Wait, How Many Books Were Published in 2025? PLUS: Louise Erdrich!

Book Riot - The Podcast

Riot New Media Group, Inc

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

4.4 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2026

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Summary

Jeff and Rebecca talk about book-adjacent Oscar news, the staggering number of books published in 2025, adaptation news, and more. Then, they are joined by Louise Erdrich to talk about her new short story collection, Python's Kiss. 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: Here are books to read if you loved SINNERS Jane Fonda to star in adaptation of The Correspondent Lord of the Flies series coming to Netflix May 4 Judge in YA romantasy plagiarism case: “hot, sexy, dangerous boys…cannot be copyrighted” Book output topped four million 2025 This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Use code THEBOOKS for 20% off at Cozy Earth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Now, are all the traitors present?
0:02.0	Let's get started, shall we?
0:04.0	From rags to riches.
0:06.0	I'm so sick of this.
0:07.0	Working like a dog and being treated worse.
0:09.0	Yorkshire to New York.
0:11.0	Poor climbers, you and me.
0:12.0	A life dedicated to revenge.
0:14.0	Let's make this an occasion to remember.
0:17.0	A Woman of Substance on Channel 4.
0:19.0	Stream now.
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0:24.7	which means if you were to buy a four-chease pizza,
0:27.4	you'd basically be getting one of the cheeses for free.
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0:34.6	Minimum spend, £60 and charges apply.
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0:46.0	This is the book ride podcast. I am Jeff O'Neill. And I'm Rebecca Schinsky. We're going to do a
0:52.0	shorty kind of a new segment today because on the back half of the episode, we have the great, the immortal Louise Erdrick.
0:59.0	Rebecca and I got to talk to her.
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