Episodes

  • Our Most Anticipated Books of 2026: December 16, 2025
    Dec 16 2025
    This week, Liberty and Emily discuss some of the upcoming 2026 book releases they're most excited about, including Is This a Cry for Help?, Molka, Half His Age, and more! Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. Keep track of new releases with Book Riot's New Release Index, now included with an All Access membership. Click here to get started today! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed On the Show: Is This a Cry for Help? by Emily Austin (Atria, January 13) Heartstopper: Volume 6 by Alice Oseman (Graphix, July 7) Brawler: Stories by Lauren Groff (Riverhead Books, February 24) Molka by Monika Kim (Erewhon Books, April 28) All the World Can Hold by Jung Yun (37 Ink, March 10) The Body by Bethany C. Morrow (Tor Nightfire, Feb 10) Whidbey by T Kira Madden (Mariner Books, March 10) The Secret World of Briar Rose by Cindy Pham (Kokila, June 2) Japanese Gothic by Kylie Lee Baker (Hanover Square Press, April 21) Half His Age by Jennette McCurdy (Ballantine Book, January 20) The Girl with a Thousand Faces by Sunyi Dean (Tor Books, May 5) The Caretaker by Marcus Kliewer (1201 Books, April 21) Canon by Paige Lewis (Viking, May 19) Breakout by Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, and Nicola Yoon (Quill Tree Books, June 2) Tata by Valérie Perrin, Hildegarde Serle (translator) (Europa, June 23) Devil Inside by Clay McLeod Chapman (MIRA, August 11) What We're Reading: Crafting for Sinners by Jenny Kiefer Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz The Lamb by Lucy Rose Cool Machine (The Harlem Trilogy) by Colson Whitehead More Books Out This Week: The Uninvited by Nancy Banks The Snowman Code by Simon Stephenson, Reggie Brown The Opportunist by Tarryn Fisher Dig Me a Grave: The Inside Story of the Serial Killer Who Seduced the South by Richard A. Harpootlian, Shaun Assael Love in Plane Sight by Lauren Connolly The Once and Future Queen by Paula Lafferty Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    43 mins
  • All the (More!) Books! December 12, 2025
    Dec 12 2025
    This week, Vanessa shares some of the books she hopes to catch up on during her end-of-year reading sprint. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and never miss a ook. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. We’ve got the chops to match the book lover in your life with their next favorite read. And it only takes a few clicks to gift Tailored Book Recommendations! Simply head to mytbr.co/gift to get started. Books Discussed: Mona’s Eyes by Thomas Schlesser, Hildegarde Serle (translator) History Lessons by Zoe B. Wallbrook What the River Knows by Isabel Ibañez Verity Vox and the Curse of Foxfire by Don Martin Witches of Honeysuckle House by Liz Parker This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    17 mins
  • New Releases and More for December 2025, Plus Our Favorite Books of the Year
    Dec 9 2025
    This week, Vanessa and Danika discuss some of December's new releases, and Liberty and Vanessa's favorite books of 2025. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. Keep track of new releases with Book Riot's New Release Index, now included with an All Access membership. Click here to get started today! Books Discussed On the Show: The Curse of the Cole Women by Marielle Thompson There’s Always Next Year by George M. Johnson and Leah Johnson The Jaguars Roar by Micheliny Verunschk, Juliana Barbassa (translator) Every Day I Read: 53 Ways to Get Closer to Books by Hwang Bo-reum and Shanna Tan Scarlet Morning by N.D. Stevenson The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Hartnett Angel Down by Daniel Kraus Old Soul by Susan Barker The Bewitching by Silvia Moreno-Garcia The Wilderness by Angela Flournoy The Macabre by Kosoko Jackson Queer Enlightenments by Dr. Anthony Delaney All the (More!) Books! December 5, 2025 What We're Reading: Joy to the Girls by Alyson Derrick and Rachael Lippincott Mona's Eyes by Thomas Schlessler History Lessons by Zoe B. Wallbrook Verity Vox and the Curse of Foxfire by Don Martin This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    49 mins
  • All the (More!) Books! December 5, 2025
    Dec 5 2025
    This week, Danika talks about their favorite reads of the year. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and never miss a book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. We’ve got the chops to match the book lover in your life with their next favorite read. And it only takes a few clicks to gift Tailored Book Recommendations! Simply head to mytbr.co/gift to get started. Books Discussed: The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson Those Beyond the Wall by Micaiah Johnson Skye Falling by Mia McKenzie The Summer We Got Free by Mia McKenzie These Heathens by Mia McKenzie Sympathy for Wild Girls: Stories by Demree McGhee I Shall Never Fall In Love by Hari Conner The Salvage by Anbara Salam To the Moon and Back by Eliana Ramage Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid Awakened by A.E. Osworth This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar House of Beth by Kerry Cullen Spent: A Comic Novel by Alison Bechdel Ten Incarnations of Rebellion by Vaishnavi Patel The Original by Nell Stevens Lu and Ren’s Guide to Geozoology by Angela Hsieh The Tea Dragon Society by K. O'Neill This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    18 mins
  • The Secret History by Donna Tartt from Zero to Well-Read
    Dec 2 2025
    Hello All the Books! listeners! We're off this week due to illness, but we didn't want to leave you empty-handed, so we're sharing an episode from our newest podcast, Zero to Well-Read, that covers one of Liberty's favorite books: The Secret History. Jeff and Rebecca revisit Donna Tartt's cult classic, the OG of dark academia, The Secret History. Subscribe to The Book Riot Newsletter for regular updates to help you get the most out of your reading life. This season of Zero to Well-Read is sponsored by Thriftbooks. Email us: zerotowellread@bookriot.com Zero to Well-Read is a proud member of the Airwave Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 47 mins
  • All the (More!) Books! November 28, 2025
    Nov 28 2025
    This week, Sharifah talks about a couple of her best reads of the year! Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and never miss a book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. We’ve got the chops to match the book lover in your life with their next favorite read. And it only takes a few clicks to gift Tailored Book Recommendations! Simply head to mytbr.co/gift to get started. Books Discussed The Warmth of Other Suns: The Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    13 mins
  • Great Books for Giving: November 25, 2025
    Nov 25 2025
    This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss Good Things, Art Heist, Recipes from the American South, and more great books! Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and never miss a book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. Keep track of new releases with Book Riot's New Release Index, now included with an All Access membership. Click here to get started today! Books Discussed On the Show: A Literary Letter for Every Day of the Year by Liz Ison Bibliophile Advent Calendar for Booklovers by Jane Mount Expensive Basketball by Shea Serrano Good Things: Recipes and Rituals to Share with People You Love: A Cookbook by Samin Nosrat Puzzle Mania!: Wordle, Connections, Spelling Bee, Minis and More! by The New York Times Games The Portable Feminist Reader by Roxane Gay Art Heist: 50 Artworks You Will Never See by Susie Hodge Six Seasons of Pasta: A New Way with Everyone's Favorite Food by Joshua McFadden with Martha Holmberg Around the World in 80 Birds by Mike Unwin, Ryuto Miyake Recipes from the American South by Michael W Twitty How Comics Are Made: A Visual History from the Drawing Board to the Printed Page by Glenn Fleishman Syme's Letter Writer: A Guide to Modern Correspondence About (Almost) Every Imaginable Subject of Daily Life, with Odes to Desktop Ephemera and Selected Letters of Famous Writers by Rachel Syme The Mind Electric: A Neurologist on the Strangeness and Wonder of Our Brains by Pria Anand The Year's Best Sports Writing 2025 by Hanif Abdurraqib The New Book: Poems, Letters, Blurbs, and Things by Nikki Giovanni Black-Owned: The Revolutionary Life of the Black Bookstore by Char Adams Prose to the People: A Celebration of Black Bookstores by Katie Mitchell For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    54 mins
  • All the (More!) Books! November 21, 2025
    Nov 21 2025
    This week, Liberty talks about several books that are in her orbit right now! Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and never miss a book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. We’ve got the chops to match the book lover in your life with their next favorite read. And it only takes a few clicks to gift Tailored Book Recommendations! Simply head to mytbr.co/gift to get started. Books Discussed: The Crèche Keeper's Guild by Ware Wilkins, Faith Anthony The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye by Sonny Liew Cat Nap by Brian Lees Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid To the Moon and Back by Eliana Ramage Recipes for an Unexpected Afterlife by Deston J. Munden Hunger and Thirst by Claire Fuller Pendergast: The Beginning by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child Down Came the Spiders by Ally Russell Banned: How I Squandered an All-Star NBA Career Before Finding My Redemption by Michael Ray Richardson This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    17 mins