The It Books of May 2026
Book Riot - The Podcast
05/06/26
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Jeff and Rebecca try to pick the It Book of May 2026.
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Part 1 of our Spring 2026 Moms, Dads, and Grads recommendations extravaganza.
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Discussed in this episode:
Emma Straub
Taylor Jenkins Reid
The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory
Marie Helene Bertino
Abby Jimenez
Sarah McLean
Claire Lombardo
The Fraud by Zadie Smith
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
Sag Harbor by Colson Whitehead
Percival Everett. Maybe also
Matrix by Lauren Groff.
The Dog Stars by Peter Heller
I, Claudius by Robert Graves
Small World by Jonathan Evison,
Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
Behind the Bedroom Wall by Larry Woiwode
Mostly Here to Enjoy Myself by Glynnis MacNicol
Alone Time by Stephanie Rosenbloom
This Land is Your Land by Beverly Gage
The Women I Think About at Night by Mia Kankimaki
Han Kang
Katie Kitamura
The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood
Roman Stories by Jhumpa Lahiri
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The 2026 Pulitzer Prizes
May 11
•69m
Jeff and Rebecca talk about the 2026 Pulitzer prizes, best books of the year so far, summer book previews, and more of the week's book news.
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Discussed in this episode:
NYT best books of the year so far
5 publishers and Scott Turow sue Meta & Mark Zuckerberg over AI copyright infringement
TikTok releases first BookTok bestseller list (note, UK only)
Greta Gerwig’s Narnia moves to 2027
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