"It Book" Knockout Round for May 2024
Book Riot - The Podcast
05/01/24
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Jeff and Rebecca try to figure out what the "it book" of May 2024 will be.
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Discussed in this episode:
Book Riot on TikTok (be merciful)
TBR! For Mother’s Day! Or anyone on any day!
You Like It Darker by Stephen King
Five Broken Blades by Mai Corland
This Strange Eventful History by Claire Messud
Lies and Weddings by Kevin Kwan
Challenger by Adam Higginbotham
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
Coming Home by Brittney Griner
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Discussed in this episode:
Book Riot on TikTok (be merciful)
TBR! For Mother’s Day! Or anyone on any day!
Americans Buy Over a Billions Books a Year
Trailer for Netflix’s adaptation of One Hundred Years of Solitude, coming out later this year
Plus: Thursday murder club casting, Project Hail Mary, Transcendent Kingdom casting
Crazy Rich Asians coming to Broadway
They Can't Kill Us All by Wesley Lowrey
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Part 1 of our 2024 Moms, Dads, and Grads Recommendation Extravaganza, in which Jeff and Rebecca answer listener book recommendations requests.
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Books and authors recommended in this episode:
The Creative Act by Rick Rubin
The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
Brandon Taylor
Lauren Groff
Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi
Mouth to Mouth by Antoine Wilson
In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick
The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger
Jane Harper
Walter Mosley
Joe Ide
Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke
The Woman Next Door by Yewande Omotoso
Our Souls at Night by Kent Haruf
Cast, Catch, Release by Marina Gibson - coming June 4
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