Book Riot - The Podcast
News in the world of books and reading, including hot industry releases, adaptations, publishing industry events, and more with Book Riot’s Jeff O’Neal and Rebecca Schinsky. Book Riot is the largest independent editorial book site in North America and home to a host of media, from podcasts to newsletters to original content, all designed around diverse readers and across all genres.
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March 25, 2026 • 40 mins
Vanessa Diaz joins Rebecca for a conversation about the new adaptation of Project Hail Mary. They talk about what the filmmakers kept from the book and what they cut, how the science translated from page to screen, and the magic of an interstellar, interspecies bromance.
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March 22, 2026 • 83 mins
Jeff and Rebecca talk about book-adjacent Oscar news, the staggering number of books published in 2025, adaptation news, and more. Then, they are joined by Louise Erdrich to talk about her new short story collection, Python's Kiss.
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March 18, 2026 • 49 mins
We bring the Hot List out to the main feed to talk about what books are trending, selling, being talked about, being awarded, and in other ways have some heat.
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March 15, 2026 • 60 mins
Jeff and Rebecca try to read the tea-leaves from Judy Blume's biography silence, ACOTAR rights reversion, and more of the week's book news.
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March 11, 2026 • 29 mins
Book Riot Senior Editor Kelly Jensen talks to author Markus Zusak on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of The Book Thief.
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March 9, 2026 • 66 mins
Jeff and Rebecca talk about the big ACOTAR update, Audible dropping the price on its standard product, market trends, recent reading, and much more.
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March 4, 2026 • 53 mins
Jeff and Rebecca dive in to uncover the It Book of March 2026.
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March 1, 2026 • 64 mins
Jeff and Sharifah talk about a new sweeping federal book ban law that was introduced in Congress, The New York Public Library's 10 Most Checked-Out Books of All-Time, bookstores buying their buildings, recent reading, and more.
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February 25, 2026 • 62 mins
Prof. Laura McGrath returns to talk with Jeff and Rebecca about statistics that show just how much readers read what they are. Mostly. For some readers. Most readers. But not all. It's complicated.
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February 22, 2026 • 65 mins
Jeff and Rebecca talk about the news that Goodreads is rumored to be launching an official Did Not Finish category, Audible and Spotify innovations, recent reading, and more book news.
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February 18, 2026 • 39 mins
Jeff and Rebecca power rank the top 10 of Amazon's 25 Book of the Year picks from the last 25 years.
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February 15, 2026 • 86 mins
Jeff and Rebecca talk about The Washington Post Books section shutting down, a NYT profile of a romance writer diving into AI with both feet, recent reading, and more. Then Rebecca and Vanessa talk about seeing Wuthering Heights.
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February 11, 2026 • 58 mins
Jeff and Rebecca power rank the 10 most important, influential, and otherwise impactful books of 2016.
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February 8, 2026 • 56 mins
Vanessa sits down with director Kim A. Snyder and librarians Martha Hickson and Carolyn Foote to discuss the film The Librarians: how it came to be, where to watch it, and why its message is such an urgent one for our times.
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February 4, 2026 • 34 mins
Jeff and Rebecca consider 10 finalists for the title It Book of February.
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February 1, 2026 • 48 mins
Jeff and Rebecca try to make sense of a bunch of adaptation news before talking about recent reads, Don DeLillo's hockey smut, and more.
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January 28, 2026 • 51 mins
Jeff and Rebecca talk about George Saunders' new novel, Vigil.
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January 25, 2026 • 123 mins
Jeff and Rebecca talk about the National Book Critics Circle Award Finalists, which publishers had the most best-sellers in 2025, Katie Couric's book club, and usher in the era of The Big 6.
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January 21, 2026 • 44 mins
Vanessa returns with another surprise topic from literary history: Christopher Marlowe: Playwright, lover, thinker, spy (?).
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January 18, 2026 • 51 mins
Jeff and Rebecca look at some 2025 sales numbers, are astounded by the rise of Heated Rivalry, applaud a new subscription box, have some harsh words for Oreo, and more.
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