Jeff O'Neal
Book Riot
New York, NY, United States
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Past articles by Jeff:
Recreational Awe
Jeff and Rebecca talk about the Barnes & Noble renaissance, a new book from Jesmyn Ward, developments in the world of publishing pay, a couple of new books, and much more. → Read More
The Boy, The Horse, The Whatever
Jeff and Rebecca talk about the 2021 National Book Award winners, Barnes & Noble's Book of the Year, Spotify buying an audiobook company, and The Sentence by Louise Erdrich. → Read More
Our Favorite Reads of 2020
Jeff and Rebecca recount their favorite reads of 2020. → Read More
Adaptation Nation: Little Fires Everywhere, High Fidelity, and Enola Holmes
Jeff and Rebecca discuss the recent adaptations of Little Fires Everywhere, High Fidelity, and Enola Holmes. → Read More
Half Baked Ideas, Volume 2
Jeff and Rebecca pitch ideas that are not quite ready for prime-time. → Read More
INTERPRETER OF MALADIES: 20 Years Later
Jeff and Rebecca have gone back and read a mutual favorite, Jhumpa Lahiri's Interpreter of Maladies, on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of it's publication. → Read More
The Baby-Sitters Club
The affirming, surprising, and most of all lasting legacy of The Baby-Sitters Club.This episode is sponsored by:The Ventriloquists by E.R. RamzipoorCirce by Madeline MillerLinks rele → Read More
The Uncanny Valley of Human Communication
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk audiobooks and copyright, podcasts and reading, a head-scratching Emily Dickinson trailer, and more. Jeff also talks to Leah Price about her new book, What We Talk About When We Talk About Books. → Read More
Win THE LIBRARY BOOK by Susan Orlean!
We have 5 copies of The Library Book by Susan Orlean to give away. To enter, sign up for the Annotated newsletter. And here's what that is: a newsletter for people who are interesting in sto → Read More
Our Favorite Non-Bookish Things of 2018
Jeff and Rebecca talk about their favorite non-bookish things of 2018. → Read More
2018 Holiday Recommendation Show, Part 2
Jeff and Rebecca wrap up their 2018 holiday recommendations. → Read More
Win a 12-Month Audible Subscription!
Audiobooks are fantastic. Little did we know that for all the excitement and predictions for ebooks, it was the lowly, much maligned recorded book that would shine in the digital era. No mor → Read More
The Patron Saint of Libraries
The story of how Andrew Carnegie transformed the public library in America. This episode is sponsored by:Vampires Like It Hot by Lynsay SandsA Blade So Black by L.L. McKinney& → Read More
Charlatanism Quotient
This week, Jeff and Rebecca begin with a diversion about the Myers-Briggs Personality Test, follow-up about the Golden Man Booker, rundown the best-selling books of the first half of 2018, and much more. → Read More
“La Cote Basque 1965”
In 1975, Truman Capote published a short story in Esquire magazine that led a New York socialite to commit suicide and the fallout effectively ended Capote's literary career. This is the story of the → Read More
Win a Shelf of Megan Abbott Books!
We have a stack of books by Megan Abbott to give away to a lucky Book Riot reader! The stack of books from the Edgar-Award winning Abbott includes: Give Me Your Hand You Will Know Me The Fever Dare Me The End of Everything This giveaway is sponsored by Novel Suspects, a new vertical from Hachette focused on mystery → Read More
Win a Copy of LIT CHAT!
We have 10 copies of our bookish conversation game, Lit Chat, to give away to 10 lucky Book Riot Readers. Each of the 50 cards in this conversation deck is printed with two reading-themed questions (100 questions total). Some invoke books that are tied to memories (name your favorite childhood picture book); others → Read More
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for April 24th, 2018
Book Riot Deals is sponsored by Rom & Cozy - Wear What You Love: Today's Featured Deals The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. Pan for $2.99. Get it here, or just click the cover image below: The Fishermen by Chigozie Obioma for $2.99. Get it here, or just click the cover image below: → Read More
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for April 23rd, 2018
Book Riot Deals is sponsored by The Gods of Winter: Today's Featured Deals The Animators by Kayla Rae Whitaker for $1.99. Get it here, or just click the cover image below: Periodic Tales by Hugh Aldersey-Williams for $1.99. Get it here, or just click the cover image below: Before we get to yesterday's → Read More
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for April 22nd, 2018
Book Riot Deals is sponsored by Instaread. Instaread transforms non-fiction books into 15-minute podcasts, check them out with an unrestricted free 7-day trial: Today's Featured Deals The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson for $1.99. Get it here, or just click the cover image below: Notes from a Small Island → Read More