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The Book Riot Podcast is a weekly news and talk show about what's new, cool, and worth talking about in the world of books and reading, brought to you by the editors of Book Riot.

Episode 260 12 Angry Meta-Men

In this episode, Jeff and Rebecca follow-up about Junot Diaz and the TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD trial, go over 2017 publishing sales statistics, and blessedly find a hero of the week.

Episode 259.5 Catch Up With Recommended Season 1!

Recommended Season 2 will start on May 16, so there’s no time like the present to catch up with Season 1.

Episode 259 The Third Way

This week, Jeff and Rebecca wrestle with #metoo accusations against Junot Diaz, process the news that there will be no 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature, acknowledge that Amazon doing a kids books subscription service is probably smart, and much more.

Episode 258 Something You Can Hold in Your Hands

This week, Jeff and Sharifah talk about big Comey sales numbers, Circe tops the NYT list, The Great American Read, and much more.

Episode 257 The Thin Edge of the Camel

This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about this year's Pulitzer winners, Amazon Prime subscriber stats, and reading....IN SPACE.

Episode 256 B is for Billion

Episode 255 Sticking it to the Man

Episode 254 Killing Goliath with the Tipping Point

This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk season 2 of Annotated, the difficulty of doing personalized book recommendations at scale, the on-going concern about Amazon buy buttons, The New York Times coverage of #metoo in publishing, and much more.

Episode 253 Gay Bunnies and Ingenuity

Episode 252 A New Meridian

This week, Jeff and Rebecca begrudgingly discuss the Harper Lee estate, imagine terrifying robot booksellers, express adaptation fatigue, and much more.