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THE ODYSSEY OF HOMER
Jul 8, 2026
1h 31m 32s
Big Time Book Announcements, PW's Fall Preview, the AI State of Play, and More.
Jul 6, 2026
59m 49s
The It Books of July 2026
Jul 1, 2026
58m 22s
How Reading Became Sexy (but We're Doing Less of It)
Jun 29, 2026
56m 37s
The Best Books of 2026 So Far
Jun 24, 2026
40m 07s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 7/8/26 | THE ODYSSEY OF HOMER | Nolan's The Odyssey looms. Today we are sharing the episode we did on The Odyssey for Zero to Well-Read. Be careful out there on the wine-dark sea. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. Join The Book Riot Podcast Patreon for bonus content and ad-free listening. Subscribe to The Book Riot Newsletter for regular updates to get the most out of your reading life. The Book Riot Podcast is a proud member of the Airwave Podcast Network. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Go to quince.com/wellread for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. It's now available for our friends in Canada too! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 1h 31m 32s | ||||||
| 7/6/26 | Big Time Book Announcements, PW's Fall Preview, the AI State of Play, and More. | Jeff and Rebecca rejoice over new Ishiguro and Everett announcements, have our concerns partially confirmed by the Klara & the Sun trailer, note PW's fall preview, and acknowledge the AI muck we are all going to have to deal with for the foreseeable future. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. Join The Book Riot Podcast Patreon for bonus content and ad-free listening. Subscribe to The Book Riot Newsletter for regular updates to get the most out of your reading life. The Book Riot Podcast is a proud member of the Airwave Podcast Network. Discussed in this episode: Klara & the Sun trailer Vincent Yu wins Discover Prize Writer accused of AI use wins Commonwealth Prize Libby to filter AI content from app PW’s fall preview This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Go to quince.com/wellread for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. It's now available for our friends in Canada too! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 59m 49s | ||||||
| 7/1/26 | The It Books of July 2026 | Jeff and Rebecca run through the candidates for the It Book of July 2026. Then, they take a quick look back at their other monthly picks from the first half of the year to see how they did. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. Join The Book Riot Podcast Patreon for bonus content and ad-free listening. Subscribe to The Book Riot Newsletter for regular updates to get the most out of your reading life. The Book Riot Podcast is a proud member of the Airwave Podcast Network. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Go to quince.com/wellread for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. It's now available for our friends in Canada too! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 58m 22s | ||||||
| 6/29/26 | How Reading Became Sexy (but We're Doing Less of It) | Vanessa and Sharifah discuss the latest in American reading habits, another exciting 2027 book release, a batch of buzzy trailers and adaptation news, and an update to an AI scandal linked to a literary prize. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. Join The Book Riot Podcast Patreon for bonus content and ad-free listening. Subscribe to The Book Riot Newsletter for regular updates to get the most out of your reading life. The Book Riot Podcast is a proud member of the Airwave Podcast Network. Discussed in this episode: We're getting a new Percival Everett! Barnes & Noble's Biggest Books of Fall 2026: Fiction and Nonfiction Editions Trailers for Klara and the Sun and Sense and Sensibility Netflix will adapt The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow Booksmaxxing: How Reading Became Sexy A third of Americans say they're reading fewer books Join the Thriftbooks 500 Billion Page Challenge Commonwealth Foundation clears writers accused of writing with AI This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Thanks to our sponsor, Quince! Go to Quince.com/bookriot for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. Now available in Canada, too! Right now, Merit Beauty is offering our listeners their Signature Makeup Bag with your first order at meritbeauty.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 56m 37s | ||||||
| 6/24/26 | The Best Books of 2026 So Far | Jeff and Rebecca do a mid-year check-in about their favorite books of 2026 so far. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. Join The Book Riot Podcast Patreon for bonus content and ad-free listening. Subscribe to The Book Riot Newsletter for regular updates to get the most out of your reading life. The Book Riot Podcast is a proud member of the Airwave Podcast Network. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Thanks to our sponsor, Quince! Go to Quince.com/bookriot for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. Now available in Canada, too! Right now, Merit Beauty is offering our listeners their Signature Makeup Bag with your first order at meritbeauty.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 40m 07s | ||||||
| 6/22/26 | What 20,000 AI-Generated Stories Have in Common | Rebecca and Vanessa discuss recent research that reveals surprising commonalities between 20,000 AI-generated stories, the winners of the Lambda Literary Awards and the Women's Prize for Fiction, and the most exciting 2027 book announcement so far. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. Join The Book Riot Podcast Patreon for bonus content and ad-free listening. Subscribe to The Book Riot Newsletter for regular updates to get the most out of your reading life. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Right now, Merit Beauty is offering our listeners their Signature Makeup Bag with your first order at meritbeauty.com. Thanks to our sponsor, Quince! Go to Quince.com/bookriot for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. Now available in Canada, too! The Book Riot Podcast is a proud member of the Airwave Podcast Network. Discussed in this episode: Kazuo Ishiguro wrote a WWII spy novel! What 20,000 LLM-generated stories have in common Google Play launches in-book AI chatbot The Correspondent wins The Women’s Prize for Fiction 2026 Lambda Literary Award winners Maggie Gyllenhaal to adapt Rachel Kushner’s Creation Lake The Love Hypothesis adaptation to hit Prime Video on Sept 23 Netflix is getting in on the horny hockey fun Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 40m 19s | ||||||
| 6/17/26 | The Hot List for June 2026 | Rebecca and Vanessa break down the books topping the best-of and bestseller lists as we near the halfway point of the year. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. Join The Book Riot Podcast Patreon for bonus content and ad-free listening. Subscribe to The Book Riot Newsletter for regular updates to get the most out of your reading life. The Book Riot Podcast is a proud member of the Airwave Podcast Network. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Right now, Merit Beauty is offering our listeners their Signature Makeup Bag with your first order at meritbeauty.com. Thanks to our sponsor, Quince! Go to Quince.com/bookriot for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. Now available in Canada, too! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 42m 47s | ||||||
| 6/15/26 | The Publishing Pie is Getting Bigger, But Not Enough to Keep Up with The Slices | Jeff and Rebecca talk about the growth of the number of books (and authors) vying for reader dollars, continue to lament the long 2025 award season, wonder about the expansion of PRH's audio initiatives, talk about recent reading, and more. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. Join The Book Riot Podcast Patreon for bonus content and ad-free listening. Subscribe to The Book Riot Newsletter for regular updates to get the most out of your reading life. The Book Riot Podcast is a proud member of the Airwave Podcast Network. Discussed in this episode: Amazon’s best of the year so far US audiobooks sales increased 9% in 2025 j/k we weren’t done with 2025 book awards - Stoker Award winners and Nebula Award winners And we’re also starting this year’s: The 2026 Barnes & Noble Discover Award finalists Authors Guild survey looks at why author income is declining Reese’s Book Club launches Fan Fest event series The Marriage Plot is getting an adaptation This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Right now, Merit Beauty is offering our listeners their Signature Makeup Bag with your first order at meritbeauty.com. Thanks to our sponsor, Quince! Go to Quince.com/bookriot for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. Now available in Canada, too! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 1h 02m 38s | ||||||
| 6/10/26 | The Messy Power Couple of the Harlem Renaissance✨ | Harlem Renaissancepoetry+3 | Vanessa Diaz | Book RiotAirwave Podcast Network+1 | — | Harlem Renaissancepoet+5 | Merit Beautynone | 47m 19s | |
| 6/8/26 | Best Books of the Year So Far Lists Have Begun. PLUS: Dr. Maria McCauley of the ALA✨ | best booksbook adaptations+3 | Dr. Maria McCauley | American Library AssociationBarnes & Noble+4 | — | best books of the yearbook adaptations+3 | Merit BeautyCODE | 1h 11m 26s | |
| 6/3/26 | The It Books of June 2026✨ | book recommendationsJune 2026+3 | — | Book Riot | — | It BookJune 2026+5 | Merit Beauty | 54m 44s | |
| 6/1/26 | The Summer Slowdown is Here✨ | book newsAI in publishing+3 | — | Barnes & NobleThriftBooks+2 | — | book newsAI books+5 | Merit Beauty | 1h 00m 12s | |
| 5/27/26 | 2026 Summer Adaptation Preview✨ | summer adaptationsbook recommendations+3 | — | Book Riotquince.com+1 | — | summer adaptationsBook Riot+3 | ThriftBooks$50 USD | 52m 27s | |
| 5/25/26 | AI is Making Reading Really Messy.✨ | AI in literaturebook awards+3 | — | KindlesGuardian+9 | — | AIreading+7 | Merit Beauty | 1h 06m 23s | |
| 5/20/26 | The Hot List for May 2026✨ | book recommendationssummer reading+3 | — | Book RiotThriftBooks+1 | — | book recommendationssummer reading+3 | Merit Beauty | 47m 55s | |
| 5/18/26 | A New Best Novels of All-Time List, PRH's "Strong Business Performance, and More.✨ | greatest novelsbusiness performance+3 | — | The GuardianPRH+4 | — | best novelsPRH+7 | Merit BeautyCODE | 54m 30s | |
| 5/13/26 | 2026 Moms, Dads, and Grads Recommendation Show, Part 2✨ | book recommendationsliterature+3 | — | The IntuitionistLincoln in the Bardo+38 | — | book recommendationsfiction+3 | — | 1h 19m 08s | |
| 5/11/26 | The 2026 Pulitzer Prizes✨ | Pulitzer Prizesbook news+4 | — | PulitzerMeta+4 | Canada | Pulitzer Prizesbook news+4 | Merit BeautyCODE | 1h 09m 32s | |
| 5/6/26 | The It Books of May 2026✨ | It BooksMay 2026+1 | — | Book RiotAirwave Podcast Network+1 | — | It BookMay 2026+3 | Merit Beauty | 50m 30s | |
| 5/4/26 | Spring 2026 Moms, Dads, and Grads Recommendation Show, Part 1✨ | book recommendationsspring 2026+3 | — | The Wedding DateGo Gentle+27 | — | book recommendationsmoms+3 | — | 1h 01m 46s | |
| 4/29/26 | Why Literary Agents Matter with Laura McGrath✨ | literary agentsAmerican fiction+3 | Laura McGrath | Book RiotAirwave Podcast Network+1 | — | literary agentsAmerican fiction+3 | Cozy EarthTHEBOOKS | 47m 58s | |
| 4/27/26 | People Know Reading is Good and Still Don't Do It.✨ | reading habitsbook awards+3 | Vanessa Diaz | The Women's PrizeQuinn app+5 | — | readingWomen's Prize+6 | Cozy EarthTHEBOOKS | 43m 48s | |
| 4/22/26 | Ranking the Fiction Pultizer Prize Winners of the Century So Far.✨ | Pulitzer Prizebook ranking+3 | — | TIMESpotify | — | Pulitzer Prizebook ranking+3 | Cozy EarthTHEBOOKS | 1h 06m 05s | |
| 4/20/26 | Surprising (Maybe) Data About American Reading Habits✨ | American reading habitsPew research+3 | — | PewSpotify+4 | — | reading habitsPew research+3 | Cozy EarthTHEBOOKS | 59m 33s | |
| 4/15/26 | The Hot List: April 2026✨ | book recommendationsApril 2026+1 | — | The Book Riot PodcastAirwave Podcast Network+1 | — | book recommendationsApril 2026+3 | Cozy EarthTHEBOOKS | 40m 14s | |
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