The It Books of April 2026
Book Riot - The Podcast
04/01/26
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Jeff and Rebecca really get themselves tied up trying to pick the It Book of April.
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Don DeLillo’s hockey romance Amazons will return to stores
Librarian Luanne James Fights Censorship Demands of Rutherford County Library System’s Board
Lindy West’s How-Not-To Guide to Polyamory
ICYMI Podcast: Why the Internet Is Arguing About Its Favorite Feminist
Bridgerton Season 5 announcement trailer dropped
AI is Writing Fiction. Publishers are Unprepared
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Jeff and Rebecca talk about a transitional moment in book sales, National Book Critics Circle Winners, National Black Bookstore Day, recent reading, and much more.
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Discussed in this episode:
April 7 is the first National Black Bookstore Day
PRH profits dropped 4.7% in 2025
Print sales fell 3.1% in first quarter of 2026
First Pynchon, now it turns out we’ve been saying Thoreau wrong
Harlequin to co-produce AI-generated microdramas
A24 picks up London Falling for adaptation
The Corrections series starring Meryl Streep lands at Netflix
Peacock picks up Dungeon Crawler Carl
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