App Store

Google Play

DK - Details page - Device banner - 894x1036

Nyd den ubegrænsede adgang til tusindvis af spændende e- og lydbøger - helt gratis

Lyt når som helst, hvor som helst 

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 process some public comments about the idea of being "well-read," a big influencer book club, a study on the gender of animals in kids books, and more book news of the week.

Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify.

Sign up for the Book Riot Podcast Newsletter and follow the show on Instagram and Bluesky.

Get more industry news with our Today in Books daily newsletter.

Book Riot is hiring a digital content specialist! If you love books and know the ins and outs of social media strategy, and especially social video, consider joining the team. Find details and apply by August 22, 2025, at riotnewmedia.com/careers.

Use code BOOKRIOT to get an exclusive 60% off an annual Incogni plan at https://incogni.com/bookriot

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Discussed in this episode:

BookTok celeb Jack Edwards launches Inklings book club to “elevate” online reading culture

Obamas’ production company picks up All the Sinners Bleed

National Association of Black Bookstores launches

Study shows gender bias in animal characters in children’s books

Frontlist Foyer, brought to you by Thriftbooks: 

The Book of Alchemy

Clam Down by Anelise Chen

How to Be a Living Thing by Mari Andrew
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Well-Read" is Hard to Define. But Real.

Jeff and Rebecca break down the 2025 longlist for the Booker Prize, digest the news of a new book from Kamala Harris, lament the demise of class (behavior, not socio-economic status), and much more.

Jeff and Rebecca decide what the It Book of August will be.

Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify.

Sign up for the Book Riot Podcast Newsletter and follow the show on Instagram and Bluesky.

Get more industry news with our Today in Books daily newsletter.

Book Riot is hiring a digital content specialist! If you love books and know the ins and outs of social media strategy, and especially social video, consider joining the team. Find details and apply by August 22, 2025, at riotnewmedia.com/careers.

Use code BOOKRIOT to get an exclusive 60% off an annual Incogni plan at https://incogni.com/bookriot

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Discussed in this episode:

Kamala Harris to publish memoir about presidential race in September

The 2025 Booker Prize longlist

And a possible conflict of interest on the Booker panel

We’re getting a new George Saunders novel in January

Maggie by Katie Yee

The Carpool Detectives by Chuck Hogan

Everyone is Lying to You by Jo Piazza

The Feather Detective by Chris Sweeney 

The Brain at Rest by Joseph Jebelli
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The 2025 Booker Longlist Is Here

Jeff and Rebecca decide what the It Book of August will be.

Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify.

Sign up for the Book Riot Podcast Newsletter and follow the show on Instagram and Bluesky.

Get more industry news with our Today in Books daily newsletter.

Looking to elevate your reading life? Tailored Book Recommendations delivers reading recommendations hand-picked just for you by real human book nerds. Plans start at just $18!

Discussed in this episode:

We are hiring.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The It Books of August

Vanessa Diaz joins Jeff as he workshops a couple of takes, before they dive into IMAX scalping, way early award longlists, and more of the week's book news.

Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify.

Sign up for the Book Riot Podcast Newsletter and follow the show on Instagram and Bluesky.

Get more industry news with our Today in Books daily newsletter.

Looking to elevate your reading life? Tailored Book Recommendations delivers reading recommendations hand-picked just for you by real human book nerds. Plans start at just $18!

The Book Riot Podcast is a proud member of the Airwave Podcast Network.

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Discussed in this Episode:

The Odyssey IMAX Showtimes Sell Out Instantly as Scalpers List Resales Higher Than $200

The Center For Fiction Releases the Longlist for 2025 First Fiction Prize in July, because sure 

The Book Industry Study Group conducting survey on how AI is changing publishing 

Spotify expanding audiobooks plans, language is confusing

Audiobook walking clubs?

Deep Historical Survey on Gender Split of Who Writes Fiction

The Bewitching by Silvia Morreno-Garcia

Salt Bones by Jennifer Givhan

Algospeak by Adam Aleksic

Vera, or Faith by Gary Shteyngart
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Making a Case for Supporting Independent Media, Way Early Award Nominations, and More

It's as far back as we go with these historical rankings--30 years to 1995. Strange year, that sees Jeff pick a single copy of an individual book in his top 10. Christian dystopias, fairy tale retellings, genre-changing memoirs: there are spots for all of them in our top 10s.

Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify.

Sign up for the Book Riot Podcast Newsletter and follow the show on Instagram and Bluesky.

Get more industry news with our Today in Books daily newsletter.

Looking to elevate your reading life? Tailored Book Recommendations delivers reading recommendations hand-picked just for you by real human book nerds. Plans start at just $18!

The Book Riot Podcast is a proud member of the Airwave Podcast Network.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Power Ranking the Books of 1995

Jeff and Rebecca talk about a bunch of mid-year lists: best-ofs, best-selllers, and more. Then Erica Ezeifedi talks to Rodney Freeman, former librarian and producer of the documentary Are You a Librarian, about the rich & overlooked history of Black librarianship in the US.

Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify.

Sign up for the Book Riot Podcast Newsletter and follow the show on Instagram and Bluesky.

Get more industry news with our Today in Books daily newsletter.

Looking to elevate your reading life? Tailored Book Recommendations delivers reading recommendations hand-picked just for you by real human book nerds. Plans start at just $18!

The Book Riot Podcast is a proud member of the Airwave Podcast Network.

Discussed in this episode:

Book Riot’s best books of 2025 so far

The top 10 bestselling books of the year so far

Bookshop’s bestsellers of the year so far

Constance Grady explores whether there actually is a crisis with kids’ reading

Sarah J. Maas has completed the first draft of the 6th ACOTAR book
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mid-Year Check-in Time. PLUS: Rodney Freeman on ARE YOU A LIBRARIAN?

Jeff and Rebecca try to answer the fun but impossible question of what are the top 10 books someone might read first on their path to becoming well-read. This was originally a Patreon-only members post. To get more like this, subscribe to the Book Riot podcast Patreon.

Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify.

Sign up for the Book Riot Podcast Newsletter and follow the show on Instagram and Bluesky.

Get more industry news with our Today in Books daily newsletter.

Looking to elevate your reading life? Tailored Book Recommendations delivers reading recommendations hand-picked just for you by real human book nerds. Plans start at just $18!

The Book Riot Podcast is a proud member of the Airwave Podcast Network.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Top Ten Books to Read to Be Well-Read

Jeff and Rebecca are joined by Book Riot's Managing Editor Vanessa Diaz and Powell's Book Buyer Keith Mosman to talk about their favorite books of the year so far.

Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify.

Sign up for the Book Riot Podcast Newsletter and follow the show on Instagram and Bluesky.

Get more industry news with our Today in Books daily newsletter.

Looking to elevate your reading life? Tailored Book Recommendations delivers reading recommendations hand-picked just for you by real human book nerds. Plans start at just $18!

The Book Riot Podcast is a proud member of the Airwave Podcast Network.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Best Books of the Year So Far: Live at Powell's!

Jeff and Rebecca answer listener questions.

Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify.

Sign up for the Book Riot Podcast Newsletter and follow the show on Instagram and Bluesky.

Get more industry news with our Today in Books daily newsletter.

Looking to elevate your reading life? Tailored Book Recommendations delivers reading recommendations hand-picked just for you by real human book nerds. Plans start at just $18!

The
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Summer 2025 Mailbag

Jeff and Rebecca talk about several notable adaptations news items, legal rulings in AI and LBGTQ titles, recent reading, and more.

Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify.

Sign up for the Book Riot Podcast Newsletter and follow the show on Instagram and Bluesky.

Get more industry news with our Today in Books daily newsletter.

Looking to elevate your reading life? Tailored Book Recommendations delivers reading recommendations hand-picked just for you by real human book nerds. Plans start at just $18!

The Book Riot Podcast is a proud member of the Airwave Podcast Network.

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Discussed in this episode:

The Book Riot Podcast Live at Powell’s on July 9th!

Judge rejects authors’ claims that Meta violated copyright law by using their books to train AI

SCOTUS says parents can opt students out of positive-affirming lessons about LGBTQ+ issues

Project Hail Mary trailer!

Trailer for Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of The Odyssey leaks online

Jennifer Aston to star in Apple+ adaptation of I’m Glad My Mom Died

The Möbius Book by Catherine Lacey

 Six Frigates by Ian W. Toll

The Doorman by Chris Pavone

The Summer of 1787 by David O. Stewart
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Project Hail Mary Gets a Trailer, AI Is Fair Use (for now), and more book news of the week

Jeff and Rebecca look back on the most important, interesting, and befuddling stories from the year in books and reading.
Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The show can also be found on Stitcher.
For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter!
DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:
Salman Rushdie attacked
PRH does not merge with S&S
TikTok on top
And Colleen Hoover rides the wave
The assault on books and reading
Brandon Sanderson’s singular Kickstarter
Peak adaptation
Book sales are…fine
LBGTQ book sales are more than fine
The end of Amazon’s foray into brick and mortar bookstores
Stocking changes at Barnes & Noble
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Top Bookish Stories of 2022

Lyt når som helst, hvor som helst

Other podcasts you might like ...