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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 gets off some takes before the show gets going to talk about Amazon's best-selling books of all-time, a formidable new AI lawsuit, sales of THE ODYSSEY editions, recent reading, and much more.

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Discussed in this episode:

Amazon’s 50 bestselling books of all time

Publishers launch new suit against Google for using digital to train Gemini

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Amazon's 50 Best-Selling Books of All-Time, a New FOURTH WING (sorta), a Fierce AI Lawsuit, and much more.

Jeff and Rebecca go over what books are selling, being talked about, and otherwise generating a little heat this month.

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The Hot List for July 2026

Jeff and Rebecca note the fever-pitch buzz for Nolan's The Odyssey, before talking about the state of book sales, mention some new book announcements, discuss recent reading, and much more.

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Discussed in this episode:

Book sales flat in H1

New Leslie Jamison novel next year!

The Millions Summer Book Preview

The Most Read Kindle Books of 2026 So Far

Booker Prize award money doubles with new funder

Brandon Sanderson’s theory of the 20-year dragon nostalgia cycle

Hachette employees unionize

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Book Sales Down so Far in 2026, THE ODYSSEY Hype is Peaking, and more.

Nolan's The Odyssey looms. Today we are sharing the episode we did on The Odyssey for Zero to Well-Read. Be careful out there on the wine-dark sea.

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THE ODYSSEY OF HOMER

Jeff and Rebecca rejoice over new Ishiguro and Everett announcements, have our concerns partially confirmed by the Klara & the Sun trailer, note PW's fall preview, and acknowledge the AI muck we are all going to have to deal with for the foreseeable future.

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Discussed in this episode:

Klara & the Sun trailer

Vincent Yu wins Discover Prize

Writer accused of AI use wins Commonwealth Prize

Libby to filter AI content from app

PW’s fall preview

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Big Time Book Announcements, PW's Fall Preview, the AI State of Play, and More.

Jeff and Rebecca run through the candidates for the It Book of July 2026. Then, they take a quick look back at their other monthly picks from the first half of the year to see how they did.

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The It Books of July 2026

Vanessa and Sharifah discuss the latest in American reading habits, another exciting 2027 book release, a batch of buzzy trailers and adaptation news, and an update to an AI scandal linked to a literary prize.

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Discussed in this episode:

We're getting a new Percival Everett! 

Barnes & Noble's Biggest Books of Fall 2026: Fiction and Nonfiction Editions

Trailers for Klara and the Sun and Sense and Sensibility

Netflix will adapt The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow

Booksmaxxing: How Reading Became Sexy

A third of Americans say they're reading fewer books

Join the Thriftbooks 500 Billion Page Challenge

Commonwealth Foundation clears writers accused of writing with AI

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How Reading Became Sexy (but We're Doing Less of It)

Jeff and Rebecca do a mid-year check-in about their favorite books of 2026 so far.

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The Best Books of 2026 So Far

Rebecca and Vanessa discuss recent research that reveals surprising commonalities between 20,000 AI-generated stories, the winners of the Lambda Literary Awards and the Women's Prize for Fiction, and the most exciting 2027 book announcement so far.

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Discussed in this episode:

Kazuo Ishiguro wrote a WWII spy novel!

What 20,000 LLM-generated stories have in common

Google Play launches in-book AI chatbot

The Correspondent wins The Women’s Prize for Fiction

2026 Lambda Literary Award winners

Maggie Gyllenhaal to adapt Rachel Kushner’s Creation Lake

The Love Hypothesis adaptation to hit Prime Video on Sept 23

Netflix is getting in on the horny hockey fun

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What 20,000 AI-Generated Stories Have in Common

Rebecca and Vanessa break down the books topping the best-of and bestseller lists as we near the halfway point of the year.

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Book Sales Down so Far in 2026, THE ODYSSEY Hype is Peaking, and more.

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