We consider The New York Times 100 Notable Books of the Year list to be the book list of record. In this episode, we make our picks for locks, likelies, and would-like-to-sees ahead of the anticipated release of the list next week.
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RSTLNE Locks
The City and Its Uncertain Walls
Mutual Agreed Upon Tier B
Be Ready When the Luck Happens
Split Decisions
This Strange, Eventful History
Great Expectations by Vinson Cunningham
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Rebecca Schinksy talks to Franklin Leonard and Randy Winston about The Black List, a project to get exceptional, unproduced work into the world.
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Jeff and Rebecca decide the It Book of November.
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Didion & Babitz by Lili Anolik
The Name of This Band is R.E.M by Peter Ames Carlin
High and Rising: A Book About De La Soul by Marcus Moore
Heartbreak is the National Anthem: How Taylor Swift Reinvented Pop Music by Rob Sheffield
Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie Leong
The Serviceberry by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Four Points of the Compass by Jerry Brotton
What the Chicken Knows by Sy Montgomery
Vanishing Treasure by Katherine Rundell
The Half King by Melissa Landers
The City and Its Uncertain Walls by Haruki Murakami
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Jeff and Rebecca talk about B&N's finalists for their book of the year, why PW's best books of the year lists are so great and recent reading before they are joined by Brooke Nagler of The Book Group to talk about what it's like breaking into the world of books as an assistant to a literary agent.
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A belated fare-thee-well to John Gierach
Barnes & Noble’s Book of the Year finalists
The PW Best Books of the Year list is here, and it’s as hard to navigate as ever
The Last One at the Wedding by Jason Rekulak
We Solve Murders by Richard Osman
Conclave by Robert Harris
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
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Jeff offers Rebecca a list of questions about the world of books and reading that he would love to have answered but knows are impossible.
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Sharifah Williams joins Jeff to talk about B&N's Best Books of the Year list, promising trailers, PRH's new boilerplate AI language, and more of the week's top book news.
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Barnes & Noble best books of 2024 (ohmygod it isn’t even Halloween yet)
PRH adds language to copyright pages prohibiting use in AI training
How Should Debut Novelists Measure Success?
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Jeff and Rebecca head down to the literary trading floor and evaluate their portfolio to determine which authors to buy, sell, or hold.
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Jeff and Rebecca mark the beginning of what should be a busy awards season for James, talk about Taylor Swift's notable book release strategy, get ready for TikTok to publish print titles, and mull more of the week's book news.
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Percival Everett wins the Kirkus Prize
South Carolina public library to stop acquiring books for minors
Amazon announces Kindle Colorsoft
Taylor Swift publishing first official book as Target exclusive
ByteDance imprint 8th Note Press to publish first print books in 2025
Kate McKinnon to host National Book Awards
What I Ate In One Year by Stanley Tucci
Meditations for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman
The Driving Machine by Witold Rybcyznski
A Reason to See You Again by jami attenberg
The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Revenge of the Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
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Jeff and Rebecca talk about a shared favorite movie, 1989's When Harry Met Sally.
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Jeff and Sharifah talk about Han Kang's Nobel win, the twenty-thousands serious and dedicated readers of literary fiction, a Book It! Program misdirect, and more news of the week.
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The 50 U.S. Writers That Could Win the Nobel. Someday.
Company to help authors license their work to AI companies
What good is great literature?
20,000 readers of literary fiction?
FRAUDULENT RESURRECTION OF BOOK IT THIS IS NOT IT
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Jeff and Rebecca go through Jeff's recent piece, The 10 Most Interesting Questions in the World of Books and Reading?
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The 10 Most Interesting Questions in the World of Books and Reading?
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