Book Riot - The Podcast

Jeff and Rebecca talk about the books that have the heat this month.

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Jeff and Rebecca note the closing of MCD, talk about The Correspondent's rise, Paramount gets back into books, scratch their heads over Audible's Story House, recent reading, and more.

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Discussed in this episode:

Shout-out to The Millions spring preview

Pour one out for MCD

The Correspondent wins inaugural James Patterson/Bookshop debut novel prize

Indies Choice Book Awards winners

Audible launches Story House listening lounge

Paramount is getting back into the books business

Warner Brothers developing House in the Cerulean Sea animated series

Parable of the Sower adaptation is coming

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Vanessa Diaz is back to walk Jeff and Rebecca through the turbulent, wild, and saucy times of one George Gordon, Lord Byron. They don't make them like this anymore.

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Jeff and Rebecca talk about a transitional moment in book sales, National Book Critics Circle Winners, National Black Bookstore Day, recent reading, and much more.

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Discussed in this episode:

NBCC winners

April 7 is the first National Black Bookstore Day

PRH profits dropped 4.7% in 2025

Print sales fell 3.1% in first quarter of 2026

First Pynchon, now it turns out we’ve been saying Thoreau wrong

Harlequin to co-produce AI-generated microdramas

A24 picks up London Falling for adaptation

The Corrections series starring Meryl Streep lands at Netflix

Peacock picks up Dungeon Crawler Carl

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Jeff and Rebecca really get themselves tied up trying to pick the It Book of April.

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