Book Riot - The Podcast

Book Riot

News in the world of books and reading, including hot industry releases, adaptations, publishing industry events, and more with Book Riot’s Jeff O’Neal and Rebecca Schinsky.

Book Riot is the largest independent editorial book site in North America and home to a host of media, from podcasts to newsletters to original content, all designed around diverse readers and across all genres.

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May 18 · 54 min
A New Best Novels of All-Time List, PRH's "Strong Business Performance, and More.
Jeff and Rebecca note The Guardian's new collaborative list of the 100 greatest novels of all time, ponder PRH's delivery of "a strong business performance, updated our Fourth Wing Ever Gets Adapted odds, and more.
May 13 · 1 hr 19 min
2026 Moms, Dads, and Grads Recommendation Show, Part 2
Jeff and Rebecca wrap up recommendation season.
May 11 · 1 hr 9 min
The 2026 Pulitzer Prizes
Jeff and Rebecca talk about the 2026 Pulitzer prizes, best books of the year so far, summer book previews, and more of the week's book news.
May 6 · 50 min
The It Books of May 2026
Jeff and Rebecca try to pick the It Book of May 2026.
May 4 · 1 hr 1 min
Spring 2026 Moms, Dads, and Grads Recommendation Show, Part 1
Part 1 of our Spring 2026 Moms, Dads, and Grads recommendations extravaganza.
April 29 · 47 min
Why Literary Agents Matter with Laura McGrath
Prof. Laura McGrath joins Jeff to talk about her new book, Middlemen: Literary Agents and the Making of American Fiction.
April 27 · 43 min
People Know Reading is Good and Still Don't Do It.
Vanessa Diaz sits in for Rebecca to talk with Jeff about The Women's Prize shortlist, Practical Magic 2, the most banned books of 2025, how human it is for people to know that reading is good for them and still not do it, recent reading, and more.
April 22 · 1 hr 6 min
Ranking the Fiction Pultizer Prize Winners of the Century So Far.
Jeff and Rebecca look at the Pulitzer-prize winning books of the century so far and rank them
April 20 · 59 min
Surprising (Maybe) Data About American Reading Habits
Jeff and Rebecca mull over Pew's most recent data about American reading habits, Spotify launches physical book buying, authors on the TIME100 list, listener feedback, and more.
April 15 · 40 min
The Hot List: April 2026
Jeff and Rebecca talk about the books that have the heat this month.
April 13 · 1 hr 20 min
MCD Shutters, Audible's Story House, and More of the Week's Book News.
Jeff and Rebecca note the closing of MCD, talk about The Correspondent's rise, Paramount gets back into books, scratch their heads over Audible's Story House, recent reading, and more.
April 8 · 45 min
You Have Heard of Lord Byron. But You Have No Idea.
Vanessa Diaz is back to walk Jeff and Rebecca through the turbulent, wild, and saucy times of one George Gordon, Lord Byron.
April 6 · 53 min
Book Sales Are Softening, NBCC Winners, and More Book News.
Jeff and Rebecca talk about a transitional moment in book sales, National Book Critics Circle Winners, National Black Bookstore Day, recent reading, and much more.
April 1 · 52 min
The It Books of April 2026
Jeff and Rebecca really get themselves tied up trying to pick the It Book of April.
March 30 · 1 hr 5 min
The Lambda Literary Awards, Messy Internet Discourse, the Latest A.I. Panic, and More
Managing Editor Vanessa Diaz is joined by Associate Editor Erica Ezeifedi to discuss the Lambda Literary Award finalists, the latest A.I. publishing freakout, messy internet discourse, and more.
March 25 · 40 min
Alien Jazz Hands for PROJECT HAIL MARY
Vanessa Diaz joins Rebecca for a conversation about the new adaptation of Project Hail Mary.
March 23 · 1 hr 23 min
Wait, How Many Books Were Published in 2025? PLUS: Louise Erdrich!
Jeff and Rebecca talk about book-adjacent Oscar news, the staggering number of books published in 2025, adaptation news, and more.
March 18 · 49 min
The Hot List March 2026
We bring the Hot List out to the main feed to talk about what books are trending, selling, being talked about, being awarded, and in other ways have some heat.
March 16 · 1 hr
Blume is a Big "No Comment" on her biography, ACOTAR adaptation takes a step backward, and more.
Jeff and Rebecca try to read the tea-leaves from Judy Blume's biography silence, ACTOAR rights reversion, and more of the week's book news.
March 11 · 29 min
Markus Zusak on THE BOOK THIEF at 20
Book Riot Senior Editor Kelly Jensen talks to author Markus Zusak on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of ⁠The Book Thief⁠.

Book Riot - The Podcast

A New Best Novels of All-Time List, PRH's "Strong Business Performance, and More.

2026 Moms, Dads, and Grads Recommendation Show, Part 2

The 2026 Pulitzer Prizes

The It Books of May 2026

Spring 2026 Moms, Dads, and Grads Recommendation Show, Part 1

Why Literary Agents Matter with Laura McGrath

People Know Reading is Good and Still Don't Do It.

Ranking the Fiction Pultizer Prize Winners of the Century So Far.

Surprising (Maybe) Data About American Reading Habits

The Hot List: April 2026

MCD Shutters, Audible's Story House, and More of the Week's Book News.

You Have Heard of Lord Byron. But You Have No Idea.

Book Sales Are Softening, NBCC Winners, and More Book News.

The It Books of April 2026

The Lambda Literary Awards, Messy Internet Discourse, the Latest A.I. Panic, and More

Alien Jazz Hands for PROJECT HAIL MARY

Wait, How Many Books Were Published in 2025? PLUS: Louise Erdrich!

The Hot List March 2026

Blume is a Big "No Comment" on her biography, ACOTAR adaptation takes a step backward, and more.

Markus Zusak on THE BOOK THIEF at 20