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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

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.

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The Hot List March 2026

Jeff and Rebecca try to read the tea-leaves from Judy Blume's biography silence, ACOTAR rights reversion, and more of the week's book news.

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Discussed in this episode:

Judy Blume is declining to comment on Mark Oppenheimer’s new biography of her

That ACOTAR series is really never going to happen

Sarah Polley is directing an adaptation of The Bell Jar starring Billie Eilish

New CEO of S & S announced

10,000 authors publish empty book to protest AI

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

Book Riot Senior Editor Kelly Jensen talks to author Markus Zusak on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of The Book Thief.

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Markus Zusak on THE BOOK THIEF at 20

Jeff and Rebecca talk about the big ACOTAR update, Audible dropping the price on its standard product, market trends, recent reading, and much more.

Follow the podcast via ⁠RSS⁠, ⁠Apple Podcasts⁠, and ⁠Spotify⁠. Join ⁠The Book Riot Podcast Patreon⁠ for bonus content and ad-free listening.

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Discussed in this episode:

⁠Shout-out to this Aeon piece about how we’re thinking about the decline of literacy wrong⁠

⁠Sarah J. Maas announces next 2 ACOTAR books⁠

⁠Market trends from Circana’s report to booksellers⁠

⁠Audible has launched a Standard Membership Plan for $8.99/month⁠

⁠2026 Audie Award winners⁠

⁠Utah has banned 4 more books from public schools⁠

⁠Lee & Low pauses diversity baseline survey to focus on fighting book bans⁠

⁠First comprehensive report on the state of America’s Black-owned bookstores⁠

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UPDATED The Audiobook Wars Rage On, Big ACOTAR Announcement, and More

Jeff and Rebecca dive in to uncover the It Book of March 2026.

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The It Books of March 2026

Jeff and Sharifah talk about a new sweeping federal book ban law that was introduced in Congress, The New York Public Library's 10 Most Checked-Out Books of All-Time, bookstores buying their buildings, recent reading, and more.

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Discussed in this episode:

The New York Public Library's Most Checked Out Books of All-Time

A Nationwide Book Ban Bill Has Been Introduced in the House of Representatives

Netflix’s PRIDE & PREJUDICE Has A Trailer and Get Ready for Another JANE EYRE

Spotify Launches Audiobooks Charts

The Booker Prize released its longlist for the 2026 fiction prize today.

UK Launches National Year of Reading

Should indie bookstores all try to buy their buildings?

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A Proposed Nationwide Book Ban, The NYPL's Most Checked Out Books of All-Time, and more

Prof. Laura McGrath returns to talk with Jeff and Rebecca about statistics that show just how much readers read what they are. Mostly. For some readers. Most readers. But not all. It's complicated.

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How Much Are You Like The Characters You Read About?

Jeff and Rebecca talk about the news that Goodreads is rumored to be launching an official Did Not Finish category, Audible and Spotify innovations, recent reading, and more book news.

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Discussed in this episode:

Spotify rolls out Page Match to sync print & audio reading

Audible launches Read & Listen immersive reading

Is Bindery’s influencer-led publishing startup working? Who can tell.

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DNF Shelves Coming to Goodreads and The War For Your Ears Continues

Jeff and Rebecca power rank the top 10 of Amazon's 25 Book of the Year picks from the last 25 years.

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Ranking Amazon's Best Books of the Century

Jeff and Rebecca talk about The Washington Post Books section shutting down, a NYT profile of a romance writer diving into AI with both feet, recent reading, and more. Then Rebecca and Vanessa talk about seeing Wuthering Heights.

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Discussed in this episode:

We’re hiring a Digital Content Specialist

Washington Post cuts Book World section

The romance industry is embracing AI
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Another Book Section Bites the Dust and A Romance Writer Dances with the AI Devil

This week, Jeff and Rebecca anticipate a shared favorite coming to Netflix, bag on fixing book prices, scratch their heads over Audible for dogs, and decide that suing Levar Burton is ill-advised. This episode is sponsored by: Genius: The Con by Leopoldo Gout Book of the Month Caraval by Stephanie Garber Links discussed in this episode: Annotated #4: The United States V. One Book Called Ulysses Our Souls at Night coming to Netflix Ava Duvernay adapting Octavia Butler's Dawn for television LeVar Burton sued for using his Reading Rainbow catchphrase on his podcast Philip Pulman calls for return of fixed pricing Audible for Dogs is a real thing New Yorkers can stream 30K movies free with a library card Generating Romance titles with AI

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