The Hot List March 2026
Book Riot - The Podcast
03/18/26
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We bring the Hot List out to the main feed to talk about what books are trending, selling, being talked about, being awarded, and in other ways have some heat.
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Jeff and Rebecca try to read the tea-leaves from Judy Blume's biography silence, ACOTAR rights reversion, and more of the week's book news.
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Discussed in this episode:
Judy Blume is declining to comment on Mark Oppenheimer’s new biography of her
That ACOTAR series is really never going to happen
Sarah Polley is directing an adaptation of The Bell Jar starring Billie Eilish
10,000 authors publish empty book to protest AI
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Next Episode
Jeff and Rebecca talk about book-adjacent Oscar news, the staggering number of books published in 2025, adaptation news, and more. Then, they are joined by Louise Erdrich to talk about her new short story collection, Python's Kiss.
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Discussed in this episode:
Here are books to read if you loved SINNERS
Jane Fonda to star in adaptation of The Correspondent
Lord of the Flies series coming to Netflix May 4
Judge in YA romantasy plagiarism case: “hot, sexy, dangerous boys...cannot be copyrighted”
Book output topped four million 2025
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