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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.

Book Riot - The Podcast

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.

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Discussed in this episode:

Pulitzer winners

NYT best books of the year so far

5 publishers and Scott Turow sue Meta & Mark Zuckerberg over AI copyright infringement

TikTok releases first BookTok bestseller list (note, UK only)

PW’s big summer preview

Greta Gerwig’s Narnia moves to 2027

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The 2026 Pulitzer Prizes

Jeff and Rebecca try to pick the It Book of May 2026.

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The It Books of May 2026

Part 1 of our Spring 2026 Moms, Dads, and Grads recommendations extravaganza.

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Discussed in this episode:

Emma Straub

Taylor Jenkins Reid 

The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory

Go Gentle by Maria Semple

Marie Helene Bertino

God of the Woods by Liz Moore

Abby Jimenez

Sarah McLean

The Hacienda by Isabel Canas

Claire Lombardo 

The Fraud by Zadie Smith

A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles

Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

Sag Harbor by Colson Whitehead

Percival Everett. Maybe also 

Matrix by Lauren Groff. 

The Dog Stars by Peter Heller

I, Claudius by Robert Graves

The Road by Cormac McCarthy

Small World by Jonathan Evison,

The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese

Behind the Bedroom Wall by Larry Woiwode

Mostly Here to Enjoy Myself by Glynnis MacNicol

Alone Time by Stephanie Rosenbloom

This Land is Your Land by Beverly Gage

The Women I Think About at Night by Mia Kankimaki

James by Percival Everett

Han Kang

Katie Kitamura

The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood

 Palaver by Bryan Washington

Roman Stories by Jhumpa Lahiri

Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood

I Heard Her Call My Name by Lucy Sante

Light Years by James Salter

Splinters by Leslie Jamison

Literary Theory by Terry Eagleton 

Professing Literature by Gerald Graff

Playing in the Dark by Toni Morrison

No One Tells You This by Glynnis MacNicol

Selfish, Shallow, and Self-Absorbed edited by Megan Daum

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

Prof. Laura McGrath joins Jeff to talk about her new book, Middlemen: Literary Agents and the Making of American Fiction. Literary agents try to stay out of the spotlight, but they shape what you read. We talk about why agents came into being, how they have developed over time, and how American fiction wouldn't be the same without them.

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Why Literary Agents Matter with Laura McGrath

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.

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Discussed in this episode:

Women’s Prize Shortlist

World Book Day Study aka nothing means anything

2026 Hugo Awards finalists

top 11 banned books of 2025 (ALA)

The Crystal Light collab, because sure, why not (wider trend of ‘interesting’ collabs - Hellmans’ Mayo, Yankee Candle, Prego - see block in flagship )

Practical Magic 2 trailer (vanessa hyperventilating)

The Pitt’s Dr Abbott (Shawn Hatosy) voicing audio erotica on Quinn app

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

Jeff and Rebecca look at the Pulitzer-prize winning books of the century so far and rank them. Some surprises at the top.

Discussed in this episode:

Klara and the Sun release date

Latest Pew research on Americans’ reading habits

Spotify launches option to purchase physical books

Tayari Jones, Freida McFadden, and Yiyun Li named to TIME 100

Character.ai

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

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.

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Discussed in this episode:

Klara and the Sun release date

Latest Pew research on Americans’ reading habits

Spotify launches option to purchase physical books

Tayari Jones, Freida McFadden, and Yiyun Li named to TIME 100

Character.ai

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Surprising (Maybe) Data About American Reading Habits

Jeff and Rebecca talk about the books that have the heat this month.

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The Hot List: April 2026

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.

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Discussed in this episode:

Shout-out to The Millions spring preview

Pour one out for MCD

The Correspondent wins inaugural James Patterson/Bookshop debut novel prize

Indies Choice Book Awards winners

Audible launches Story House listening lounge

Paramount is getting back into the books business

Warner Brothers developing House in the Cerulean Sea animated series

Parable of the Sower adaptation is coming

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

Vanessa Diaz is back to walk Jeff and Rebecca through the turbulent, wild, and saucy times of one George Gordon, Lord Byron. They don't make them like this anymore.

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

A preview of our 2025 Winter Preview Draft on our Patreon. Jeff and Rebecca draft 10 books each and then ask listeners to vote on which list they want to win, for whatever reason they like.
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The 2025 Winter Preview Draft [Teaser]

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