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Jeff and Rebecca look back at the books & stories that defined 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: Book Riot’s TBR The Book Riot Podcast on Instagram The Book Riot Podcast Patreon The 2025 Read Harder Challenge is live _________________________ The dust settled as publishing’s earnings rebound in H1 Barnes & Noble is back, baby , and they bought a beloved indie The Discourse: Remember the moment when some people thought Taylor Swift wrote Argylle ? PRH dismisses Reagan Arthur & Lisa Lucas NYT’s top 100 books of the century so far NaNoWriMo’s PR fail with AI only 20k serious readers of lit fic ? Coming Attractions: Spielberg in talks to produce James adaptation directed by Taika Waititi Liz Moore signs Sony deal for Long Bright River & God of the Woods Meryl Streep in adaptation of The Corrections Florence Pugh in East of Eden for Netflix The Black List expands to fiction & highlights publishing’s most-wanted adaptations, Book banning news: Idaho library to become adults-only High school shuts down library due to book banning law Big Five and Authors Guild sue over Florida law PRH hires a public policy role Many states have banned book bans In memoriam: Daniel Kahneman John Gierach Edna O’Brien Francine Pascal Nikki Giovanni Paul Auster The #metoo trifecta of Cormac McCarthy , Alice Munro , and Neil Gaiman The robots are coming: authors sue Anthropic Roxane Gay & Margaret Atwood among authors helping create AI reading guides Number go up: US audiobook sales hit $2 billion in 2023 One to watch: ByteDance’s 8th Note Press to publish print books in 2025 This is why literacy matters: Florida dept of education recommends Pride & Prejudice as a book about American pride Listener feedback award: the surprising origins of publishing’s seasons , Sophia’s It Books tracker Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices