Book Riot - The Podcast

Jeff and Rebecca pick the "it" book of March. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Sign up for Better Living Through Books and the BR Pod newsletter Want to make your book club the best club? Sign up for our In the Club newsletter. In the Club will deliver recommendations for the best books to discuss in your book clubs. From buzzy new releases to brilliant throwbacks, the books highlighted in this newsletter will drive your book club discussions. We’ll also share some book club-friendly recipes and interesting bookish updates from all over. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features. In other words, we’ll keep you well-met, well-read, and well-fed. Sign up today! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: First Edition! The Book Riot Podcast Patreon The Hunter by Tana French Maktub by Paulo Coehlo Parasol Against the Axe by Helen Oyeyemi The Morningside by Téa Obreht Memory Piece by Lisa Ko There's Always Next Year by Hanif Abdurraqib Anita de Monte Laughs Last by Xochitl Gonzalez Until August by Gabriel García Márquez The Prisoner's Throne by Holly Black James by Percival Everett Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca review some of the most interesting book deal announcements from the last few months. Join us on Patreon for access to early, ad-free listening and bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/bookriotpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca talk about LeVar Burton's book deal, opening up the National Book Awards, book banning news, and why no one should think this is the forever home for Simon & Schuster. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! 2024 is the tenth year of the Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons and diversify our TBRs. To get book recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. We’ll also keep you informed about other cool reading challenges, readathons, and more across the bookish internet. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with a community of passionate, like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. Visit bookriot.com/readharder to sign up. Discussed in this episode: Sign up for Better Living Through Books and the BR Pod newsletter First Edition! The Book Riot Podcast Patreon National Book Awards open to authors who are not US citizens LeVar Burton Signs 2-book deal West Virginia House passes bill that allows prosecution of librarians Maryland legislators introduce the Freedom to Read Act ALA releases “book résumés” to help fight book bans Marilynne Robinson remains lovely KKR is in no hurry to sell S&S. But they will Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are re-running an episode from our short-run podcast series Adaptation Nation on Dune, covering Frank Herbert's novel and what turned out to be part one of Denis Villaneueve's adaptation. Amanda Nelson and Jenn Northington joined Jeff for this deep dive. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! 2024 is the tenth year of the Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons and diversify our TBRs. To get book recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. We’ll also keep you informed about other cool reading challenges, readathons, and more across the bookish internet. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with a community of passionate, like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. Visit bookriot.com/readharder to sign up. Discussed in this episode: Sign up for Better Living Through Books and the BR Pod newsletter First Edition! The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Frank Herbert’s Distrust of JFK Hari Kunzru on Dune Muslim Influences in Dune Is Dune a White Savior Narrative? Sidelining Arab Voices in Dune Dune Book Club with Ausma Zehanat Khan Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca dive into general questions from listeners and offer personalized recommendations, including whether any F. Scott Fitzgerald books are worth reading and what's the deal with Huck Finn? Join us on Patreon for access to early, ad-free listening and bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/bookriotpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca discuss some good listener feedback on coincidences before running through a bunch of adaptation news and then talking about recent media consumption. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! 2024 is the tenth year of the Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons and diversify our TBRs. To get book recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. We’ll also keep you informed about other cool reading challenges, readathons, and more across the bookish internet. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with a community of passionate, like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. Visit bookriot.com/readharder to sign up. Discussed in this episode: Sign up for Better Living Through Books and the BR Pod newsletter First Edition! The Book Riot Podcast Patreon The Elly Conway “mystery” was indeed the most interesting thing about Argylle..and even that is pretty boring Ongoing: Publishers confirm that Spotify audiobook sales have been solid in terms of revenue & reaching new users Amy Adams & Jenna Ortega in talks for Klara & the Sun adaptation Who wants to watch the Hallmark Channel’s Jane Austen adaptations with me? Lifetime gets its groove back with Terry McMillan And I guess we’re going to do A Gentleman in Moscow But we will not be getting the big ACOTAR series, or maybe we will Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vanessa Diaz joins Rebecca for a conversation about the best movies adapted from romances and love stories, the ones that are due for a remake, and a few creative takes on what a love story even is. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! 2024 is the tenth year of the Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons and diversify our TBRs. To get book recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. We’ll also keep you informed about other cool reading challenges, readathons, and more across the bookish internet. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with a community of passionate, like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. Visit bookriot.com/readharder to sign up. Discussed in this Episode: Vanessa's ode to Practical Magic Rebecca revisits The Bridges of Madison County The Adaptation Nation podcast feed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Trisha Brown and Jess Pryde, hosts of When in Romance, join Jeff to talk about what's going on in the world of romance: what's changed over the last ten years (and what hasn't), what the state of romance is today, where it's going, and a recommendation or two as well. This was fun. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! 2024 is the tenth year of the Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons and diversify our TBRs. To get book recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. We’ll also keep you informed about other cool reading challenges, readathons, and more across the bookish internet. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with a community of passionate, like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. Visit bookriot.com/readharder to sign up. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: When in Romance Podcast Most Anticipated Books of 2023 Episode of When in Romance Sign up for Better Living Through Books and the BR Pod newsletter First Edition! The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Black Love Matters, edited by Jessica P. Pryde The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston Indigo by Beverly Jenkins Role Playing by Cathy Yardley Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall The Viscount Made Me Do It by Diana Quincy A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams After Hours on Milagro Street by Angelina M. Lop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca take a moment to mark the death of N. Scott Momaday, do a post-mortem on the Argylle 'intrigue," pitch a movie based on a secret banned bookshelf in Houston, and more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! 2024 is the tenth year of the Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons and diversify our TBRs. To get book recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. We’ll also keep you informed about other cool reading challenges, readathons, and more across the bookish internet. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with a community of passionate, like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. Visit bookriot.com/readharder to sign up. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: Sign up for Better Living Through Books and the BR Pod newsletter First Edition! The Book Riot Podcast Patreon N. Scott Momaday Has Died Of course Constance Grady did the legwork on Argylle The Argylle movie reviews are rolling in, and they’re…not great How not to pitch your book to BookTokers Hero of the Week: Texas teacher’s clandestine library of banned books Some late-breaking info about Spotify’s audiobook performance; Audible is concerned Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar Come and Get It by Kiley Reid The Fury by Alex Michaelides Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices