National Book Award Announces Host, B&N Discover Prize, and more book news.

Book Riot - The Podcast

10/19/25

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Jeff and Rebecca applaud the news that Jeff Hiller will be hosting the National Book Awards in November before talking about more book news from the week.

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Maggie by Katie Yee wins the Barnes & Noble Discover Award

Jeff Hiller will host the National Book Awards

First book acquired from The Black List

Texas school district bars students from school libraries

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With Guillermo del Toro's Netflix adaptation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein in the news, we thought we would bring out an episode we did for Annotated several years ago. It's a great story and we had fun doing this one. Enjoy.

This episode of Annotated was written by me, Jeff O’Neal, and directed by Jeremy Desmon.

Sound editing and design by Kyle O’Neal. Our thanks to Mahvesh Murad for being our Mary Shelley, Bob Schinsky for being our Lord Byron, Amanda Nelson for being our Jane Clairmont and Kyle O’Neal for taking on the role of Percy Shelley.

Further reading recommendations:

Mary Shelley by Miranda Seymour

The Lady and Her Monsters by Roseanne Montillo

Romantic Outlaws by Charlotte Gordon

Mary Shelley by Muriel Spark

Mary Shelley: Romance and Reality by Emily W. Sunstein

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