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Book Riot - The Podcast
03/25/26
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Vanessa Diaz joins Rebecca for a conversation about the new adaptation of Project Hail Mary. They talk about what the filmmakers kept from the book and what they cut, how the science translated from page to screen, and the magic of an interstellar, interspecies bromance.
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Jeff and Rebecca talk about book-adjacent Oscar news, the staggering number of books published in 2025, adaptation news, and more. Then, they are joined by Louise Erdrich to talk about her new short story collection, Python's Kiss.
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Discussed in this episode:
Here are books to read if you loved SINNERS
Jane Fonda to star in adaptation of The Correspondent
Lord of the Flies series coming to Netflix May 4
Judge in YA romantasy plagiarism case: “hot, sexy, dangerous boys...cannot be copyrighted”
Book output topped four million 2025
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Next Episode
Managing Editor Vanessa Diaz is joined by Associate Editor Erica Ezeifedi to discuss the Lambda Literary Award finalists, the latest A.I. publishing freakout, messy internet discourse, and more.
Moms, Dads, Grads season is coming up! Send your recommendation requests for gifts–or reads for yourself!—to podcast@bookriot.com
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Discussed in this episode:
Don DeLillo’s hockey romance Amazons will return to stores
Librarian Luanne James Fights Censorship Demands of Rutherford County Library System’s Board
Lindy West’s How-Not-To Guide to Polyamory
ICYMI Podcast: Why the Internet Is Arguing About Its Favorite Feminist
Bridgerton Season 5 announcement trailer dropped
AI is Writing Fiction. Publishers are Unprepared
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