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 173 Birds and Nerd Stuff

This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about suing authors to get advances back, books "timed" to your commute, sales down at PRH, and much more.

Episode 172 Progressively More Progressive

This week, Rebecca and Amanda discuss victories for women and people of color at the Hugo Awards, Harry Potter's effect on Americans' attitudes toward Donald Trump, what to do with Truman Capote's ashes, and more.

Episode 171 J.K. Ledecky

Jeff and Rebecca discuss the best cities in the world for book lovers, WattPad's new business model for writers, and more.

The BR Podcast Interviews: HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD Discussion with Jackson Bird

Jackson Bird from The Harry Potter Alliance joins Jeff for an in-depth, spoiler-filled discussion of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child and the current state of the Harry Potter Universe.

Episode 170 A/B Universe

This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about our visit to Powell's, rumors of another Oprah pick, librarian Olympics, and much more.

Episode 169 Respectacles

This week, it's all about Harry Potter and the Cursed Child and The Underground Railroad.

Episode 168 The Biggest Book of the Year

This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about the impending release of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, the Man Booker longlist, and more.

Episode 167 Competitive Spreadsheeting

This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about the last Divergent movie going straight to TV, one-hour book delivery, audiobook listening by state, how romance gets sold, and much more.

Episode 166 Crossing the Streams

This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about beauty products in Barnes & Noble, the best debut novels of 2016, James Patterson hanging some serious paper, and much more.

Episode 165 Speaking of Dander

This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about online pricing, Gay Talese's untrue non-fiction, the first romance-only bookstore in the U.S., and book vending machines in "book deserts."