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Embrace the Mess
18 oktober 2021 · 56 min
Jeff and Rebecca take the episode to talk about 10 years of Book Riot. Lees meer
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Discussed in this episode:
Book Riot is hiring an Ad Sales Manager
2021 Fall Preview Draft
New Book Riot Merch!
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A Potato Chip in the Mouth Forever
11 oktober 2021 · 1 uur 11 min
This week, Jeff is joined by Book Riot editor Danika Ellis to talk book challenges, book blob cover designs, TikTok, and much more. Lees meer
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Discussed in this episode:
Book Riot is hiring an Ad Sales Manager!
Librarians Charged for Stocking Books
The 2021 Nobel Prize
Behold, the Book Blurb
9 year-old sells lemonade to raise money to distribute diverse books
The Continuing Saga of the Publishing Supply Chain
Special Topics in Being a Human
Milk Fed by Melissa Broder
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They’re All Bad Metrics
4 oktober 2021 · 58 min
Jeff and Rebecca talk about MacArthur award winners, Netflix big adaptation winners, and Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead. Lees meer
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Discussed in this episode:
Our Fall Preview Draft
Hanif Abdurraquib & Ibram X Kendi among MacArthur Genius Grant winners
Colson Whitehead interview with Ezra Klein
Netflix’s Most Popular Movies and Series
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Ascending Levels of Sauciness
27 september 2021 · 1 uur 4 min
Jeff and Amanda talk about Sally Rooney sales, author who want to be publishers who also want to be influencers, the National Book Award longlist, Amanda’s favorite books of the year so far, and the going price for The Constitution. Lees meer
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Discussed in this episode:
2021 Fall Preview Draft
Lena Waithe & Gillian Flynn launching imprints with independent publisher Zando
Sara Gran also launching a publishing project
National Book Award Long list
Rare First Edition of the US Constitution to go to auction
Cultish by Amanda Montell
She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan
The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri
Dial A For Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto
The Sentence by Louise Erdrich
I Love You But I’ve Chosen Darkness by Claire Vaye Watkins
Matrix by Lauren Groff
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Book Nerd Movie Club: THE MARTIAN
20 september 2021 · 1 uur 15 min
Jeff and Rebecca talk about the book and movie, The Martian. Lees meer
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Spat Into the World
13 september 2021 · 1 uur 9 min
Jeff and Jenn talk interesting science fiction and fantasy releases, some of the best books of 2021, upcoming science-fiction and fantasy adaptations, and more. Then Jeff and Rebecca are joined by Cree Myles to talk about her project, All Ways Black. Lees meer
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Discussed in this episode:
Our 2021 Fall Preview Draft Special
Book Riot is hiring!
The Rib King by Ladee Hubbard
She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan
Two Kingdoms by Suleika Jaouad
SFF Yeah! Fall New Release Episode
The New Yorker discovers there’s big money in ebooks
The Supply Chaaaiiiiiinnnnnnnnn
All Ways Black
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Special Episode: 2021 Fall Preview Draft
3 september 2021 · 2 min
As announced, we are trying something different for bonus content: a special, ad-free, pay-what-you-will 2021 Fall Preview Draft. Go here to get it: bookriot.com/falldraft. That URL will redirect you to our Gumroad page where you can get the episode. You can either play it there or download the mp3 file to play wherever. The episode will be available through Thanksgiving. Thanks for listening, and we would especially like feedback on this model, so email us at podcast@bookriot.com. Lees meer
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The Hamster Will Be Our Guinea Pig
30 augustus 2021 · 1 uur
Jeff and Rebecca talk about their plans and strategy for the Fall Preview Draft, a bookstore getting an imprint, PRH jacking up the price of Amanda Gorman’s book, what a wonderful era of Black literature it is, and much more. Lees meer
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Discussed in this episode:
We’re hiring again! Web engineer & ad ops associate
New Oprah pick The Love Songs of W.E.B. DuBois
50 UK bookstores will open early for Sally Rooney release
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Indiscriminate Scamming
23 augustus 2021 · 57 min
Jenn Northington joins Rebecca to talk about the Hachette/Workman acquisition, the state of book tours, a truly mistifying publishing scam, and more. Lees meer
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Discussed in this episode:
Follow-up: Leander, TX school district pulls more books
Hachette is buying Workman
Did the pandemic kill the book tour?
The strangest scam in publishing
First look at Wheel of Time adaptation
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G-Level Property
16 augustus 2021 · 1 uur 5 min
Sharifah Williams joins Jeff to talk SF/F adaptations, how the adaptation boom may (or may not?) be affecting what is getting written, wild problems with GoodReads, and more. Lees meer
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Discussed in this episode:
How adaptations are influencing contemporary fiction
Review extortion on GoodReads
Hello Sunshine to be sold for $900 million
Surprises with Scholastic succession
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The Donkey Parade
9 augustus 2021 · 50 min
Jeff and Rebecca talk about the coming end of big-time adaptations, the future of food memoirs, the dearth of popular on-going book series, and more. Lees meer
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Discussed in this episode:
Amazon’s Lord of the Rings Series Gets Release Date
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Spicy Fun Spice
2 augustus 2021 · 1 uur
Jeff and Rebecca talk about pandemic reading habits, book sales, what it means to be a relevant author, and much more. Lees meer
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Discussed in this episode:
Pandemic Reading Habits Survey
People Really Did Read More in 2020
Booker Longlist
May your efforts succeed: little free diverse libraries
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The Canonical Dorito
26 juli 2021 · 1 uur 4 min
Jeff and Rebecca build off listener feedback to spend more time talking about TikTok and books, how local libraries can be eaten away from the inside, have their minds boggled about a 300-year overdue library book, and more. Lees meer
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Discussed in this episode:
The Niles Public Library is a Warning
Prince Harry memoir!
More on the TikTok book trend
Library Book overdue by 300 Years Returned
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Infinite Monkeys
19 juli 2021 · 58 min
Jeff and Rebecca parse listener feedback on what makes historical fiction, explicate the bestselling books of the year so far, and more. Lees meer
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Discussed in this episode:
Book Riot’s best of the year so far
PW bestselling books of the year so far
The Niles Public Library is a Warning
A win! Portland Public Schools will no longer teach book containing historical inaccuracies
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Convince Me I’m Right
12 juli 2021 · 43 min
Jeff and Rebecca talk about recent reading, proceed to debate what constitutes historical fiction, wish for the failure of the efforts of some politicians, anticipate Janelle Monae’s short story collection, and much more. Lees meer
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Discussed in this episode:
Texas Governor Cancels Book Event Examining History
Janelle Monae debut short fiction
Andy Serkis is recording LOTR audiobooks
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Ding the Basket
28 juni 2021 · 1 uur 11 min
Jeff and Rebecca check in on summer book sales, relay another effort they hope fails, and talk about Michelle Zauner’s excellent debut memoir, Crying in H Mart. Lees meer
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Discussed in this episode:
Parents sue over BLM lessons in Pennsylvania school district
(Handy Vox piece explaining what critical race theory actually is)
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Form-Forward
21 juni 2021 · 46 min
Jeff and Rebecca talk about the Pulitzer Prize announcements, things happening in conservative publishing, a sweeping Amazon investigative report, and more. Lees meer
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Discussed in this episode:
We’re hiring!
Pulitzer winners
Update: DoJ drops Bolton case
Big publishers unlikely to take Trump book
HarperCollins imprint signs deal for Jared Kushner’s “definitive” Trump book
And former big-5 execs launch new conservative imprint
Another Bourdain-adjacent book
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Our Favorite(?) Books of 2021 So Far.
17 juni 2021 · 1 uur 9 min
Jeff and Rebecca pick their most memorable, favorite, and otherwise noteworthy reads of 2021 so far. Lees meer
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Rebecca’s Picks:
Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
Girlhood by Melissa Febos
Little Devil in America by Hanif Abdurraquib
Miseducated by Brandon P FlemingRebecca’s Honorable Mentions:
Set Boundaries, Find Peace by Nedra Glover Tawwab
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Cultish by Amanda Montell
While Justice Sleeps by Stacey Abrams
Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins ReidJeff’s Picks:
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Whereabouts by Jhumpa Lahiri
The Man Who Lived Underground by Richard Wright
Somebody’s Daughter by Ashley FordJeff’s Honorable Mentions:
Winning the Loser’s Game by Charles Ellis
World Travel by Anthony Bourdain and Laurie WooleverSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Three Corners of an "It" Book
14 juni 2021 · 1 uur 4 min
Jeff and Rebecca talk about Amazon buying MGM, Roxane Gay’s new imprint, what makes an “it” book, and more. Lees meer
Discussed in this episode:
Fare thee well, Eric Carle
Amazon buys MGM
Roxane Gay imprint!
WNDB no longer using “own voices”
SHE SAID movie coming
John Steinbeck’s unpublished…werewolf novel??
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Summer Draft Results and SOMEBODY'S DAUGHTER by Ashley Ford
7 juni 2021 · 2 uur 12 min
Jeff and Rebecca discuss the results of their Summer Draft showdown and try a little something new with Somebody’s Daughter by Ashley Ford. Lees meer
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FIELD OF DREAMS
2 juni 2021 · 1 uur 19 min
Jeff and Rebecca talk about Field of Dreams and the book its based on, W.P. Kinsella’s Shoeless Joe. Lees meer
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The Austen-Industrial Complex
24 mei 2021 · 1 uur 12 min
Jeff and Rebecca talk about the listener survey, a new giant ereader, Amazon sort of coming to libraries, and much more. Lees meer
Discussed in this episode:
Constance Grady weighs in on Pence / S & S, and publishing’s existential crisis:
DPLA signs deal w/ Amazon Publishing to make their ebooks available to libraries
A piece worth reading on cancel culture & breaking up with your childhood faves
GIANT EREADER
Cynthia Ozick responds to negative review from Lionel Shriver in verse
Book It returns!
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2021 Summer Preview Draft
19 mei 2021 · 1 uur 12 min
Jeff and Rebecca compete to draft the best list of Summer 2021 new releases. Lees meer
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Jeff’s Picks
Somebody’s Daughter by Ashley Ford
One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston
The Ugly Cry by Danielle Henderson
Filthy Animals by Brandon Taylor
Intimacies by Katie Kitamura
Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder
Committed by Adam Stern
This is Your Mind on Plants by Michael Pollan
How the Word is Passed by Clint Smith
The Appalachian Trail by Philip D’Anieri
Rebecca’s Picks
Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid
The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris
After the Fall by Ben Rhodes
The Second: Race and Guns in a Fatally Unequal America
We Are What We Eat by Alice Waters
Dear Senthuran by Akwaeke Emezi
Miseducated by Brandon Fleming
Thanks for Waiting by Doree Shafrir
Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby
The Startup Wife by Tahmima Anam
The Turnout by Megan Abbott
Afterparties by Anthony Veasna So
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Odyssey of Ache
17 mei 2021 · 1 uur 17 min
Jeff and Rebecca set a BR reader poll, talk more about the publication of the Mike Pence book, get into how much authors make, and wonder if a techno-fad has a place in the world of books. Lees meer
Discussed in this episode:
BR podcast poll: Which of these books have you read?
Jonathan Karp digs in deeper on Pence book *and* there’s a recording of another town hall
How Much Do Authors Make?
NFTs for Books?
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Count Me Among the Uncool
10 mei 2021 · 56 min
Jeff and Rebecca talk about the uncoolness of ereading, how Jeff was right in a way that matters, a diversity in writing initiative from Reese’s Book Club, and more. Lees meer
Discussed in this episode:
Reese’s Book Club offering fellowship for unpublished writers from underrepresented groups
Shouts for Jess Pryde!
Another editorial about What Publishing Stands For
Albuquerque is home to the world’s only Native-owned comic book store
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2021 Moms, Dads, and Grads Recommendation Show
5 mei 2021 · 1 uur 42 min
Jeff and Rebecca respond to listener requests for recommendations for moms, dads, grads (and themselves). Lees meer
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Books and Authors discussed in this episode:
Shop Class as Soul Craft
Flight: The Complete History of Aviation
The Bomber Mafia by Malcolm Gladwell
How to Build a Car by A. Newey
World of Wonders
In the Dream House
How to Do Nothing
The Night Tiger
The Book of Delights
Rich and Pretty
Bring Your Baggage and Don’t Pack Light
Friends & Strangers
Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler
Summer of Jordi Perez
The Wedding Date
Malibu Rising
The Barbarian Nurseries by Hector Tobar
Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Real Life by Brandon Taylor
Notes on a Nervous Planet
See No Stranger
Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
Louise Penny’s Inspector Gamache series
The Thursday Murder Club
While Justice Sleeps by Stacey Abrams
Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke
Do Not Say We Have Nothing
Wild Women and the Blues
Sharks in the Time of Saviors
Dreaming in Cuban by Cristina Garcia
The House of Spirits by Isabelle Allende
Susan Gregg Gilmore
Megan Mayhew Bergman
Jesmyn Ward
The Kingkiller Chronicles by Patrick Rothfuss
How Much of These Hills is Gold by C Pam Zhang
Now My Heart is Full by Laura June
Lexicon by Max Barry
The Gilded Wolves
Finding Meaning
H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald
Blue Nights by Joan Didion
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
The Emperor of All Maladies
Who Ate the First Oyster?
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
The Group
In the Time of Butterflies by Julia Alvarez
Trace by Lauret E. Savoy
Earth Keeper by N Scott Momaday
Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby
Your House Will Pay
When No One is Watching
Deacon King Kong by James McBride
Klara & the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
Manhood for Amateurs by Michael Chabon
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The Train is People
3 mei 2021 · 58 min
Jeff and Rebecca check-in on the rolling reckoning, talk about dedicated e-readers, Murakami’s thsirt line, and more. Lees meer
Haruki Murakami’s t-shirt line is live
Follow up: Open letter from publishing professionals against book deals for any member of Trump Administration
Follow up: Norton pulls Roth biography out of print
Big NYT coverage of the rolling reckoning
Big snaps to Ron Charles
Follow-up: Amazon giving 500,000 workers raises as unionizing efforts increase
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The Rolling Reckoning
26 april 2021 · 1 uur 5 min
Jeff and Rebecca follow up about Simon & Schuster’s relationship with Post Hill Press, a employee petition at Simon & Schuster (and the CEO’s response), Norton pulling a major book, listener feedback, and more. Lees meer
Discussed in this episode:
The Book Riot giveaway featuring Noise by Daniel Kahneman
Follow-up: S & S refuses to distribute book by officer involved in Breonna Taylor’s death
And S & S employees protest Mike Pence book deal
The CEO responded
Bigger context piece about how this represents a new challenge for publishers
Multiple alllegations of sexual misconduct surface against Blake Bailey, Norton pull his Roth biography
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Several Trepidations
19 april 2021 · 1 uur 6 min
Jeff and Rebecca do listener feedback, interrogate what a podcast “read-a-long” does/could mean, stand in awe of Amanda Gorman’s book sales, talk a little George R.R. Martin, and much more. Lees meer
Discussed in this episode:
Amanda Gorman is first poet to claim #1 spot on USA Today bestsellers
Amazon workers in Bessemer, AL vote against unionization
Unpublished Richard Wright novel about police brutality to be released
Officer involved in Breonna Taylor’s death gets a book deal, S & S will distribute
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Piñata of Lies
12 april 2021 · 1 uur 4 min
In this special, live-streamed episode, Jeff and Rebecca continue to argue about/refine a “Should I Read This?” segment/special episode series, are a little surprised at the Mike Pence book deal, perform their annual lament at the most challenged books of the year, and much more. Lees meer
Discussed in this episode:
ALA releases most challenged books of 2020
Guardian coverage includes some author responses
Dana Canedy acquires two Mike Pence memoirs for S & S
New book contains a puzzle that, if solved, reader will win a golden casket
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Georgia Sunrise
5 april 2021 · 1 uur 3 min
Jeff and Rebecca note the passing of Beverly Cleary and Larry McMurtry, talk more Amazon/Big 5 anti-trust litigation, a Tennessee law that breaks new ground in terribleness, and much more. Lees meer
Discussed in this episode:
Scholastic pulls Captain Underpants spinoff because of passive racism
Tennessee bill seeks to ban any books that “promote, normalize, support, or address” LGTBQ issues
Amazon & Big 5 face anti-trust lawsuit from booksellers
HarperCollins buying HMH
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Klara & the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
29 maart 2021 · 1 uur 23 min
Jeff and Rebecca discuss Klara & the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro. Lees meer
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Vox Biblioi
22 maart 2021 · 1 uur 8 min
Jeff and Rebecca have their minds boggled at the sales of Seuss titles, pay fealty to the queen of book clubs, survey a few recent book challenges, and look forward to Klara and the Sun. Lees meer
Discussed in this episode:
Oprah picks the Gilead SERIES as the next book club selection
Follow-up: Leander, TX English teachers rally against graphic novels being removed from reading lists
Austin, TX school calls in counselors after elementary school students are read a book about a trans character
Amazon no longer sells books that frame LGBTQ+ identity as mental illness
Michael’s pulls feminist cross-stitch book because of curse words
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Emotional Senioritis
15 maart 2021 · 58 min
Jeff and Rebecca do some Seuss follow-up, evaluate upcoming adaptations that should be in their wheelhouse, talk about a particularly graphic effort to get some books out of a school classroom, and much more. Lees meer
Discussed in this episode:
Farewell, Norman Juster
Follow-up: Nice historical context for publishers removing racism from other books
The Day Children’s Literature Died
Follow-up: Amazon workers in other states inspired by unionizing efforts in Alabama
Leander, TX school district removes 6 books from optional reading lists because of “inappropriate” content
Peacock plans Robert Langdon spinoff series
George C Wolf to adapt Song of Solomon
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Loyal to the Bit
8 maart 2021 · 55 min
Jeff and Rebecca talk about the Seuss Enterprise’s decision to stop publishing a half-dozen books, continue ruminating on a “is it good?” segment, admire Murakami’s evasive accessibility, get into some labor talk, and finally discuss the current state of podcasting. Lees meer
Discussed in this episode:
6 Dr Seuss books ceasing publication because of racist imagery
Seuss Enterprise’s statement
Murakami’s t-shirt line
Spotify podcast listeners forecasted to top Apple this year
Union booksellers protesting at Strand
Biden expresses support for Alabama workers attempting to unionize Amazon warehouse
Great long piece about recent PoC hires poised to lead publishing in a new direction
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Wiki in Shame
1 maart 2021 · 1 uur 7 min
Jeff and Rebecca talk about another format they might want to try for talking about books, whether 2020 means we can finally stop confusing the fate of bookstores with the fate of publishing, catch up with some listener feedback, and much more. Lees meer
Discussed in this episode:
Bookstore sales fell 28.3% in 2020
Big-picture look at the possible impact of PRH/S&S
Charles Yu establishes prize for Taiwanese American writers
Underground Railroad teaser trailer
Hillary Clinton writing novel w/ Louise Penny
Coming Soon: Sword, Stone, Table edited by Jenn Northington and Swapna Krishna
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Southern Belles with Benefits
22 februari 2021 · 1 uur 2 min
Jeff and Rebecca talk about what books actually get read, emotionally manipulative novels, tackle a couple of listener question, and try another guessing game. Lees meer
Discussed in this episode:
While nothing we talked about today was newly linkable, I did promise to provide footage of Rebecca after her incredible showing last week.
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Pyrrhic Victory
15 februari 2021 · 1 uur 3 min
Jeff and Rebecca discuss the winner of the Spring Preview draft, Hachette getting out of the right-wing publishing game, the Obamas adaptation-heavy Netflix slate, and Jeff inadvisedly challenges Rebecca to a new game. Lees meer
Discussed in this episode:
Big 5 named as co-defendants in ebook price fixing suit
Hachette fired last remaining editor who would publish conservative BS
Obamas ink 6-project deal with Netflix, including adaptation of Exit West
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Arrogance with Shine
8 februari 2021 · 1 uur 7 min
Jeff and Rebecca reflect on the end of Jeff Bezos’ tenure as CEO of Amazon, the launch of the Reese Witherspoon Book Club app, and comment on a commendation for LeVar Burton. Lees meer
Discussed in this episode:
Bezos stepping down as Amazon CEO
Reese’s Book Club has an app
LeVar Burton named first PEN/Faulkner Literary Champion
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Buy Stock in Amanda Gorman
1 februari 2021 · 1 uur 8 min
Jenn Northington joins Jeff to talk about a new ebook price-fixing lawsuit, the meteoric rise of Amanda Gorman, the high degree of difficulty of adapting The Sparrow, and much more. Lees meer
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Discussed in this episode:
Update: Hawley’s book pick up by Regnery
The Amanda Gorman phenomenon
Ebook Price Fixing Lawsuit
Queen’s Gambit creator to adapt The Sparrow
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2021 Spring Preview
25 januari 2021 · 1 uur 6 min
Jeff and Rebecca preview the interesting new Spring releases in the form of a draft! Lees meer
They each drafted 10 books to make a basket with the intended audience of a generally interested reader. And they need your help to decide who won! Take a look at the lists below, and then email podcast@bookriot.com with your vote for who drafted the best all-around basket.
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Rebecca’s List:
Long Time Coming by Michael Eric Dyson
Good Company by Cythnia d’Aprix Sweeney
Aftershocks by Nadia Owusu
No One is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood
How Beautiful We Were by Imbolu Mbue
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
How to Change by Katy Milkman
The Kitchen Front by Jennifer Ryan
Nine Nasty Words by John McWhorter
Soul of a Woman by Isabelle Allende
Jeff’s List:
The Survivors by Jane Harper
My Year Abroad by Chang-rae Lee
Think Again by Adam Grant
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
The Secret to Superhuman Strength by Alison Bechdel
Sure, I’ll Be Your Black Friend by Ben Philippe
The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
Whereabouts by Jhumpa Lahiri
The Wild Silence by Raynor Winn
Caul Baby by Morgan Jerkins
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A Picnic Basket for the Mind
18 januari 2021 · 56 min
Jeff and Rebecca talk about Simon & Schuster pulling Josh Hawley’s book, Powell’s getting heat for carrying a title, discuss how to structure their spring 2020 preview, and much more. Lees meer
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Discussed in this episode:
S & S cancels Josh Hawley’s book contract
MTV Books is coming back
Bridgerton books get that Netflix bump
Powell’s caught in stocking controversy
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There's a Caboose Coming
11 januari 2021 · 1 uur 10 min
Jeff and Rebecca talk about the best-selling books of 2020, Eat a Peach follow-up, how the publishing industry fared last year, and much more. Lees meer
Discussed in this episode:
Publishing did all right in 2020
Print book sales rose 8.2% in 2020
NYT bestsellers of 2020
We have to talk about this bonkers phishing scam in publishing
Response to Eat a Peach
More on American Dirt
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Best of the Rest: Our Favorite Non-Book Things of 2020
4 januari 2021 · 1 uur 12 min
Jeff and Rebecca share their favorite things from 2020 that were not books. Lees meer
Discussed in this episode:
Summer Camp Island
Making of Frozen 2
The Magic of Disney’s Animal Kingdom
The Vast of Night
Over the Moon
Soft Baked Pretzel recipe from Tasty
Carto
Overcooked 2
Legend of Zelda, The Breath of the Wild
Work at Home with Blossom Dearie Playlist
Christmas tree stand
The Velvelettes
Printfresh robe
Makers of Wax Goods candles
Gaslighter by The Chicks
Hearts Town by The War & Treaty
The Book on Pie by Erin Jeanne McDowell
Left Right Center podcast
Michelle Obama podcast
You and Me Both (Hillary Clinton) podcast
60 Songs That Explain the 90s
Insecure
Babysitters Club
The Politician
Pen15
Soulmates
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Our Favorite Reads of 2020
21 december 2020 · 50 min
Jeff and Rebecca recount their favorite reads of 2020. Lees meer
Discussed in this episode:
Intimations by Zadie Smith
Eat a Peach by David Chang
The Beauty in Breaking by Michele Harper
The Deficit Myth by Stephanie Kelton
We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry
Group by Christie Tate
The Switch by Beth O’Leary
The Wisdom of Finance by Mihir Desai
Deacon King Kong by James McBride
Blacktop Wasteland by S.A. Crosby
The Lost Man by Jane Harper
Weather by Jenny Offill
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Serrated Crescendo
14 december 2020 · 56 min
Jeff and Rebecca talk about PRH buying Simon & Schuster, survey best books of the year lists, and much more. Lees meer
Discussed in this episode:
The 2021 Read Harder Challenge is here!
PRH buys Simon & Schuster
Opposition to the PRH purchase
Reed retires BEA and BookCon
Amazon Best Books of 2020
NYT top 10
Book biz supply chain doing OK so far
Bob Woodward writing the book about Trump’s last days in the white house
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2020 Holiday Recommendations, Part 2
7 december 2020 · 1 uur 13 min
Jeff and Rebecca their 2020 Holiday book recommendations. Lees meer
Discussed in this episode:
Force of Nature by Jane Harper
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Idaho by Emily Ruskovich
A Separation by Katie Kitamura
The Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard
How to Do Nothing by Jenny Odell
Radical Dharma
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb
Hieroglyphics by Jill McCorkle
Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan
Intimations by Zadie Smith
Station Eleven by Emily Mandel
Find Me by Laura van den Berg
Blindness by Jose Saramago
The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai
Sweet Magnolias series by Sherryl Woods
Spice by Seressia Glass
100 Must-Read Books: Food in Fiction
Little French Bistro by Nina George
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks
The Undoing Project by Michael Lewis
The Alchemy of Us by Anissa Ramirez
Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
The 99% Invisible City
Saga by Brian K Vaughn and Fiona Staples
Atlas Obscura
Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
Stalking God by Anjali Kumar
A Beginner’s Guide to Japan by Pico Iyer
From Scratch by Tembi Locke
Cleoptra VII: Daughter of the Nile by Kristiana Gregory (part of The Royal Diaries series)
The Broken Earth Trilogy by NK Jemisin
The Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel
Octavia Butler
The Baker’s Secret by Stephen Kiernan
52 Loaves by William Alexander
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2020 Holiday Recommendations, Part 1
30 november 2020 · 48 min
Jeff and Rebecca give book recommendations in response to reader requests. Lees meer
Discussed in this episode:
In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan
Kings Queens & In-Betweens by Tanya Boteju
This Is What It Feels Like by Rebecca Barrow
Paper Girls by Brian Vaughn and Cliff Chiang
Ways to Make Sunshine by Renee Watson
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Heart Berries by Therese Marie Mailhot
House Made of Dawn by M Scott Momaday
The Surrounded by D’Arcy McNickle
Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko
Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
Wake Siren by Nina McLaughlin
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Circe by Madeline Miller
World of Wonders by Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Big Friendship by Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman
Storied Life of AJ Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
The Woman Next Door by Yewande Omotoso
Deacon King Kong by James McBride
2 AM at the Cat’s Pajamas by Marie Helen-Bertino
Debbie Macomber’s Blossom Street series
How to Knit a Love Song by Rachel Herron
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Null Hypothesis Feedback
23 november 2020 · 56 min
Jeff and Rebecca go over some A Promised Land sales numbers, look over the National Book Award winners, check in with the sale of Simon & Schuster, and much more. Lees meer
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Discussed in this episode:
Ugh Chimamanda
Listener query: Any uplifting YA books you can recommend for a “new” non-binary/genderqueer to have during free time?
Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang
Felix Ever After by Kacen Callendar
Dreadnought by April Daniels
Brightsiders by Jen Wilde
One in Every Crowd by Ivan Coyote
Euphoria Kids by Allison Evans
Obama memoir breaks first-day sales record..or does he?
National Book Awards
Ongoing: Chicago Public Library says eliminating late fees has paid off
PRH and HC are top bidders for Simon & Schuster
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THE WEST WING, Reconsidered
18 november 2020 · 59 min
Jeff, Amanda, and Rebecca return to The West Wing. At least for the pilot. Lees meer
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This episode is sponsored by Yen Press, One Night Two Souls Went Walking by Ellen Cooney , TBR, Book Riot’s subscription service, and The Magic Ingredient by Lindy Miller.
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