The Best Books of 2026 So Far
Book Riot - The Podcast
06/24/26
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Jeff and Rebecca do a mid-year check-in about their favorite books of 2026 so far.
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Rebecca and Vanessa discuss recent research that reveals surprising commonalities between 20,000 AI-generated stories, the winners of the Lambda Literary Awards and the Women's Prize for Fiction, and the most exciting 2027 book announcement so far.
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Discussed in this episode:
Kazuo Ishiguro wrote a WWII spy novel!
What 20,000 LLM-generated stories have in common
Google Play launches in-book AI chatbot
The Correspondent wins The Women’s Prize for Fiction
2026 Lambda Literary Award winners
Maggie Gyllenhaal to adapt Rachel Kushner’s Creation Lake
The Love Hypothesis adaptation to hit Prime Video on Sept 23
Netflix is getting in on the horny hockey fun
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Next Episode
Vanessa and Sharifah discuss the latest in American reading habits, another exciting 2027 book release, a batch of buzzy trailers and adaptation news, and an update to an AI scandal linked to a literary prize.
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The Book Riot Podcast is a proud member of the Airwave Podcast Network.
Discussed in this episode:
We're getting a new Percival Everett!
Barnes & Noble's Biggest Books of Fall 2026: Fiction and Nonfiction Editions
Trailers for Klara and the Sun and Sense and Sensibility
Netflix will adapt The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow
Booksmaxxing: How Reading Became Sexy
A third of Americans say they're reading fewer books
Join the Thriftbooks 500 Billion Page Challenge
Commonwealth Foundation clears writers accused of writing with AI
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