It's time for the October "It Book" Knockout Round! Plus, a special mini-roundup of notable celebrity memoirs coming out this fall.

Molly Majumder and Stacy Abrams of Red Tower Books, talk about the imprint's first book, Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

Rebecca Schinsky helps me decide on the "it" book of the month. Then, Professor Jenni Nuttall discusses her new book, Mother Tongue: The Surprising History of Women's Words.

On the occasion of his new book, The Art of Libromancy: Selling Books and Reading Books in the 21st Century, Josh Cook of Porter Square books joins Jeff for a conversation about modern indie bookselling.

Jenn Northington and Sharifah Williams talk about what it is like to make an anthology, and Professor Karim Farah-Cooper talks about reading Shakespeare through in the context of race.

On the occasion of the publication of his new novel, The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store, James McBride comes on to talk about his life as a reader, what books can do, and what writing means to him.

Rebecca Schinsky is back to help Jeff pick the "it" book for August 2023.

Liberty Hardy helps Jeff workshop some ideas for talking to authors because interviewing authors is hard. Or at least Jeff thinks so.

Rebecca and Jeff consider ten finalists for the "It Book" of July and pick a winner.

Kendra Winchester commemorates the 15th anniversary of two events that heralded the modern audiobook boom. Then, Sharifah Williams joins me to debut a new segment: The Insta-Buys.

Rebecca Schinsky is back to help Jeff pick the "it" book of June, and S.A. Cosby, author of the forthcoming All the Sinners Bleed, tells a reading story.

On the occasion of the 20th Anniversary of The Kite Runner, author Khaled Hosseini joins Book Riot CEO Jeff O’Neal to talk about the creation, publication, and long-life of the literary phenomenon.

Rebecca Schinsky is back to help Jeff figure out what the It book of May will be. And Book Riot editor Erica Ezeifedi comes on to debut a new First Edition segment, Reading Stories.

On ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT'S ME, MARGARET, math and literature, and why to care about the writer Nella Larsen

In this kick-off episode, Jeff O’Neal plays a game to determine the “it” book of April with Rebecca Schinksy, talks about what it means to put a book into the world with Simon & Schuster Senior Editor Yahdon Israel, and considers humanism with Sarah Bakewell, on the occasion of the publication of her new book, Humanly Possible.