
Our Favorite Books of the Year
12/11/24 • 65 min
Jeff and Rebecca reveal their favorite books of 2024.
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The Book Riot Podcast on Instagram
There's Always This Year by Hanif Abdurraqib
Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino
Challenger by Adam Higginbotham
The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman
Great Expectations by Vinson Cunningham
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Jeff and Rebecca reveal their favorite books of 2024.
Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify.
For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter!
Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks!
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.
Discussed in this episode:
The Book Riot Podcast on Instagram
There's Always This Year by Hanif Abdurraqib
Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino
Challenger by Adam Higginbotham
The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman
Great Expectations by Vinson Cunningham
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The New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2024, Goodreads Choice Winners, Spotify's Most-Listened Audiobooks, and more.
Jeff and Rebecca get into the NYT's 100 Notable and 10 Best Books of the Year list, Goodreads Choice winners, Cormac McCarthy's distressing hidden relationship, and kidney stones.
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Discussed in this episode:
The Book Riot Podcast on Instagram
Cormac McCarthy’s secret muse was 16 when he began a relationship with her
Costco to keep books in-store year-round in 100 locations
The NYT’s 100 notable books of the year and Top 10
Spotify reveals top audiobooks in the US & globally
Goodreads Choice Awards are as white as ever
The Tournament of Books shortlist has landed
Taylor Swift book sales best everyone but Barack
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How THE NEW YORK TIMES Picks The 100 Notable, and 10 Best, Books of the Year
Gilbert Cruz, editor of The New York Times Book Review, joins Jeff to talk about the colossal undertaking that is making its 100 Notable Books List and its 10 Best Books of the Year List.
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