Book Riot: The Podcast

The Book Riot Podcast is a weekly news and talk show about what's new, cool, and worth talking about in the world of books and reading, brought to you by the editors of Book Riot.

The It Books of May 2025

Jeff and Rebecca try to determine what the It Book of May 2025 will be.

Celebrity Book Clubs GO IRL, Literary Grudges, and more book news

Jeff and Rebecca talk about still being pissed off about the 2012 non-pulitzer, Gaiman seemingly throwing in the image rehab towel, legal challenges and defenses, and more before talking about their recent reading.

The 10 Best Winners of The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction of the Century So Far

Jeff and Rebecca continue to get mileage out of the "Of the Century so Far" framing, this time by ranking the fiction winners of the Pulitzer prize. Tough.

Study Shows Book Bans Lead to Increased Readership, the “Shadow Daddies” of Romantasy, and More

Rebecca and Vanessa discuss a new study that shows book bans lead to increased readership of inclusive content, the men cashing in big on romantasy, PEN Awards finalists, and more.

Talking Bibliotherapy with Emely Rumble

Rebecca talks with Emely Rumble, author of Bibliotherapy in the Bronx, about using books as a tool for individual and ...

Americans Want To Read More Books. Or Do They?

Jeff and Rebecca talk about a big new survey of Americans' feelings about reading, before talking about a small but interesting change at PW, recent reading, and more.

AUDITION by Katie Kitamura & and the Documentary BANNED TOGETHER

Jeff and Rebecca discuss Katie Kitamura's new novel, Audition. Then, Rebecca talks to Allyson Rice and Tom Wiggins, producers of the new documentary, Banned Together.

National Book Critics Circle Winners, Censorship Cases on a Collision Course with the Supreme Court, and more of the Week’s Book News

Jeff is back from vacation and joins Rebecca to talk NBCC winners, escalating legal challenges to book banks, Penguin Random House sales info, recent reading, and more.

The It Books of April

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

5 Fascinating Stats About Modern Reading Habits, with Laura McGrath

Author, literary historian, and data scientist Laura McGrath joins Jeff and Rebecca to share some of the most interesting, surprising, and curious stats about modern reading habits.