February "It Book" Knockout Round
Book Riot - The Podcast
01/31/24
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After a ho-hum January slate of new releases, Jeff and Rebecca are back to working their way through a much stronger slate of It Book candidates.
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2024 is the tenth year of the Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons and diversify our TBRs. To get book recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. We’ll also keep you informed about other cool reading challenges, readathons, and more across the bookish internet. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with a community of passionate, like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. Visit bookriot.com/readharder to sign up.
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The American Daughters by Maurice Carlos Ruffin
The Great Wave by Michiko Kakutani
The Book of Love by Kelly Link
Greta & Valdin by Rebecca K. Reilly
A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams
Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange
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Jeff and Rebecca helpfully wade into the Adapted Screenplay Discourse, question framing 2023 as anything other than dominance for the Big 5, peruse the National Book Critics Circle Award nominees, and more.
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2024 is the tenth year of the Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons and diversify our TBRs. To get book recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. We’ll also keep you informed about other cool reading challenges, readathons, and more across the bookish internet. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with a community of passionate, like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. Visit bookriot.com/readharder to sign up.
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Kansas introduces anti-book ban bill
Independent publishers chip away at Big Five’s hold on bestseller lists
Oscar nominees are out and apparently Barbie is an adaptation
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Jeff and Rebecca take a moment to mark the death of N. Scott Momaday, do a post-mortem on the Argylle 'intrigue," pitch a movie based on a secret banned bookshelf in Houston, and more.
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2024 is the tenth year of the Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons and diversify our TBRs. To get book recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. We’ll also keep you informed about other cool reading challenges, readathons, and more across the bookish internet. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with a community of passionate, like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. Visit bookriot.com/readharder to sign up.
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Of course Constance Grady did the legwork on Argylle
The Argylle movie reviews are rolling in, and they’re...not great
How not to pitch your book to BookTokers
Hero of the Week: Texas teacher’s clandestine library of banned books
Some late-breaking info about Spotify’s audiobook performance; Audible is concerned
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