Unsocial Situations

Danika Ellis joins Jeff to talk about the last decade in LGBTQ+ books, Amazon's best books of the year so far, a recent essay about black women in publishing, and 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
The Lesbrary
Our Queerest Shelves
Despite Book Bans, LGBTQ+ Fiction Sales Soar
Amazon’s Best Books of the Year (So Far)
Shakeup at Indigo as almost half of company's board exits and chair Heather Reisman will also leave soon
Black Women Are Being Erased in Book Publishing
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices