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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

Vanessa Diaz joins Rebecca for a conversation about the new adaptation of Project Hail Mary. They talk about what the filmmakers kept from the book and what they cut, how the science translated from page to screen, and the magic of an interstellar, interspecies bromance.

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Alien Jazz Hands for PROJECT HAIL MARY

Jeff and Rebecca talk about book-adjacent Oscar news, the staggering number of books published in 2025, adaptation news, and more. Then, they are joined by Louise Erdrich to talk about her new short story collection, Python's Kiss.

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Discussed in this episode:

 Here are books to read if you loved SINNERS

Jane Fonda to star in adaptation of The Correspondent

Lord of the Flies series coming to Netflix May 4

Judge in YA romantasy plagiarism case: “hot, sexy, dangerous boys…cannot be copyrighted”

Book output topped four million 2025

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

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.

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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

This week, Jeff and Rebecca mull Barnes & Noble's current "plan," show their ignorance of the bookselling landscape in the United Kingdom, marvel at the sales figures of Bob Woodward's Fear, and much more. 

This episode is sponsored by:

The Great American Read

Upgrade Soul by Ezra Clayton Daniels

The Real Lolita by Sarah Weinman

The 7 ½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

Links discussed in this episode:

Book Riot's TBR

For some reason, Barnes & Noble sees better times ahead 

Waterstones buys Foyles

Strong start for Woodward’s FEAR 

Customer wins bookstore in raffle

Owners of Ripped Bodice bookstore sign overall deal with Sony Pictures TV 

Data! Study of NYT’s “By the Book” column shows male writers are FOUR TIMES more likely to recommend books by men

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