Study Shows Book Bans Lead to Increased Readership, the "Shadow Daddies" of Romantasy, and More

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4.3 • 965 Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Rebecca sits down with Vanessa Diaz to discuss a new study that shows book bans lead to increased readership of inclusive content, the men cashing in big on romantasy, PEN Awards finalists, and more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. Sign up for the Book Riot Podcast Newsletter and follow the show on Instagram and Bluesky. Get more industry news with our Today in Books daily newsletter. Trust your reading list to the experts at Tailored Book Recommendations who have recommended over 160,000 books to readers of all kinds. Let TBR match you with your next favorite read! Get started for only $18 at mytbr.co! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this Episode: PEN Awards Finalists ALA State of America’s Libraries report New study finds that book bans lead to increased readership ACLU files suit against Department of Defense schools over book banning The men cashing in on romantasy Meta says books used to train LLMs are both essential and essentially worthless Searches by Vauhini Vara Murder at Gull's Nest by Jess Kidd Murder by Cheesecake by Rachel Ekstrom Courage Harlem Rhapsody by Victoria Christopher Murray Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:02.4	I'm Rebecca Shinsky. I am here this week with Vanessa Diaz. She is Book Riot's managing editor.
1:07.9	While Jeff is off in a bat cave with some empty spreadsheets,
1:12.2	doing product development, and sending me increasingly interesting text messages.
1:18.5	Unhinged, maybe.
1:19.3	Vanessa, welcome.
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