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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 a transitional moment in book sales, National Book Critics Circle Winners, National Black Bookstore Day, recent reading, and much more.

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Discussed in this episode:

NBCC winners

April 7 is the first National Black Bookstore Day

PRH profits dropped 4.7% in 2025

Print sales fell 3.1% in first quarter of 2026

First Pynchon, now it turns out we’ve been saying Thoreau wrong

Harlequin to co-produce AI-generated microdramas

A24 picks up London Falling for adaptation

The Corrections series starring Meryl Streep lands at Netflix

Peacock picks up Dungeon Crawler Carl

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

Jeff and Rebecca really get themselves tied up trying to pick the It Book of April.

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The It Books of April 2026

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.

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Discussed in this episode:

Don DeLillo’s hockey romance Amazons will return to stores 

Lambda Literary finalists 

Librarian Luanne James Fights Censorship Demands of Rutherford County Library System’s Board 

Lindy West’s How-Not-To Guide to Polyamory

ICYMI Podcast: Why the Internet Is Arguing About Its Favorite Feminist

Bridgerton Season 5 announcement trailer dropped 

AI is Writing Fiction. Publishers are Unprepared

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

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 Amanda talk about Sally Rooney sales, author who want to be publishers who also want to be influencers, the National Book Award longlist, Amanda’s favorite books of the year so far, and the going price for The Constitution.

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Discussed in this episode:

2021 Fall Preview Draft

Lena Waithe & Gillian Flynn launching imprints with independent publisher Zando 

Sara Gran also launching a publishing project 

National Book Award Long list 

Rare First Edition of the US Constitution to go to auction

Cultish by Amanda Montell

She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan

The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri

Dial A For Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto

The Sentence by Louise Erdrich

I Love You But I’ve Chosen Darkness by Claire Vaye Watkins

Matrix by Lauren Groff

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