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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 do a temperature check on the books that are topping charts, winning awards, getting adaptations, stirring discussion, and otherwise in the mix this month.

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The Hot List for August 2026

Rebecca and Vanessa discuss news of a Theo of Golden adaptation, the results of our audience survey about what counts as AI-written, a new platform for finding local literary events, and more.

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Discussed in this episode:

Tom Hanks in talks to star in Theo of Golden adaptation

Titles & covers for ACOTAR 6 and 7 revealed

Former bookseller launches book event platform

How one professor re-engaged students in an age of AI

Results of our survey about what counts as AI-written

Amazon is buying and destroying used books to train AI 

Life of M looks to be all sizzle, no steak

The Intrigue by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Go Gentle by Maria Semple

The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman by Deesha Philyaw

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What Counts as AI-Written, a THEO OF GOLDEN Adaptation, and More

Jeff and Rebecca open the show by discussing President Obama's forthcoming book podcast, before digging into the ramifications of Libro.fm selling ebooks, triaging 2025's book sales, talking some more about AI. And then in Frontlist Foyer, Jeff workshops his INSIDE OUT theory of reading personalities.

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Discussed in this episode:

Final number: publishing sales increased 2.5% in 2025

Libro.fm to introduce ebooks

Barack Obama is releasing a books podcast

An interesting data point: AI use is not disqualifying for the Pulitzer, provided it is disclosed and assistive -- and 5 of the 2026 winners disclosed it

And Hank Green has rolled out a personal AI policy that is very reasonable

Study shows AI-generated stories have bias to male characters

Claude is rolling out watermarks on AI-generated text

Certified human writing panopticon gymnastics

A 30-day protocol/bootcamp for reading more

NYT tests Pangram in a serious way

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Obama's a Book Podcaster, Libro.fm Raises the Stakes, 2025 Book Sales, and more.

A little bonus preview of our August edition of Deals, Deals, Deals, a format in which Jeff unleashes book deal announcements of notes on Rebecca. Listen to the full episode, and every bonus episode we have ever done, by becoming a member of The Book Riot Podcast Patreon.

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Bonus Preview: Deals Deals Deals for August 2026

Jeff and Rebecca check in the last gasp of Emily Wilson's The Odyssey discourse, The New York Times' list of the Best Thrillers of the Century so Far, on-going developments in AI accusations in publishing, recent reading, and much more.

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Discussed in this episode:

Update: The Wilson pan of The Odyssey is so big that The Onion parodied it, and Emily Wilson wrote another one!

Book with $2.4 million advance pulled over AI allegations

NYT names the 50 best thrillers of the century so far

Apple is developing an adaptation of Whitehead’s Harlem Trilogy

Naomi Alderman’s “couch to 5k” for reading

GRRM issues our regularly scheduled reminder that The Winds of Winter is never happening

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The Best Thrillers of The Century So Far, The Continuing Saga of AI Accusations, Couch To 5K But for Reading, and More

Jeff and Rebecca try to identify the It Book of August 2026. And are pretty sure they didn't succeed.

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The It Books of August 2026

Jeff and Rebecca talk about Emily Wilson's pan of Nolan's The Odyssey, before checking in on the Booker longlist, Obama's summer reading picks, and the most troubling AI/publishing story yet.

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Discussed in this episode:

Emily Wilson hated The Odyssey, actually, and her unedited remarks to the AP

Joyce Carol Oates has entered the chat

And everybody wants to learn Greek

Booker Prize longlist

Obama summer reading list

The most read books on Goodreads this year

A viral BookTok hit might be largely AI-generated

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Emily Wilson's Pan of Nolan's THE ODYSSEY, Obama's Summer Reading List, AI Drama, and more.

Rebecca sits down with Portland State University researchers Kathi Inman Berens and Rachel Noorda to discuss the findings in their new book, How Gen Z Discover and Consume Books.

You can download How Gen Z Discover and Consume Books free from Cambridge University Press through August 6.

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UPDATED The Latest Research on Gen Z's Reading Habits

Jeff and Rebecca enjoy The Odyssey afterglow, lament AI slop biographies, cover a bunch of adaptation news, recent reading, and much more.

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:

Emily Wilson’s comments on Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey

Book Riot’s best adaptations of the century so far

Judge approves settlement in Anthropic copyright case

Scammer caught after publishing 5,000 AI slop biographies

New Taylor Jenkins Reid novel in March (same day as Percival Everett)

Apple already has the rights to adapt Rebecca Yarros’s next (non-Fourth Wing) novel

Sony picks up The Silent Patient for fast-tracked adaptation

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THE ODYSSEY Afterglow, Slop Biographies, Best Adaptations of the Century, and Much More.

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.

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:

Amazon’s 50 bestselling books of all time

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

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The Hot List for August 2026

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