The Book Riot Podcast

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Book nerds in #pdx: come hang out with us to talk about The Most Recommendable Books of the Century next Thurs 3/13 at @powells.bsky.social. Your $15 ticket doubles as a credit toward purchases. www.eventbrite.com/e/book-riot-...

Indiana Cuts Dolly Parton Imagination Library from Budget The latest budget update from the state of Indiana would cut funds for Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, which sends free books to kids birth-5.

The latest budget update from the state of Indiana would cut funds for Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, which sends free books to kids birth-5. Here's what that means, what to do, and why this is about KIDS, not Dolly.

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‘The Odyssey’ First Look: Matt Damon Is Odysseus in Christopher Nolan’s Next Epic Matt Damon will play Odysseus in Christopher Nolan's upcoming epic 'The Odyssey.'

Hot Greek Summer, here we come.

Miranda July and STARZ Go Public With Their Relationship The All Fours author says the network “really digs into the reality of who women are and what we want.”

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100 Best Book Podcasts You Must Follow in 2025 Best Book Podcasts to Listen to ⋅ 1. The Book Review Podcast ⋅ 2. What Should I Read Next? ⋅ 3. Between The Covers ⋅ 4. Overdue ⋅ 5. The Book Riot Podcast ⋅ 6. Fictional Podcast ⋅ 7. All the Books

<dusts shoulders off>

Buckle up!

Dan Brown's next thriller, 'The Secret of Secrets,' to be published Sept. 9 Dan Brown’s next multi-tiered thriller finds protagonist Robert Langdon journeying from Prague to New York to London as he evades a would-be assassin and ponders the depths of human consciousness.

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Power Ranking the Books of 2015 - BOOK RIOT Jeff and Rebecca look back and power-rank the books of 2015. Ten picks each, minimal cheating.

2015 was approximately one million years ago, so we hopped in the DeLorean to power-rank the biggest books of a decade ago. bookriot.com/listen/power...

This cast is STACKED.

Delighted to see BEAUTYLAND recognized, and we look forward to celebrating JAMES's continued sweep.

Literary Activism - BOOK RIOT News you can use plus tips and tools for the fight against censorship and other bookish activism!

Stay plugged into book banning news and activism opportunities with Book Riot's Literary Activism newsletter, written by @heykellyjensen.bsky.social :

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More of Our Most Anticipated Books of 2025 - BOOK RIOT Jason Blitman of the Gays Reading podcast joins Jeff and Rebecca to talk about more books to watch for in 2025. Jeff and Rebecca also joined Jason on Gays Reading for more picks in this episode.

We had a blast chatting w/ Jason Blitman of the Gays Reading podcast about our most anticipated reads of the season. What's on your list?
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Opinion | 62 Books ‘The Ezra Klein Show’ Guests Recommended This Year An eclectic list of works that influenced, intrigued and entertained our guests.

We love a podcast that ends with book recs from experts, so you know we're into this list from Ezra Klein: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

How THE NEW YORK TIMES Picks The 100 Notable, and 10 Best, Books of the Year - BOOK RIOT Gilbert Cruz, editor of The New York Times Book Review, joins Jeff to talk about the colossal undertaking that is making its 100 Notable Books List and its 10 Best Books of the Year List.

Gilbert Cruz, editor of the @nytimes.com books section, stopped by to tell us how they make their Best Of list. bookriot.com/listen/how-t...

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🔔 It's time! We're finally revealing our personal faves of 2024. bookriot.com/listen/our-f...

Love to see it! Show us those Wrapped stats.

Will pass the question along to the editorial team!

Rebecca has seen the NYT top 10 list and thanks you for your thoughts in this trying time. IYKYK.

Whole bunch of pod faves here!

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Don't be scared. We're here to help you find the best gift books of 2024: bookriot.com/listen/best-...

The 2025 Long List — The Tournament of Books Literary bloodsport approaches! As we narrow down our shortlist of Tournament competitors, here are the 71 works of fiction in consideration from this year.

It’s here! It’s here! The long list is here!

Actually, it’s here: www.tournamentofbooks.com/the-year-in-...

The Books Most Likely to Be on THE NEW YORK TIMES 100 Notable Books of 2024 List - BOOK RIOT On the Book Riot Podcast, Jeff and Rebecca make their picks for locks, likelies, and would-like-to-sees ahead of the anticipated release of The New York Times 100 Notable Books of the Year list next w...

We're pretty proud that of the 15 titles we predicted as locks for the New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2024 list, we got 11 right. Listen here:

We did it!

The 10 best books of 2024 The year’s best fiction and nonfiction, as selected by the staff of The Washington Post’s Book World.

👋 Aaaaaand we're back. Danzy Senna & Percival Everett both made the WaPo's top 5 novels of the year. Is this the first time both members of a couple have been on the list at the same time??

Our Most Anticipated Books of 2024 (The First Bit of It, At Least) - BOOK RIOT Jeff and Rebecca run through some of their personally most-anticipated books of the first-ish half of 2024. Plus, they have some other Book Riot editors weigh in with their picks.

What's on your list of most-anticipated titles for the year?

Read an Excerpt from THE WATERS by Bonnie Jo Campbell Read an excerpt of The Waters by Bonnie Jo Campbell, just announced as the January 2024 pick for the Today Show's "Read With Jenna" book club.

We're big fans of @bonniejo.bsky.social and so thrilled to share this excerpt of THE WATERS, just announced as the January "Read With Jenna" pick. bookriot.com/waters-by-bo...

The Bestselling Books of the Week, According to All the Lists Publishers Weekly, USA Today, the NYT, Amazon, and Indie Bestsellers all have their own bestseller lists. Here are the combined results.

Rebecca Yarros has 2 of the top 5. Colleen Hoover's reign is officially over.

The Most Popular Books in US Public Libraries 2023 Surveying the data reported from 19 public libraries across the country, here are the top 10 most popular books in 2023.

How many can you guess?