Jeff and Rebecca get into the NYT's 100 Notable and 10 Best Books of the Year list, Goodreads Choice winners, Cormac McCarthy's distressing hidden relationship, and kidney stones.

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Discussed in this episode:

The Book Riot Podcast on Instagram

The Book Riot Podcast Patreon

Cormac McCarthy’s secret muse was 16 when he began a relationship with her

Costco to keep books in-store year-round in 100 locations

The NYT’s 100 notable books of the year and Top 10

Spotify reveals top audiobooks in the US & globally

Goodreads Choice Awards are as white as ever

The Tournament of Books shortlist has landed

Taylor Swift book sales best everyone but Barack

Rental House by Weike Wang

The Boys of Riverside

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How THE NEW YORK TIMES Picks The 100 Notable, and 10 Best, Books of the Year

December 12, 2024

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Gilbert Cruz, editor of The New York Times Book Review, joins Jeff to talk about the colossal undertaking that is making its 100 Notable Books List and its 10 Best Books of the Year List.

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