The 2025 Book Riot Fantasy League Book Draft

Book Riot - The Podcast

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4.3 • 965 Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2025

⏱️ 95 minutes

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Summary

Jeff and Rebecca are joined by Sharifah Williams and Prof. Laura McGrath to conduct the first ever Book Riot fantasy book draft. We explain the rules, talk about strategy, and then engage in some fairly chaotic literary team building. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. Sign up for the Book Riot Podcast Newsletter and follow the show on Instagram and Bluesky. Get more industry news with our Today in Books daily newsletter. Trust your reading list to the experts at Tailored Book Recommendations who have recommended over 160,000 books to readers of all kinds. Let TBR match you with your next favorite read! Get started for only $18 at mytbr.co! Discussed in This Episode: The Book Riot Fantasy League Scoring Sheet - Make a copy to keep your own. The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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