Jeff O'Neal

Jeff O'Neal is the executive editor of Book Riot and Panels. He also co-hosts The Book Riot Podcast. Follow him on Twitter: @thejeffoneal.

21 Books I’ve Got My Eye on This Month (April 2025)

Jeff talks about 21 books coming out this month that caught his eye.

The It Books of April

Jeff and Rebecca consider contenders for the It Book of April, 2025.

Writing the Big One with Emma Pattee, Author of TILT

Jeff talks to Emma Pattee about her debut novel, Tilt

The Long Odds of the Slushpile, Adaptation News, and Picking Vacation Reading

Jeff and Rebecca talk about the stunning reality of getting published from the slushpile, noodle about being well-read, and try to figure out what Jeff is going to read on vacation.

The Biggest Book News of the Week

An AI story that is genuinely interesting, NBCC winners, how to fight back against efforts to abolish the DOE, and more of the biggest book news of the week.

Our Most Popular Posts of the Week

THE GLASS CASTLE at 20, Latine Authors for Women's History Month, Banned and Historical Fiction, and more this week on Book Riot.

Making Phosphorus Interesting: WHITE LIGHT and How to Make a Microhistory

Jeff is joined by Jack Lohmann, author of the new book White Light: The Elemental Role of Phosphorus-in Our Cells, in Our Food, and in Our World

Slay, Girl: Monstrous Women and Girls in Horror

Women and girls in horror, the NBCC winners, twisty suspense reads, and more today on Book Riot.

And the Winners of the National Books Critics Circle Awards Are…..

NBCC winners, climate fiction prize finalists, and PTA goes literary again. All in today's book news.

The Reading Life of Stephen Graham Jones

Jeff talks to Stephen Graham Jones about his reading life.

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