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 187 The Best Books of 2016

This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about Book Riot's Best Books of 2016 picks, Amazon's best-selling books of 2016, the Goodreads Choice winners, turning Harper Lee into a tourist attraction, and our pick for strangest book-adjacent story of the year.

Episode 186 Holiday Recommendation Show, Part 2

Rebecca and Jeff do another episode of listener holiday recommendation requests.

Episode 185 2016 Holiday Recommendation Show

This week, Jeff and Rebecca answer listeners' holiday book recommendation requests.

Episode 184 Feelings Narrative

This week, Jeff and Rebecca recap Book Riot Live, talk about the National Book Awards, do a quick recap of the best books of 2016, and much more.

Episode 183 The Denim Version of Girding Your Loins

Jeff and Rebecca record live from the show floor at Book Riot Live.

Book Riot Interviews: Zen Cho

Rebecca and Amanda talk to Zen Cho, author of Sorcerer to the Crown.

Episode 182 Slightly Misguided Tirade

This week Jeff and Rebecca discuss the Goodreads choice awards, Amazon Prime bookstore pricing, books with "girl" in the title, and much more.

Book Riot Interviews: Sui Lee

Jeff interviews Sui Li, a 2016 5 Under 35 nominee, about his longshot win, his unusual career, and being a doctor who writes.

Episode 181 Gory Droopeth

This week, Rebecca and Jeff talk about Paul Beatty winning the Man Booker Prize, President Obama's list of essential reading, James Patterson's diagnosis of the 2016 election, and much more.

Episode 180 She Does Not Mess Around

This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about Claudia Rankine's plans for her Macarthur money, Bob Dyan's Nobel stand-off, publishing missing on digital media, and much more.