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Book Riot - The Podcast

The Most Impossible Single Task of Literary Discernment

Book Riot - The Podcast

Riot New Media Group, Inc

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

4.41.1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Jeff and Rebecca talk about the honoree of the 2023 Nobel Prize in literature, the National Book Award finalists, free audiobooks coming to Spotify subscribers, and more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Autumn is here, which means it's time to curl up with a great read and get cozy — whatever your version of cozy looks like. Whether it's romance, creepy reads, modern classics, or escapist reads you crave, TBR can help you find the perfect books for your fall reading, with options curated to your specific reading tastes. Visit mytbr.co to find out more and sign up — it only takes a few minutes! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: First Edition! The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Nobel winner Jon Fosse  NBA finalists  Spotify to make audiobooks free for premium users Leave the World Behind trailer Making It So by Patrick Stewart Land of Milk and Honey by C Pam Zhang Going Infinite by Michael Lewis Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:27.7

This is the book. This is the Book by a Podcast. It's a weekly news and talk show about what's new, cool, and worth talking about in the world of books and reading.

0:39.0

Today's Thursday, October 5th, 2023. Jeff O'Neill here with her by Kishinsky. We're going to start

0:46.5

with some listener feedback. Before I do that, I want to hit the Patreon, the 2013 to 2023 ranking of the National Book Award winners is up there right now

0:57.8

also go check out first edition Rebecca joined me to talk about the It Books of

1:01.5

October that's there now. We're going to start today

1:05.3

though with a little listener feedback. Our Tik-Toc correspondence, thank you so much.

1:10.8

Thank you. I mean this from the bottom. This is no,

1:13.4

sincerely. I know it's sometimes hard to tell with my sarcasm. I know it can be very difficult.

1:18.1

But sincerely, thank you. But Liz writes in to say say there is a mystery book all over

1:24.4

Tik-Tok and here's what Liz knows in what's seen. It's listed for

1:29.0

3299 with a November 7th release date. No title, notebook cover. That's not a lot to go on you might think.

1:36.0

There is one other bit that if you search for the ISBN, it lists it as a Red Tower book. Red Tower is the publisher of Fourth Wing and

1:46.0

also in November is coming out the sequel Iron Flame. Okay. And people are doing the thing they did with the book they thought might be

1:54.7

Taylor Swift's memoir. Oh, but that was the BTS. Yeah. But there's the iron

2:01.2

I keep saying that iron flame is not in the system.

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