
The It Books of February 2025
Book Riot - The Podcast
02/05/25
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Jeff and Rebecca consider ten contenders to be the It Book of the Month.
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Jeff and Rebecca discuss the new novel by the 2024 Nobel Laureate in Literature, Han Kang.
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Gaiman Sued, Blurbs Deprecated, and A Book Sales Check-In
February 10, 2025
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Jeff and Rebecca spend more time than they would like in legal-land before talking about how everybody hates blurbs, recent reading, and other book news. Then, Brenna Connor of Circana joins Jeff to talk about 2024 book sales highlights and lowlights before looking ahead to 2025.
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Scarlett Pavlovich sues Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer for rape & human trafficking and Netflix adaptation of Sandman to end after second season
Man accused of attacking Salman Rushdie to go to trial
Big 5 and Authors Guild sue Idaho over book banning law
Simon & Schuster’s flagship imprint won’t require blurbs and Rebecca Makkai essay in the NYT
Dystopian novels are on the rise again after the inauguration
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