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Book Riot - The Podcast

The It Books of May 2026

Book Riot - The Podcast

Riot New Media Group, Inc

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

4.41.1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2026

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Jeff and Rebecca try to pick the It Book of May 2026. 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. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Thanks to our sponsor, Merit Beauty. Right now, Merit Beauty is offering our listeners their Signature Makeup Bag with your first order at meritbeauty.com. Head to quince.com/bookriot for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. Now available in Canada, too! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This episode is brought to you by Merritt Beauty. I'm not a makeup person. I've never been a makeup

0:04.9

person. In fact, my entire philosophy has always been the fewer products, the better. And I'm so

0:10.1

delighted to have found Merit Beauty because they're the first brand that actually works with that

0:14.7

instead of against it. Everything is designed for a fast, minimal routine that still looks polished.

0:20.5

No 10-step process, no learning

0:22.3

curve, just a few good products that do exactly what they're supposed to. I use three things.

0:28.7

The minimalist stick, which pulls double duty as foundation and concealer. The flush balm,

0:33.8

which gives you that healthy glow like you just came back from a nice walk rather than

0:37.5

applied something to your face, and the signature lip blush for a little color without any fuss.

0:42.9

Clean, vegan, cruelty-free, and full of skin care ingredients that are actually doing something

0:47.7

for your skin while you wear it. It's the routine I didn't know that I needed. Right now,

0:52.3

Merit Beauty is offering listeners a free signature

0:54.6

makeup bag with your first order at Meritbeautcom. That's M-E-R-I-T-Beauty.com for a free signature

1:01.9

makeup bag with your first order. Meritbeauty.com. Welcome to True Spies. The podcast that takes

1:09.3

you deep inside the greatest secret missions of all time.

1:13.1

Suddenly out of the dark disappear in Laubman. You'll meet the people who live life undercover.

1:18.7

What do they know? What are their skills? And what would you do in their position?

1:23.5

Vengeance felt good. Seeing these people pay for what they'd done felt righteous.

1:29.7

True spies from Spyscape Studios, wherever you get your podcasts.

1:39.5

This is the Bookeroy podcast. I'm Jeff O'Neill.

1:41.9

And I'm Rebecca Shinsky.

1:43.5

And it's May. The first

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