UPDATED: The Ladder of Pockets

Jeff and Rebecca talk about the best-selling books of 2023, Obama's summer reading list, The Covenant of Water, and much more. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The show can also be found on Stitcher. For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Looking for fascinating stories, informed takes, useful advice, and more drawn from our collective experience as power readers, teachers, librarians, booksellers, and bookish professionals? Subscribe to The Deep Dive, a biweekly newsletter featuring stories to inform and inspire readers, to get exclusive content delivered to your inbox! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: First Edition! First Edition on Twitter. First Edition on Instagram. The First Edition (free) Substack. The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Thanks to Charley Burlock for featuring us in this!  Obama summer reading, babyyyyyyy PW: Best-selling books of 2023 so far Generational shift at PRH as iconic editors take buyout The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese Crook Manifesto by Colson Whitehead Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices