Book Riot's Jeff O'Neal and Rebecca Schinsky discuss the latest news in the world of books and reading, including hot new releases, adaptations, publishing indu...
The Neil Gaiman Story Gets Worse, Best-Selling Books of 2024, and The Price of Books with Kathleen Schmidt
Jeff and Rebecca talk about the very, very ugly details emerging about Neil Gaiman, 2024's best-selling books, audio-first publishing, and more. Then, Kelly Jensen and Kathleen Schmidt talk about the price of books and what effects they have.
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Discussed in this Episode:
Details emerge in sexual assault allegations against Neil Gaiman
Simon & Schuster launches audio-first imprint helmed by Jason Pinter
Print book sales saw small increase in 2024
Steven Soderbergh read more books than I did last year
Publishing Confidential
What Will Potential Tariffs Mean for Comics?
The Little Book of Goat Yoga
Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor
Rebecca Yarros
Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix
Aflame by Pico Iyer
Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
I Heard Her Call My Name by Lucy Sante
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Spring 2025 Adaptation Preview
Randy Winston of The Black List joins Rebecca and Jeff to preview the spring's most interesting literary adaptations.
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The Black List
The Black List Podcast
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FOURTH WING by Rebecca Yarros [Teaser]
Jeff and Rebecca talk about their experience reading Fourth Wing. A word of caution: the book didn't work for them. If hearing honest, free-ranging discussions of the specifics of why is going to be unpleasant, this might be one for you to skip.
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Book Riot's Most Anticipated Books of 2025, The Unbearable Whiteness of the Goodreads Choice Awards and...Jeff read ALL FOURS. And Jeff and Rebecca Both Read FOURTH WING
We kick off the new year in book news by talking about Book Riot's own list of the most anticipated books of 2025, a look at the whiteout that was the 2024 Goodreads Choices Awards before talking about All Fours (Jeff read it). And then some very brief reactions to Fourth Wing (we both read it).
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The Book Riot Podcast on Instagram
The Book Riot Podcast Patreon
Check out new collections on Patreon
Book Riot’s Most Anticipated Books of 2025
The Unbearable Whiteness of the Goodreads Choice Awards
Federal judge strikes down portion of Arkansas book banning law that could have put librarians and booksellers in jail
Christopher Nolan’s next film is an adaptation of The Odyssey
Constance Grady digs into whether there’s actually a crisis of men not reading
Jenna Bush Hager launches imprint with PRH
Katy Waldman Goes Deep on the Romantasy Plagiarism Case
All Fours by Miranda July
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
The Heart of Winter
Life in Three Dimensions by Shigehiro Oishi
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More of Our Most Anticipated Books of 2025
Jason Blitman of the Gays Reading podcast joins Jeff and Rebecca to talk about more books to watch for in 2025. Jeff and Rebecca also joined Jason on Gays Reading for more picks in this episode.
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Book Riot’s TBR
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Book Riot's Jeff O'Neal and Rebecca Schinsky discuss the latest news in the world of books and reading, including hot new releases, adaptations, publishing industry events, and more.
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