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 325 Post-Botox Barnes & Noble

Rebecca and Sharifah pay tribute to Toni Morrison's life and work, discuss Barnes & Noble's post-acquisition future, speculate about Lisa-Marie Presley's forthcoming memoir, and more.

Episode 324 The Da Vinci Code

Jeff and Rebecca discuss the book, the movie, the phenomenon: The Da Vinci Code.

Episode 323 Canary of Disruption

This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about the Booker Prize long-list, a best-selling author going to Amazon, a shady event cancellation at a library, and much more.

Episode 322 Everything Is Going to Be OK

Jeff and Rebecca talk about a fancy Song of Ice and Fire edition, Apple getting into original podcasts, a cool new bookstore in Chicago, and more. Then, Jeff talk with Gretchen McCulloch about her new book Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language.

Episode 321 Troubling the Dan Brown Meridian

Jeff and Rebecca talk about the best-selling books of the year, follow up about THE STARLESS SEA, go over the ethics of ARCs, and much more.

Episode 320 Value Over Replacement Barfing

Episode 319 No Nuance Whatsoever

Jeff and Rebecca talk about divergent solutions to the same indie bookstore problem, Scribd's new digest feature, joining libraries to other social services, and much more.

Episode 318 The Will to Prequel

Jeff and Rebecca talk about the announced HUNGER GAMES prequel, Amazon's best books of the year so far list, and much more.

Episode 317 Chaotic Neutral

Barnes & Noble's buyout options, Goodreads's list of the hit books of 2019 so far, damning allegations against Nicholas Sparks, and more.

Episode 315 NCIS: Vatican

Barnes & Noble gets sold! The Obamas join the podcasting revolution! Robert Langdon is coming to TV!