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BookRiot.com co-founder Jeff O'Neal explores the wide bookish world. Interviews, lists, rankings, retrospectives, recommendations, and much more, featuring people who know and love books.

How to Talk About New Books for 500 Episodes

Liberty Hardy joins Jeff to talk about 500 episodes of talking about new books and variety of other (mostly) shared interests.

Book Collecting, Bibliomemoir, and JANE AUSTEN’S BOOKSHELF with Rebecca Romney

Rebecca Romney joins Jeff to talk about her new book, Jane Austen's Bookshelf. They talk about personal book collecting, rediscovering literary history for yourself, a few of the writers Austen admired, and more. Jane Austen's Bookshelf is out now.

BIBLIOPHOBIA with Sarah Chihaya

Sarah Chihaya joins Jeff to talk about her new memoir, Bibliophobia. They talk life-ruining books, the enormous weight of all the books that are out there and how we cannot read them all, and other less-talked about parts of the reading life.

Life, Literature, and Psychological Richness with Professor Shigehiro Oishi

Jeff talks to Professor Shigehiro Oishi about his new book, Life in Three Dimensions: How Curiosity, Exploration, and Experience Make a Fuller, Better Life.

Human Writing, LLMs, and the Challenges and Opportunities of Living in the Age of AI

John Warner joins Jeff to talk about his new book, More Than Words: How to Think About Writing in the ...

Bookshop.org’s Ebook Launch & Reading 25 Minutes a Day in 2025 with Gretchen Rubin

Bookshop.org Founder Andy Hunter joins Jeff to talk about Bookshop now offering ebooks. Then, Gretchen Rubin, author of The Happiness ...

What’s In Store in 2025 for The World of Books?

Jeff uses Susie Dumond's piece for Book Riot about 2025 predictions as a framework for taking stock of where we are and what the year may hold for publishing and reading.

The Reading Life of Nnedi Okorafor

Jeff talks to Nnedi Okorafor about her life as a reader. Her new book, Death of the Author, is out now.

Dedicated to Debuts: Adam Vitcavage of Debutiful

Jeff is joined by Adam Vitcavage of Debutiful to talk about covering debuts, new authors, and all that entails.

The Books Won’t Save Us

Book Riot's Sharifah Williams joins Jeff to talk about her piece, "The Books Won't Save Us."