Book Riot - The Podcast

What 20,000 AI-Generated Stories Have in Common

The Hot List for June 2026

The Publishing Pie is Getting Bigger, But Not Enough to Keep Up with The Slices

The Messy Power Couple of the Harlem Renaissance

Best Books of the Year So Far Lists Have Begun. PLUS: Dr. Maria McCauley of the ALA

The It Books of June 2026

The Summer Slowdown is Here

2026 Summer Adaptation Preview

AI is Making Reading Really Messy.

The Hot List for May 2026

A New Best Novels of All-Time List, PRH's "Strong Business Performance, and More.

2026 Moms, Dads, and Grads Recommendation Show, Part 2

The 2026 Pulitzer Prizes

The It Books of May 2026

Spring 2026 Moms, Dads, and Grads Recommendation Show, Part 1

Why Literary Agents Matter with Laura McGrath

People Know Reading is Good and Still Don't Do It.

Ranking the Fiction Pultizer Prize Winners of the Century So Far.

Surprising (Maybe) Data About American Reading Habits

The Hot List: April 2026

MCD Shutters, Audible's Story House, and More of the Week's Book News.

You Have Heard of Lord Byron. But You Have No Idea.

Book Sales Are Softening, NBCC Winners, and More Book News.

The It Books of April 2026

The Lambda Literary Awards, Messy Internet Discourse, the Latest A.I. Panic, and More

Alien Jazz Hands for PROJECT HAIL MARY

Wait, How Many Books Were Published in 2025? PLUS: Louise Erdrich!

The Hot List March 2026

Blume is a Big "No Comment" on her biography, ACOTAR adaptation takes a step backward, and more.

Markus Zusak on THE BOOK THIEF at 20

UPDATED The Audiobook Wars Rage On, Big ACOTAR Announcement, and More

The It Books of March 2026

A Proposed Nationwide Book Ban, The NYPL's Most Checked Out Books of All-Time, and more

How Much Are You Like The Characters You Read About?

DNF Shelves Coming to Goodreads and The War For Your Ears Continues

Ranking Amazon's Best Books of the Century

Another Book Section Bites the Dust and A Romance Writer Dances with the AI Devil

Power Ranking the Books of 2016

Librarians on the Front Lines

The It Books of February 2026

Making Sense of Franchise Adaptation News

VIGIL by George Saunders

The Best-Selling Publishers of the Year, NBCC Finalists, Adapted Screenplay Oscar Noms, and more.

Lit History Corner: Christopher Marlowe

How Are We Feeling About Book Sales Right Now?

2026 Adaptation Preview

The Latest in American Reading Habits, 2026 Adaptations, and More

The Winter 2026 New Release Draft [Teaser]

The It Books of January 2026

Our Most Anticipated Books of 2026