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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 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.

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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 August 2026

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