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.

Episode 367 But What Day Is It

Jeff and Rebecca talk about Barnes & Noble closing hundreds of stores, James Patterson riding for indies once again (though also being wrong about some important stuff), heroes of the week, and much more.

Episode 366 Traveling Without Moving

Jeff and Rebecca run-down some of their favorite books about being...not where you are.

Episode 365 The Floppy Market

Jeff and Rebecca chronicle the continuing effects of Covid-19 on the world of books.

Episode 364 Confidence Index: Spring & Summer Movie Adaptations

Jeff and Rebecca rate their confidence in this spring and summer's slate of movie adaptations.

Episode 363 COVID-19 Flips The Book World (and the Rest of the World) Upside Down

Jeff and Rebecca try to wrap their heads around how Covid-19 is affecting the world of books and reading.

Episode 362 Big Book of 2020 Discussion: WEATHER by Jenny Offill

Jeff and Rebecca go deep on Jenny Offill's masterful new novel, Weather.

Episode 361 The Right Place From A Weird Place

Jeff and Rebecca talk about how coronavirus is affecting the works of books, Hachette dropping Woody Allen's memoir, Macmillan floating new library licensing terms, and more.

Episode 360 Discussing Libraries and Publishing with Guy Gonzalez, lead for The Panorama Project

Jeff talks with Guy LeCharles Gonzalez of The Panorama Project about what we do (and mostly don't) know about the role of libraries in the wider publishing world, Macmillan's embargo strategy, questions that could use answering, data we don't have, and much more.

Episode 359 The Elephant IS the Room

Rebecca and Jeff talk about Oprah's forthcoming American Dirt special, Simon & Schuster on the auction block, B&N getting back to basics, and much more.

Episode 358 Novel Gazing

We offer you a special episode of Book Riot's new literary fiction podcast Novel Gazing. This episode is all about adaptations and features an interview with Autumn de Wilde, director of the new adaptation of Emma.