...
#103: Bundling Island
27 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about Pulitzer winners, America's most literate cities, Reese Witherspoon narrating the new Harper Lee novel, new boo...
#102: Informercial in the Sky
19 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Rebecca and Amanda discuss the 10 most-challenged books of 2014, an airline's plan to host in-flight literary readings, imaginary boxing...
#101: So Many Fedoras
13 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk Oyster selling ebooks, the 2014 VIDA count, Hugo Awards controvery, Salman Rushdie on Goodreads, and much more. This ...
#100: Tattoos and Toni Morrison
06 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff, Rebecca, and Amanda celebrate 100 episodes by taking listener questions. This episode is sponsored by Audible, Scribd, The Wicked Dec...
#99: Sweating to the Classics
30 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jeff and Rebecca talk READY PLAYER ONE move news, authors opening side businesses, more on libraries as community centers, new books,...
#98: Cervantesish Bones
24 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff and Amanda talk about Overdrive being acquired, publisher subscriptions, a final Discworld book, new books, and much more. This episod...
#97: Beautifully Juicy
16 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk Alabama's investigation into the care of Harper Lee, the National Book Critics Circle Awards, VIDA crowdfunding, Andr...
#96: The Lure of Waffles
09 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about bookstore sponsorships, a new series from Veronica Roth, Jeff Kinney opening a bookstore, new books, and much m...
#95: The Specialist Snowflake
02 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about the Facebook book group fizzling, the resiliance of independent bookstores, the veracy of a discovered Sherlock...
#94: The Absurdity Hour
22 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Rebecca and Amanda talk about the latest selection in Mark Zuckerberg's book club, new data about representation of diverse people in child...
#93: Liquified Smurf
16 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about a new literary website, literary adaptation news, a book that judges you back, an all-access library card, new ...
#92: Schrodinger's Mockingbird
09 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff and Amanda devote the entire show to the news that there will be a new Harper Lee novel coming out this summer. This episode is sponso...
#91: Fluffing My Tutu
02 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about the hot and cold book categories of 2014, authors selling courses, an app for shopping at indie bookstores, the...
#90: Buzz Threshold
26 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Amanda and Jeff talk best books of the 21st Century, a big study about kids and reading, digital library usage taking off, new books, and m...
#89: DefCon Three and a Half
19 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about the early returns on Zuckerberg's book club, the bestselling books of 2014, the success of publishing projects ...
#88: A Taste for Turmoil
11 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about Mark Zuckerberg's book club, Haruki Murakami's advice column, Scribd filling its war chest, new books, and much...
#87: Collective Zerbert Noise
05 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff and Rebecca look ahead to 2015. They talk about trends they are watching for, developments they are hoping for, books they are looking...
#86: Year in Review
29 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff and Rebecca take back at the best, worst, weirdest, most depressing, and most inspiring bookish stories in 2014. This episode is spons...
#85: Eating Crazy Sandwiches
22 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk LGBQT diversity in YA, the overall health of the publishing industry, a good year for humble bundle, the IT books of ...
#84: Just Call Us Butter
15 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff and Rebecca discuss the Harper's Magazine investment in a bookstore, controversy surrounding a bestselling book with a ghost writer,...
#83: The Buzz Got Super-Big
07 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Rebecca and Amanda discuss Jacqueline Woodson's response to Daniel Handler's racist jokes at the National Book Awards, James Patterson's w...
#82: Holiday Recommendation Extravaganza Bonanza, Part 2
27 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Part 2 of our 2014 holiday gift recommendation show. This episode is sponsored by TryAudiobooks.com, Kurgo, and Valiant #1. See omnystudio.com/list...
#81: Holiday Recommendation Extravaganza Bonanza, Part 1
27 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Part 1 of our 2014 holiday gift recommendation show. This episode is sponsored by TryAudiobooks.com and Kobo. See omnystudio.com/listener for privac...
#80: Snow Globe Consciousness
24 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about the National Book Award winners and Daniel Handler's racist comments at the ceremony, Penguin Random House's di...
#79: General Purpose Sceptering
17 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk more product promotion in books, the Amazon-Hachette truce, The Ampersand getting into the bundling game, new books, ...
#78: Dirty Laundry on Our Mind-Floor
10 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about product placement in ebooks, the "it" book of 2014, the Goodreads Best of 2014 categories, B&N doing some bundl...
#77: The Literal Expletive
03 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about literary crowdfunding, a Barnes and Noble gets saved, exciting TV deals, new books, and much more. This week's ...
#76: The Virtues of Difficulty
27 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jeff and Amanda talk Simon and Schuster reupping with Amazon, another hand-wringing YA essay, an author engaging in "light-stalking,"...
#75: Trifecta of Tangets
19 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about book awards season, new info about Harry Potter spin-offs, data about publisher direct sales, new books, and mu...
#74: Live from Brooklyn
13 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about big book deals, the library of the future, cops reading to kids, new books, and much more. This episode is spo...
#73: Pizza, Books, and Spreadsheets
06 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about 30 years of the Book It program, average consumer spending on books, The Fault in Our Stars getting banned, new...
#72: Miller Lite and a Banana Peel
28 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff and Amanda talk about the woeful lack of diversity in the publishing industry, the prospects of American Idol-like contests for writer...
#71: The Reading Life of Rebecca Schinsky
20 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
A special episode of the Book Riot podcast: an interview with Rebecca about her reading life. This is sort of Episode Zero to our new Reading Lives po...
#70: Homebrewed Hoots and Hollers
15 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about the highest-earning authors, what people say their favorites books are on Facebook, how young people are using ...
#69: Here Is Your Bounty of Goods
07 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Rebecca and guest host Paul Montgomery discuss a new grant that gives writers time to read, diversity in comics publishing, a library's p...
Interlude #3: Introducing Oh, Comics!
04 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
In this special interlude, Paul Montgomery and Preeti Chhibber give a preview of the weekly podcast about the wild and wooly world of comics they'll ...
#68: The Longest of Long Tails
01 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Rebecca and Jeff talk about a new ebook-only university library, Dan Brown's Inferno coming to the big screen, the onslaught of self-publis...
#67: There Goes My Gravitas
25 Aug 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk libraries in cabs, floating libraries, waterproof ereaders, bungled bundling, new books, and more. This week's episod...
#66: The Ghost of Ray Bradbury
18 Aug 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about how Harry Potter might make you more empathetic, bundling comes to indie bookstores, precision digital book loc...
#65: Locally Grown Prose
11 Aug 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff and Amanda talk James Patterson playing Jeff Bezos, outdoor reading rooms, JK Rowling being the best, the resilience of print books, i...
#64: Sniffing My Equipment
04 Aug 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff and Amanda talk about who is most embarrassed about what books they read, who reads what and how much on the toilet, a new Hobbit movi...
#63: Lab Rats with Existential Problems
28 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about the 50 Shades of Grey trailer, HarperCollins dips its toe into print/digital bundling, another Amazon overture ...
#62: Blushing on the Radio
21 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about Kindle Unlimited, Marvel's increasing diversity, new Harper Lee drama, new books, and more. This week's episode...
#61: A Secret Bank of Uncomfortable Topics
13 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk new technology to help the visually impaired read, the bestselling books of 2014, plummeting author income, the resli...
#60: They Suddenly Became Reasonable Human Beings
07 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Rebecca and Amanda talk about authors petitioning to defend Amazon, banned books, the end of World Book Night, the future of reading, new b...