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- 57 minutes 51 secondsThe Reading Life of Stephen Graham Jones
Jeff is out this week reading on a beach, so we are sharing this rerun from the First Edition podcast in which Jeff talks to Stephen Graham Jones about his reading life. Stephen Graham Jones is the NYT bestselling author of thirty-five or so novels and collections, and there are some novellas and comic books in there as well. Most recent are Earthdivers and I Was a Teenage Slasher.
His new book, The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, is out now.
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31 March 2025, 1:00 am - 1 hour 11 minutes5 Fascinating Stats About Modern Reading Habits, with Laura McGrath
Author, literary historian, and data scientist Laura McGrath joins Jeff and Rebecca to share some of the most interesting, surprising, and curious stats about modern reading habits.
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Discussed in this Episode:
Laura's Substack textCrunch
Philippa Chong, Inside the Critics Circle
Christine Larson, Love in the Time of Self-Publishing
Janice Radway, A Feeling for Books
Janice Radway, Reading the Romance
Chong and Kim, "Writing By Women or For Women? Either Way, You're Less Likely to be Reviewed."
Inman Berens and Noorda, Immersive Media 2020
Inman Berens and Noorda, "Gen Z and Millennials: How they Use Public Libraries and Identify through Media Use."
Porter, Eimannsberger, English, et. al. "Genre Juggernaut: Measuring 'Romance'"
Lucy, Li, et al. "Racial and Ethnic Representation in Literature Taught in US High Schools"
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26 March 2025, 4:05 pm - 9 minutes 12 secondsWhich Classics Should You Read to Be "Well-Read"? [Teaser]
In this bonus preview of the most recent Patreon-only episode of The Book Riot Podcast, Jeff and Rebecca tackle an impossible question.
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25 March 2025, 10:15 am - 59 minutes 6 secondsThe Long Odds of the Slushpile, Adaptation News, and Picking Vacation Reading
Jeff and Rebecca talk about the stunning reality of getting published from the slushpile, noodle about being well-read, and try to figure out what Jeff is going to read on vacation. He is genuinely stumped.
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Discussed in this Episode:
Laura McGrath on the math of the slush pile
Trump’s new executive order targets libraries & museums…and what you can do about it
Keira Knightley Pride & Prejudice to be re-released 4/20 for 20th anniversary
Call your reps and get out there to protect the Dept of Education
Frontlist Foyer, sponsored by Thriftbooks
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24 March 2025, 1:00 am - 1 hour 23 minutesThings We Love and Things We Hate About Talking About Books Online with Traci Thomas
Traci Thomas of The Stacks podcast joins Jeff and Rebecca to talk about things we love (and hate) about talking about books online. Mostly it is really great! Mostly!
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19 March 2025, 3:59 pm - 7 minutes 25 secondsThe Book Riot Podcast Live at Powell's! [Teaser]
This is a preview of our live recording of the Most Recommendable Books of the Century (so far) at Powell's in beautiful downtown Portland, Oregon. If you aren't already a Patreon member, you can listen to the full recording when you sign up. Thanks to Powell's, our family and friends, and everyone who came out (or told someone else to). Hope to do it again sometime in the not-too-distant future.
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18 March 2025, 10:15 am - 53 minutes 44 secondsThe GILEAD Adaptation is Real, Meta Streisands Itself, Powells Event Debrief and More of the Week's Book News.
Jeff and Rebecca debrief a little about their live recording at Powell's last week before talking about Meta Streisanding itself, the exciting/scary news of Scorsese's for actual life Gilead adaptation, and more of the week's book news.
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Discussed in this episode:
Scorcese! Adapts! Gilead! Series!
Austin Butler & Saoirse Ronan to star in Deep Cuts adaptation
Moms for Liberty is shutting down BookLooks
Former Meta executive ordered to halt promotion of tell-all book
Spotify launches program to publish audiobooks for independent authors
WNDB announces first We Need Diverse Books Day April 3
We Tell Ourselves Stories by Alissa Wilkinson
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17 March 2025, 7:04 pm - 49 minutes 38 secondsBook Club: THE ANTIDOTE
Jeff and Rebecca talk about The Antidote by Karen Russell.
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14 March 2025, 8:19 pm - 1 hour 13 minutesNew York Report, New Harper Lee Collection Announced, Golden Ticket Strategies, and more
Jeff fills Rebecca on his recent trip to New York for publishing meetings before they talk about the newly announced Harper Lee collection and other items of note.
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Discussed in this Episode:
Come See us live at Powell’s on March 13th
New collection of Harper Lee’s previously unpublished short stories coming this fall
This day-in-the-life of an audiobook narrator is great (and they get paid by the finished hour - does this apply to Meryl Streep?)
Kathryn Stockett’s first novel since The Help is coming this fall
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10 March 2025, 1:00 am - 44 minutes 38 secondsThe It Books of March 2025
Jeff and Rebecca get ready for Spring with March's It Book Knockout Round.
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Discussed in this Episode:
Come See us live at Powell’s on March 13th
The Book Riot Podcast Newsletter
The Book Riot Podcast on Instagram
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5 March 2025, 11:15 am - 1 hour 31 secondsGive Me Liberty AND Give Me Jeff
With Rebecca out, Liberty Hardy joins Jeff on the occasion of the 500th episode of All the Books! They talk about being book podcasters and a host of other reading-related topics.
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A new year means a new Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons. Sign up at bookriot.com/readharder.
Discussed in this episode:
Come See us live at Powell’s on March 13th
The Book Riot Podcast Newsletter
The Book Riot Podcast on Instagram
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