Book Sales Are Softening, NBCC Winners, and More Book News.

Book Riot - The Podcast

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Arts, News, Books, News Commentary, Tv & Film

4.4 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2026

⏱️ 56 minutes

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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. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. Join The Book Riot Podcast Patreon for bonus content and ad-free listening. Subscribe to The Book Riot Newsletter for regular updates to get the most out of your reading life. The Book Riot Podcast is a proud member of the Airwave Podcast Network. Discussed in this episode: NBCC winners 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 Use code THEBOOKS for 20% off at Cozy Earth. Go to quince.com/bookriot for free shipping and 365-day returns. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Bowser is back!
0:02.0	Ha ha!
0:03.0	Bouser!
0:04.0	Everyone calm down!
0:08.0	The Super Mario brothers can take care of the kingdom.
0:11.0	Let's go!
0:13.0	This April.
0:14.0	Toad, pack our things.
0:16.0	Woohoo!
0:17.0	The galaxy...
0:18.0	Whoa!
0:19.0	He's waiting.
0:20.0	Who is this?
0:21.7	So some cool dinosaur just shows up and he's now part of the group.
0:25.4	Cool.
0:26.1	The Super Mario Galaxy movie in Cinemas Now.
0:30.3	Hi, I'm Cassidy.
0:32.0	And I'm April.
0:32.9	And together we are fashion historians, friends, and co-hosts of Dress, the History of Fashion.
0:42.3	A podcast about why the clothes we wear matter throughout history and around the world. From the cultural and societal to the personal and often political, with each episode we explore
0:47.3	the multitude of meanings, quite literally sewn into the clothes we wear.
0:51.3	Please join us in unraveling the hidden histories residing in your closet.
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