Searching for the “It” Book of April
Book Riot - The Podcast
04/24/23
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Jeff and Rebecca are traveling for work this week, so we present the inaugural episode of First Edition to tide you over. We’ll be back next week with a regular episode.
In the first section, Jeff and Rebecca play a game of “knockout” to figure out what the “it” book of April might be. In the second section, Yahdon Israel, Senior Editor at Simon & Schuster, comes on to talk about putting books into the world. And in section three, Sarah Bakewell and Jeff talk about humanism on the occasion of the publication of her new book, Humanly Possible.
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Wonder Boy by Angel Au-Yeung and David Jeans
Camp Zero by Michelle Min Sterling
Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld
You Could Make This Place Beautiful by Maggie Smith
Small Mercies by Dennis Lehane
In the Lives of Puppets by T.J. Klune
A Living Remedy by Nicole Chung
House of Cotton by Monica Brashears
Yahdon Israel’s Advance Readers Club
Humanly Possible by Sarah Bakewell
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Jeff and Rebecca note a coming 10 years of discourse, are unimpressed by the bestselling books of the year so far, and chew on a big nothingburger about Obama’s reading list.
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Book Riot’s new email newsletter, The Deep Dive
Update: the Harry Potter reboot is coming to HBO, and....it will run for 10 years
And Casey Bloys is already dodging the issue
The “secret” behind how Obama’s reading lists get made
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Submit for a recommendation for Moms, Dads, and Grads gifting season
April 27, 2023
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Moms, Dads and Grads gifting season is upon us! So here is just a quick reminder if you're looking for a recommendation of books to give to a mom, a dad, a mom or dad figure in your life, a graduate, or something for yourself for the coming season, you have until this Thursday, April 27th to send those to us.
Send that to podcast@bookriot.com, and put "moms dads grads" in the subject line so that we know not to miss it.
And as always, these are first come first serve.
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