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Book Riot - The Podcast

"It Book" Knockout Round for May 2024

Book Riot - The Podcast

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4.3965 Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2024

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Jeff and Rebecca try to figure out what the "it book" of May 2024 will be. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: Book Riot on Instagram Book Riot on TikTok (be merciful) TBR! For Mother’s Day! Or anyone on any day! You Like It Darker by Stephen King Five Broken Blades by Mai Corland Blue Ruin by Hari Kunzru This Strange Eventful History by Claire Messud Lies and Weddings by Kevin Kwan All Fours by Miranda July Exhibit by R.O. Kwon Challenger by Adam Higginbotham The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley Long Island by Colm Tóibín Coming Home by Brittney Griner Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:28.0

This is the book web podcast.

0:32.0

I'm Jeff O'Neil.

0:33.0

And I'm Rebecca Shinsky.

0:35.0

And today we are talking about the It Books of May.

0:38.0

This episode is releasing on May 1st, 2024,

0:42.0

and we're back to decide what the it book of May is if this happens

0:47.9

to be your first time listening this is how the knockout round goes I have

0:52.1

selected a list of finalists, 10 with an

0:55.6

asterisk which I'll get into here in a second. Interesting. And we begin with the

0:59.2

first one on the list. I do a brief summary of what it is. Rebecca and I talk about why it might be

1:03.5

contender for the it book. The first one makes it through to face the next

1:07.3

challenger but then with each subsequent book it'll have to either get knocked

1:10.7

out or knock out until whatever is left standing there.

1:15.9

At the end, we define IT books as what we think in IT book is.

1:21.2

That's a nice tautology for you welcome to the book ride podcast it is some

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