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All the Backlist! November 1, 2024 Nov 01, 2024

This week, Danika recommends two of their favorite queer YA horror books.

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Books Discussed

Into the Light by Mark Oshiro

Anger is a Gift by Mark Oshiro

What Stalks Among Us by Sarah Hollowell

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Drop-In Episode: Author Buy/Sell/Hold 2024 Edition Oct 29, 2024

Liberty is sick so the regular Tuesday episode of All the Books will be coming late this week. In the meantime, here is a recent episode of the Book Riot podcast to tide you over. In it, Jeff O'Neal and Rebecca Schinksy play a round of Author Buy/Sell/Hold, in which we wonder if authors were like stocks, which would be buying, holding, or selling? Hope you enjoy it. If you do, subscribe to the Book Riot Podcast.

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All the Backlist! October 25, 2024 Oct 25, 2024

This week, Liberty talks about a couple of amazing books related to the week’s new releases!

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Books Discussed

Brothers by Alex Van Halen

Shot in the Heart by Mikal Gilmore

Getting Mother's Body by Suzan-Lori Parks

Anywhere You Run by Wanda M. Morris

No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy

The Dog of the South by Charles Portis

Handling Sin by Michael Malone

Strange Houses by Uketsu, Jim Rion (translator)

Gnome and Rat by Lauren Stohler

Grumpy Monkey School Stinks! by Suzanne Lang, Max Lang

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New Releases and More for October 22, 2024 Oct 22, 2024

This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss The Wood at Midwinter, How To Winter, Thief of the Heights, and more great books!

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Books Discussed On the Show:

The Wood at Midwinter by Susanna Clarke

How to Winter: Harness Your Mindset to Thrive on Cold, Dark, or Difficult Days by Kari Leibowitz, PhD

Where the Dead Brides Gather by Nuzo Onoh

Thief of the Heights by Son M., Robin Yao

Absolution by Jeff VanderMeer

A Vile Season by David Ferraro

It Will Only Hurt for a Moment by Delilah S. Dawson

The Sweetness Between Us by Sarah Winifred Searle

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All the Backlist! October 18, 2024 Oct 18, 2024

For one more month, Trisha is recommending one book to read if you want to learn more about national election topics and one book to read if you’d rather be in an entirely (or at least mostly) different place and time.

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Books Discussed

One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression is Destroying Our Democracy by Carol Anderson

What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty

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New Releases and More for October 15, 2024 Oct 15, 2024

This week, Liberty and Emily discuss The Treasure Hunters Club, If I Stopped Haunting You, Tangleroot, and more great books!

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Books Discussed On the Show:

The Treasure Hunters Club by Tom Ryan

If I Stopped Haunting You by Colby Wilkins

Noodle & Bao by Shaina Lu

Detective Beans: and the Case of the Missing Hat by Li Chen

Tangleroot by Kalela Williams

House of Frank by Kay Synclaire

Curdle Creek by Yvonne Battle-Felton

Clean by Alia Trabucco Zerán, Sophie Hughes (translator)

All the Hearts You Eat by Hailey Piper

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All the Backlist! October 11, 2024 Oct 11, 2024

This week, Sharifah's stepping in for Vanessa to share SFF Yeah's recent Backlist to the Future episode, recommending a couple of great SFF backlist books.

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Sharifah talks about some of her favorite backlist SF/F reads.

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Books Discussed

Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi, translated by Jonathan Wright

Uprooted by Naomi Novik

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New Releases and More for October 8, 2024 Oct 08, 2024

This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss Swordcrossed, The Witches of El Paso, Best Hex Ever, and more great books!

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Books Discussed On the Show:

Swordcrossed by Freya Marske

Best Hex Ever by Nadia El-Fassi

This Cursed House by Del Sandeen

The Witches of El Paso by Luis Jaramillo

Red in Tooth and Claw by Lish McBride

The Book of Witching by C.J. Cooke

The Nightmare Before Kissmas: A Royals and Romance by Sara Raasch

Solis by Paola Mendoza and Abby Sher

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All the Backlist! October 4, 2024 Oct 04, 2024

This week, Danika recommends a couple of great backlist books by Indigenous authors.

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Books Discussed

Valley of the Birdtail: An Indian Reserve, a White Town, and the Road to Reconciliation by Andrew Stobo Sniderman and Douglas Sanderson

Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology edited by Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.

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New Releases and More for October 1, 2024 Oct 01, 2024

This week, Liberty and Danika discuss The Bog Wife, Model Home, Jasmine is Haunted, and more great books!

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Books Discussed On the Show:

The Bog Wife by Kay Chronister

Model Home by Rivers Solomon

Invisible Kitties: A Feline Study of Fluid Mechanics or The Spurious Incidents of the Cats in the Night-Time by Yu Yoyo, Jeremy Tiang (translator)

Jasmine Is Haunted by Mark Oshiro

Heir by Sabaa Tahir

The City In Glass by Nghi Vo

The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Queer Mythology: Epic Legends from Around the World by Guido A. Sanchez, illustrated by James Fenner

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All the Backlist! September 27, 2024 Sep 27, 2024

This week, Liberty talks about a couple of amazing backlist titles picked out for you by her cats!

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Books Discussed

The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson

The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness, and Greed by John Vaillant

Blob: A Love Story by Maggie Su

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New Releases and More for September 24, 2024 Sep 24, 2024

This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss A Sky Full of Dragons, Directional Living, All Our Ordinary Stories, and more great books!

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Books Discussed On the Show:

A Sky Full of Dragons (The Wand Keepers Book 1) by Tiffany McDaniel and Ayesha L. Rubio

Directional Living: A Transformational Guide to Fulfillment in Work and Life by Megan Hellerer

Eden Undone: A True Story of Sex, Murder, and Utopia at the Dawn of World War II by Abbott Kahler

The Lovers by Rebekah Faubion

Tiny Threads by Lilliam Rivera

A Quick & Easy Guide to Coming Out by Kristin Russo and Ravi Teixeira

The Naming Song by Jedediah Berry

All Our Ordinary Stories: A Multigenerational Family Odyssey by Teresa Wong

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All the Backlist! September 20, 2024 Sep 20, 2024

We're getting even deeper into presidential election season in the U.S., so Trisha again recommends one book to dive into if you want to learn more about national election topics and one book to read if you'd rather take a complete break from it.

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Books Discussed

Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth by Sarah Smarsh

The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna

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New Releases and More for September 17, 2024 Sep 17, 2024

This week, Liberty and Emily discuss Such Lovely Skin, Ruin Road, Gaslight, and more great books!

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Books Discussed On the Show:

Such Lovely Skin by Tatiana Schlote-Bonne

Ruin Road by Lamar Giles

Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees by Patrick Horvath

Gaslight by Miles Joris-Peyrafitte and Sara Shepard

Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte

Us Fools by Nora Lange

An Academy for Liars by Alexis Henderson

A Sunny Place for Shady People by Mariana Enriquez

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All the Backlist! September 13, 2024 Sep 13, 2024

This week, Vanessa shares three mysteries set at schools for some back-to-school vibes.

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Books Discussed

Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey

In the Hall with the Knife (Clue Mysteries #1) by Diana Peterfreund

Murder in G Major (Gethsame Brown #1) by Alexia Gordon

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New Releases and More for September 10, 2024 Sep 10, 2024

This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss Impossible Creatures, Scam Goddess, We Need No Wings, and more great books!

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Books Discussed On the Show:

Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell

Scam Goddess: Lessons from a Life of Cons, Grifts, and Schemes by Laci Mosley

The Strange Tales of Oscar Zahn, Volume 1 by Tri Vuong

A Pinecone! by Helen Yoon

What Time the Sexton’s Spade Doth Rust by Alan Bradley

So Thirsty by Rachel Harrison

We Need No Wings by Ann Davila Cardinal

The Scarlet Throne (The False Goddess, #1) by Amy Leow

Zetas Till We Die by Amber and Danielle Brown

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All the Backlist! September 6, 2024 Sep 06, 2024

This week, Danika recommends a couple of queer SFF novellas.

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Books Discussed

Bearly a Lady by Cassandra Khaw

Finna by Nino Cipri

Defekt by Nino Cipri

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New Releases and More for September 3, 2024 Sep 03, 2024

This week, Liberty and Danika discuss Guide Me Home, Compound Fracture, We'll Prescribe You a Cat, and more great books!

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Books Discussed On the Show:

Guide Me Home (A Highway 59 Novel) by Attica Locke

Compound Fracture by Andrew Joseph White

We'll Prescribe You a Cat by Syou Ishida, E. Madison Shimoda (translator)

Thyme Travellers: An Anthology of Palestinian Speculative Fiction edited by Sonia Sulaiman

Death at the Sign of the Rook: A Jackson Brodie Novel by Kate Atkinson

We Came to Welcome You: A Novel of Suburban Horror by Vincent Tirado

The Gods Below by Andrea Stewart

Stealing Little Moon: The Legacy of the American Indian Boarding Schools by Dan SaSuWeh Jones

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All the Backlist! August 30, 2024 Aug 30, 2024

This week, Liberty talks about a couple of amazing backlist titles, plus a couple of seriously messed up books!

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Books Discussed

The Employees: A workplace novel of the 22nd century by Olga Ravn, Martin Aitken (translator)

Wonder Cat Kyuu-chan Vol. 1 by Sasami Nitori

A Dark Corner by Celia Dale

The Least of My Scars by Stephen Graham Jones

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New Releases and More for August 27, 2024 Aug 27, 2024

This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss Dungeon Crawler Carl, I'll Have What He's Having, Full Shift, and more great books!

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Books Discussed On the Show:

Stories Are Weapons: Psychological Warfare and the American Mind by Annalee Newitz

Pasta Every Day: Make It, Shape It, Sauce It, Eat It by Meryl Feinstein

Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman

I'll Have What He's Having by Adib Khorram

Long Live Evil (Time of Iron Book 1) by Sarah Rees Brennan

Full Shift by Jennifer Dugan, illustrated by Kit Seaton

Hotline by Dimitri Nasrallah

Relationality: How Moving from Transactional to Transformational Relationships Can Reshape Our Lonely World by David Jay

Red River Road by Anna Downes

Practical Rules for Cursed Witches by Kayla Cottingham

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All the Backlist! August 23, 2024 Aug 23, 2024

This week, Trisha recommends one book to dive into if you want to learn more about the U.S. electoral process (and one book to read if you need a complete break from it).

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Books Discussed

Tension City: Inside the Presidential Debates, from Kennedy-Nixon to Obama-McCain by Jim Lehrer

The Vibrant Years by Sonali Dev

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New Releases and More for August 20, 2024 Aug 20, 2024

This week, Liberty and Emily discuss Obitchuary, The Secret Dead Club, We Love the Nightlife, and more great books!

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Books Discussed On the Show:

Obitchuary: The Big Hot Book of Death by Spencer Henry and Madison Reyes

The Secret Dead Club by Karen Strong

Bad Witches by H. B. Akumiah

You Will Never Be Me by Jesse Q. Sutanto

Swallow the Ghost by Eugenie Montague

We Love the Nightlife by Rachel Koller Croft

Black Butterflies by Priscilla Morris

Sacrificial Animals by Kailee Pedersen

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All the Backlist! August 16, 2024 Aug 16, 2024

This week, Vanessa discusses historical fiction set in Ancient Rome and a novel exploring love, legacy, grief, and the Armenian genocide.

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Books Discussed

I Am Livia by Phyllis T. Smith

Orhan's Inheritance by Aline Ohanesian

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New Releases and More for August 13, 2024 Aug 13, 2024

This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss Never Saw Me Coming, Lady Macbeth, The Seventh Veil of Salome, and more great books!

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Books Discussed On the Show:

Never Saw Me Coming: How I Outsmarted the FBI and the Entire Banking System—and Pocketed $40 Million by Tanya Smith

Lady Macbeth by Ava Reid

Zero Stars, Do Not Recommend by MJ Wassmer

Queen B by Juno Dawson

How to Leave the House by Nathan Newman

The Seventh Veil of Salome by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Drawn Testimony: My Four Decades as a Courtroom Sketch Artist by Jane Rosenberg

The Dark We Know by Wen-yi Lee

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All the Backlist! August 9, 2024 Aug 09, 2024

In this episode, Danika recommends a couple of sapphic romances to read before the end of summer.

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Books Discussed

An Island Princess Starts a Scandal by Adriana Herrera

Going Bicoastal by Dahlia Adler

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New Releases and More for August 6, 2024 Aug 06, 2024

This week, Liberty and Danika discuss some of their favorite books of the year, including The Dead Cat Tail Assassins, The Pairing, Five-Star Stranger, and more!

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Books Discussed On the Show:

The Dead Cat Tail Assassins by P. Djèlí Clark

The Pairing by Casey McQuiston

Death at Morning House by Maureen Johnson

Five-Star Stranger by Kat Tang

The Friend Zone Experiment by Zen Cho

The Unmothers by Leslie J. Anderson

The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore by Evan Friss

The Truth According to Ember by Danica Nava

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All the Backlist! August 2, 2024 Aug 02, 2024

This week, Liberty talks about a couple of amazing books related to the week’s new releases!

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Books Discussed

The Blonde Dies First by Joelle Wellington

Their Vicious Games by Joelle Wellington

Rabbits by Terry Miles

The Quiet Room (Rabbits) by Terry Miles

Little Mysteries by Sara Gran (February 2025)

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New Releases and More for July 30, 2024 Jul 30, 2024

This week, Liberty and Jeff discuss some of their favorite books of the year, including James, The God of the Woods, The Husbands, plus more great books!

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Books Discussed On the Show:

The Most by Jessica Anthony

The Grandest Game by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

The Wedding People by Alison Espach

Annihilation, Authority, Acceptance, Absolution by Jeff VanderMeer

Great Expectations by Vinson Cunningham

James by Percival Everett

The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman

The God of the Woods by Liz Moore

Splinters: Another Kind of Love Story by Leslie Jamison

Greta & Valdin by Rebecca Reilly

The Husbands by Holly Gramazio

Margo’s Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe

Headshot by Rita Bullwinkel

Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino

Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar

Moonbound by Robin Sloan

The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo

Fire Exit by Morgan Talty

All Fours by Miranda July

The Women by Kristin Hannah

Nuclear War: A Scenario by Annie Jacobsen

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All the Backlist! July 26, 2024 Jul 26, 2024

This week, Trisha recommends two books that might bring you back into the mindset of a simpler — or at least younger — time.

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Books Discussed

Ghost by Jason Reynolds

Measuring Up written by Lily MaMotte and illustrated by Ann Xu

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New Releases and More for July 23, 2024 Jul 23, 2024

This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss The Faculty Lounge, The Ghostkeeper, Viewfinder, and more great books!

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Books Discussed On the Show:

The Faculty Lounge by Jennifer Mathieu

Your Letter by Hyeon A. Cho

A Hunger to Kill: A Serial Killer, a Determined Detective, and the Quest for a Confession That Changed a Small Town Forever by Kim Mager and Lisa Pulitzer

The Ghostkeeper by Johanna Taylor

Linh Ly is Doing Just Fine by Thao Votang

Viewfinder: A Memoir of Seeing and Being Seen by Jon M. Chu, Jeremy McCarter

The Ornithologist's Field Guide to Love by India Holton

The Lost Souls of Benzaiten by Kelly Murashige

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All The Backlist! July 19, 2024 Jul 19, 2024

This week, Vanessa shares some titles she'd nominate for the 100 Best Books of the Century and probably overthinks it a little.

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Books and Links Discussed

The Deep Dive: On Feeling Like an Unserious Reader

Book Riot Staff's Best Books of the 21st Century ballots

The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai (this one made the NYT list, but I had to talk about it!)

The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker

The Cutting Season by Attica Locke

Bluebird, Bluebird (Highway 59 #1) by Attica Locke

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New Releases and More for July 16, 2024 Jul 16, 2024

This week, Liberty and Emily discuss Sharks Don't Sink, The Astrology House, I Was a Teenage Slasher, and more great books!

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Books Discussed On the Show:

Sharks Don't Sink: Adventures of a Rogue Shark Scientist by Jasmin Graham

The Astrology House by Carinn Jade

I Was a Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones

Portrait of a Shadow by Meriam Metoui

Banal Nightmare by Halle Butler

The Building That Wasn’t by Abigail Miles

Smothermoss by Alisa Alering

The Design of Us by Sajni Patel

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All The Backlist! July 12, 2024 Jul 12, 2024

This week, Danika talks about two amazing queer Indigenous books they read recently.

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Books Discussed

Red Paint: The Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk by Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe

Thunder Song: Essays by Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe

Tauhou by Kōtuku Titihuia Nuttall

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New Releases and More for July 9, 2024 Jul 09, 2024

This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss It's Elementary!, Ladykiller, Dead Good Detectives, and more great books!

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Books Discussed On the Show:

It’s Elementary by Elise Bryant

Ladykiller by Katherine Wood

Dead Good Detectives by Jenny McLachlan, Chloe Dominique

Devil's Contract: The History of the Faustian Bargain by Ed Simon

The Heart in Winter by Kevin Barry

A Thousand Times Before by Asha Thanki

Anyone's Ghost by August Thompson

Masquerade by O.O. Sangoyomi

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All the Backlist! July 5, 2024 Jul 05, 2024

This week, Liberty talks about a couple of amazing books related to the week’s new releases!

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Books Discussed

Just Playing House by Farah Heron

Skye Falling by Mia McKenzie

The Secret History of Sharks: The Rise of the Ocean's Most Fearsome Predators by John Long

In Harm's Way: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors by Doug Stanton

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New Releases and More for July 2, 2024 Jul 02, 2024

This week, Liberty and Danika discuss The God of the Woods, Cash Delgado is Living the Dream, Just Playing House, and more great books!

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Books Discussed On the Show:

The God of the Woods by Liz Moore

Women and Children First by Alina Grabowski

Cash Delgado is Living the Dream by Tehlor Kay Mejia

The Night of Baba Yaga by Akira Otani, Sam Bett (translator)

Just Playing House by Farah Heron

The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali

Midnight Rooms by Donyae Coles

Woe: A Housecat's Story of Despair by Lucy Knisley

Plain Jane and the Mermaid by Vera Brosgol

The Night Ends with Fire by K. X. Song

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All the Backlist! June 28, 2024 Jun 28, 2024

This week, Trisha recommends two books in which teenagers have secrets that follow and impact them well into adulthood.

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Books Discussed

Gold Diggers by Sanjena Sathian

Now Is Not the Time to Panic by Kevin Wilson

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New Releases and More for June 25, 2024 Jun 25, 2024

This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss All the Colors of the Dark, The Eyes Are The Best Part, Dancing on My Own, and more great books!

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Books Discussed On the Show:

All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker

Dancing on My Own: Essays on Art, Collectivity, and Joy by Simon Wu

The Eyes Are The Best Part by Monika Kim

Magic Enuff by Tara M. Stringfellow

Woman of Interest: A Memoir by Tracy O'Neill

Hombrecito by Santiago Jose Sanchez

Cue the Sun!: The Invention of Reality TV by Emily Nussbaum

Hot Summer by Elle Everheart

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All the Backlist! June 21, 2024 Jun 21, 2024

This week, Vanessa shares two historical romances from her early days as a romance reader. Try not to judge her for forgetting what season the second book takes place in.

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Books Discussed

The Rakess (Society of Sirens #1) by Scarlett Peckham

A Summer for Scandal (Arroyo Blanco #1) by Lydia San Andres

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New Releases and More for June 18, 2024 Jun 18, 2024

This week, Liberty and Emily discuss We Used To Live Here, Little Rot, What You Leave Behind, and more great books!

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Books Discussed On the Show:

We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer

Horror Movie by Paul Tremblay

What You Leave Behind by Wanda M. Morris

One-Star Romance by Laura Hankin

Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books by Kirsten Miller

Little Rot by Akwaeke Emezi

Loot by Tania James

Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil by Ananda Lima

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All the Backlist! June 14, 2024 Jun 14, 2024

This week, Danika recommends a couple of great memoirs...that aren't actually memoirs.

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Books Discussed

In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

Iep Jaltok: Poems from a Marshallese Daughter by Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner

Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars by Kai Cheng Thom

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New Releases and More for June 11, 2024 Jun 11, 2024

This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss Moonbound, Tehrangeles, The Stardust Grail, and more great books!

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Books Discussed On the Show:

Moonbound by Robin Sloan

Malas by Marcela Fuentes

The Stardust Grail by Yume Kitasei

Tehrangeles by Porochista Khakpour

Mouth: Stories by Puloma Ghosh

Running Close to the Wind by Alexandra Rowland

Assassins Anonymous by Rob Hart

The Sons of El Rey by Alex Espinoza

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All the Backlist! June 7, 2024 Jun 07, 2024

This week, Liberty talks about a couple of amazing books related to the week’s new releases!

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Books Discussed

Soldier Sailor by Claire Kilroy

Juno Loves Legs by Karl Geary

Barda by Ngozi Ukazu

Check, Please! by Ngozi Ukazu

Super Pancake by Megan Wagner Lloyd and Abhi Alwar

Donut Feed the Squirrels by Mika Song

Pea, Bee, & Jay: Stuck Together by Brian "Smitty" Smith

Gnome and Rat by Lauren Stohler

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New Releases and More for June 4, 2024 Jun 04, 2024

This week, Liberty and Danika discuss Prairie Edge, There Is No Ethan, Triple Sec, and more great books!

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Books Discussed On the Show:

Fire Exit by Morgan Talty

Prairie Edge by Conor Kerr

There Is No Ethan: How Three Women Caught America's Biggest Catfish by Anna Akbari

Triple Sec by TJ Alexander

Swift River: A Read with Jenna Pick by Essie Chambers

The Ballad of Jacquotte Delahaye by Briony Cameron

Soldier Sailor by Claire Kilroy

Wish You Weren't Here by Erin Baldwin

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All the Backlist! May 31, 2024 May 31, 2024

This week, Trisha recommends two of her favorite books from 2023 - romances that have some very unusual commonalities.

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Books Discussed

Role Playing by Cathy Yardley

Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez

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New Releases and More for May 28, 2024 May 28, 2024

This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Ninetails: Nine Tales, Dreadful, and more great books!

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Books Discussed On the Show:

My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Vol. 2 by Emil Ferris

Ninetails: Nine Tales by Sally Wen Mao

Dreadful by Caitlin Rozakis

Pretty: A Memoir by KB Brookins

Housemates by Emma Copley Eisenberg

Someplace Generous: An Inclusive Romance Anthology edited by Elaina Ellis & Amber Flame

The Book-Makers: A History of the Book in Eighteen Lives by Adam Smyth

The Conscious Style Guide : A Flexible Approach to Language That Includes, Respects, and Empowers by Karen Yin

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All the Backlist! May 24, 2024 May 24, 2024

This week Vanessa shares some macabre YA historical fiction set in 19th Century Edinburgh and horror inspired by a vengeful ghost from Mexican folklore.

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Books Discussed

Anatomy: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz

Immortality: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz

The Way of All Flesh by Ambrose Parry

The Butchering Art by Lyndsey Fitzharris

The Haunting of Alejandra by V. Castro

Immortal Pleasures by V. Castro

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New Releases and More for May 21, 2024 May 21, 2024

This week, Liberty and Emily discuss The Worst Ronin, Swiped, Lost Ark Dreaming, and more great books!

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Books Discussed On the Show:

The Worst Ronin by Maggie Tokuda-Hall, Faith Schaffer

Swiped by L.M. Chilton

Lost Ark Dreaming by Suyi Davies Okungbowa

One Perfect Couple by Ruth Ware

Small Game by Blair Braverman

You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine by Alexandra Kleeman

Savages by Shirley Conran

The Talk by Darrin Bell

Lies and Weddings by Kevin Kwan

Trust and Safety by Laura Blackett, Eve Gleichman

Second Night Stand by Karelia and Fay Stetz-Waters

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All the Backlist! May 17, 2024 May 17, 2024

Today, Danika recommends a couple of queer SFF books that were too smart for them, but they still enjoyed.

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Books Mentioned

Everfair by Nisi Shawl

The Mirror Empire series by Kameron Hurley

The All-Consuming World by Cassandra Khaw

The Dawnhounds by Sascha Stronach

The Unbroken by C.L. Clark

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New Releases and More for May 14, 2024 May 14, 2024

This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss Road to Ruin, Oye, Challenger, and more great new releases!

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Books Discussed On the Show:

Road to Ruin (Magebike Courier Book 1) by Hana Lee

Oye by Melissa Mogollon

Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space by Adam Higginbotham

Magical/Realism: Essays on Music, Memory, Fantasy, and Borders by Vanessa Angélica Villarreal

Spitting Gold by Carmella Lowkis

The Honey Witch by Sidney J. Shields

Woodworm by Layla Martinez, Sophie Hughes and Annie McDermott (translators)

Tales from Cabin 23: The Boo Hag Flex by Justina Ireland

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All the Backlist! May 10, 2024 May 10, 2024

This week, Liberty talks about a couple of amazing books related to the week’s new releases!

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Books Discussed

Be Prepared by Vera Brosgol

Plain Jane and the Mermaid by Vera Brosgol

Empress of All Seasons by Emiko Jean

The Return of Ellie Black by Emiko Jean

The Crow: Special Edition by James O'Barr

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New Releases and More for May 7, 2024 May 07, 2024

This week, Liberty and Danika discuss The Ministry of Time, The Library Thief, Cinema Love, and more great books!

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Books Discussed On the Show:

The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley

The Library Thief by Kuchenga Shenjé

Women and Children First by Alina Grabowski

The Year of Living Constitutionally by A.J. Jacobs

Plain Jane and the Mermaid by Vera Brosgol

Cinema Love by Jiaming Tang

Beyond That, the Sea by Laura Spence-Ash

Death's Country by R. M. Romero

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All the Backlist! May 3, 2024 May 03, 2024

This week, Trisha recommends two award-winning middle grade books, one fantasy and one science fiction.

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Books Discussed

The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley

The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera

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New Releases and More for April 30, 2024 Apr 30, 2024

This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss The Chain, Missing White Woman, Bite by Bite, and more great books!

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Books Discussed On the Show:

The Chain: Love, Betrayal, and the Sisterhood That Heals Us by Chimene Suleyman

What's Eating Jackie Oh by Patricia Park

The Cats of Silver Crescent by Kaela Noel

Missing White Woman by Kellye Garrett

In Universes by Emet North

Bite by Bite: Nourishments and Jamborees by Aimee Nezhukumatathil

The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War by Erik Larson

The Vanishing Station by Ana Ellickson

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All The Backlist: April 26, 2024 Apr 26, 2024

This week, Vanessa recommends two poetry collections, a YA novel in verse, and a bonus podcast recommendation for National Poetry Month and beyond.

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Books / Media Discussed

Vibe Check Podcast - Episode 97: A Special Conversation with Ada Limón

You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World edited by Ada Limón

The Carrying: Poems by Ada Limón

Virgin: Poems by Analicia Sotelo

Blood Water Paint by Joy McCullough

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New Releases and More for April 23, 2024 Apr 23, 2024

This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss The Backyard Bird Chronicles, Ocean’s Godori, Knife, and more great books.

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Books Discussed On the Show:

The Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy Tan

Ocean’s Godori by Elaine U. Cho

Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder by Salman Rushdie

Punk Rock Karaoke by Bianca Xunise

Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent by Judi Dench and Brendan O'Hea

Bad Habit by Alana S. Portero, translated by Mara Faye Lethem

A Letter to the Luminous Deep by Sylvie Cathrall

Sweetness in the Skin by Ishi Robinson

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All The Backlist: April 19, 2024 Apr 19, 2024

Kelly digs into two books about the '90s that both lean into and critically examine nostalgia for the decade.

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Books Discussed

Meet Me By The Fountain by Alexandra Lange

Throwback by Maurene Goo

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New Releases and More for April 16, 2024 Apr 16, 2024

This week, Liberty and Emily discuss You Know What You Did, Indian Burial Ground, Immortal Pleasures, and more great books!

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Books Discussed On the Show:

You Know What You Did by K. T. Nguyen

The Band by Christine Ma-Kellams

The Alternatives by Caoilinn Hughes

Indian Burial Ground by Nick Medina

Butter: A Novel of Food and Murder by Asako Yuzuki and Polly Barton

While We Were Burning by Sara Koffi

NORMA by Sarah Mintz

Immortal Pleasures by V. Castro

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All the Backlist! April 9, 2024 Apr 12, 2024

This week, Danika talks about a couple of messy sapphic twenty-something coming-of-age novels.

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Books Discussed

All This Could Be Different by Sarah Thankam Mathews

Stray City by Chelsey Johnson

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New Releases and More for April 9, 2024 Apr 09, 2024

This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss A Better World, Canto Contigo, The Gathering, and more great books!

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Books Discussed On the Show:

A Better World by Sarah Langan

The Age of Magical Overthinking by Amanda Montell

The Gathering by CJ Tudor

Daughter of Mine by Megan Miranda

The House of Broken Bricks by Fiona Williams

The Cemetery of Untold Stories by Julia Alvarez

My Black Country: A Journey Through Country Music's Black Past, Present, and Future by Alice Randall

Canto Contigo by Jonny Garza Villa

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All the Backlist! April 5, 2024 Apr 05, 2024

This week, Liberty talks about a couple of amazing books related to the week’s new releases!

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Books Discussed

Silver Under Nightfall by Rin Chupeco

Court of Wanderers (Reaper Book 2) by Rin Chupeco

Kiss Her Once for Me by Alison Cochrun

Private Rites by Julia Armfield

Graveyard Shift by M. L. Rio

Evil in Me by Brom

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New Releases and More for April 2, 2024 Apr 02, 2024

This week, Liberty and Danika discuss The Husbands, Something Kindred, The Murder of Mr. Ma, and more great books!

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Books Discussed On the Show:

The Husbands by Holly Gramazio

Here We Go Again by Alison Cochrun

The Murder of Mr. Ma by John Shen Yen Nee and SJ Rozan

Something Kindred by Ciera Burch

Clear by Carys Davies

Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell

A Short Walk Through a Wide World by Douglas Westerbeke

The Black Girl Survives in This One: Horror Stories edited by Desiree S. Evans and Saraciea J. Fennell

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All the Backlist! March 29, 2024 Mar 29, 2024

This week, Trisha recommends titles featuring ghosts, books, and bookish ghosts.

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Books Discussed

The Sentence by Louise Erdrich

The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston

The Widow of Rose House by Diana Biller

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New Releases and More for March 26, 2024 Mar 26, 2024

This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss Worry, Says Who?, There's Always This Year, and more great books!

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Books Discussed On the Show:

Worry by Alexandra Tanner

Says Who?: A Kinder, Funner Usage Guide for Everyone Who Cares About Words by Anne Curzan

The Angel of Indian Lake (The Indian Lake Trilogy) by Stephen Graham Jones

The Poisons We Drink by Bethany Baptiste

Lost Man's Lane by Scott Carson

There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension by Hanif Abdurraqib

A Great Country by Shilpi Somaya Gowda

Still True: The Evolution of an Unexpected Journalist by Reagan E. J. Jackson

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All the Backlist! March 22, 2024 Mar 22, 2024

This week Vanessa recommends a mystery with a tattooed, chain-smoking, sleuthing nun and a story about two teen girls and a haunted mansion in timelines ten years apart.

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Books Discussed

Scorched Grace (Sister Holiday #1) by Margot Douaihy

Blessed Water (Sister Holiday #2) by Margot Douaihy

Delicious Monsters by Liselle Sambury

Tender Beasts by Liselle Sambury

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New Releases and More for March 19, 2024 Mar 19, 2024

This week, Liberty and Jeff discuss Memory Piece, James, Next Stop, and more great books!

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Books Discussed On the Show:

Memory Piece by Lisa Ko

James by Percival Everett

Next Stop by Debbie Fong

The Black Box: Writing the Race by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

The Stars Turned Inside Out by Nova Jacobs

The Asteroid Hunter: A Scientist's Journey to the Dawn of our Solar System by Dante S. Lauretta

The Mars House by Natasha Pulley

The Morningside by Téa Obreht

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All The Backlist! March 15, 2024 Mar 15, 2024

Kelly talks about two of the books she read at this time last year that she cannot stop thinking about.

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Books Discussed

Chlorine by Jade Song

Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder

The Vegetarian by Han Kang

Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond

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New Releases and More for March 12, 2024 Mar 12, 2024

This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss Headshot, The Tower, Victim, and more great books!

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Books Discussed On the Show:

Headshot by Rita Bullwinkel

The Tower by Flora Carr

Victim by Andrew Boryga

Blessed Water: A Sister Holiday Mystery by Margot Douaihy

Mother Doll by Katya Apekina

Pride and Joy by Louisa Onomé

The Siege of Burning Grass by Premee Mohamed

Parasol Against the Axe by Helen Oyeyemi

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All the Backlist! March 8, 2024 Mar 08, 2024

This week on All The Backlist, Danika talks about a couple of queer history and historical fiction books.

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Books Discussed

The Women’s House of Detention by Hugh Ryan

The Legend of Auntie Po by Shing Yin Khor

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New Releases and More for March 5, 2024 Mar 05, 2024

This week, Liberty and Danika discuss The Hunter, Thunder Song, The Great Divide, and more great books!

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Books Discussed On the Show:

The Great Divide by Cristina Henríquez

Thunder Song: Essays by Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe

The Hunter by Tana French

The Extinction of Irena Rey by Jennifer Croft

The Meister of Decimen City by Brenna Raney

Thirst by Marina Yuszczuk, Heather Cleary (translator)

Luigi, the Spider Who Wanted to Be a Kitten by Michelle Knudsen and Kevin Hawkes

Bunny Should Be Sleeping by Amy Hest and Renata Liwska

The Baker and the Bard by Fern Haught

Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange

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All the Backlist! March 1, 2024 Mar 01, 2024

This week, Liberty talks about a couple of amazing books related to the week's new releases!

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Books Discussed

A Thousand Steps into Night by Traci Chee

And What Can We Offer You Tonight by Premee Mohamed

Haunt Sweet Home by Sarah Pinsker

Hampton Heights: One Harrowing Night in the Most Haunted Neighborhood in Milwaukee, Wisconsin by Dan Kois

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New Releases and More for February 27, 2024 Feb 27, 2024

This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss The Other Valley, The Butcher of the Forest, The American Daughters, and more great books!

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Books Discussed On the Show:

The Other Valley by Scott Alexander Howard

The Butcher of the Forest by Premee Mohamed

Kindling by Traci Chee

The American Daughters by Maurice Carlos Ruffin

Gay Girl Prayers by Emily Austin

Murmur by Cameron Barnett

Fathomfolk (Drowned World) by Eliza Chan

Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

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All the Backlist! February 23, 2024 Feb 23, 2024

This week, Trisha recommends retellings of myths and legends, some familiar and others that will be new to many readers.

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Books Discussed

Lore Olympus: Volume One by Rachel Smythe

Love In Color: Mythical Tales From Around the World, Retold by Bolu Babalola

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New Releases and More for February 20, 2024 Feb 20, 2024

This week, Liberty and Tirzah discuss Splinters, At Her Service, Island Witch, and more great books!

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Books Discussed On the Show:

Splinters: Another Kind of Love Story by Leslie Jamison

At Her Service by Amy Spalding

Bumps in the Night by Amalie Howard

Island Witch by Amanda Jayatissa

Ours by Phillip B. Williams

The Diablo's Curse by Gabe Cole Novoa

The Bad Ones by Melissa Albert

We Got the Beat by Jenna Miller

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All the Backlist! February 16, 2024 Feb 16, 2024

Vanessa shares two mysteries that were great for busting a reading slump, one a thrilling read set in a smart home in the Scottish Highlands and the other in a house with a secret room.

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Books Discussed

The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware

Under Lock & Skeleton Key by Gigi Pandian

30 SFF Titles to Look Forward to in 2024 by Christina Orlando at Reactor

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New Releases and More for February 13, 2024 Feb 13, 2024

This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss The Warm Hands of Ghosts, Neferura, The Book of Doors, and more great books!

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Books Discussed On the Show:

The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden

Neferura by Malayna Evans

The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown

Relit: 16 Latinx Remixes of Classic Stories edited by Sandra Proudman

Smoke and Ashes: Opium's Hidden Histories by Amitav Ghosh

The Framed Women of Ardemore House by Brandy Schillace

Private Equity: A Memoir by Carrie Sun

The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo

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All The Backlist! February 9, 2024 Feb 09, 2024

Kelly talks about two fun, swoony romances by authors who have dipped their toes into both adult and YA writing.

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Books Discussed

The Neighbor Favor by Kristina Forest

The Partner Plot by Kristina Forest

No Boy Summer by Amy Spalding

For Her Consideration by Amy Spalding

At Her Service by Amy Spalding

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New Releases and More for February 6, 2024 Feb 06, 2024

This week, Liberty and Danika discuss Nightwatching, Be Not Afraid of My Body, The Teeny-Weeny Unicorn, and more great books!

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Books Discussed On the Show:

Nightwatching by Tracy Sierra

Be Not Afraid of My Body: A Lyrical Memoir by Darius Stewart

Smoke Kings by Jahmal Mayfield

Significant Others by Zoe Eisenberg

The Teeny-Weeny Unicorn by Shawn Harris

Zips and Eeloo Make Hummus by Leila Boukarim, Alex Lopez

Infinity Alchemist by Kacen Callendar

Dinner on Monster Island: Essays by Tania De Rozario

How To Live Free In a Dangerous World: A Decolonial Memoir by Shayla Lawson

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All the Backlist! February 2, 2024 Feb 02, 2024

Today, Danika is here to tell you about a couple of sapphic backlist comics: one horror, one sci-fi, both weird and wonderful.

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Books Discussed

Eat the Rich by Sarah Gailey, Pius Bak, and Roman Titov

Motor Crush, Vol. 1 by Brenden Fletcher, Cameron Stewart, and Babs Tarr

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New Releases and More for January 30, 2024 Jan 30, 2024

This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss Be a Revolution, Interesting Facts about Space, Wander in the Dark, and more great books!

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Books Discussed On the Show:

Interesting Facts about Space by Emily Austin

Poemhood: Our Black Revival: History, Folklore & the Black Experience: A Young Adult Poetry Anthology edited by Amber McBride, Erica Martin, Taylor Byas

Wander in the Dark by Jumata Emill

Abolition: Politics, Practices, Promises, Vol. 1 by Angela Y. Davis

The House of Last Resort by Christopher Golden

Be a Revolution: How Everyday People Are Fighting Oppression and Changing the World—and How You Can, Too by Ijeoma Oluo

A Quantum Love Story by Mike Chen

Come Together: The Science (and Art!) of Creating Lasting Sexual Connections by Emily Nagoski, PhD

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All the Backlist! January 26, 2024 Jan 26, 2024

This week, Liberty talks about a couple of amazing books related to the week's new releases!

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Books Discussed

Radiant Heat by Sarah-Jane Collins

The Lost Man by Jane Harper

The Bullet Swallower by Elizabeth Gonzalez James

The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu by Tom Lin

The Red House Mystery by A.A. Milne

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New Releases and More for January 23, 2024 Jan 23, 2024

This week, Liberty and Tirzah discuss No One Can Know, Radiant Heat, Martyr!, and more great books!

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Books Discussed On the Show:

No One Can Know by Kate Alice Marshall

Radiant Heat by Sarah-Jane Collins

Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar

Into the Sunken City by Dinesh Thiru

Broughtupsy by Christina Cooke

My Fair Brady by Brian D. Kennedy

Dead in Long Beach, California by Venita Blackburn

Wild Life by Opal Wei

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All the Backlist! January 19, 2024 Jan 19, 2024

This week, Trisha brings you two books in the crime/mystery/heist genre about older women solving crimes and college students committing them.

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Books Discussed

Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn

Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li

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New Releases and More for January 16, 2024 Jan 16, 2024

This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss This Wretched Valley, Escaping Mr. Rochester, Beautyland, and more great books!

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Books Discussed On the Show:

This Wretched Valley by Jenny Kiefer

Escaping Mr. Rochester by L.L. McKinney

So Let Them Burn by Kamilah Cole

Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth by Natalie Haynes

Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino

Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials by Marion Gibson

Ilium by Lea Carpenter

The Haunting of Alejandra by V. Castro

You Dreamed of Empires by Alvaro Enrique, Natasha Wimmer (translator)

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All the Backlist! January 12, 2024 Jan 12, 2024

Vanessa shares the gothic, witchy backlist reads she enjoyed over the holidays.

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Books Discussed

A Dreadful Splendor by B.R. Myers

River Woman, River Demon by Jennifer Givhan

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New Releases and More for January 9, 2024 Jan 09, 2024

This week, Liberty and Danika discuss First Lie Wins, Just Happy to Be Here, Lunar New Year Love Story, and more great books!

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Books Discussed On the Show:

First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston

Just Happy to Be Here by Naomi Kanakia

Lunar New Year Love Story by Gene Luen Yang and LeUyen Pham

The Misfits: A Royal Conundrum by Lisa Yee, Dan Santat

Cupid’s Revenge by Wibke Brueggemann

Northwoods by Amy Pease

Not the End of the World by Hannah Ritchie

You Only Call When You're in Trouble by Stephen McCauley

That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon by Kimberly Lemming

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All The Backlist! January 5, 2024 Jan 05, 2024

Kelly shares two excellent memoirs that unfold through the lens of sea creatures and American utopian experiments.

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It's happening, readers — we're bringing paperbacks! Whether you (or a reader you know and love) hate carrying around bulky hardcovers, you're on a budget, you want a wider range of recommendations, or all of the above, you can now get a paperback subscription from TBR, curated just for you by one of our Bibliologists. The holidays are here, and we've got three different levels for gifting to suit every budget. Get all the details at mytbr.co.

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Books Discussed

How Far The Light Reaches: A Life in 10 Creatures by Sabrina Imbler

In The Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

Heaven Is A Place on Earth by Adrian Shirk

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Happy New Year from All the Books! Jan 02, 2024

All the Books will be back next week with our usual programming! While we take a small break, Vanessa shares some episodes you may want to revisit and gives some quick ATB stats.

December New Releases December

Favorite Nonfiction of 2023

Favorite Fiction of 2023

Great Books for Gifting

Most Anticipated Books of 2024

Thank you for listening, and Happy New Year!

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Rerun: All the Backlist! December 23, 2022 Dec 29, 2023

We’re off this holiday week, so we're sharing a rerun of this New Year's backlist episode, which originally aired on December 23, 2022.

This week, Liberty talks about a couple of fabulous backlist titles she loves related to new releases, the new year, and more!

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BOOKS MENTIONED ON THE SHOW:

Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband? by Lizzie Damilola Blackburn

Einstein's Dreams by Alan Lightman

Flight by Lynn Steger Strong

Return of the Living Elves by Brian Asman

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Rerun: Exciting 2023 Book Releases Dec 26, 2023

We're off this holiday week, but we thought it would be fun to share a rerun of our most anticipated books of 2023, which originally aired on December 27, 2022.

This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss Big Swiss, Chain-Gang All-Stars, Real Self-Care, and more books they're excited to read in 2023!

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Everybody Knows by Jordan Harper

The Body Liberation Project: How Understanding Racism and Diet Culture Helps Cultivate Joy and Build Collective Freedom by Chrissy King

Big Swiss by Jen Beagin

Real Self-Care: A Transformative Program for Redefining Wellness (Crystals, Cleanses, and Bubble Baths Not Included) by Dr. Pooja Lakshmin, MD

I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai

The Terraformers by Annalee Newitz

Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

“You Just Need to Lose Weight” and 19 Other Myths About Fat People by Aubrey Gordon

House of Cotton by Monica Brashears

Drama Free: A Guide to Managing Unhealthy Family Relationships by Nedra Glover Tawwab

Quietly Hostile: Essays by Samantha Irby

Falling Back in Love with Being Human: Letters to Lost Souls by Kai Cheng Thom

My Murder by Katie Williams

Transitional: In One Way or Another, We All Transition by Munroe Bergdorf

The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei

My Dear Henry: A Jekyll & Hyde Remix by Kalynn Bayron

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All the Backlist! December 22, 2023 Dec 22, 2023

This week, Danika talks about two of their favorite backlist books they read this year.

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Books Discussed

The Black Period: On Personhood, Race, and Origin by Hafizah Augustus Geter

Care of: Letters, Connections, and Cures by Ivan E. Coyote

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Our Favorite Fiction Books of 2023: December 19, 2023 Dec 19, 2023

This week, Liberty and Tirzah discuss Yellowface, Tom Lake, Happiness Falls, and more of our favorite fiction of 2023!

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All the Backlist! December 15, 2023 Dec 15, 2023

This week, Liberty talks about a couple of amazing books related to new releases and new announcements.

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Books Discussed

The Affairs of the Falcóns by Melissa Rivero

Flores and Miss Paula by Melissa Rivero

Life After Life by Kate Atkinson

Death at the Sign of the Rook: A Jackson Brodie Novel by Kate Atkinson

Dixon, Descending by Karen Outen

This Wretched Valley by Jenny Kiefer

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Our Favorite Nonfiction Books of 2023: December 12, 2023 Dec 12, 2023

This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss Better Living Through Birding, Liliana’s Invincible Summer, In the Form of a Question, and more!

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Books Discussed On the Show:

Better Living Through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World by Christian Cooper

Liliana’s Invincible Summer: A Sister's Search for Justice by Cristina Rivera Garza

In the Form of a Question: The Joys and Rewards of a Curious Life by Amy Schneider

Eyeliner: A Cultural History by Zahra Hankir

We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America by Roxanna Asgarian

You Just Need to Lose Weight: and 19 Other Myths About Fat People by Aubrey Gordon

The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession by Michael Finkel

Creep: Accusations and Confessions by Myriam Gurba

Black Ball: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Spencer Haywood, and the Generation that Saved the Soul of the NBA by Theresa Runstedtler

Poverty by America by Matthew Desmond

The Theory of Everything Else: A Voyage Into the World of the Weird by Dan Schreiber

Moby Dyke: An Obsessive Quest to Track Down the Last Remaining Lesbian Bars in America by Krista Burton

How to Say Babylon: A Memoir by Safiya Sinclair

The 272: The Families Who Were Enslaved and Sold to Build the American Catholic Church by Rachel L. Swarns

Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World by John Vaillant

The Great White Bard: How to Love Shakespeare While Talking About Race by Farah Karim-Cooper

The Woman in Me by Britney Spears

Queen B by Juno Dawson

Celestial Monsters by Aiden Thomas

The Dead Cat Tail Assassins by P. Djèlí Clark

Confounding Oaths by Alexis Hall

A Witch’s Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna

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All the Backlist! December 8, 2023 Dec 08, 2023

This week, Trisha brings you along as she dips a toe in the dark, murky waters of graphic horror.

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Books Discussed

Through the Woods by Emily Carroll

My Favorite Thing Is Monsters by Emil Ferris

The Beauty, Vol. 1 by Jeremy Haun and Jason A. Hurley

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New Releases and More for December 2023 Dec 05, 2023

This week, Liberty and Danika discuss Prophet Song, Good Girls, The Wildest Sun, and more great books!

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Books Discussed On the Show:

Prophet Song by Paul Lynch

Good Girls by Leesa Gazi, translated by Shabnam Nadiya

The Wildest Sun by Asha Lemmie

Make Me a Liar by Melissa Landers

A River of Golden Bones (The Golden Court, 1) by A.K. Mulford

The Great British Bump-Off by John Allison, Max Sarin, Sammy Borras, and Jim Campbell

What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher

Bad Cree by Jessica Johns

Game On by Seressia Glass

An Island Princess Starts a Scandal (Las Leonas Book 2) by Adriana Herrera

Going Bicoastal by Dahlia Adler

A Guest in the House by Emily Carroll

The Black Period: On Personhood, Race, and Origin by Hafizah Augustus Geter

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All the Backlist! December 1, 2023 Dec 01, 2023

Vanessa recommends a cryptid whodunit and historical fantasy in this week's backlist picks. Did Nessie do it?! You'll have to read to find out.

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Books Discussed

A Death in Door County by Annelise Ryan

Death in the Dark Woods by Annelise Ryan

The Midnight Bargain by C.L. Polk

The Kingston Cycle by C.L. Polk

Even Though I Knew the End by C.L. Polk

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Exciting 2024 Book Releases: November 28, 2023 Nov 28, 2023

This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss upcoming 2024 book releases they're excited to read, including The Book of Love, Little Rot, The Husbands, and more great books!

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Books Discussed On the Show:

My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Vol. 2 by Emil Ferris

The Book of Love by Kelly Link

Dinner on Monster Island: Essays by Tania De Rozario

The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown

Reclaiming UGLY! : A Radically Joyful Guide to Unlearn Oppression and Uplift, Glorify, and Love Yourself by Vanessa Rochelle Lewis

The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden

Be a Revolution: How Everyday People Are Fighting Oppression and Changing the World—and How You Can, Too by Ijeoma Oluo

Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange

Come Together: The Science (and Art!) of Creating Lasting Sexual Connections by Emily Nagoski, Ph.D.

The Husbands by Holly Gramazio

Who's Afraid of Gender? by Judith Butler

A Better World by Sarah Langan

Disability Intimacy: Essays on Love, Care, and Desire edited by Alice Wong

The Dead Cat Tail Assassins by P. Djèlí Clark

We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance by Kellie Carter Jackson

The Stardust Grail by Yume Kitasei

Little Rot by Akwaeke Emezi

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All The Backlist! November 24, 2023 Nov 24, 2023

This week, Kelly talks all things oversized books, X-rated plants, old homes, and more.

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Books Discussed

Hortus Curious by Michael Perry and illustrated by Aaron Apsley

Entangled Life: The Illustrated Edition: How Fungi Make Our Worlds by Merlin Sheldrake

Gastro Obscura by Cecily Wong and Dylan Thuras

Cheap Old Houses: An Unconventional Guide to Loving and Restoring a Forgotten Home by Elizabeth and Ethan Finklestein

Living Wild: How To Plant Style in Your Home and Cultivate Happiness by Hilton Carter

The Rainbow Atlas: A Guide to the World’s 500 Most Colorful Places by Taylor Fuller

Big Thrift Energy by Virginia Chamlee

The Catch Me If You Can: One Woman’s Journey to Every Country In The World by Jessica Nabongo

New Coffee Table Books 2022

Best Coffee Table Books

A History of Coffee Table Books

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Great Books for Giving: November 21, 2023 Nov 21, 2023

This week, Liberty and Tirzah discuss great books for giving this holiday season!

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Books Discussed On the Show:

The Common's Author Postcard Auction

Wizkit: An Adventure Overdue by Tanya J. Scott

Eragon: Illustrated edition by Christopher Paolini and Sidharth Chaturvedi

Start Here: Instructions for Becoming a Better Cook by Sohla El-Waylly

Snacking Bakes by Yossy Arefi

A Field Guide to Backyard Birds of North America: A Visual Directory of the Most Popular Backyard Birds - Includes a 2-Year Logbook by Rob Hume

Birdsearch: More than 100 Themed Wordsearch Puzzles by Eric Saunders

The Pride Atlas: 500 Iconic Destinations for Queer Travelers by Maartje Hensen

On Great Fields: The Life and Unlikely Heroism of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain by Ronald C. White

Shadow Speaker deluxe edition by Nnedi Okorafo

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants 10th-anniversary edition by Robin Wall Kimmerer

The Do-Over by Lynn Painter, special edition

Fly: The Big Book of Basketball Fashion by Mitchell S. Jackson

Fangirl 10th Anniversary Edition by Rainbow Rowell

Loaded: The Life (and Afterlife) of the Velvet Underground by Dylan Jones

The Cruel Prince Collector’s Edition by Holly Black

Our World in Numbers Animals: An Encyclopedia of Fantastic Facts by DK

Weird But True Sharks by National Geographic Kids

1,000 Amazing Weird Facts by DK

The Great British Baking Show: Kitchen Classics: The Official 2023 Great British Bake Off Book by The Bake Off Team

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All the Backlist! November 17, 2023 Nov 17, 2023

This week, Danika talks about a couple of queer YA books that came out in 2021 that deserve a lot more attention.

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Books Discussed

Meet Cute Diary by Emery Lee

Follow Your Arrow by Jessica Verdi

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New Releases and More for November 14, 2023 Nov 14, 2023

This week, Liberty and Jenn discuss 2023 books worth revisiting, November releases, and more new books!

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Books Discussed On the Show:

Everybody Knows by Jordan Harper

Seek by Scott Shigeoka

A New Race of Men from Heaven by Chaitali Sen

Eyeliner by Zahra Hankir

My Murder by Katie Williams

Our Hideous Progeny by C.E. McGill

Monstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova

Maroons by adrienne maree brown

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All the Backlist! November 10, 2023 Nov 10, 2023

This week, Liberty talks about a couple of amazing books related to the week's new releases and a few books she's reading now.

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Books Discussed

Fancy Meeting You Here by Julie Tieu

The Donut Trap by Julie Tieu

The Corset & The Jellyfish: A Conundrum of Drabbles by Nick Bantock

Griffin & Sabine by Nick Bantock

The Woman in Me by Britney Spears

The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir by Griffin Dunne

Behind the Shoulder Pads by Joan Collins

Ice: Why I Was Born to Score by George Gervin and Scoop Jackson

Jumpman: The Making and Meaning of Michael Jordan by Johnny Smith

My Name is Barbra by Barbra Streisand

Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond by Henry Winkler

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New Releases and More for November 7, 2023 Nov 07, 2023

This week, Liberty and Danika discuss Bookshops & Bonedust, Gorgeous Gruesome Faces, The Liberators, and more great books!

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Books Discussed On the Show:

Bookshops & Bonedust (Legends & Lattes) by Travis Baldree

Gorgeous Gruesome Faces by Linda Cheng

The Liberators by E. J. Koh

Hunt on Dark Waters by Katee Robert

Hot Springs Drive by Lindsay Hunter

A Grandmother Begins the Story by Michelle Porter

World Within a Song: Music That Changed My Life and Life That Changed My Music by Jeff Tweedy

The Queer Girl is Going to Be Okay by Dale Walls

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All the Backlist! November 3, 2023 Nov 03, 2023

This week, Trisha recommends two books that are different in many ways, but which both center on the experience of dealing with grief.

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Books Discussed

A Heart That Works by Rob Delaney

You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi

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New Releases and More for October 31, 2023 Oct 31, 2023

This week, Liberty and Kelly discuss The Reformatory, The Space Between Here & Now, Edith Holler, and more great books!

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Books Discussed On the Show:

The Reformatory by Tananarive Due

The Space Between Here & Now by Sarah Suk

Edith Holler by Edward Carey

An Ordinary Violence by Adriana Chartrand

Nestlings by Nat Cassidy

When We Become Ours edited by Shannon Gibney and Nicole Chung

A Season of Monstrous Conceptions by Lina Rather

The Evolving Truth of Ever-Stronger Will by Maya McGregor

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All the Backlist! October 27, 2023 Oct 27, 2023

For this last week of October, Vanessa recommends three spooky season reads that aren't too scary.

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Autumn is here, which means it's time to curl up with a great read and get cozy — whatever your version of cozy looks like. Whether it's romance, creepy reads, modern classics, or escapist reads you crave, TBR can help you find the perfect books for your fall reading, with options curated to your specific reading tastes. Visit mytbr.co to find out more and sign up — it only takes a few minutes!

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Books Discussed

The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson

The Hacienda by Isabel Cañas

The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova

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New Releases and More for October 24, 2023 Oct 24, 2023

This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss Let Us Descend, Micro Activism, The Comfort of Crows, and more great books!

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Books Discussed On the Show:

Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward

Micro Activism: How You Can Make a Difference in the World without a Bullhorn by Omkari Williams with a forward by Layla F. Saad and illustrations by Octavia Mingerink

The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year by Margaret Renkl

It's Not You, It's Capitalism: Why It's Time to Break Up and How to Move On by Malaika Jabali with illustration and design by Kayla E.

Nefando by Mónica Ojeda, Sarah Booker (translator)

Our Secret Society: Mollie Moon and the Glamour, Money, and Power Behind the Civil Rights Movement by Tanisha Ford

Most Delicious Poison: The Story of Nature's Toxins—From Spices to Vices by Noah Whiteman

The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World by Riley Black

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All The Backlist! October 20, 2023 Oct 20, 2023

Kelly highlights three great backlist comics to read, including stories of family, coming out, and magic.

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Autumn is here, which means it's time to curl up with a great read and get cozy — whatever your version of cozy looks like. Whether it's romance, creepy reads, modern classics, or escapist reads you crave, TBR can help you find the perfect books for your fall reading, with options curated to your specific reading tastes. Visit mytbr.co to find out more and sign up — it only takes a few minutes!

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Books Discussed

It Won’t Always Be This Way by Malaka Gharib

Basil and Oregano by Melissa Capriglione

Over My Dead Body by Sweeney Boo

Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker and Wendy Xu

Flamer by Mike Curato

Kelly's previous All The Backlist comics episode, with a shout-out to Gharib's first comic!

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Guest Post: October 2023 "It Book" Knockout Round Oct 17, 2023

Liberty isn’t feeling well this week, so we’re switching things up while she gets some much-needed rest. Instead of our regular show, today you get to hear the most recent episode of First Edition, Book Riot’s newest podcast, hosted by Book Riot CEO and co-founder Jeff O’Neal, where he and Rebecca Schinsky discuss the October "It Book" Knockout Round! Plus, a special mini-roundup of notable celebrity memoirs coming out this fall.

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Discussed in this episode:

Brooklyn Crime Novel by Jonathan Lethem

Going Infinite by Michael Lewis

Hidden Potential by Adam Grant

Blackouts by Justin Torres

Family Meal by Bryan Washington

A Man of Two Faces by Viet Thanh Nguyen

Extremely Online by Taylor Lorenz

Roman Stories by Jhumpa Lahiri

America Fantastica by Tim O'Brien

Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward

How to Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair

Worthy by Jada Pinkett Smith

Being Henry by Henry Winkler

My Name is Barbra by Barbra Streisand

Making It So by Patrick Stewart

The Woman in Me by Britney Spears

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All the Backlist! October 13, 2023 Oct 13, 2023

This week, Danika recommends a couple of sapphic vampire books perfect for autumnal reading.

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Books Discussed

Carmilla edited by Carmen Maria Machado

I, Vampire by Jody Scott

When I Arrived at the Castle by Emily Carroll

House of Hunger by Alexis Henderson

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New Releases and More for October 10, 2023 Oct 10, 2023

This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss Normal Women, By Any Other Name, Brooms, and more great books!

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Books Discussed On the Show:

Normal Women by Ainslie Hogarth

By Any Other Name by Erin Cotter

Banvard's Folly: Thirteen Tales of People Who Didn't Change the World by Paul S. Collins

The Hive and the Honey: Stories by Paul Yoon

Brooms by Jasmine Walls and Teo DuVall

Remember Us by Jacqueline Woodson

Wrath Becomes Her by Aden Polydoros

Last to Leave the Room by Caitlin Starling

Stars in Your Eyes by Kacen Callender

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All the Backlist! October 6, 2023 Oct 06, 2023

This week, Liberty talks about a couple of amazing books related to the week's new releases and a few books she's reading now.

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Books Discussed

The Night Eaters: Her Little Reapers (The Night Eaters Book #2) by Marjorie Liu, Sana Takeda

Monstress Volume 1: Awakening by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda

The Starling House by Alix E. Harrow

The Rabbit Back Literature Society by Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen, Lola M. Rogers (translator)

Monstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova

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New Releases and More for October 3, 2023 Oct 03, 2023

This week, Liberty and Danika discuss How to Say Babylon, A Haunting on the Hill, In the Form of a Question, and more great books!

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Books Discussed On the Show:

How to Say Babylon: A Memoir by Safiya Sinclair

A Haunting on the Hill by Elizabeth Hand

Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror edited by Jordan Peele

The Dead Take the A Train (Carrion City Book 1) by Richard Kadrey & Cassandra Khaw

In the Form of a Question: The Joys and Rewards of a Curious Life by Amy Schneider

The Forest Demands Its Due by Kosoko Jackson

The List by Yomi Adegoke

Edenville by Sam Rebelein

Making It So: A Memoir by Patrick Stewart

A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir, A History, A Memorial by Viet Thanh Nguyen

Starling House by Alix E. Harrow

The Rabbit Back Literature Society by Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen, Lola M. Rogers (translator)

Company: Stories by Shannon Sanders

Death Valley by Melissa Broder

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All The Backlist! September 29, 2023 Sep 29, 2023

This week, Trisha talks about a couple of books that center on magic and families. And, of course, magical families.

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Books Discussed

Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman

What The Hex by Alexis Daria

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New Releases and More for September 26, 2023 Sep 26, 2023

This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss Land of Milk and Honey, Black River Orchard, The Unsettled, and more great books!

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Books Discussed On the Show:

Fry Guys by Eric Geron, Jannie Ho

Land of Milk and Honey by C Pam Zhang

Mermaids Never Drown: Tales to Dive For edited by Zoraida Córdova and Natalie C. Parker

Black River Orchard by Chuck Wendig

Rest Easy: Discover Calm and Abundance through the Radical Power of Rest by Ximena Vengoechea

The Unsettled by Ayana Mathis

The Salvation Gambit by Emily Skrutskie

The Undetectables by Courtney Smyth

Thinking 101: How to Reason Better to Live Better by Woo-Kyoung Ahn

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All the Backlist! September 22, 2023 Sep 22, 2023

This week, Vanessa shares two YA picks that feel very fall-appropriate. Bring on the vibes!

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Books Discussed

A Cuban Girl's Guide to Tea and Tomorrow by Laura Taylor Namey

A British Girl's Guide to Hurricanes and Heartbreak by Laura Taylor Namey

This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron

This Wicked Fate by Kalynn Bayron

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New Releases and More for September 19, 2023 Sep 19, 2023

This week, Liberty and Tirzah discuss Starter Villain, Cleat Cute, When a Brown Girl Flees, and more great new books.

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Books Discussed On the Show:

Starter Villain by John Scalzi

Cleat Cute by Meryl Wilsner

Black Sheep by Rachel Harrison

When a Brown Girl Flees by Aamna Qureshi

Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology by Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst, Jr.

The Only Girl in Town by Ally Condie

North Woods by Daniel Mason

The Widely Unknown Myth of Apple and Dorothy by Corey Ann Haydu

The National Book Awards longlist

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All The Backlist! September 15, 2023 Sep 15, 2023

This week, Kelly talks about two horror books that might also make you laugh.

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Books Discussed

Dead Flip by Sara Farizan

Suburban Hell by Maureen Kilmer

Summer Scares

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New Releases and More for September 12, 2023 Sep 12, 2023

This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss The Vaster Wilds, The Witch of Wild Things, Roaming, and more great books.

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Books Discussed On the Show:

The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff

The Witch of Wild Things by Raquel Vasquez Gililand

Roaming by Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki

Rouge by Mona Awad

Chenneville: A Novel of Murder, Loss, and Vengeance by Paulette Jiles

Mother-Daughter Murder Night by Nina Simon

The Second Chance Hotel by Sierra Godfrey

The Fraud by Zadie Smith

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All the Backlist! September 8, 2023 Sep 08, 2023

This week, Danika discusses two surprising reads that also happen to both be sapphic.

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Books Discussed

The Very Nice Box by Laura Blackett and Eve Gleichman

How Do We Relationship? series by Tamifull

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New Releases and More for September 5, 2023 Sep 05, 2023

This week, Liberty and Danika discuss The September House, Cooking with Monsters, The Curious Vanishing of Beatrice Willoughby, and more great books!

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Books Discussed On the Show:

The September House by Carissa Orlando

Cooking with Monsters: The Beginner's Guide to Culinary Combat by Jordan Alsaqa and Vivian Truong

The Curious Vanishing of Beatrice Willoughby by G. Z. Schmidt

The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White

Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere by Maria Bamford

What You Are Looking For Is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama, translated by Alison Watts

There's No Way I'd Die First by Lisa Springer

Into the Bright Open: A Secret Garden Remix by Cherie Dimaline

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All the Backlist! September 1, 2023 Sep 01, 2023

This week, Liberty talks about a couple of amazing books related to the week's new releases and a few books she's reading now.

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Books Discussed

Library of the Dead (Edinburgh Nights, 1) by T. L. Huchu

Our Lady of Mysterious Ailments (Edinburgh Nights, 2) by T. L. Huchu

The Mystery at Dunvegan Castle (Edinburgh Nights, 3) by T. L. Huchu

The Maleficent Seven by Cameron Johnston

The Abduction of Betty and Barney Hill: Alien Encounters, Civil Rights, and the New Age in America by Matthew Bowman

The Crypt: Shakedown by Scott Sigler

The Goth House Experiment by SJ Sindu

Moggies In Space edited by Rita Beeman and CV Walker

Monkee Business: The Revolutionary Made-For-TV Band by Eric Lefcowitz

The Monkees: Made in Hollywood by Tom Kemper

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New Releases and More for August 29, 2023 Aug 29, 2023

This week, Liberty and Kelly discuss Happiness Falls, Just Do This One Thing For Me, Things in the Basement, and more great books.

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Books Discussed On the Show:

Happiness Falls by Angie Kim

Just Do This One Thing For Me by Laura Zimmerman

Things in the Basement by Ben Hatke

My Father, The Panda Killer by Jamie Jo Hoang

The Deadline: Essays by Jill Lepore

The Sunset Years of Agnes Sharp by Leonie Swann, Amy Bojang (translator)

The Lost Library by Rebecca Stead and Wendy Mass

The Infinity Particle by Wendy Xu

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All The Backlist! August 25, 2023 Aug 25, 2023

This week, Trisha talks about middle grade storytelling and recommends a couple of books in which the stories are told from multiple perspectives.

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Books Discussed

The View From Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg

Echo by Pam Muñoz Ryan

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New Releases and More for August 22, 2023 Aug 22, 2023

This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss Board to Death, I'm Not Done with You Yet, The Water Outlaws, and more great books.

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Books Discussed On the Show:

Board to Death by CJ Connor

I'm Not Done with You Yet by Jesse Q. Sutanto

Plantains and Our Becoming: Poems by Melania Luisa Marte

Swim Home to the Vanished by Brendan Shay Basham

The Water Outlaws by S. L. Huang

Sir Hereward and Mister Fitz: Stories of the Witch Knight and the Puppet Sorcerer by Garth Nix

Safe and Sound: A Renter-Friendly Guide to Home Repair by Mercury Stardust

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All the Backlist! August 18, 2023 Aug 18, 2023

This week, Vanessa discusses a tense and twisty thriller and a dark witchy fantasy, both excellent books for breaking you out of a slump.

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Books and Links Discussed

56 Days by Catherine Ryan Howard

The Trap by Catherine Ryan Howard

The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson

House of Hunger by Alexis Henderson

from Tor.com: “Blood. Blight. Darkness. Slaughter"

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New Releases and More for August 15, 2023 Aug 15, 2023

This week, Liberty and Tirzah discuss Thornhedge, Two Tribes, Vampires of El Norte, and more great books!

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Books Discussed On the Show:

Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher

Two Tribes by Emily Bowen Cohen

Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Cañas

The Last Girls Standing by Jennifer Dugan

No One Leaves the Castle by Christopher Healy

Nell & the Netherbeast by Adi Rule

Fever House by Keith Rosson

Forgive Me Not by Jennifer Baker

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All The Backlist: August 11, 2023 Aug 11, 2023

On this week's episode, Kelly takes readers to outer space via sci-fi, middle grade, and nonfiction backlist titles.

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Books Discussed

Goldilocks by Laura Lam

We Dream of Space by Erin Entrada Kelly

The Sirens of Mars: Searching for Life on Another World by Sarah Stewart Johnson

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New Releases and More for August 8, 2023 Aug 08, 2023

This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss Whalefall, Looking Glass Sound, Congratulations, the Best Is Over!, and more great books.

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Books Discussed On the Show:

Whalefall by Daniel Kraus

Looking Glass Sound by Catriona Ward

Congratulations, the Best Is Over!: Essays by R. Eric Thomas

Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon by Wole Talabi

Shark Heart: A Love Story by Emily Habeck

Blonde Identity by Ally Carter

Mister Magic by Kiersten White

Kiss the Girl by Zoraida Córdova

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All The Backlist: August 4, 2023 Aug 04, 2023

On this week's episode, Danika talks about two sapphic speculative books they've been waiting to recommend for a year.

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Books Discussed

Buffalo Is the New Buffalo by Chelsea Vowel

Spear by Nicola Griffith

Hild by Nicola Griffith

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New Releases and More for August 1, 2023 Aug 01, 2023

This week, Liberty and Danika discuss Tom Lake, The Narrow, Family Lore, and more great books.

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All the Backlist! July 28, 2023 Jul 28, 2023

This week, Liberty talks about a couple of amazing books out in paperback today and two 2024 titles to mark down on your TBR now.

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Books Discussed

How to Be Eaten by Maria Adelmann

We Could Be Heroes by Mike Chen

We Are All Completely Fine by Daryl Gregory

My Murder by Katie Williams

Calling for a Blanket Dance by Oscar Hokeah

There There by Tommy Orange

Night of the Living Rez by Morgan Talty

The Cemetery of Untold Stories by Julia Alvarez

In the Time of Butterflies by Julia Alvarez

How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez

The Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy Tan

The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

Saving Fish from Drowning by Amy Tan

The Bonesetter’s Daughter by Amy Tan

The Sibley Guide to Birds by David Allen Sibley

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New Releases and More for July 25, 2023 Jul 25, 2023

This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss The Weaver and the Witch Queen, Abeni’s Song, Glaciers, and more great books.

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Books Discussed On the Show:

The Weaver and the Witch Queen by Genevieve Gornichec

Abeni’s Song by P. Djèlí Clark

Silver Under Nightfall (Reaper Book 1) by Rin Chupeco

Their Vicious Games by Joelle Wellington

Glaciers by Alexis Smith

The Bookbinder by Pip Williams

The Last Ranger by Peter Heller

Intermission by Phyllis R. Dixon

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All the Backlist! July 21, 2023 Jul 21, 2023

This week, Trisha talks about the late Julie Garwood's impact and older books that help show how popular fiction and genre change over time.

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Books Discussed

The Bride and The Wedding by Julie Garwood

Indigo by Beverly Jenkins

Rules of Engagement by Stacey Abrams, writing as Selena Montgomery

Welcome to Temptation by Jennifer Cruise

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New Releases and More for July 18, 2023 Jul 18, 2023

This week, Liberty and Tirzah discuss The Deep Sky, How Can I Help You?, Silver Nitrate, and more great books.

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Books Discussed On the Show:

The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei

How Can I Help You? By Laura Sims

Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Firebird by Sunmi

Crook Manifesto by Colson Whitehead

All That’s Left to Say by Emery Lord

Be Sure: Wayward Children, Books 1-3 by Seanan McGuire

What a Desi Girl Wants by Sabina Khan

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All the Backlist! July 4, 2023 Jul 14, 2023

This week, Vanessa shares some of her favorite fun science fiction/fantasy series.

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Books Discussed

Her Majesty's Royal Coven by Juno Dawson

The Shadow Cabinet by Juno Dawson

Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes

Prime Deceptions by Valerie Valdes

Fault Tolerance by Valerie Valdes

A Dead Djinn in Cairo by P. Djèlí Clark

The Haunting of Tram Car 015 by P. Djèlí Clark

A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark

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New Releases and More for July 11, 2023 Jul 11, 2023

This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss The Mistress of Bhatia House, The Librarianist, The Centre, and more great books.

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Books Discussed On the Show:

The Librarianist by Patrick deWitt

The Mistress of Bhatia House by Sujata Massey

The Deepest Map: The High-Stakes Race to Chart the World's Oceans by Laura Trethewey

Chasing Shadows: My Life Tracking the Great White Shark by Greg Skomal and Ret Talbot

Kiss Mi, Mi Amor by Alana Quintana Albertson

When Crack Was King: A People's History of a Misunderstood Era by Donovan X. Ramsey

The Centre by Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi

Life on Other Planets: A Memoir of Finding My Place in the Universe by Aomawa Shields

The Milky Way: An Autobiography of Our Galaxy by Moiya McTier

The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

Interesting Facts about Space by Emily Austin

Better Living Through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World by Christian Cooper

The Carnivale of Curiosities by Amiee Gibbs

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All The Backlist! July 7, 2023 Jul 07, 2023

This week, Kelly talks about two darkly funny works of literary fiction for fans of Yellowface and Mona Awad.

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Books Discussed

Bunny by Mona Awad

All's Well by Mona Awad

Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

Disorientation by Elaine Hseih Chou

One's Company by Ashley Hutson

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All the Backlist! June 30, 2023 Jun 30, 2023

This week, Danika talks about a couple genre-mashing sapphic books!

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Books Discussed

Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki

My Lady’s Choosing: An Interactive Romance Novel by Kitty Curran and Larissa Zageris

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New Releases and More for June 27, 2023 Jun 27, 2023

This week, Liberty and Erica discuss The Theory of Everything Else, Invisible Son, The Bawk-ness Monster, and more great books.

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Books Discussed On the Show:

The Theory of Everything Else: A Voyage Into the World of the Weird by Dan Schreiber

Invisible Son by Kim Johnson

Misfortune Cookie: A Noodle Shop Mystery by Vivien Chien

Murder is a Piece of Cake by Valerie Burns

The Bawk-ness Monster by Natalie Riess, Sara Goetter

The Rachel Incident by Caroline O'Donoghue

The Archive Undying by Emma Mieko Candon

Crooked Plow by Itamar Vieira Junior and Johnny Lorenz (translator)

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All the Backlist! June 23, 2023 Jun 23, 2023

This week, Liberty talks about a couple of fabulous backlist titles she loves related to the week's new releases and more!

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Books Discussed

Holding Pattern by Jenny Xie

Days of Distraction by Alexandra Chang

Tomb Sweeping: Stories by Alexandra Chang

Impostor Syndrome by Kathy Wang

Juliette by Camille Jourdy, Aleshia Jensen (translator)

The Wondrous Wonders by Camille Jourdy

Wizkit: An Adventure Overdue by Tanya J. Scott

Clementine Fox and the Great Island Adventure by Leigh Luna

This Wretched Valley by Jenny Kiefer

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New Releases and More for June 20, 2023 Jun 20, 2023

This week, Liberty and Tirzah discuss Night's Edge, This Town Is on Fire, Zero Days, and more great books.

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Books Discussed On the Show:

Night's Edge by Liz Kerin

Zero Days by Ruth Ware

You're Not Supposed To Die Tonight by Kalynn Bayron

Reprieve by James Han Mattson

My Heart Is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones

This Town is On Fire by Pamela N. Harris

Holding Pattern by Jenny Xie

Where Echoes Die by Courtney Gould

Nineteen Claws and a Black Bird: Stories by Agustina Bazterrica, Sarah Moses (translator)

Animals by Don LePan

Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung and Anton Hur (translator)

Life Ceremony by Sayaka Murata and Ginny Tapley Takemori (translator)

Ode to My First Car by Robin Gow

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All the Backlist! June 16, 2023 Jun 16, 2023

This week, Trisha recommends a couple of mysteries that are perfect for the beach or an airplane or whoever you find yourself this summer.

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Books Discussed

Case Histories by Kate Atkinson

Quiet In Her Bones by Nalini Singh

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New Releases and More for June 13, 2023 Jun 13, 2023

This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss Loot, Psyche and Eros, Better Living Through Birding, and more great books.

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Books Discussed On the Show:

Loot by Tania James

Saint Juniper’s Folly by Alex Crespo

Better Living Through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World by Christian Cooper

Psyche and Eros by Luna McNamara

You Can't Stay Here Forever by Katherine Lin

Maddalena and the Dark by Julia Fine

Kiss Me in the Coral Lounge: Intimate Confessions from a Happy Marriage by Helen Ellis

Wannabe: Reckonings with the Pop Culture That Shapes Me by Aisha Harris

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All the Backlist! June 9, 2023 Jun 09, 2023

This week Vanessa shares two backlist favorites by authors with new books out this week.

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Books Discussed

The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie

Translation State by Ann Leckie

Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie

Blacktop Wasteland by S.A. Cosby

All the Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby

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New Releases and More for June 6, 2023 Jun 06, 2023

This week, Liberty and Danika discuss My Murder, The Dos and Donuts of Love, All the Sinners Bleed, and more great books.

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Books Discussed On the Show:

My Murder by Katie Williams

The Dos and Donuts of Love by Adiba Jaigirdar

All the Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby

Moby Dyke: An Obsessive Quest To Track Down The Last Remaining Lesbian Bars In America by Krista Burton

The Memory of Animals by Claire Fuller

The Grimoire of Grave Fates created by Hanna Alkaf and Margaret Owen

At the Edge of the Woods by Kathryn Bromwich

Basil and Oregano by Melissa Capriglione

Northranger by Rey Terciero and Bre Indigo

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All The Backlist! June 2, 2023 Jun 02, 2023

This week, Kelly highlights two engrossing lit fic novels about female friendship...and maybe something more than friendship, too.

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Books Discussed

Yerba Buena by Nina LaCour

A Prayer for Travelers by Ruchika Tomar

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New Releases and More for May 30, 2023 May 30, 2023

This week, Liberty and Kelly discuss Raw Dog, Deep as the Sky, Red as the Sea, Drowning, and more great books.

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Books Discussed On the Show:

Deep as the Sky, Red as the Sea by Rita Chang-Eppig

Raw Dog: The Naked Truth About Hot Dogs by Jamie Loftus

Drowning: The Rescue of Flight 1421 by T. J. Newman

Her Good Side by Rebekah Weatherspoon

Horse Barbie: A Memoir by Geena Rocero

Hey Hun: Sales, Sisterhood, Supremacy, and The Other Lies Behind Multilevel Marketing by Emily Lynn Paulson

Beware the Woman by Megan Abbott

Improbable Magic for Cynical Witches by Kate Scelsa

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All the Backlist! May 26, 2023 May 26, 2023

This week, Danika talks about two series they read as an adult that they wish they could give to their teen self.

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Books Discussed

A Tropical Fish Yearns for Snow by Makoto Hagino

Protector of the Small (Keladry) series by Tamora Pierce

The Song of the Lioness (Alana) series by Tamora Pierce

Wild Magic (Daine) series by Tamora Pierce

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New Releases and More for May 23, 2023 May 23, 2023

This week, Liberty and Jenn discuss Shakti, Brave the Wild River, The Lost Journals of Sacajawea, and more great books.

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Books Discussed On the Show:

Shakti by SJ Sindu and Nabi H. Ali

The Do-Over by Rodrigo Vargas and Coni Yovaniniz

Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon by Melissa L. Sevigny

The Will of the Many by James Islington

The Lost Journals of Sacajawea by Debra Magpie Earling

The Late Americans by Brandon Taylor

Magic Has No Borders edited by Sona Charaipotra and Samira Ahmed

The Tumbling Girl (Variety Palace Mysteries, 1) by Bridget Walsh

Bold Move: A 3-Step Plan to Transform Anxiety into Power by Dr. Luana Marques

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All the Backlist! May 19, 2023 May 19, 2023

This week, Liberty talks about a couple of fabulous backlist titles she loves related to the week's new releases and more!

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Books Discussed

Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain

No One Will Come Back For Us by Premee Mohamed

All the Names They Used for God: Stories by Anjali Sachdeva

Starkweather: The Untold Story of the Killing Spree that Changed America by Harry N. Maclean

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New Releases and More for May 16, 2023 May 16, 2023

This week, Liberty and Tirzah discuss Yellowface, Quietly Hostile, Saint Juniper’s Folly, and more.

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Books Discussed On the Show:

Yellowface by R. F Kuang

Quietly Hostile: Essays by Samantha Irby

Saint Juniper’s Folly by Alex Crespo

We’ll Never Tell by Wendy Heard

No One Will Come Back For Us and Other Stories by Premee Mohamed

All the Names They Used for God: Stories by Anjali Sachdeva

Weird But True Sharks by National Geographic Kids

The Ones We’re Meant to Find by Joan He

The Malevolent Seven by Sebastien de Castell

When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill

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All the Backlist! May 12, 2023 May 12, 2023

This week, Trisha recommends graphic memoirs that feature a personal focus on major events and universal themes.

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Books Discussed

Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi

Maus by Art Spiegelman

The Arrival by Shaun Tan

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New Releases and More for May 9, 2023 May 09, 2023

This week, Liberty and Jeff discuss To Shape a Dragon’s Breath, Our Migrant Souls, Hope You Are Satisfied, and more.

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Books Discussed On the Show:

To Shape a Dragon’s Breath: The First Book of Nampeshiweisit by Moniquill Blackgoose

Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World by Henry Grabar

I’m Not Supposed to Be in the Dark by Riss M. Neilson

Oh My Mother!: A Memoir in Nine Adventures by Connie Wang

Hope You Are Satisfied by Tania Malik

Our Migrant Souls: A Meditation on Race and the Meanings and Myths of “Latino” by Héctor Tobar

The Force of Such Beauty by Barbara Bourland (paperback)

Alexandra Petri’s US History: Important American Documents (I Made Up) by Alexandra Petri

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All The Backlist! May 5, 2023 May 05, 2023

This week, Vanessa plays bookshelf backlist roulette to recommend two fun escapist reads.

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Books Discussed

Iron & Velvet by Alexis Hall

Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall

Husband Material by Alexis Hall

A Lady for a Duke by Alexis Hall

Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake by Alexis Hall

Why Are So Many M/M Romances Written by Cis Women?

Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi

White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi

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New Releases and More for May 2, 2023 May 02, 2023

This week, Liberty and Danika discuss Chain-Gang All-Stars, Imogen, Obviously, The Salt Grows Heavy, and more.

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Books Discussed On the Show:

Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Imogen, Obviously by Becky Albertalli

The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw

Homebodies by Tembe Denton-Hurst

Ander & Santi Were Here by Jonny Garza Villa

Warrior Girl Unearthed by Angeline Boulley

You Are Here by Karin Lin-Greenberg

Your Plantation Prom Is Not Okay by Kelly McWilliams

The Ferryman by Justin Cronin

The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese

Gone to the Wolves by John Wray

Margo Zimmerman Gets the Girl by Brianna R. Shrum and Sara Waxelbaum

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All The Backlist! April 28, 2023 Apr 28, 2023

In honor of Independent Bookstore Day, Kelly highlights two excellent YA books where indie bookstores play a major role in the story.

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Books Discussed

This Is All Your Fault by Amina Mae Safi

The Last Summer of the Garrett Girls by Jessica Spotswood

YA Books Set in Bookstores

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New Releases and More for April 25, 2023 Apr 25, 2023

This week, Liberty and Kelly discuss Ghost Girl, Banana, Momfluenced, Ascension, and more great books.

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Books Discussed On the Show:

Ghost Girl, Banana by Wiz Wharton

Momfluenced: Inside the Maddening, Picture-Perfect World of Mommy Influencer Culture by Sara Petersen

Ascension by Nicholas Binge

Hungry Ghost by Victoria Ying

The Skin and Its Girl by Sarah Cypher

Fat Talk: Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture by Virginia Sole-Smith

Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma by Claire Dederer

The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes

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All the Backlist! April 21, 2023 Apr 21, 2023

This week, Danika talks about three books they read about ten years ago and still think about.

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Books Discussed on the Show:

The Miseducation of Cameron Post by emily m. danforth

Strong Female Protagonist series by Brennan Lee Mulligan and Molly Ostertag

Prairie Ostrich by Tamai Kobayashi

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New Releases and More for April 18, 2023 Apr 18, 2023

This week, Liberty and Tirzah discuss Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club, Damsel, No Boy Summer, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club by J. Ryan Stradal

A Secret Service of Tea and Treason by India Holton

Parachute Kids: A Graphic Novel by Betty C. Tang

No Boy Summer by Amy Spalding

The Wishing Pool and Other Stories by Tananarive Due

Damsel by Evelyn Skye

Juno Loves Legs by Karl Geary

The Fiancée Farce by Alexandria Bellefleur

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All the Backlist! April 14, 2023 Apr 14, 2023

This week, Liberty talks about a couple of fabulous backlist titles she loves related to the week’s new releases and more!

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BOOKS MENTIONED ON THE SHOW:

Life and Other Love Songs by Anissa Gray

The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls by Anissa Gray

The Fragile Threads of Power (Shades of Magic Book 4) by V. E. Schwab

A Darker Shade of Magic by V. E. Schwab

Blackouts by Justin Torres

We the Animals by Justin Torres

Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward

North Woods by Daniel Mason

The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff

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New Releases and More for April 11, 2023 Apr 11, 2023

This week, Liberty and Jenn discuss The Dead Are Gods, You Could Make This Place Beautiful, The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

The Dead are Gods by Eirinie Carson

The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho by Paterson Joseph

Wizkit: An Adventure Overdue by Tanya J. Scott

You Could Make This Place Beautiful by Maggie Smith

Life and Other Love Songs by Anissa Gray

Untethered Sky by Fonda Lee

Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh

Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree

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All the Backlist! April 7, 2023 Apr 07, 2023

This week, Trisha recommends a few retellings that tell classic stories in a new way and with a different perspective.

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Books Discussed

Recipe for Persuasion by Sonali Dev

It Takes Two to Tumble by Cat Sebastian

Never Look Back by Lilliam Rivera

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New Releases and More for April 4, 2023 Apr 04, 2023

This week, Liberty and Danika discuss The Scourge Between Stars, Forget Me Not, Carmen and Grace, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

The Scourge Between Stars by Ness Brown

Forget Me Not by Alyson Derrick

This Bird Has Flown by Susanna Hoffs

¡Ay, Mija! (A Graphic Novel): My Bilingual Summer in Mexico by Christine Suggs

Carmen and Grace by Melissa Coss Aquino

Not Too Late: Changing the Climate Story from Despair to Possibility edited by Rebecca Solnit and Thelma Young Lutunatabua

Natural Beauty by Ling Ling Huang

The People Who Report More Stress by Alejandro Varela

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All the Backlist! March 31, 2023 Mar 31, 2023

This week, Vanessa shares some of her favorite books that feature magical realism and food. Have snacks at the ready!

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Books Discussed

Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel

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Love, Sugar, Magic: A Dash of Trouble by Anna Meriano, illustrated by Mirelle Ortega

Natalie Tan’s Book of Luck and Fortune by Roselle Lim

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New Releases and More for March 28, 2023 Mar 28, 2023

This week, Liberty and Kelly discuss The Great Reclamation, Chlorine, A House with Good Bones, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

The Great Reclamation by Rachel Heng

Chlorine by Jade Song

A House With Good Bones by T. Kingfisher

Poverty, By America by Matthew Desmond

Community Board by Tara Conklin

Into the Light by Mark Oshiro

Seventy Times Seven: A True Story of Murder and Mercy by Alex Mar

In Nightfall by Suzanne Young

Lone Women by Victor LaValle

White Cat, Black Dog: Stories by Kelly Link

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All the Backlist! March 24, 2023 Mar 24, 2023

This week, Danika talks about a couple of backlist queer YA books and more!

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Books Mentioned On the Show:

Anger is a Gift by Mark Oshiro

The Heartbreak Bakery by A.R. Capetta

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New Releases and More for March 21, 2023 Mar 21, 2023

This week, Liberty and Tirzah discuss While You Were Dreaming, Flux, Beyond That, the Sea, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Beyond That, the Sea by Laura Spence-Ash

While You Were Dreaming by Alisha Rai

Quests Aside Vol. 1: Adventurers Anonymous by Brian Schirmer, Elena Gogou, Rebecca Nalty, Andworld Design

Bea Wolf by Zach Weinersmith and Boulet

Belle of the Ball by Mari Costa

Flux by Jinwoo Chong

Three Drops of Blood by Gretchen McNeil

Biography of X by Catherine Lacey

The Witch and the Vampire by Francesca Flores

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All The Backlist! March 17, 2023 Mar 17, 2023

This week, Kelly highlights two YA books from last year that feature high-stakes board games, survival, and sharp, complicated teen girl protagonists.

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Books Mentioned on the Show

Trigger by N. Griffin

Queen of the Tiles by Hanna Alkaf

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New Releases and More for March 14, 2023 Mar 14, 2023

This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss The Dog of the North, A Tempest at Sea, Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

The Dog of the North by Elizabeth McKenzie

A Tempest at Sea by Sherry Thomas

The Book That No One Wanted to Read by Richard Ayoade and Tor Freeman

Piñata by Leopoldo Gout

Bitter Medicine by Mia Tsai

Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto

Take What You Need by Idra Novey

The Dance Tree by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

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All the Backlist! March 10, 2023 Mar 10, 2023

This week, Liberty talks about a couple of fabulous backlist titles she loves related to the week’s new releases and more!

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BOOKS MENTIONED ON THE SHOW:

Malamander (The Legends of Eerie-on-Sea Book 1) by Thomas Taylor and Tom Booth

Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend

Cinderella is Dead by Kalynn Bayron

Cursed Princess Club Vol. 1 by LambCat

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New Releases and More for March 7, 2023 Mar 07, 2023

This week, Liberty and Danika discuss Monstrilio, My Dear Henry, The Golden Spoon, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Monstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova

Tell the Rest by Lucy Jane Bledsoe

The God of Endings by Jacqueline Holland

My Dear Henry: A Jekyll & Hyde Remix by Kalynn Bayron

The Golden Spoon by Jessa Maxwell

The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older

Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson

The Guardian Test by Christina Soontornvat, illustrated by Kevin Hong

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All The Backlist! March 3, 2023 Mar 03, 2023

This week, Trisha recommends two essay collections about searching, family, culture, and – in one case – food.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED

And It Begins Like This by LaTayna McQueen

Buttermilk Graffiti by Edward Lee

Smoke and Pickles by Edward Lee

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New Releases and More for February 28, 2023 Feb 28, 2023

This week, Liberty and Kelly discuss The Crane Husband, She Is a Haunting, The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

The Crane Husband by Kelly Barnhill

She Is a Haunting by Trang Thanh Tran

Liliana’s Invincible Summer: A Sister’s Search for Justice by Cristina Rivera Garza

Nocturne by Alyssa Wees

The Girls at the Kingfisher Club by Genevieve Valentine

The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty

Chaos Theory by Nic Stone

Slime: A Natural History by Susanne Wedlich, Ayca Turkoglu (translator)

Slime: How Algae Created Us, Plague Us, and Just Might Save Us by Ruth Kassinger

A House Between Earth and the Moon by Rebecca Scherm

Things in the Basement by Ben Hatke

The Neighbor Favor by Kristina Forest

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All the Backlist: February 24, 2023 Feb 24, 2023

This week, Vanessa recommends some mythology and fantasy backlist titles by authors with new books out this month.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED

A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes

Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes

Within These Wicked Walls by Lauren Blackwood

Wildblood by Lauren Blackwood

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New Releases and More for February 21, 2023 Feb 21, 2023

This week, Liberty and Tirzah discuss I Have Some Questions for You, Last Chance Dance, The Writing Retreat, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Sparks! by Ian Boothby and Nina Matsumoto

I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai

Last Chance Dance by Lakita Wilson

Lotería by Cynthia Pelayo

The Writing Retreat by Julia Bartz

Wolfish: Wolf, Self, and the Stories We Tell About Fear by Erica Berry

Scorched Grace: A Sister Holiday Mystery by Margot Douaihy

Sister, Maiden, Monster by Lucy A. Snyder

Artfully Yours by Joanna Lowell

PAPERBACK RELEASES:

Black Cloud Rising by David Wright Falade

What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma by Stephanie Foo

A Touch of Jen by Beth Morgan

Under Lock & Skeleton Key: A Secret Staircase Mystery by GG Pandian

Scurry by Mac Smith

WHAT WE’RE READING:

Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun by Elle Cosimano

When the Game Was War: The NBA’s Greatest Season by Rich Cohen

Weft by Kevin Allardice

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All The Backlist: February 17, 2023 Feb 17, 2023

Kelly talks about two compelling YA nonfiction books that explore Black history and contemporary Black lives, both of which have been subject to book bans.

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BOOKS MENTIONED ON THE SHOW:

Black Birds in the Skyby Brandy Colbert

Sundown Towns by James Loewen (All The Backlist Episode on the book)

Far From Home: Life and Loss in Two American Towns by Ron Powers

We Are Not Broken by George M. Johnson

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New Releases and More for February 14, 2023 Feb 14, 2023

This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss On the Savage Side, My Flawless Life, The Last Tale of the Flower Bride, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

On the Savage Side by Tiffany McDaniel

Gone like Yesterday by Janelle Williams

The Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi

Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes

The Sun Walks Down by Fiona McFarlane

My Flawless Life by Yvonne Woon

Black Wolf by Kathleen Kent

Wildblood by Lauren Blackwood

For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website https://bookriot.com/listen/new-releases-and-more-for-february-14-2023/.

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All the Backlist! February 10, 2023 Feb 10, 2023

This week, Danika talks about a couple of her favorite queer books by Black authors.

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BOOKS MENTIONED ON THE SHOW:

The Black Period: On Personhood, Race, and Origin by Hafizah Augustus Geter

Full Disclosure by Camryn Garrett

Off the Record by Camryn Garrett

Friday I’m In Love by Camryn Garrett

The Unbroken by C.L. Clark

The Faithless by C.L. Clark

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New Releases and More for February 7, 2023 Feb 07, 2023

This week, Liberty and Danika discuss Big Swiss, The Black Guy Dies First, Our Share of Night, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Big Swiss by Jen Beagin

The Black Guy Dies First: Black Horror Cinema from Fodder to Oscar by Robin R. Means Coleman and Mark H. Harri

Our Share of Night by Mariana Enríquez, Pablo Gerardo Camacho (Illustrator) , Megan McDowell (Translator)

Out of Character by Jenna Miller

Skull Water by Heinz Insu Fenkl

VenCo by Cherie Dimaline

A Spell of Good Things by Ayòbámi Adébáyò

B.F.F.: A Memoir of Friendship Lost and Found by Christie Tate

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All the Backlist! February 3, 2023 Feb 03, 2023

This week, Liberty talks about a couple of fabulous backlist titles she loves related to the week’s new releases and more!

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BOOKS MENTIONED ON THE SHOW:

Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake

Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake

In Every Generation: Buffy: The Next Generation by Kendare Blake

The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss

The Carrefour Curse by Dianne K. Salerni

The Swallowtail Legacy 1: Wreck at Ada’s Reef by Michael D. Beil

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New Releases and More for January 31, 2023 Jan 31, 2023

This week, Liberty and Kelly discuss Exiles, The Black Queen, Vampire Weekend, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Exiles by Jane Harper

The Black Queen by Jumata Emill

Vampire Weekend by Mike Chen

The Davenports by Krystal Marquis

This Other Eden by Paul Harding

The Nineties: A Book by Chuck Klosterman

Tomb of Sand by Geetanjali Shree, Daisy Rockwell (translator)

Central Places by Delia Cai

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All the Backlist! January 27, 2023 Jan 27, 2023

This week, Trisha recommends a couple of books that will have you cheering for criminals from the comfort of your cozy couch.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED

Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto

Jane Doe by Victoria Helen Stone

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New Releases and More for January 24, 2023 Jan 24, 2023

This week, Liberty and Jenn discuss Spice Road, The Chinese Groove, Georgie, All Along, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

The Chinese Groove by Kathryn Ma

Spice Road by Maiya Ibrahim

The Minus-One Club by Kekla Magoon

Georgie, All Along by Kate Clayborn

Tell Me an Ending by Jo Harkin

On Savage Shores: How Indigenous Americans Discovered Europe by Caroline Dodds Pennock

Dead Silence by S.A. Barnes

A Thousand Miles to Graceland by Kristen Mei Chase

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All the Backlist: January 20, 2023 Jan 20, 2023

This week, Vanessa recommends some reads that feel timely for January, albeit for very different reasons.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED

Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King Jr, Malcolm X and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation by Anna Malaika Tubbs

Yoga Where You Are: Customize Your Practice for Your Body and Life by Dianne Bondy and Kat Heagberg

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New Releases and More for January 17, 2023 Jan 17, 2023

This week, Liberty and Tirzah discuss A New Race of Men from Heaven, Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone, How To Sell a Haunted House, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

What Lies in the Woods by Kate Alice Marshall

Mysteries of Thorn Manor by Margaret Rogerson

A New Race of Men from Heaven: Stories by Chaitali Sen

Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson

How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix

As You Walk On By by Julian Winters

I Keep My Exoskeletons To Myself by Marisa Crane

Windfall: The Prairie Woman Who Lost Her Way and the Great-Granddaughter Who Found Her by Erika Bolstad

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All The Backlist: January 13, 2023 Jan 13, 2023

This week, Kelly nerds out about music nonfiction, with recommendations galore, whatever your genre of choice.

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SHOW NOTES

Major Labels: A History of Music in Seven Genres by Kelefa Sanneh

Sellout: The Major-Label Feeding Frenzy That Swept Punk, Emo, and Hardcore by Dan Ozzy

Larger Than Life: A History of Boy Bands from NKOTB to BTS by Maria Sherman

Everything I Need I Get From You: How Fangirls Created the Internet as We Know It by Kaitlyn Tiffany

The Number Ones: Twenty Chart Topping Hits That Reveal the History of Pop Music by Tom Briehan

Music Is History by Questlove

Her Country: How Women of Country Music Became the Success They Never Were Supposed to Be by Marissa Moss

60 Songs That Explain The 90s Podcast

Bandsplain Podcast

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New Releases and More for January 10, 2023 Jan 10, 2023

This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss Everybody Knows, The Survivalists, Bad Cree, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Everybody Knows by Jordan Harper

Phaedra by Laura Shepperson

Bad Cree by Jessica Johns

Liar, Dreamer, Thief by Maria Dong

The Survivalists by Kashana Cauley

Breakup From Hell by Ann Davila Cardinal

Better the Blood by Michael Bennett

The Book of Everlasting Things by Aanchal Malhotra

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PAPERBACK RELEASES:

How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu

You Don’t Know Us Negroes and Other Essays by Zora Neale Hurston

Nobody’s Magic by Destiny O Birdsong

The Starless Crown by James Rollins

Me (Moth) by Amber McBride

The Club by Ellery Lloyd

Don’t Cry for Me by Daniel Black

The Blood Trials by N. E. Davenport

The Bone Spindle by Leslie Vedder

The Dream Builders by Oindrila Mukherjee

Exes and O’s by Amy Lea

Lunar Love by Lauren Kung Jessen

Anna May Wong: From Laundryman’s Daughter to Hollywood Legend by Graham Russell Gao Hodges

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All the Backlist: January 6, 2023 Jan 06, 2023

This week, Danika recommends a couple of their favorite sapphic historical fiction reads.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED

Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters

Fingersmith by Sarah Waters

Miss Timmins’ School for Girls by Nayana Currimbhoy

The Last Nude by Ellis Avery

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New Releases and More for January 3, 2023 Jan 03, 2023

This week, Liberty and Danika discuss Age of Vice, The Villa, The Bandit Queens, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoor

Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute by Talia Hibbert

The Blackhouse by Carole Johnstone

The Villa by Rachel Hawkins

Night Wherever We Go by Tracey Rose Peyton

The Stranded by Sarah Daniels

The Stowaway by James S. Murray and Darren Wearmouth

The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff

Unseelie by Ivelisse Housman

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All the Backlist! December 30, 2022 Dec 30, 2022

This week, Tirzah says farewell to 2022 by recommending two great essay collections perfect for end of the year reading!

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Books Discussed:

These Precious Days by Ann Patchett

This is the Story of a Happy Marriage by Ann Patchett

On Juneteenth by Annette Gordon Reed

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Exciting 2023 Book Releases: December 27, 2022 Dec 27, 2022

This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss Big Swiss, Chain-Gang All-Stars, Real Self-Care, and more books they’re excited to read in 2023!

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Everybody Knows by Jordan Harper

The Body Liberation Project: How Understanding Racism and Diet Culture Helps Cultivate Joy and Build Collective Freedom by Chrissy King

Big Swiss by Jen Beagin

Real Self-Care: A Transformative Program for Redefining Wellness (Crystals, Cleanses, and Bubble Baths Not Included) by Dr. Pooja Lakshmin, MD

I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai

The Terraformers by Annalee Newitz

Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

“You Just Need to Lose Weight” and 19 Other Myths About Fat People by Aubrey Gordon

House of Cotton by Monica Brashears

Drama Free: A Guide to Managing Unhealthy Family Relationships by Nedra Glover Tawwab

Quietly Hostile: Essays by Samantha Irby

Falling Back in Love with Being Human: Letters to Lost Souls by Kai Cheng Thom

My Murder by Katie Williams

Transitional: In One Way or Another, We All Transition by Munroe Bergdorf

The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei

My Dear Henry: A Jekyll & Hyde Remix by Kalynn Bayron

WHAT WE’RE READING:

The Shadow Cabinet by Juno Dawson

Promises Stronger than Darkness by Charlie Jane Anders

Keep Looking Up: Your Guide to the Powerful Healing of Birdwatching by Tammah Watts

Titanium Noir by Nick Harkaway

MORE BOOKS OUT THIS WEEK:

Grime by Sibylle Berg, Tim Mohr (translator)

Vinyl Resting Place: The Record Shop Mysteries by Olivia Blacke

Someone Had to Do It by Amber and Danielle Brown

All the Way Happy by Kit Coltrane

The Sugar Jar: Create Boundaries, Embrace Self-Healing, and Enjoy the Sweet Things in Life by Yasmine Cheyenne

The Lost Witch by Paige Crutcher

That Dangerous Energy by Aya de León

The Lipstick Bureau: A Novel Inspired by True WWII Events by Michelle Gable

The Valentine’s Hate by Sidney Halston

Nine Liars by Maureen Johnson

The Book of Everlasting Things by Aanchal Malhotra

Never Cross a Highlander by Lisa Rayne

Maze by Thiago Souto

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All the Backlist! December 23, 2022 Dec 23, 2022

This week, Liberty talks about a couple of fabulous backlist titles she loves related to new releases, the new year, and more!

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BOOKS MENTIONED ON THE SHOW:

Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband? by Lizzie Damilola Blackburn

Einstein’s Dreams by Alan Lightman

Flight by Lynn Steger Strong

Return of the Living Elves by Brian Asman

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Our Favorite Nonfiction Books of 2022: December 20, 2022 Dec 20, 2022

This week, Liberty and Tirzah discuss Strangers to Ourselves, Stay True, I’m Glad My Mom Died, and more of their favorite nonfiction books of 2022.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Another Appalachia: Coming Up Queer and Indian in a Mountain Place by Neema Avashia

I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us by Rachel Aviv

Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks by Patrick Radden Keefe

If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal: What Animal Intelligence Reveals About Human Stupidity by Justin Gregg

Huda F Are You? by Hufa Fahmy

Stay True: A Memoir by Hua Hsu

The Forever Witness: How DNA and Genealogy Solved a Cold Case Double Murder by Edward Humes

The Milky Way: An Autobiography of Our Galaxy by Moiya McTier

Flung Out of Space: Inspired by the Indecent Adventures of Patricia Highsmith by Grace Ellis and Hannah Templer

100 Animals That Can F*cking End You by Mamadou Ndiaye

Crying in the Bathroom: A Memoir by Erika L. Sanchez

Butts: A Backstory by Heather Radke

Murder Among Friends: How Leopold and Loeb Tried to Commit the Perfect Crime by Candace Fleming

How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question by Michael Schur

WHAT WE’RE READING:

We Deserve Monuments by Jas Hammonds

Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher

Titanium Noir by Nick Harkaway

MORE BOOKS OUT THIS WEEK:

Queen of Myth and Monsters (Adrian X Isolde) by Scarlett St. Clair

Orchid Muse: A History of Obsession in Fifteen Flowers by Erica Hannickel

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All the Backlist: December 16, 2022 Dec 16, 2022

This week, Trisha shares a couple of romance series to dive into if you have some time off at the end of the year.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED

The Hidden Legacy series by Ilona Andrews (start with Burn for Me)

The Brothers Sinister series by Courtney Milan (start with The Governess Affair or The Duchess War)

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Our Favorite Novels of 2022: December 13, 2022 [UPDATED] Dec 13, 2022

This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss Unlikely Animals, Olga Dies Dreaming, Sea of Tranquility, and more of their favorite books of 2022.

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All the Backlist! December 9, 2022 Dec 09, 2022

This week, Vanessa shares two of her favorite holiday season’s readings.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED

Amor Actually: A Holiday Romance Anthology by Zoey Castile, Alexis Daria, Adriana Herrera, Diana Muñoz Stewart, Priscilla Oliveras, Sabrina Sol, and Mia Sosa

Hercule Poirot and the Adventure of the Christmas Pudding by Agatha Christie – Ack! I discovered the story collection version is out of print, but the titular story is still available and linked for you here

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New Releases and More for December of 2022 Dec 06, 2022

This week, Liberty and Danika discuss The Light Pirate, A Dash of Salt and Pepper, Cursed Bunny, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

The Light Pirate by Lily Brooks-Dalton

How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures by Sabrina Imbler

A Fish Out of Water by Helen Palmer and P.D. Eastman

My Darkest Prayer by S. A. Cosby

A Million to One by Adiba Jaigirdar

Cursed Bunny: Stories by Bora Chung, Anton Hur (translator)

A Dash of Salt and Pepper by Kosoko Jackson

Vinyl Resting Place by Olivia Blacke

Roses, in the Mouth of a Lion by Bushra Rehman

PAPERBACK RELEASES:

Road of Bones by Christopher Golden

Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband? by Lizzie Damilola Blackburn

Light Years from Home by Mike Chen

The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb

That Dangerous Energy by Aya de León

A Fractured Infinity by Nathan Tavares

The Circus Train by Amita Parikh

WHAT WE’RE READING:

Season of Love by Helena Greer

Quietly Hostile by Samantha Irby

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All The Backlist! December 2, 2022 Dec 02, 2022

This week, Kelly talks about a trio of winter-themed YA books for your seasonal TBR.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED

You Can Go Your Own Way by Eric Smith

Trapped by Michael Northrop

10 Blind Dates by Ashley Elston

Turtle Under Ice by Juleah del Rosario

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New Releases and More for November 29, 2022 Nov 29, 2022

This week, Liberty and Kelly discuss Butts, House of Yesterday, A Heart That Works, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Butts: A Backstory by Heather Radke

House of Yesterday by Deeba Zargarpur

Tell Me How to Be by Neel Patel

Never Ever Getting Back Together by Sophie Gonzales

A Heart That Works by Rob Delaney

She and Her Cat by Makoto Shinkai, Naruki Nagakawa, Ginny Tapley Takemori (translator)

All the Blood We Share: A Novel of the Bloody Benders of Kansas by Camilla Bruce

Sunburn by Andi Watson and Simon Gane

PAPERBACK RELEASES:

White on White by Aysegül Savas

Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson

Apparently There Were Complaints: A Memoir by Sharon Gless

The Duchess Countess: The Woman Who Scandalized Eighteenth-Century London by Catherine Ostler

Cameron Battle and the Hidden Kingdoms by Jamar J. Perry

Here’s to Us by Becky Albertalli, Adam Silvera

Factory Girls by Michelle Gallen

WHAT WE’RE READING:

White Out by Nicola Yoon, Dhonielle Clayton, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, Nic Stone, and Tiffany D. Jackson

The Sleeping Car Porter by Suzette Mayr

Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

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All the Backlist! November 25, 2022 Nov 25, 2022

This week, Danika talks about two calming reads that are the exact opposite of Black Friday vibes.

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Books Discussed

The Tea Dragon Society by Kay O’Neill

Princess Princess Ever After by Kay O’Neill

Laid-Back Camp by Afro

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Great Books for Giving: November 22, 2022 Nov 22, 2022

This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss The Song of the Cell, Justice of the Pies, The Man Who Could Move Clouds, and more great books that make great gifts.

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All the Backlist! November 18, 2022 Nov 18, 2022

This week, Tirzah talks about a couple of YA books with new editions/anniversary editions.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED

Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta

Finding My Voice by Marie Myung-Ok Lee

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New Releases and More for November 15, 2022 Nov 15, 2022

This week, Liberty and Tirzah discuss They’re Going To Love You, The Lies We Tell, Pride and Protest, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

They’re Going to Love You by Meg Howrey

The Do-Over by Lynn Painter

Making Love with the Land: Essays by Joshua Whitehead

The Lies We Tell by Katie Zhao

Tracers in the Dark: The Global Hunt for the Crime Lords of Cryptocurrency by Andy Greenberg

Pride and Protest by Nikki Payne

Heart of the Sun Warrior (Celestial Kingdom Book 2) by Sue Lynn Tan

Tread of Angels by Rebecca Roanhorse

PAPERBACK RELEASES:

Even Greater Mistakes: Stories by Charlie Jane Anders

Super Volcanoes: What They Reveal about Earth and the Worlds Beyond by Robin George Andrews

New York, My Village by Uwem Akpan

The Last Winter: The Scientists, Adventurers, Journeymen, and Mavericks Trying to Save the World by Porter Fox

The Teller of Secrets by Bisi Adjapon

Scorpica by G.R. Macallister

Love in the Big City by Sang Young Park, Anton Hur (translator)

Pulling the Wings Off Angels by K. J. Parker

Before I Let Go by Kennedy Ryan

Ship Wrecked by Olivia Dade

The Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton, Sofia Coppola

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All the Backlist! November 11, 2022 Nov 11, 2022

This week, Liberty talks about a couple of fabulous backlist titles she loves related to upcoming new releases and more!

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Even Though I Knew the End by C.L. Polk

Witchmark by C.L. Polk

The Skies Belong to Us: Love and Terror in the Golden Age of Hijacking by Brendan I. Koerner

Some Shall Break by Ellie Marney

None Shall Sleep by Ellie Marney

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New Releases and More for November 8, 2022 Nov 08, 2022

This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss Now Is Not the Time To Panic, Better Than Fiction, Legends & Lattes, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Now Is Not the Time to Panic by Kevin Wilson

Better than Fiction by Alexa Martin

Even Though I Knew the End by C.L. Polk

The Cloisters by Katy Hays

The Grimkes: The Legacy of Slavery in an American Family by Kerri K. Greenidge

A Restless Truth by Freye Marske

Legends & Lattes: A Novel of High Fantasy and Low Stakes by Travis Baldree

Whiteout by Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, and Nicola Yoon

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All the Backlist! November 4, 2022 Nov 04, 2022

This week, Trisha talks about a couple of books that examine culture, society, and history through the lens of baseball (but you don’t need to have any interest in the sport to enjoy them – we promise).

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BOOKS DISCUSSED

Stealing Home: Los Angeles, The Dodgers, and the Lives Caught in Between by Eric Nusbaum

Baseball’s Leading Lady: Effa Manley and the Rise and Fall of the Negro Leagues by Andrea Williams

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New Releases and More for November 1, 2022 Nov 01, 2022

This week, Liberty and Danika discuss White Horse, The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

White Horse by Erika T. Wurth

The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks by Shauna Robinson

The Best American Essays 2022 edited by Alexander Chee, Robert Atwan

The Best American Food Writing 2022 by Sohla El-Waylly, Silvia Killingsworth

The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2022 by Jess Walter, Steph Cha

The Best American Science And Nature Writing 2022 by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, Jaime Green

The Best American Science Fiction And Fantasy 2022 by Rebecca Roanhorse, John Joseph Adams

The Best American Short Stories 2022 by Andrew Sean Greer, Heidi Pitlor

DPS Only! by Velinxi

The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka

Kiss Her Once for Me by Alison Cochrun

How to Excavate a Heart by Jake Maia Arlow

Case Study by Graeme Macrae Burnet

Small Game by Blair Braverman

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All the Backlist: October 28, 2022 Oct 28, 2022

This week Vanessa shares some horror picks for creepy reading season, and for once, she isn’t talking about witches.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED

The Changeling by Victor LaValle

Five Midnights by Ann Dávila Cardinal

Category Five by Ann Dávila Cardinal

The Storyteller’s Death by Ann Dávila Cardinal

Our Shadows Have Claws edited by Amparo Ortiz and Yamile Saied Mendez

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New Releases and More for October 25, 2022 Oct 25, 2022

This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss Anywhere You Run, The Call Out, Unprotected, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Anywhere You Run by Wanda M. Morris

Rest is Resistance: A Manifesto by Tricia Hersey

Prunella and the Cursed Skull Ring by Matthew Loux

Thieves by Lucie Bryon

The Wondrous Wonders by Camille Jourdy

The Call-Out: A Novel in Rhyme by Cat Fitzpatrick

Strike the Zither by Joan He

Fetish: A Collection of Victorian Erotic Stories by Anonymous

Toil and Trouble: A Women’s History of the Occult by Lisa Kröger and Melanie R. Anderson

Unprotected: A Memoir by Billy Porter

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All The Backlist: October 21, 2022 Oct 21, 2022

This week, Kelly highlights three self-development nonfiction books to celebrate Emotional Wellness Month.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Radical Compassion by Tara Brach

Yoke by Jessamyn Stanley

You’re Not Listening by Kate Murphy

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New Releases and More for October 18, 2022 Oct 18, 2022

This week, Liberty and Tirzah discuss Seven Empty Houses, Maybe an Artist, The Diaries of Alan Rickman, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Seven Empty Houses by Samanta Schweblin, Megan McDowell (Translator)

The Employees: A workplace novel of the 22nd century by Olga Ravn and Martin Aitken

Maybe an Artist by Liz Montague

Madly, Deeply: The Diaries of Alan Rickman by Alan Rickman

Drizzle, Dreams, and Lovestruck Things by Maya Prasad

Lavender House by Lev AC Rosen

Nothing Sung and Nothing Spoken by Nita Tyndall

Lonely Castle in the Mirror by Mizuki Tsujimura, Philip Gabriel (Translator)

The Wolf Suit by Sid Sharp

We Are the Scribes by Randi Pink

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All the Backlist! October 14, 2022 Oct 14, 2022

This week, Danika talks about two great sapphic horror books to read this spooky season!

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling

Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu and edited by Carmen Maria Machado

Dracula by Bram Stoker

Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado

In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror edited by Joe Vallese

Movies: The Descent and Queer for Fear

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New Releases and More for October 11, 2022 Oct 11, 2022

This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss The Runaway Restaurant, The Belle of Belgrave Square, Little Eve, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

The Runaway Restaurant by Tessa Yang

The Storyteller’s Death by Ann Dávila Cardinal

Well, That Was Unexpected by Jesse Q. Sutanto

Undercover Latina by Aya de León

Little Eve by Catriona Ward

The Belle of Belgrave Square (Belles of London Book 2) by Mimi Matthews

Dinosaurs by Lydia Millet

Sinister Graves (A Cash Blackbear Mystery Book 3) by Marcie Rendon

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All the Backlist! October 7, 2022 Oct 07, 2022

This week, Tirzah recommend two excellent YA horror novels that are 10+ years old. You might have to go digging for copies, but they are definitely worth it!

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BOOKS DISCUSSED

Bleeding Violet by Dia Reeves

Slice of Cherry by Dia Reeves

Miscreated by Dia Reeves

Frost by Marianna Baer

The Inconceivable Life of Quinn by Marianna Baer

Wolfwood by Marianna Baer

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New Releases and More for October 4, 2022 Oct 04, 2022

This week, Liberty and Danika discuss Our Missing Hearts, A Scatter of Light, Such Sharp Teeth, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng

A Scatter of Light by Malinda Lo

Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda

A Line in the Dark by Malinda Lo

Such Sharp Teeth by Rachel Harrison

The Future Is Disabled by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

Jackal by Erin E. Adams

Anne of Greenville by Mariko Tamaki

The Whalebone Theatre by Joanna Quinn

Queer Little Nightmares: An Anthology of Monstrous Fiction and Poetry by David Ly and Daniel Zomparelli

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All the Backlist! September 30, 2022 Sep 30, 2022

This week, Liberty talks about a couple of fabulous backlist titles she loves related to upcoming new releases!

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Lark & Kasim Start a Revolution by Kacen Callender

Moonflower by Kacen Callender

Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender

Leech by Hiron Ennes

Cold Storage by David Koepp

Aurora by David Koepp

The House Without Windows by Barbara Newhall Follett and Jackie Morris

Article: Vanishing Act by Paul Collins

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New Releases and More for September 27, 2022 Sep 27, 2022

This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss Leech, House of Hunger, Everything Is OK, and more great books.

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All the Backlist! September 23, 2022 Sep 23, 2022

This week, Trisha celebrates a new school year by recommending a few picture books that belong in any adult’s home library.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED

Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem Fox, illustrated by Julie Vivas

Drawn Together by Minh Lê, illustrated by Dan Santat

Dreamers by Yuyi Morales

Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin, illustrated by Betsy Lewin

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New Releases and More for September 20, 2022 Sep 20, 2022

This week, Liberty and Tirzah discuss The Getaway, The Killing Code, Rust in the Root, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

The Getaway by Lamar Giles

The Killing Code by Ellie Marney

The Vanquishers by Kalynn Bayron

Rust in the Root by Justina Ireland

O Caledonia by Elspeth Barker

A Merry Little Meet Cute by Julie Murphy and Sierra Simone

The Witch and the Tsar by Olesya Salnikova Gilmore

Seoulmates by Susan Lee

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All the Backlist: September 16, 2022 Sep 16, 2022

This week Vanessa shares some reads for Hispanic Heritage Month: a genre-blending story collection, a merdude fantasy in Coney Island, and a climate justice spy thriller.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED

Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado

The Vicious Deep series by Zoraida Córdova

The Brooklyn Brujas series by Zoraida Córdova

A Spy in the Struggle by Aya de Leon

Undercover Latina by Aya de Leon

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New Releases and More for September 13, 2022 Sep 13, 2022

This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss Bliss Montage, How Not To Drown in a Glass of Water, People Person, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton

How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water by Angie Cruz

Bliss Montage: Stories by Ling Ma

Severance by Ling Ma

People Person by Candice Carty-Williams

Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams

A Very Typical Family by Sierra Godfrey

Our Shadows Have Claws edited by Yamile Saied Méndez, Amparo Ortiz, Illustrated by Ricardo López Ortiz

Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

Thistlefoot by GennaRose Nethercott

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All The Backlist: September 9, 2022 Sep 09, 2022

This week, Kelly shares two delicious and delightful vampire short story collections for sinking your teeth into.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED

A Small Charred Face by Kazuki Sakuraba, translated by Jocelyn Allen

Vampires Never Get Old edited by Zoraida Córdova and Natalie C. Parker

Hey YA Extra Credit: The Moth Diaries by Rachel Klein

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New Releases and More for September 6, 2022 Sep 06, 2022

This week, Liberty and Danika discuss Killers of a Certain Age, Self-Made Boys, The Weight of Blood, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn

Year of the Tiger: An Activist’s Life by Alice Wong

The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson

Attack of the Black Rectangles by Amy Sarig King

The Year We Fell from Space by Amy Sarig King

The Fortunes of Jaded Women by Carolyn Huynh

What We Fed to the Manticore by Talia Lakshmi Kolluri

The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell

Instructions for a Heatwave by Maggie O’Farrell

Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix by Anna-Marie McLemore

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All the Backlist! September 2, 2022 Sep 02, 2022

This week, Danika talks about two of their favorite books about the power of stories.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED:

The Truth About Stories by Thomas King

The Inconvenient Indian by Thomas King

Two or Three Things I Know For Sure by Dorothy Allison

Bastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison

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New Releases and More for August 30, 2022 Aug 30, 2022

This week, Liberty and Kelly discuss Daisy Darker, Dead Flip, Suburban Hell, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney

Harriet Wolf's Seventh Book of Wonders by Julianna Baggott

The Rabbit Back Literature Society by Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen, Lola M. Rogers (translator)

Dead Flip by Sara Farizan

Bunnicula: The Graphic Novel by James and Deborah Howe, Andrew Donkin, Stephen Gilpin (Illustrator)

Seton Girls by Charlene Thomas

Tomorrow in Shanghai: Stories by May-lee Chai

Suburban Hell by Maureen Killmer (Pbk)

The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez

Over My Dead Body by Sweeney Boo

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All the Backlist! August 26, 2022 Aug 26, 2022

This week, Tirzah talks about some YA novels that feature significant relationships between teen protagonists and the elders in their lives.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED:

Lucy Clark Will Not Apologize by Margo Rabb

Love is a Revolution by Renée Watson

Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley

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New Releases and More for August 23, 2022 Aug 23, 2022

This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches, To Catch a Raven, Babel, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna

Aphrodite and the Duke by JJ McAvoy

All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days : The True Story of the American Woman at the Heart of the German Resistance to Hitler by Rebecca Donner (paperback)

To Catch a Raven by Beverly Jenkins

Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators’ Revolution by R. F. Kuang

The Sleepless by Victor Manibo

A Dreadful Splendor by B.R. Myers

Hoodoo for Everyone: Modern Approaches to Magic, Conjure, Rootwork, and Liberation by Sherry Shone

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All the Backlist! August 19, 2022 Aug 19, 2022

This week, Liberty talks about a couple of fabulous backlist titles she loves related to upcoming new releases!

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

The Hollow Places by T. Kingfisher

A House with Good Bones by T. Kingfisher

Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher

What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher

The Adventures of Miss Barbara Pym by Paula Byrne

Solenoid by Mircea Cartarescu, Sean Cotter (translator)

Our Share of Night by Mariana Enríquez, Pablo Gerardo Camacho (Illustrator), Megan McDowell (translator)

Things We Lost in the Fire: Stories by Mariana Enríquez, Megan McDowell (translator)

The Dangers of Smoking in Bed: Stories by Mariana Enríquez, Megan McDowell (translator)

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New Releases and More for August 16, 2022 Aug 16, 2022

This week, Liberty and Tirzah discuss Complicit, Tumble, Acting Class, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Complicit by Winnie M Li

Tumble by Celia C. Pérez

Acting Class by Nick Drnaso

Love in the Time of Serial Killers by Alicia Thompson

Witches by Brenda Lozano, Heather Cleary (translator)

The Oleander Sword (Burning Kingdoms #2) by Tasha Suri

Anybody Home? by Michael J. Seidlinger

Paradise: One Town’s Struggle to Survive an American Wildfire by Lizzie Johnson

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All the Backlist! August 12, 2022 Aug 12, 2022

This week, Trisha recommends two non-fiction books by excellent storytellers, and both are great on audio.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED

You’ll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories About Racism by Amber Ruffin and Lacey Lamar

Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe

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New Releases and More for August 9, 2022 Aug 09, 2022

This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss The Women Could Fly, You’re Invited, I’m Glad My Mom Died, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

The Women Could Fly by Megan Giddings

Lakewood by Megan Giddings

You’re Invited by Amanda Jayatissa

I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

Mommie Dearest by Christina Crawford

Husband Material by Alexis Hall

Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall

High Times in the Low Parliament by Kelly Robson

Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach by Kelly Robson

Princess Floralinda and the Forty-Flight Tower by Tamsyn Muir

Koshersoul: The Faith and Food Journey of an African American Jew by Michael W. Twitty

The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South by Michael W. Twitty

The Fishermen and the Dragon: Fear, Greed, and a Fight for Justice on the Gulf Coast by Kirk Wallace Johnson

The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century by Kirk W. Johnson

Three Assassins by Kotaro Isaka, Sam Malissa (translator)

Bullet Train by Kotaro Isaka, Sam Malissa (translator)

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All The Backlist: August 5, 2022 Aug 05, 2022

This week Vanessa shares a few books that are feeding her wanderlust, albeit in some interesting ways.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED

The Way of All Flesh (Raven and Fisher Mystery #1) by Ambrose Parry

From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home by Tembi Locke

Black Water Rising by Attica Locke

The Cutting Season (the title I couldn’t remember!) by Attica Locke

Nessie Quest by Melissa Savage

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New Releases and More for August 2, 2022 Aug 02, 2022

This week, Liberty and Danika discuss All This Could Be Different, The Book Eaters, Shutter, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

All This Could Be Different by Sarah Thankam Mathews

It Sounds Like This by Anna Meriano

The Wild Hunt by Emma Seckel

The Honeys by Ryan La Sala

Shutter by Ramona Emerson

The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean

Mercury Pictures Presents by Anthony Marra

A Broken Blade by Melissa Blair

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All The Backlist! July 29, 2022 Jul 29, 2022

This week, Kelly talks about three nonfiction reads that will contextualize the current book ban movement–and only one of them is about book censorship.

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BOOKS MENTIONED:

Book Banning in the 21st Century by Emily Knox

Cultish by Amanda Montell

Dark Money by Jane Mayer

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New Releases and More for July 26, 2022 Jul 26, 2022

This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss Calling for a Blanket Dance, The Souls of White Jokes, Nightmare Fuel, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Calling for a Blanket Dance by Oscar Hokeah

The Souls of White Jokes: How Racist Humor Fuels White Supremacy by Raúl Pérez

Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth Lim (paperback)

How to Read Now: Essays by Elaine Castillo

Nightmare Fuel: The Science of Horror Films by Nina Nesseth

Scream: Chilling Adventures in the Science of Fear by Margee Kerr

Skin of the Sea by Natasha Bowen

Fish Swimming in Dappled Sunlight by Riku Onda, Alison Watts (Translator)

Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki

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All the Backlist! July 22, 2022 Jul 22, 2022

This week, Danika recommends two of the most mind-blowing books she’s ever read. They’re also both sapphic and both by Black authors!

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BOOKS MENTIONED:

Everfair by Nisi Shawl

The Salt Roads by Nalo Hopkinson

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New Releases and More for July 19, 2022 Jul 19, 2022

This week, Liberty and Tirzah discuss The Force of Such Beauty, Just Like Home, The Daughter of Doctor Moreau, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

The Force of Such Beauty by Barbara Bourland

Just Like Home by Sarah Gailey

A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark

The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

The Album of Dr. Moreau by Daryl Gregory

Dirtbag, Massachusetts: A Confessional by Isaac Fitzgerald

Youngblood by Sasha Lauren

Lumberjackula by Mat Heagerty and Sam Owen

Other Terrors: An Inclusive Anthology by Vince A. Liaguno and Rena Mason

Crumbs by Danie Stirling

Lightfall: The Girl & the Galdurian by Tim Probert

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All the Backlist! July 15, 2022 Jul 15, 2022

This week, Tirzah recommends two of her favorite memoirs read in 2021!

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BOOKS MENTIONED:

Somebody’s Daughter by Ashley C. Ford

The Natural Mother of the Child by Krys Malcolm Belc

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New Releases and More for July 12, 2022 Jul 12, 2022

This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss Our Wives Under the Sea, The It Girl, The Man Who Could Move Clouds, and more great books.

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All the Backlist! July 8, 2022 Jul 08, 2022

This week, Liberty talks about a couple of fabulous backlist titles related to the week’s new releases that she loves!

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Young Jane Young by Gabrielle Zevin

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

Build Your House Around My Body by Violet Kupersmith

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New Releases and More for July 5, 2022 Jul 05, 2022

This week, Liberty and Danika discuss Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, Florida Woman, Night of the Living Rez, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

Florida Woman by Deb Rogers

100 Animals That Can F*cking End You by Mamadou Ndiaye

Expedition Backyard by Rosemary Mosco, illustrated by Binglin Hu

Bad Things Happen Here by Rebecca Barrow

Night of the Living Rez: Stories by Morgan Talty

Death by Bubble Tea by Jennifer J. Chow

Miss Aldridge Regrets by Louise Hare

Life Ceremony: Stories by Sayaka Murata, Ginny Tapley Takemori (translator)

Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo

Wash Day Diaries by Jamila Rowser and Robyn Smith

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All the Backlist! July 1, 2022 Jul 01, 2022

This week, Trisha recommends two historical romances—emphasis on the “historical”—based in the United States.

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Books Discussed

Indigo by Beverly Jenkins

Let It Shine by Alyssa Cole

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New Releases and More for June 28, 2022 Jun 28, 2022

This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss The Measure, Our Crooked Hearts, Beasts of Prey, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

The Measure by Nikki Erlick

Our Crooked Hearts by Melissa Albert

Valentina Salazar is Not a Monster Hunter by Zoraida Córdova

American Royalty by Tracey Livesay

Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily Austin

Beasts of Prey by Ayana Gray

Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks by Patrick Radden Keefe

Rehearsals for Living by Robyn Maynard and Leanne Betasamosake Simpson

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All The Backlist: June 24, 2022 Jun 24, 2022

This week Kelly recommends three coming-of-age graphic memoirs about growing up an American immigrant.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED

The American Dream? A Journey on Route 66 Discovering Dinosaur Statues, Muffler Men, and the Perfect Breakfast Burrito by Shing Yin Khor

Almost American Girl by Robin Ha

I Was Their American Dream by Malaka Gharib

Messy Roots: A Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese-American by Laura Gao

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New Releases and More for June 21, 2022 Jun 21, 2022

This week, Liberty and Tirzah discuss The Ballad of Perilous Graves, Lucie Yi is Not a Romantic, On Rotation, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

The Ballad of Perilous Graves by Alex Jennings

Vera Kelly, Lost and Found by Rosalie Knecht

Tree Thieves: Crime and Survival in North America’s Woods by Lyndsie Bourgon

Lucie Yi is Not a Romantic by Lauren Ho

On Rotation by Shirlene Obuobi

Epically Earnest by Molly Horan

We Can Never Leave This Place by Eric Larocca

A Year to the Day by Robin Benway

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All The Backlist: June 17, 2022 Jun 17, 2022

This week Vanessa shares some recent genre-blending historical fiction. She promises she does not only read historical fiction.

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Books Discussed

A Tip for the Hangman by Allison Epstein

The Conductors by Nicole Glover

The Undertakers by Nicole Glover

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New Releases and More for June 14, 2022 Jun 14, 2022

This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss One’s Company, A Mirror Mended, Skye Falling, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

One’s Company by Ashley Hutson

The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill

Skye Falling by Mia McKenzie

A Mirror Mended by Alix Harrow

Flying Solo by Linda Holmes

Who Is Wellness For?: An Examination of Wellness Culture and Who It Leaves Behind by Fariha Roisin

Hurricane Girl by Marcy Dermansky

Mrs. March by Virginia Feito

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All The Backlist: June 10, 2022 Jun 10, 2022

This week Kelly recommends two vital nonfiction books about about race and racism in America.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED

Sundown Towns by James Loewen

From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry: The Killing of Vincent Chen and the Trial that Galvanized the Asian American Movement by Paula Yoo

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New Releases and More for June 7, 2022 Jun 07, 2022

This week, Liberty and Danika discuss Counterfeit, Home Field Advantage, After the Lights Go Out, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Counterfeit by Kirstin Chen

Home Field Advantage by Dahlia Adler

After the Lights Go Out by John Vercher

Buffalo is the New Buffalo by Chelsea Vowel

Nuclear Family by Joseph Han

Slip by Marika McCoola, illustrated by Aatmaja Pandya

Greenland by David Santos Donaldson

Nevada by Imogen Binnie

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All the Backlist! June 3, 2022 Jun 03, 2022

This week, Danika recommends a couple of queer speculative fiction anthologies, just in time for Pride month!

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Books Discussed

Love After the End: An Anthology of Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction edited by Joshua Whitehead

Meanwhile, Elsewhere: Science Fiction and Fantasy from Transgender Writers edited by Cat Fitzpatrick and Casey Plett

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New Releases and More for May 31, 2022 May 31, 2022

This week, Liberty and Kelly discuss Yerba Buena, Summer’s Edge, How To Be Eaten, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Summer’s Edge by Dana Mele

Yerba Buena by Nina LaCour

The Evening Hero by Marie Myung-Ok Lee

Private Label by Kelly Yang

An Olive Grove in Ends by Moses McKenzie

How To Be Eaten by Maria Adelmann

Rainbow Rainbow: Stories by Lydia Conklin

A Sitting in St. James by Rita Williams-Garcia

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All the Backlist! May 27, 2022 May 27, 2022

This week, Tirzah recommends two great books with beachy summer vibes!

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Books Discussed:

The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han

It’s Not Summer Without You by Jenny Han

We’ll Always Have Summer by Jenny Han

Summer of Salt by Katrina Leno

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New Releases and More for May 24, 2022 May 24, 2022

This week, Danika and Patricia discuss City of Orange, You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty, A Lady for a Duke, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

All the Things We Don’t Talk About by Amy Feltman

You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi

Primal Animals by Julia Lynn Rubin

A Lady for a Duke by Alexis Hall

City of Orange by David Yoon

Black Nerd Problems by William Evans & Omar Holmon

Only on the Weekends by Dean Atta

How to Grow: Nurture Your Garden, Nurture Yourself by Marcus Bridgewater

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All the Backlist! May 20, 2022 May 20, 2022

This week, Tirzah recommend two great YA titles with mental health representation.

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Books Discussed:

Darius the Great is Not Okay by Adib Khorram

Darius the Great Deserves Better by Adib Khorram

The Edge of Anything by Nora Shalaway Carpenter

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New Releases and More for May 17, 2022 May 17, 2022

This week, Liberty and Tirzah discuss This Time Tomorrow, The Cherry Robbers, The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub

The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes

The Legacy of Molly Southbourne by Tade Thompson

From Bad to Cursed by Lana Harper

The Cherry Robbers by Sarai Walker

Gideon Green in Black and White by Katie Henry

In Harm’s Way: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors (Revised and Updated) by Doug Stanton

See You Yesterday by Rachel Lynn Solomon

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All the Backlist! May 13, 2022 May 13, 2022

This week, Trisha recommends two non-fiction books about how we talk and write about culture and politics in the United States.

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Books Discussed

What Were We Thinking: A Brief Intellectual History of the Trump Era by Carlos Lozada

What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia by Elizabeth Catte

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New Releases and More for May 10, 2022 May 10, 2022

This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss Forbidden City, Café Con Lychee, Unfadeable, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza by Mac Barnett and Shawn Harris

Café Con Lychee by Emery Lee

Forbidden City by Vanessa Hua

Dead End Girls by Wendy Heard

Unfadeable by Maurice Broaddus

The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea by Maggie Tokuda-Hall

Mustique Island by Sarah McCoy

The Hacienda by Isabel Cañas

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All the Backlist! May 6, 2022 May 06, 2022

This week Nusrah recommends two great books to make you reconsider your thoughts on matrimony.

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Books Discussed

An American Marriage by Tayari Jones

Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff

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New Releases and More for May 3, 2022 May 03, 2022

This week, Liberty and Danika discuss Book of Night, I Kissed Shara Wheeler, Trust, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Book of Night by Holly Black

When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill

I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston

Trust by Hernan Diaz

Burn Down, Rise Up by Vincent Tirado

The Change by Kirsten Miller

Queerly Beloved by Susie Dumond

Chef’s Kiss by T.J. Alexander

Circa by Devi S. Laskar

The Atlas of Reds and Blues by Devi S. Laskar

Here Goes Nothing by Steve Toltz

By the Book by Jasmine Guillory

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All The Backlist! April 29, 2022 Apr 29, 2022

This week, Vanessa recommends a couple of historical titles that are, well, very loosely connected.

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Books Discussed

The Widow of Rose House by Diana Biller

A Christmas Spark by Diana Biller

The Brightest Star in Paris by Diana Biller

Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Untamed Shore by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Velvet Was the Night by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

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New Releases and More for April 26, 2022 Apr 26, 2022

This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss Nettle & Bone, Winnie Zeng Unleashes a Legend, Kaikeyi, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

This Wicked Fate (This Poison Heart, 2) by Kalynn Bayron

Dreams Bigger Than Heartbreak (Unstoppable Book 2) by Charlie Jane Anders

The Bone Shard Daughter (The Drowning Empire Book 1) by Andrea Stewart

Realm Breaker by Victoria Aveyard

Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher (The Twisted Ones, The Hollow Places, A Wizard’s Guide To Defensive Baking, Dragonbreath, What Moves the Dead )

Winnie Zeng Unleashes a Legend by Katie Zhao

Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel (Sexism and misogyny, violence and death, loss of a loved one, partner abuse)

Circe by Madeline Miller

Ariadne by Jennifer Saint

The Witch’s Heart by Genevieve Gornichec

Daughter of the Moon Goddess (Celestial Kingdom Book 1) by Sue Lynn Tan

She Who Became the Sun (Radiant Emperor) by Shelley Parker-Chan

How to Keep House While Drowning: A Gentle Approach to Cleaning and Organizing by KC Davis

The Children on the Hill by Jennifer McMahon (The Winter People, The Night Sister, The Invited)

I’m Waiting For You and Other Stories by Kim Bo-Young

Meet Me in Another Life by Catriona Silvey (April 27 and December 14, 2021 shows)

The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World by Riley Black

How to Tell a Story: The Essential Guide to Memorable Storytelling from The Moth by Meg Bowles, Catherine Burns, Jenifer Hixon, Sarah Austin Jenness, and Kate Tellers

Big Feelings: How to Be Okay When Things Are Not Okay by Liz Fosslien & Mollie West Duffy

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All The Backlist! April 22, 2022 Apr 22, 2022

This week Kelly recommends two great books about ghosts as we’re half-way to Halloween.

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Books Discussed

A Banquet for Hungry Ghosts by Ying Chang Compenstine

Saturday Night Ghost Club by Craig Davidson

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New Releases and More for April 19, 2022 Apr 19, 2022

This week, Liberty and Tirzah discuss The Memory Librarian, Queen of the Tiles, Debating Darcy, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer by Janelle Monáe

Pay Dirt Road by Samantha Jayne Allen

Debating Darcy by Sayantani DasGupta

Queen of the Tiles by Hanna Alkaf

Word Freak: Heartbreak, Triumph, Genius, and Obsession in the World of Competitive Scrabble Players by Stefan Fatsis

Hope and Glory by Jendella Benson

My Sister’s Big Fat Indian Wedding by Sajni Patel

The Man Who Invented Motion Pictures: A True Tale of Obsession, Murder, and the Movies by Paul Fischer

The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester

Sofi and the Bone Song by Adrienne Tooley

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All the Backlist! April 15, 2022 Apr 15, 2022

This week, Danika recommends two of her favorite sapphic graphic novels! And not just because she enjoys the rhyme. But it helps.

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Books Discussed on the Show:

I Married My Best Friend to Shut My Parents Up by Naoko Kodama

The One Hundred Nights of Hero and The Encyclopedia of Early Earth by Isabel Greenberg

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New Releases and More for April 12, 2022 Apr 12, 2022

This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss Unlikely Animals, The Devil’s Half Acre, The Caretakers, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Unlikely Animals by Annie Hartnett

The No-Show by Beth O’Leary

The Caretakers by Amanda Bestor-Siegal

The Devil’s Half Acre: The Untold Story of How One Woman Liberated the South’s Most Notorious Slave Jail by Kristen Green by Kristen Greene

Yellow Wife by Sadeqa Johnson

Activities of Daily Living by Lisa Hsiao Chen

High Spirits by Camille Gomera-Tavarez

One-Shot Harry by Gary Phillips

Devil in a Blue Dress: An Easy Rawlins Novel by Walter Mosley

A Tiny Upward Shove by Melissa Chadburn

Chef’s Kiss by Jarrett Melendez, Danica Brine (Illustrator), Hank Jones (Colorist), Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou (Letterer) (March 1 show)

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All the Backlist! April 8, 2022 Apr 08, 2022

This week, Tirzah recommends two great novels in verse for April is Poetry Month!

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Books Discussed

Alone by Megan Freeman

Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo

The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo

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New Releases and More for April 5, 2022 Apr 05, 2022

This week, Liberty and Danika discuss Memphis, At Least You Have Your Health, Lessons in Chemistry, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Memphis by Tara Stringfellow

At Least You Have Your Health by Madi Sinha

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

She Gets the Girl by Rachael Lippincott and Alyson Derrick

Four Treasures of the Sky by Jenny Tinghui Zhang

How Much of These Hills Is Gold by C. Pam Zhang

Rabbit Chase by Elizabeth LaPensée and KC Oster (illustrator)

Fine: A Comic About Gender by Rhea Ewing

Apprentice Lord of Darkness by CED, Jean-Phillipe Morin

The Wondrous Wonders by Camille Jourdy

Saga: Compendium One by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples

When Women Kill by Alia Trabucco Zerán, Sophie Hughes (translator)

Nothing Burns as Bright as You by Ashley Woodfolk

The Falling Girls by Hayley Krischer

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All the Backlist! April 1, 2022 Apr 01, 2022

This week, Patricia talks about a couple great backlist titles including a book that she thinks absolutely everyone should read!

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Books Discussed on the Show:

The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen

Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself by Nedra Glover Tawwab

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New Releases and More for March 29, 2022 Mar 29, 2022

This week, all the ATB hosts have a special chat and then Liberty and Patricia discuss A House Between Earth and the Moon, Ten Steps to Nanette, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

A House Between Earth and the Moon by Rebecca Scherm

Ten Steps to Nanette: A Memoir Situation by Hannah Gadsby

A Magic Steeped in Poison (The Book of Tea #1) by Judy I. Lin

A Quick & Easy Guide to Asexuality by Molly Muldoon and Will Hernandez

WHAT WE’RE READING:

Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself by Nedra Glover Tawwab

The Wondrous Wonders by Camille Jourdy

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All the Backlist! March 25, 2022 Mar 25, 2022

This week, Liberty talks about a few backlist titles she unearthed from her library.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Every Day Is for the Thief by Teju Cole

The Hundred-Year House by Rebecca Makkai

An Elegy for Easterly: Stories by Petina Gappah

Little Lives by John Howland Spyker

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New Releases and More for March 22, 2022 Mar 22, 2022

This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss Disorientation, Swan Lake: Quest for the Kingdoms, Comeuppance Served Cold, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Swan Lake: Quest for the Kingdoms by Rey Terciero, Megan Kearney

Comeuppance Served Cold by Marion Deeds

The City of Dusk by Tara Sim

The Bone Orchard by Sara A. Mueller

French Braid by Anne Tyler

All the White Friends I Couldn’t Keep: Hope — And Hard Pills to Swallow — About Fighting for Black Lives by Andre Henry

Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake by Sarah MacLean

Disorientation by Elaine Hsieh Chou

WHAT WE’RE READING:

You Grow, Gurl! Plant Kween’s Lush Guide to Growing Your Garden by Christopher Griffin

Ten Steps to Nannette: A Memoir Situation by Hannah Gadsby

On the Rooftop by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton

100 Animals That Can F*cking End You by Mamadou Ndiaye

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All the Backlist! March 18, 2022 Mar 18, 2022

This week, Patricia talks about a couple great backlist titles including a book that will get your creative juices flowing!

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Books Discussed on the Show:

Creative Quest by Amir Questlove Thompson

Displacement by Kiku Hughes

Books Mentioned on the Show:

Heirloom Beans: Great Recipes for Dips and Spreads, Soups and Stews, Salads and Salsas, and Much More from Rancho Gordo by Steve Sando and Vanessa Barrington

Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

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New Releases and More for March 15, 2022 Mar 15, 2022

This week, Liberty and Tirzah discuss The Cartographers, The Last Laugh, The Book of Cold Cases, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd

The League of Gentlewomen Witches (Dangerous Damsels Book 2) by India Holton

The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James

Isla to Island by Alexis Castellanos

Secret Identity by Alex Segura

Air by Monica Roe

Riding with Evil: Taking Down the Notorious Pagan Motorcycle Gang by Ken Croke with Dave Wedge

The Last Laugh by Mindy McGinnis

WHAT WE’RE READING:

The Verifiers by Jane Pek

Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn

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All the Backlist! March 11, 2022 Mar 11, 2022

This week, Tirzah recommends two twisty crime books set at boarding schools.

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Books Discussed:

The Obsession, The New Girl, and Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto

The Mockingbirds by Daisy Whitney

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

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New Releases and More for March 8, 2022 Mar 08, 2022

This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss Booth, Like a Sister, The Old Woman with the Knife, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Booth by Karen Joy Fowler

Like a Sister by Kellye Garret

The Old Woman with the Knife by Gu Byeong-mo, Chi-young Kim (translator)

The World Cannot Give by Tara Isabella Burton

The Resemblance by Lauren Nossett

The Last Suspicious Holdout: Stories by Ladee Hubbard

Cinder & Glass by Melissa de la Cruz

The Ogress and the Orphans by Kelly Barnhill

The Midnight Brigade by Adam Borba

After the Romanovs: Russian Exiles in Paris from the Belle Époque Through Revolution and War by Hellen Rappaport

WHAT WE’RE READING:

The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb

The Fishermen and the Dragon: Fear, Greed, and a Fight for Justice on the Gulf Coast by Kirk Wallace Johnson

That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon by Kimberly Lemming

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All the Backlist! March 4, 2022 Mar 04, 2022

This week, Patricia talks about a couple great backlist titles including a phenomenal speculative fiction short story anthology!

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Books Discussed on the Show:

Archival Quality by Ivy Noelle Weir and illustrated by Steenz

New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color edited by Nisi Shawl

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New Releases and More for March 1, 2022 Mar 01, 2022

This week, Liberty and Danika discuss Gallant, Loveless, A Thousand Steps into Night, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Gallant by V.E. Schwab

Loveless by Alice Oseman

This Golden State by Marit Weisenberg

Tell Me an Ending by Jo Harkin

A Thousand Steps into Night by Traci Chee

Ready When You Are by Gary Lonesborough

Another Appalachia: Coming Up Queer and Indian in a Mountain Place by Neema Avashia

Chef’s Kiss by Jarrett Melendez, Danica Brine (Illustrator), Hank Jones (Colorist), Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou (Letterer)

WHAT WE’RE READING:

Sisters of the Vast Black by Lina Rather

Don’t Cry for Me by Daniel Black

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All the Backlist! February 25, 2022 Feb 25, 2022

This week, Liberty talks about a couple of fabulous backlist titles related to the week’s new releases that she loves!

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka

When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka

The Midnight Ride by Ben Mezrich

Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions by Ben Mezrich

Slaying the Dragon: A Secret History of Dungeons and Dragons by Ben Riggs

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New Releases and More for February 22, 2022 Feb 22, 2022

This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss The Verifiers, I’m So Not Over You, The Swimmers, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

The Verifiers by Jane Pek

Dead Collections by Isaac Fellman

The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka

I’m So Not Over You by Kosoko Jackson

The Midnight Ride by Ben Mezrich

Delilah Green Doesn’t Care by Ashley Herring Blake

Scoundrel: How a Convicted Murderer Persuaded the Women Who Loved Him, the Conservative Establishment, and the Courts to Set Him Free by Sarah Weinman

Recitatif: A Storyby Toni Morrison with an Introduction by Zadie Smith

WHAT WE’RE READING:

Creative Quest by Questlove

Cain’s Jawbone by Torquemada

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All the Backlist! February 18, 2022 Feb 18, 2022

This week, Patricia talks about a couple great backlist titles including a fantasy pick she couldn’t put down!

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Books Discussed on the Show:

The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna

We Still Here: Pandemic, Policing, Protest, & Possibility by Marc Lamont Hill

Books Mentioned on the Show:

The Merciless Ones (The Gilded Ones #2) by Namina Forna

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New Releases and More for February 15, 2022 Feb 15, 2022

This week, Liberty and Tirzah discuss Bitter, Mickey7, The Chandler Legacies, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Bitter by Akwaeke Emezi

Mickey7 by Edward Ashton

The Chandler Legacies by Abdi Nazemian

Reclaim the Stars: Seventeen Tales Across Realms & Space edited by Zoraida Cordova

The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley

The Keeper by Guadalupe García McCall

All the Right Reasons by Bethany Mangle

WHAT WE’RE READING:

The New Girl by Jesse Q. Sutanto

Just Like Home by Sarah Gailey

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All the Backlist! February 11, 2022 Feb 11, 2022

This week, Tirzah recommends two hilarious YA books with themes of sexuality, dating, and relationships!

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Featured Books

Unpregnant by Jenni Hendriks and Ted Caplan

Not So Pure and Simple by Lamar Giles

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New Releases and More for February 8, 2022 Feb 08, 2022

This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss The Nineties, Homicide and Halo-Halo, Dead Silence, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Dead Silence by S.A. Barnes

Homicide and Halo-Halo by Mia P. Manansala

The Nineties: A Book by Chuck Klosterman

Ramon and Julieta by (Love & Tacos, Book 1) by Alana Quintana Albertson

Jawbone by Mónica Ojeda, Sarah Booker (translator)

Love & Saffron: A Novel of Friendship, Food, and Love by Kim Fay

Catch the Sparrow: A Search for a Sister and the Truth of Her Murder by Rachel Rear

Mirror Girls by Kelly McWilliams

WHAT WE’RE READING:

Anatomy: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz

The New Girl by Jesse. Q. Sutanto

The Brightest Star in Paris by Diana Biller

A Prayer for the Crown-Shy (Monk & Robot Book 2) by Becky Chambers

Harry Sylvester Bird by Chinelo Okparanta

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All the Backlist! February 4, 2022 Feb 04, 2022

This week, Patricia talks about a couple great backlist titles that are quintessential reading for Black History Month!

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Books Discussed on the Show:

The Black Panther Party: A Graphic Novel History by David F. Walker and Marcus Kwame Anderson

all about love: new visions by bell hooks

Books Mentioned on the Show:

Angela Davis: An Autobiography by Angela Y. Davis

Black Food: Stories, Art, and Recipes from Across the African Diaspora [A Cookbook] edited by Bryant Terry

Black Like Us: A Century of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual African American Fiction edited by Devon W. Carbado, Dwight A. McBride, and Donald Weise

Orishas, Goddesses, and Voodoo Queens: The Divine Feminine in the African Religious Traditions by Lilith Dorsey

Mojo Workin’: The Old African American Hoodoo System by Katrina Hazzard-Donald

Working the Roots: Over 400 Years of Traditional African-American Healing by Michele E. Lee

March: Book One by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell

March: Book Two by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell

March: Book Three by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell

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New Releases and More for February 1, 2022 Feb 01, 2022

This week, Liberty and Danika discuss The Violin Conspiracy, Crema, The Employees, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb

Real Hero Shit by Kendra Wells

Beautiful Little Fools by Jillian Cantor

Crema by Johnnie Christmas and Dante Luiz

Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson

At the End of Everything by Marieke Nijkamp

The Employees: A workplace novel of the 22nd century by Olga Ravn, Martin Aitken (translator)

Magical Boy Vol 1 by The Kao

WHAT WE’RE READING:

Cold by Mariko Tamaki

Bluebird by Ciel Pierlot

A Tiny Upward Shove by Melissa Chadburn

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All the Backlist! January 28, 2022 Jan 28, 2022

This week, Liberty talks about a couple of fabulous backlist titles related to the week’s new releases that she loves!

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New Releases and More for January 25, 2022 Jan 25, 2022

This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss Goliath, Notes on an Execution, Already Enough, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Already Enough: A Path to Self-Acceptance by Lisa Olivera

Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka

Goliath by Tochi Onyebuchi

Road of Bones by Christopher Golden

Light Years from Home by Mike Chen

Defenestrate by Renee Branum

Star Child: A Biographical Constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler by Ibi Zoboi

The Red Palace by June Hur

Something Fabulous by Alexis Hall

South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation by Imani Perry

Violeta by Isabel Allende

Hot and Sour Suspects: A Noodle Shop Mystery by Vivien Chien

Devil House by John Darnielle

The Broken Tower by Kelly Braffet

The Accomplice by Lisa Lutz

WHAT WE’RE READING

A Handful of Earth, A Handful of Sky: The World of Octavia Butler by Lynell George

The Black Panther Party: A Graphic Novel History by David F. Walker and Marcus Kwame Anderson

Uzumaki by Junji Ito

The Measure by Nikki Erlick

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All the Backlist! January 21, 2022 Jan 21, 2022

This week, Patricia talks about a couple great backlist titles including a must-read historical fiction pick!

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Books Discussed on the Show:

Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America by Ijeoma Oluo

Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

Books Mentioned on the Show:

Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear

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New Releases and More for January 18, 2022 Jan 18, 2022

This week, Liberty and Tirzah discuss How High We Go in the Dark, Coming Back, Yinka, Where is Your Huzband? and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband? by Lizzie Damilola Blackburn

Coming Back by Jessi Zabarsky

How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu

Lawless Spaces by Corey Ann Haydu

Anatomy: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz

Real Easy by Marie Rutkoski

Blood in the Garden: The Flagrant History of the 1990s New York Knicks by Chris Herring

Game On: 15 Stories of Wins, Losses, and Everything in Between edited by Laura Silverman

WHAT WE’RE READING

My Fine Fellow by Jennieke Cohen

In the Serpent’s Wake by Rachel Hartman

Red Palace by June Hur

The Honeys by Ryan La Sala

Under Lock & Skeleton Key: A Secret Staircase Mystery by Gigi Pandian

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All the Backlist! January 14, 2022 Jan 14, 2022

This week, Tirzah recommends two great fictional books about Hollywood.

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Books Discussed:

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Now That I’ve Found You by Kristina Forest

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New Releases and More for January 11, 2022 Jan 11, 2022

This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss Daughter of the Moon Goddess, Wahala, Small World, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan

Wahala by Nikki May

I Came All This Way to Meet You: Writing Myself Home by Jami Attenberg

The Storyteller by Kathryn Williams

Small World by Jonathan Evison

None But the Righteous by Chantal James

The Bone Spindle by Leslie Vedder

Seasonal Work by Laura Lippman

WHAT WE’RE READING:

Shadow of Night (Discovery of Witches #2) by Deborah Harkness

Mercury Pictures Presents by Anthony Marra

The Boy with a Bird in His Chest by Emme Lund

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All the Backlist! January 7, 2022 Jan 07, 2022

This week, Patricia talks about a couple great backlist titles including one that will help you build new habits this year!

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Books Discussed on the Show:

Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear

The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water by Zen Cho

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New Releases and More for January 4, 2022 Jan 04, 2022

This week, Liberty and Danika discuss Olga Dies Dreaming, One True Loves, The School for Good Mothers, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Olga Dies Dreaming by Xóchitl González

The Kindred by Alechia Dow

The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan

One True Loves by Elise Bryant

The Stowaway by James S. Murray and Darren Wearmouth

Fiona and Jane by Jean Chen Ho

Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins

The High House by Jessie Greengrass

Midnight Girls by Alicia Jasinska

WHAT WE’RE READING:

Murder Most Actual by Alexis Hall

The Affair of the Mysterious Letter by Alexis Hall

Oh Honey by Emily R. Austin

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Our Favorite Nonfiction of 2021: December 21, 2021 Dec 21, 2021

This week, Liberty and Tirzah discuss Crying in H Mart, The Natural Mother of the Child, Empire of Pain, and more of their favorite novels of 2021.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Crying in H Mart: A Memoir by Michelle Zauner

The Natural Mother of the Child: A Memoir of Nonbinary Parenthood by Krys Malcolm Belc

Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe

Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism by Amanda Montell

Three Girls from Bronzeville: A Uniquely American Memoir of Race, Fate, and Sisterhood by Dawn Turner Trice

Sure, I’ll Be Your Black Friend: Notes from the Other Side of the Fist Bump by Ben Philippe

White Magic by Elissa Washuta

The Quiet Zone: Unraveling the Mystery of a Town Suspended in Silence by Stephen Kurczy

All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days: The True Story of the American Woman at the Heart of the German Resistance to Hitler by Rebecca Donner

On Juneteenth by Annette Gordon-Reed

A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance by Hanif Abdurraqib

Somebody’s Daughter: A Memoir by Ashley C. Ford

The Kissing Bug: A True Story of a Family, an Insect, and a Nation’s Neglect of a Deadly Disease by Daisy Hernandez

Revolution in Our Time: The Black Panther Party’s Promise to the People by Kekla Magoon

Last Call: A True Story of Love, Lust, and Murder in Queer New York by Elon Green

These Precious Days: Essays by Ann Patchett

WHAT WE’RE READING:

Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth Lim

Night of the Living Rez: Stories by Morgan Talty

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All the Backlist! December 17, 2021 Dec 17, 2021

This week, Tirzah recommends two YA novels with social justice themes.

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Books Discussed

Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay

We Are Not From Here by Jenny Torres Sanchez

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Our Favorite Novels of 2021: December 14, 2021 Dec 14, 2021

This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss The Rib King, Dial A for Aunties, Build Your House Around My Body, and more of their favorite novels of 2021.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

The Rib King by Ladee Hubbard

Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto

Build Your House Around My Body by Violet Kupersmith

Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark

Meet Me in Another Life by Catriona Silvey

The Road Trip by Beth O’Leary

In the Quick by Kate Hope Day

Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley

Reprieve by James Han Mattson

The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova

The Five Wounds by Kirstin Valdez Quade

Within These Wicked Walls by Lauren Blackwood

Little Thieves by Margaret Owen

Murder Most Actual by Alexis Hall

Damnation Spring by Ash Davidson

Miss Moriarty, I Presume? by Sherry Thomas

WHAT WE’RE READING:

Amor Actually by Adriana Herrera, Alexis Daria, Priscilla Olivares, Diana Muñoz Stewart, Mia Sosa, Sabrina Sol, and Zoey Castlle

The Boston Celtics 75th Anniversary Official Illustrated History by the Celtics

Nuclear Family by Joseph Han

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All the Backlist! December 10, 2021 Dec 10, 2021

This week, Patricia talks about a couple great graphic novel backlist titles to help you reach your reading goal!

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Books Discussed on the Show:

Juliet Takes A Breath: The Graphic Novel by Gabby Rivera and Celia Moscote

The Banks by Roxane Gay, Ming Doyle, and Jordie Bellaire

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Great December Book Releases: December 7, 2021 Dec 07, 2021

This week, Liberty and Danika discuss The Fortune Men, The Love Con, They Can’t Take Your Name, and more great books being released in December.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

The Fortune Men by Nadifa Mohamed

Fools In Love: Fresh Twists on Romantic Tales edited by Rebecca Podos and Ashley Herring Blake

They Can’t Take Your Name by Robert Justice

The Love Con by Seressia Glass

Oddball: A Sarah’s Scribbles Collection by Sarah Andersen

Crip Kinship: The Disability Justice & Art Activism of Sins Invalid by Shayda Kafai

The Amazing Screw-On Head by Mike Mignola

If This Gets Out by Sophie Gonzales and Cale Dietrich

WHAT WE’RE READING:

Even Though We’re Adults Vol 3 by Takako Shimura

Tell Me I’m Worthless by Allison Rumfitt

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All the Backlist! December 3, 2021 Dec 03, 2021

This week, Liberty talks about a couple of fabulous backlist titles that she loves!

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Delicious Foods by James Hannaham

Pilot Impostor by James Hannaham

Didn’t Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta by James Hannaham

Marion Lane and the Midnight Murder by T.A. Willberg

Marion Lane and the Deadly Rose by T.A. Willberg

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Exciting 2022 Book Releases: November 30, 2021 Nov 30, 2021

This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss The Violin Conspiracy, Already Enough, Memphis, and more great books coming in 2022.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband? by Lizzie Damilola Blackburn

Already Enough: A Path to Self-Acceptance by Lisa Olivera

The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb

The Kindred by Alechia Dow

Memphis by Tara Stringfellow

The Black Agenda: Bold Solutions for a Broken System edited by Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman

Secret Identity by Alex Segura

Goliath by Tochi Onyebuchi

A House Between Earth and the Moon by Rebecca Scherm

South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation by Imani Perry

The Caretakers by Amanda Bestor-Siegal

Read Dangerously: The Subversive Power of Literature in Troubled Time by Azar Nafisi

Unlikely Animals by Annie Hartnett

Black Love Matters: Real Talk on Romance, Being Seen, and Happily Ever Afters edited by Jessica P. Pride

Sense and Second-Degree Murder (Jane Austen Murder Mysteries) by Tirzah Price

Queerly Beloved by Susie Dumond

Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher

People Change by Vivek Shraya

I Came All This Way to Meet You: Writing Myself Home by Jami Attenberg

To Paradise: A Novel by Hanya Yanagihara

Moon Witch, Spider King (The Dark Star Trilogy Book 2) by Marlon James

Bitter by Akwaeke Emezi

Dreams Bigger Than Heartbreak (Unstoppable Book 2) by Charlie Jane Anders

Bloodmarked (The Legendborn Cycle) by Tracy Deonn

Fevered Star (Between Earth and Sky Book 2) by Rebecca Roanhorse

Four Aunties and a Wedding by Jesse Q. Sutanto

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All the Backlist! November 26, 2021 Nov 26, 2021

This week, Patricia talks about a couple great backlist titles including an epic fantasy and must-read nonfiction!

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Books Discussed on the Show:

What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Fat by Aubrey Gordon

Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse

Notable Native People: 50 Indigenous Leaders, Dreamers, and Changemakers from Past and Present by Adrienne Keene, illustrated by Ciara Sana

Jenny Mei is Sad by Tracy Subisak

Milo Imagines the World by Matt de la Peña, illustrated by Christian Robinson

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Great Books for Giving: November 23, 2021 Nov 23, 2021

This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss Notable Native People, The Matter of Black Lives, Little Pieces of Hope, and more great books that make great gifts.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Best Wishes, Warmest Regards: The Story of Schitt’s Creek by Daniel Levy and Eugene Levy

The New York Times Cooking No-Recipe Recipes by Sam Sifton

Notable Native People: 50 Indigenous Leaders, Dreamers, and Changemakers from Past and Present by Adrienne Keene and Ciara Sana

Hill House Living: The Art of Creating a Joyful Life by Paula Sutton

Little Pieces of Hope: Happy-Making Things in a Difficult World by Todd Doughty and Josie Portillo

Black Food: Stories, Art, and Recipes from Across the African Diaspora curated by Bryant Terry

Natural History by DK and Smithsonian Institution

Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself by Nedra Glover Tawwab

Gastro Obscura: A Food Adventurer’s Guide by Cecily Wong, Dylan Thuras, Atlas Obscura

Pasta: The Spirit and Craft of Italy’s Greatest Food, with Recipes by Missy Robbins and Talia Baiocchi

The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation by Anna Malaika Tubbs

The Matter of Black Lives: Writing From the New Yorker edited by Jelani Cobb and David Remnick

Outside, Inside by LeUyen Pham

The Italian Bakery: Step-By-Step Recipes with the Silver Spoon

Mental Floss: The Curious Reader: A Literary Miscellany of Novels & Novelists by Erin McCarthy & the team at Mental Floss

The Cocktail Workshop: An Essential Guide to Classic Drinks and How to Make Them Your Own by Steven Grasse and Adam Erace

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All the Backlist! November 19, 2021 Nov 19, 2021

This week, Tirzah recommends two great sci-fi novels starring women and featuring sapphic romances!

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Books Discussed:

The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson

Barbary Station by R.E. Stearns

Mutiny at Vesta by R.E. Stearns

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New Releases and More for November 16, 2021 Nov 16, 2021

This week, Liberty and Tirzah discuss You Sexy Thing, Tidesong, ExtraOrdinary, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

You Sexy Thing by Cat Rambo

A Rush of Wings by Laura E. Weymouth

The Ice House by Monica Sherwood

Tidesong by Wendy Xu

Murakami T: The T-Shirts I Love by Haruki Murakami, Philip Gabriel (Translator)

Starling by Isabel Strychacz

ExtraOrdinary by V. E. Schwab, Enid Balam

When We Were Them by Laura Namey Taylor

WHAT WE’RE READING:

A Spindle Splintered by Alix E. Harrow

The Verifiers by Jane Pek

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All the Backlist! November 12, 2021 Nov 12, 2021

This week, Patricia talks about a couple great backlist titles including a fun steampunk graphic novel that’s full of surprises!

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Books Discussed on the Show:

With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo

City of Secrets by Victoria Ying

Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking by Samin Nosrat

Heirloom Beans: Great Recipes for Dips and Spreads, Soups and Stews, Salads and Salsas, and Much More from Rancho Gordo by Steve Sando and Vanessa Barrington

City of Illusion by Victoria Ying

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New Releases and More for November 9, 2021 Nov 09, 2021

This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss The Sentence, The Undertakers, O Beautiful, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

The Sentence by Louise Erdrich

The Undertakers (A Murder & Magic Novel) by Nicole Glover

O Beautiful by Jung Yun

Miss Moriarty, I Presume? (The Lady Sherlock Series) by Sherry Thomas

Forging a Nightmare by Patricia A. Jackson

Body and Soul Food by Abby Collette

Wish It Lasted Forever: Life With the Larry Bird Celtics by Dan Shaughnessy

Skin of the Sea Book by Natasha Bowen

WHAT WE’RE READING:

A Christmas Spark by Diana Biller

Casino Royale by Ian Fleming

Rosebud by Paul Cornell

Misery by Stephen King

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All the Backlist! November 5, 2021 Nov 05, 2021

This week, Liberty talks about a couple of fabulous backlist titles that she loves!

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

All Her Little Secrets by Wanda M. Morris

The Verdict by Nick Stone

Bellweather Rhapsody by Kate Racculia

Tuesday Mooney Talks to Ghosts by Kate Racculia

The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker

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DUNE: Adaptation Nation, Episode 1 Nov 04, 2021

Jeff O’Neal, Jenn Northington, and Amanda Nelson discuss Frank Herbert’s Dune and break down Denis Villeneuve’s 2021 adaptation. Mentioned in this episode: Frank Herbert’s Distrust of JFK Hari Kunzru on Dune Muslim Influences in Dune Is Dune a White Savior Narrative? Sidelining Arab Voices in Dune Dune Book Club with Ausma Zehanat Khan See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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New Releases and More for November 2, 2021 Nov 02, 2021

This week, Liberty and Danika discuss A Marvellous Light, Blue-Skinned Gods, The Collective, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske

Blue-Skinned Gods by SJ Sindu

The Collective by Alison Gaylin

Briar Girls by Rebecca Kim Wells

A Certain Appeal by Vanessa King

The 500 Years of Indigenous Resistance Comic Book: Revised and Expanded by Gord Hill and Pamela Palmater

Bibliophile: Diverse Spines by Jamise Harper and Jane Mount

The Reckless Kind by Carly Heath

WHAT WE’RE READING:

Squad by Maggie Tokuda-Hall and Lisa Sterle

Dele Weds Destiny by Tomi Obaro

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All the Backlist! October 29, 2021 Oct 29, 2021

This week, Patricia talks about a couple creepy backlist titles that had her on the edge of her seat!

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Books Discussed on the Show:

The Book of the Unnamed Midwife by Meg Elison

Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark

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New Releases and More for October 26, 2021 Oct 26, 2021

This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss Where They Wait, Being Seen, Donut Fall in Love, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Where They Wait by Scott Carson

Being Seen: One Deafblind Woman’s Fight to End Ableism by Elsa Sjunneson

Donut Fall in Love by Jackie Lau

Read This to Get Smarter: about Race, Class, Gender, Disability, and More by Blair Imani

Grave Reservations by Cherie Priest

Squad by Maggie Tokuda-Hall & Lisa Sterle

All Her Little Secrets by Wanda M. Morris

Baggage: Tales from a Fully Packed Life by Alan Cumming

WHAT WE’RE READING:

Never Say You Can’t Survive by Charlie Jane Anders

Quantum Girl Theory by Erin Kate Ryan

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All the Backlist! October 22, 2021 Oct 22, 2021

This week, Tirzah recommends two great backlist titles that will probably creep you out!

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When No One is Watching by Alyssa Cole

The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones

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New Releases and More for October 19, 2021 Oct 19, 2021

This week, Liberty and Tirzah discuss Nothing But Blackened Teeth, Within These Wicked Walls, The Plant Hunter, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw

When Things Get Dark: Stories inspired by Shirley Jackson edited by Ellen Datlow

Bad Girls Never Say Die by Jennifer Mathieu

The Plant Hunter: A Scientist’s Quest for Nature’s Next Medicines by Cassandra Leah Quave

Ferryman by Claire McFall

The White Ship: Conquest, Anarchy and the Wrecking of Henry I’s Dream by Charles Spencer

Within These Wicked Walls by Lauren Blackwood

Flowers for the Sea by Zin E. Rocklyn

This Is Our Rainbow: 16 Stories of Her, Him, Them, and Us by Katherine Locke and Nicole Melleby

WHAT WE’RE READING:

Payback’s a Witch by Lana Harper

Havana Year Zero by Karla Suárez, Christina MacSweeney

The Book of the Dead (Agent Pendergast 7) by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

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All the Backlist! October 15, 2021 Oct 15, 2021

This week, Patricia talks about a couple great backlist titles including a witchy read perfect for autumn!

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Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow

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New Releases and More for October 12, 2021 Oct 12, 2021

This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss This Thing Between Us, The Corpse Flower, The Apollo Murders, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

This Thing Between Us by Gus Moreno

The Corpse Flower by Anne Mette Hancock

The Apollo Murders by Chris Hadfield

The Book of Magic by Alice Hoffman

The Gilded Edge: Two Audacious Women and the Cyanide Love Triangle That Shook America by Catherine Prendergast

The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera

The Death of Jane Lawrence by Caitlin Starling

The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2021 by Steph Cha and Alafair Burke

WHAT WE’RE READING:

The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling

Within These Wicked Walls by Lauren Blackwood

How to Marry Keanu Reeves in 90 Days by K.M. Jackson

Dance of Death (Pendergast Book 6) by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

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All the Backlist! October 8, 2021 Oct 08, 2021

This week, Liberty talks about a couple of fabulous backlist titles related to the Halloween season!

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

The Good House by Tananarive Due

Wieland: or, The Transformation by Charles Brockden Brown

The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James

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New Releases and More for October 5, 2021 Oct 05, 2021

This week, Liberty and Danika discuss Payback’s a Witch, Reprieve, Little Thieves, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Reprieve by James Han Mattson

The Falling Girls by Hayley Krischer

Little Thieves by Margaret Owen

The One You Want to Marry (And Other Identities I’ve Had): A Memoir by Sophie Santos

Cackle by Rachel Harrison

A Dream of a Woman by Casey Plett

The Holiday Swap by Maggie Knox

Payback’s a Witch by Lana Harper

WHAT WE’RE READING:

The Citadel of Whispers (Choose Your Own Adventure) by Kazim Ali

Greedy: Notes from a Bisexual Who Wants Too Much by Jen Winston

What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher

Dance of Death (Pendergast Book 6) by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

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All the Backlist! October 1, 2021 Oct 01, 2021

This week, Patricia talks about a couple great backlist titles including a book that has changed the way she sees the world!

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Books discussed on the show:

Dungeon Critters by Natalie Riess & Sara Goetter

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

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New Releases and More for September 28, 2021 Sep 28, 2021

This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss Cloud Cuckoo Land, Light from Uncommon Stars, The Matzah Ball, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr

Feeding the Soul (Because It’s My Business): Finding Our Way to Joy, Love, and Freedom by Tabitha Brown

The Matzah Ball by Jean Meltzer

The Wake Up: Closing the Gap Between Good Intentions and Real Change by Michelle MiJung Kim

Please Don’t Sit on My Bed in Your Outside Clothes: Essays by Phoebe Robinson

Stray Dogs by Tony Fleecs and Trish Forstner with Brad Simpson, Tone Rodriguez, Lauren Perry, Lauren Herda, and Gabriela Downie

Garlic and the Vampire by Bree Paulsen

Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki

WHAT WE’RE READING:

Read This to Get Smarter: about Race, Class, Gender, Disability, and More by Blair Imani

Bourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography by Laurie Woolever

Black Girls Must Die Exhausted by Jayne Allen

Magic, Lies, and Deadly Pies by Misha Popp

Brimstone (Agent Pendergast Series, 5) by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

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All the Backlist! September 24, 2021 Sep 24, 2021

This week, Tirzah recommends two great, dreamy YA graphic novels!

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Books Discussed:

A Map to the Sun by Sloane Leong

On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden

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New Releases and More for September 21, 2021 Sep 21, 2021

This week, Liberty and Tirzah discuss All These Bodies, The Body Scout, The Book of Form and Emptiness, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

All These Bodies by Kendare Blake

The Body Scout by Lincoln Michel

When Things Get Dark: Stories inspired by Shirley Jackson edited by Ellen Datlow

The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki

Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune

The Sleeping Beauties: And Other Stories of Mystery Illness by Suzanne O’Sullivan

Beasts and Beauty: Dangerous Tales by Soman Chainani and Julia Iredale

The Rib King by Ladee Hubbard

WHAT WE’RE READING:

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

Four Aunties and a Wedding by Jesse Q. Sutanto

The Cabinet of Curiosities(Pendergast Book 3) by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

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All the Backlist! September 17, 2021 Sep 17, 2021

This week, Patricia talks about a couple great backlist titles including a vampire book that gave her the creeps from start to finish!

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Books discussed on the show:

Fledgling by Octavia E. Butler

Be Gay, Do Comics: Queer History, Memoir, and Satire from The Nib Edited by Matt Bors

Green Day: Ukulele Play-Along Volume 25 (Hal-Leonard Ukulele Play-Along)

ABBA – Gold: Greatest Hits: for Ukulele

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New Releases and More for September 14, 2021 Sep 14, 2021

This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss Harlem Shuffle, A Lot Like Adiós, Apples Never Fall, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead

A Lot Like Adiós by Alexis Daria

Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty

The Corpse Queen by Heather M. Herrman

White Smoke by Tiffany D Jackson

Your Guide to Not Getting Murdered in a Quaint English Village by Maureen Johnson and Jay Cooper

Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery by Brom

A Soft Place to Land by Janae Marks

WHAT WE’RE READING:

The Book of Magic by Alice Hoffman

Reliquary by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

The League of Gentlewomen Witches by India Holton

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All the Backlist! September 10, 2021 Sep 10, 2021

This week, Liberty talks about a couple of fabulous backlist titles related to the week’s new releases!

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

American Time Bomb: Attica, Sam Melville, and a Son’s Search for Answers by Joshua Melville

Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy by Heather Ann Thompson

The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova

Incendiary (Hollow Crown Book 1) by Zoraida Córdova

Bloodless (Pendergast Book 20) by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

Relic (Pendergast Book 1) by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

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New Releases and More for September 7, 2021 Sep 07, 2021

This week, Liberty and Danika discuss Matrix, We Are Not Broken, The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Matrix by Lauren Groff

The Bennet Women by Eden Appiah-Kubi

Three Girls from Bronzeville: A Uniquely American Story of Race, Fate, and Sisterhood by Dawn Turner

We Are Not Broken by George M Johnson

The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova

The All-Consuming World by Cassandra Khaw

Bloodless by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

The Girls Are Never Gone by Sarah Glenn Marsh

WHAT WE’RE READING:

Edie in Between by Laura Sibson

The Woman Beyond the Attic: The V.C. Andrews Story by Andrew Neiderman

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All the Backlist! September 3, 2021 Sep 03, 2021

This week, Patricia talks about a couple excellent fantasy backlist titles.

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Books discussed on the show:

Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert

The Night Country by Melissa Albert

Tales From the Hinterland by Melissa Albert

Rise to the Sun by Leah Johnson

Never Say You Can’t Survive by Charlie Jane Anders

The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna

The Black Panther Party by David F. Walker and Marcus Kwame Anderson

Redemptor by Jordan Ifueko

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New Releases and More for August 31, 2021 Aug 31, 2021

This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss My Heart is a Chainsaw, Fast Pitch, Revelator, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Sometimes I Trip on How Happy We Could Be by Nichole Perkins

My Heart Is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones

Fast Pitch by Nic Stone

Revelator by Daryl Gregory

Punderworld: Vol 1 by Linda Sejic

Battle Royal by Lucy Parker

For the Love of April French by Penny Aimes

WHAT WE’RE READING:

The Book of the Unnamed Midwife by Meg Elison

We Do What We Do in the Dark by Michelle Hart

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All the Backlist! August 27, 2021 Aug 27, 2021

This week, Tirzah recommends two great Japanese mystery/thrillers!

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Books Discussed:

Newcomer by Keigo Higashino, translated by Giles Murray

Out by Natsuo Kirino, translated by Stephen Snyder

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New Releases and More for August 24, 2021 Aug 24, 2021

This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss Feral Creatures, Bad Witch Burning, The Guide, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Feral Creatures by Kira Jane Buxton

Bad Witch Burning by Jessica Lewis

The Guide by Peter Heller

Radical Friendship: Seven Ways to Love Yourself and Find Your People in an Unjust World by Kate Johnson

Seeing Ghosts: A Memoir by Kat Chow

Both Sides Now by Peyton Thomas

Tunnel 29: The True Story of an Extraordinary Escape Beneath the Berlin Wall by Helena Merriman

Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness by Da’Shaun L. Harrison

WHAT WE’RE READING:

For the Love of April French by Penny Aimes

Murder Book: A Graphic Memoir of a True Crime Obsession by Hilary Fitzgerald Campbell

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All the Backlist! August 20, 2021 Aug 20, 2021

This week, Patricia talks about a couple backlist titles including an absolute must-read about race.

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Books discussed on the show:

Dumplin’ by Julie Murphy

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson

When No One is Watching by Alyssa Cole

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New Releases and More for August 17, 2021 Aug 17, 2021

This week, Liberty and Tirzah discuss Velvet Was the Night, Never Say You Can’t Survive, Chasing the Boogeyman, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Chasing the Boogeyman by Richard Chizmar

Velvet Was the Night by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

The Ones Who Don’t Say They Love You: Stories by Maurice Carlos Ruffin

The Many Meanings of Meilan by Andrea Wang

Never Say You Can’t Survive by Charlie Jane Anders

How to Kill Your Best Friend by Lexie Elliott

Paradise: One Town’s Struggle to Survive an American Wildfire by Lizzie Johnson

Unraveled by Leanne Hatch

WHAT WE’RE READING:

The Quiet Zone: Unraveling the Mystery of a Town Suspended in Silence by Stephen Kurczy

Hexwood by Dianna Wynne Jones

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All the Backlist! August 13, 2021 Aug 13, 2021

This week, Liberty talks about a couple of fabulous backlist titles related to the week’s new releases!

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Mrs. March by Virginia Feito

The Days of Abandonment by Elena Ferrante

Human Zoo by Sabina Murray

Valiant Gentlemen by Sabina Murray

Unlikely Animals by Annie Hartnett

Rabbit Cake by Annie Hartnett

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New Releases and More for August 10, 2021 Aug 10, 2021

This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss Mrs. March, Gone for Good, This Will All Be Over Soon, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Gone for Good by Joanna Schaffhausen

Miss Lattimore’s Letter by Suzanne Allain

This Will All Be Over Soon: A Memoir by Cecily Strong

The Manningtree Witches by A. K. Blakemore

Spirits Abroad: and Other Stories by Zen Cho

Mrs. March by Virginia Feito

The King of Infinite Space by Lyndsay Faye

The Dating Dare by Jayci Lee

WHAT WE’RE READING:

Everyone Knows Your Mother is a Witch by Rivka Galchen

The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb

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All the Backlist! August 6, 2021 Aug 06, 2021

This week, Patricia talks about a couple nonfiction backlist titles including a book that might be the hardest book she’s ever read.

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Books discussed on the show:

Banned Book Club by Kim Hyun Sook, Ko Hyung-Ju, & Ryan Estrada

Hello I Want to Die Please Fix Me: Depression in the First Person by Anna Mehler Paperny

Books mentioned on the show:

The Motorcycle Diaries by Che Guevara

Counter-Revolutionary Violence: Bloodbaths in Fact & Propaganda by Noam Chomsky

The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan

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New Releases and More for August 3, 2021 Aug 03, 2021

This week, Liberty and Danika discuss Damnation Spring, Fresh, When the Reckoning Comes, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

When the Reckoning Comes by LaTanya McQueen

Fresh by Margot Wood

Damnation Spring by Ash Davidson

Made in China: A Memoir of Love and Labor by Anna Qu

The Turnout by Megan Abbott

I Kissed a Girl by Jennet Alexander

Ghosts by Dolly Alderton

The Dead and the Dark by Courtney Gould

WHAT WE’RE READING:

All Are Welcome by Liz Parker

The Sentence by Louise Erdrich

The Stand by Stephen King

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All the Backlist! July 30, 2021 Jul 30, 2021

This week, Tirzah recommends two standalone fantasy backlist titles!

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Books Discussed:

Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust

Girls Made of Glass and Snow by Melissa Bashardoust

Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson

An Enchantment of Ravens by Margaret Rogerson

Vespertine by Margaret Rogerson

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New Releases and More for July 27, 2021 Jul 27, 2021

This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss Not a Happy Family, Summer Fun, A Song Everlasting, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Not a Happy Family by Shari Lapena

Summer Fun by Jeanne Thornton

A Song Everlasting by Ha Jin

I Am Not Starfire by Mariko Tamaki with art by Yoshi Yoshitani

Fierce Little Thing by Miranda Beverly-Whittemore

Red Wolf by Rachel Vincent

The Accursed Vampire by Madeline McGrane

While We Were Dating by Jasmine Guillory

WHAT WE’RE READING:

Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness by Da’Shaun Harrison

Grimm’s Complete Fairy Tales by Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

‘Salem’s Lot by Stephen King

An Arrow to the Moon by Emily X.R. Pan

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All the Backlist! July 23, 2021 Jul 23, 2021

This week, Patricia talks about a couple great backlist titles including a nonfiction read that has stuck with her ever since she read it.

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Books discussed on the show:

Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert

Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century edited by Alice Wong

Fledgling by Octavia E. Butler

Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert

Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert

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New Releases and More for July 20, 2021 Jul 20, 2021

This week, Liberty and Tirzah discuss For Your Own Good, Intimacies, The River Has Teeth, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

For Your Own Good by Samantha Downing

The Dire Days of Willowweep Manor by Shaenon K. Garrity and Christopher Baldwin

Jillian vs. Parasite Planet by Nicole Kornher-Stace, Scott Brown

In the Same Boat by Holly Green

Intimacies by Katie Kitamura

The River Has Teeth by Erica Waters

The Book of Accidents by Chuck Wendig

You & Me at the End of the World by Brianna Bourne

WHAT WE’RE READING:

Razorblade Tears by S. A. Cosby

People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry

Noor by Nnedi Okorafor

Carrie by Stephen King

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All the Backlist! July 16, 2021 Jul 16, 2021

This week, Liberty talks about a couple of fabulous backlist titles related to the week’s new releases!

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot 1) by Becky Chambers

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers Book 1) by Becky Chambers

Ghost Forest by Pik-Shuen Fung

Do Not Say We Have Nothing by Madeleine Thien

Cahokia: Ancient America’s Great City on the Mississippi by Timothy R. Pauketat

Dare to Know by James Kennedy

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New Releases and More for July 13, 2021 Jul 13, 2021

This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss Ghost Forest, Sword Stone Table, The Final Girl Support Group, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness by Kristen Radtke

Sword Stone Table: Old Legends, New Voices by Swapna Krishna and Jenn Northington

A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot 1) by Becky Chambers

The Taking of Jake Livingston by Ryan Douglass

Ghost Forest by Pik-Shuen Fung

The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix

The Icepick Surgeon: Murder, Fraud, Sabotage, Piracy, and Other Dastardly Deeds Perpetrated in the Name of Science by Sam Kean

The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream: The Hunt for a Victorian Era Serial Killer by Dean Jobb

M, King’s Bodyguard by Niall Leonard

WHAT WE’RE READING:

The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart

Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo

How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

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All the Backlist! July 9, 2021 Jul 09, 2021

This week, Patricia talks about a couple great backlist titles including a young adult sci-fi pick she loves!

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Books discussed on the show:

The Sound of Stars by Alechia Dow

Honor Girl by Maggie Thrash

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

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New Releases and More for July 6, 2021 Jul 06, 2021

This week, Liberty and Danika discuss Everyone In This Room Will Someday Be Dead, Rise To the Sun, Build Your House Around My Body, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily Austin

Rise to the Sun by Leah Johnson

Build Your House Around My Body by Violet Kupersmith

Temple Alley Summer by Sachiko Kashiwaba, Miho Satake (Illustrator), Avery Fischer Udagawa (Translator)

The Very Nice Box by Eve Gleichman and Laura Blackett

The Legend of Auntie Po by Shing Yin Khor

Lights out in Lincolnwood by Geoffrey Rodkey

Indestructible Object by Mary McCoy

WHAT WE’RE READING:

The Secret to Superhuman Strength by Alison Bechdel

I Came All This Way to Meet You: Writing Myself Home by Jami Attenberg

Wish It Lasted Forever: Life With the Larry Bird Celtics by Dan Shaughnessy

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All the Backlist! July 2, 2021 Jul 02, 2021

This week, Tirzah recommends two great backlist summer thrillers!

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Books Discussed:

White Rabbit by Caleb Roehrig

The Best Lies by Sarah Lyu

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New Releases and More for June 29, 2021 Jun 29, 2021

This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss This Poison Heart, Eat Your Heart Out, Why Fish Don’t Exist, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Chunky by Yehudi Mercado

Poison Ivy: Thorns by Kody Keplinger, illustrated by Sara Kipin

Why Fish Don’t Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life by Lulu Miller

She Memes Well by Quinta Brunson

Eat Your Heart Out by Kelly deVos

The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray

The Matzah Ball by Jean Meltzer

This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron

WHAT WE’RE READING:

Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir by Akwaeke Emezi

Dumplin’ by Julie Murphy

Dare to Know by James Kennedy

Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice

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All the Backlist! June 25, 2021 Jun 25, 2021

This week, Patricia talks about a couple great backlist titles with protagonists who smash everyone’s expectations!

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Books discussed on the show:

Donut the Destroyer by Sarah Graley & Stef Purenins

You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johson

The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot

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New Releases and More for June 22, 2021 Jun 22, 2021

This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss Filthy Animals, Blackout, Star Eater, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Blackout by Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk , Nicola Yoon

Filthy Animals: Stories by Brandon Taylor

Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts by Rebecca Hall, illustrated by Hugo Martinez

Star Eater by Kerstin Hall

Yoke: My Yoga of Self-Acceptance by Jessamyn Stanley

What’s Done in Darkness by Laura McHugh

The Witness for the Dead (The Goblin Emperor) by Katherine Addison

Squad by Maggie Tokuda-Hall

A Spindle Splintered by Alix E. Harrow

Yours Cruelly, Elvira: Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark by Cassandra Peterson

Noor by Nnedi Okorafor

Wish It Lasted Forever: Life With the Larry Bird Celtics by Dan Shaughnessy

WHAT WE’RE READING:

Dear Senthuran by Akwaeke Emezi

Fledgling by Octavia Butler

She Memes Well by Quinta Brunson

The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels (Dangerous Damsels) by India Holton

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All the Backlist! June 18, 2021 Jun 18, 2021

This week, Liberty talks about a couple of fabulous backlist titles related to the week’s new releases!

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

No Exit by Taylor Adams

Hairpin Bridge by Taylor Adams

Sisters of the Snake by Sarena and Sasha Nanua

The Things She’s Seen by Ambelin Kwaymullina, Ezekiel Kwaymullina

The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels by India Holton

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New Releases and More for June 15, 2021 Jun 15, 2021

This week, Liberty and Tirzah discuss The World Gives Way, Blood Like Magic, The Box in the Woods, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

The World Gives Way by Marissa Levien

The Secret Garden: The Graphic Novel by Mariah Marsden and Hanna Luechtefeld

Bath Haus by PJ Vernon

Blood Like Magic by Liselle Sambury

The Tangleroot Palace: Stories by Marjorie Liu

The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels by India Holton

The Box in the Woods (Truly Devious) by Maureen Johnson

The Hellion’s Waltz: Feminine Pursuits by Olivia Waite

WHAT WE’RE READING:

The Nature of Witches by Rachel Griffin

Vespertine by Margaret Rogerson

Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson

An Enchantment of Ravens by Margaret Rogerson

Dune by Frank Hebert

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All the Backlist! June 11, 2021 Jun 11, 2021

This week, Patricia talks about a couple great backlist graphic novels that shouldn’t be missed!

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Books discussed on the show:

Superman Smashes the Clan by Gene Luen Yang, art by Gurihiru, lettering by Janice Chiang

You Brought Me the Ocean by Alex Sanchez, illustrated by Julie Maroh

The Stonewall Generation: LGBTQ Elders on Sex, Activism, and Aging by Jane Fleishman with a forward by Kate Bornstein and Barbara Carrellas

A Queer History of the United States for Young People by Michael Bronski, adapted by Richie Chevat

American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang, color by Lark Pien

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New Releases and More for June 8, 2021 Jun 08, 2021

This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss Ten Low, Slipping, The Ugly Cry, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Ten Low by Stark Holborn

The Road Trip by Beth O’Leary

Victim F: From Crime Victims to Suspects to Survivors by Denise Huskins and Aaron Quinn with Nicole Weisensee Egan

Slipping by Mohamed Kheir, Robin Moger (Translator)

The Ugly Cry: A Memoir by Danielle Henderson

The Marvelous by Claire Kann

Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch by Rivka Galchen

Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery by Bram

The Bombay Prince by Sujata Massey

WHAT WE’RE READING:

One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston

Dune by Frank Herbert

The Cabinet by Un-Su Kim

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All the Backlist! June 4, 2021 Jun 04, 2021

This week, Tirzah recommends two great queer YA fantasies in honor of Pride month!

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Books Discussed:

Of Fire and Stars by Audrey Coulthurst

Of Ice and Shadows by Audrey Coulthurst

Inkmistress by Audrey Coulthurst

Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan

Girls of Storm and Shadow by Natasha Ngan

Girls of Fate and Fury by Natasha Ngan

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New Releases and More for June 1, 2021 Jun 01, 2021

This week, Liberty and Danika discuss One Last Stop, Somebody’s Daughter, Malibu Rising, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston

Somebody’s Daughter: A Memoir by Ashley C. Ford

The Tea Dragon Tapestry (The Tea Dragon Society) by K. O’Neill

The Girl from the Sea by Molly Knox Ostertag

Bewilderness by Karen Tucker

The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo

Dead Dead Girls (A Harlem Renaissance Mystery) by Nekesa Afia

The Ghosts We Keep by Mason Deaver

Ace Of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

The Lucky List by Rachael Lippincott

With Teeth by Kristen Arnett

Trouble Girls by Julia Lynn Rubin

The Passing Playbook by Isaac Fitzsimons

Satisfaction Guaranteed by Karelia Stetz-Waters

Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid

The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin

The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu by Tom Lin

The Kissing Bug: A True Story of a Family, an Insect, and a Nation’s Neglect of a Deadly Disease by Daisy Hernández

Future Feeling by Joss Lake

How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning With the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith III

WHAT WE’RE READING:

Middletown by Sarah Moon

Yerba Buena by Nina LaCour

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All the Backlist! May 28, 2021 May 28, 2021

This week, Patricia talks about a couple great nonfiction backlist titles that will surely shift your perspective!

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Books discussed on the show:

A Quick & Easy Guide to Sex & Disability by A. Andrews

I Hope We Choose Love: A Trans Girl’s Notes from the End of the World by Kai Cheng Thom

Ben & Jerry’s Homemade Ice Cream & Dessert Book by Ben Cohen, Jerry Greenfield, and Nancy J. Stevens

Bake from Scratch Volume 2: Artisan Recipes for the Home Baker by Brian Hart Hoffman

The Perfect Pie: Your Ultimate Guide to Classic and Modern Pies, Tarts, Galettes, and More by America’s Test Kitchen

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New Releases and More for May 25, 2021 May 25, 2021

This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss The Guncle, Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating, Impostor Syndrome, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

The Guncle by Steven Rowley

Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating by Adiba Jaigirdar

Impostor Syndrome by Kathy Wang

Sure, I’ll Be Your Black Friend: Notes From the Other Side of the Fist Bump by Ben Philippe

Version Zero by David Yoon

You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience edited by Tarana Burke and Brene Brown

Mental Floss: The Curious Reader: A Literary Miscellany of Novels & Novelists by Erin McCarthy & the team at Mental Floss

Let’s Talk About Hard Things by Anna Sale

WHAT WE’RE READING:

Hello I Want to Die Please Fix Me: Depression in the First Person by Anna Mehler Paperny

Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher

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All the Backlist! May 21, 2021 May 21, 2021

This week, Liberty talks about a couple of fabulous backlist titles!

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Heroine Complex by Sarah Kuhn

From Little Tokyo, with Love by Sarah Kuhn

Leonard and Hungry Paul by Ronan Hession

I Love You but I’ve Chosen Darkness by Claire Vaye Watkins

Battleborn: Stories by Claire Vaye Watkins

Gold Fame Citrus by Claire Vaye Watkins

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New Releases and More for May 18, 2021 May 18, 2021

This week, Liberty and Tirzah discuss Tokyo Ever After, Perfectly Parvin, Light Perpetual, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Tokyo Ever After by Emiko Jean

Perfectly Parvin by Olivia Abtahi

Light Perpetual by Francis Spufford

Some Girls Do by Jennifer Dugan

Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake (Winner Bakes All Book 1) by Alexis Hall

The Marvelous Mirza Girls by Sheba Karim

The Album of Dr. Moreau by Daryl Gregory

Ophie’s Ghosts by Justina Ireland

WHAT WE’RE READING:

People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry

Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law by Mary Roach

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All the Backlist! May 14, 2021 May 14, 2021

This week, Patricia talks about a couple great backlist titles for lovers of queer YA romance.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea by Maggie Tokuda-Hall

The Henna Wars by Adiba Jaigirdar

How to Draw and Write in Fountain Pen: A Modern Guide by Ayano Usamura

The Murders That Made Us: How Vigilantes, Hoodlums, Mob Bosses, Serial Killers, and Cult Leaders Built the San Francisco Bay Area by Bob Calhoun

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New Releases and More for May 11, 2021 May 11, 2021

This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss We Are Satellites, Illusionary, People We Meet On Vacation, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

We Are Satellites by Sarah Pinsker

Illusionary by Zoraida Córdova

People We Meet On Vacation by Emily Henry

Where the Rhythm Takes You by Sarah Dass

Stone Fruit by Lee Lai

Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark

Brat: An ’80s Story by Andrew McCarthy

Black Water Sister by Zen Cho

WHAT WE’RE READING:

Get Good with Money by Tiffany Aliche

Ariadne by Jennifer Saint

Cackle by Rachel Harrison

No Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality by Michael J. Fox

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All the Backlist! May 7, 2021 May 07, 2021

This week, Tirzah talks about two great multigenerational YA books!

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Books Discussed:

You Bring the Distant Near by Mitali Perkins

Unbecoming by Jenny Downham

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New Releases and More for May 4, 2021 May 04, 2021

This week, Liberty and Danika discuss Realm Breaker, Luck of the Titanic, Great Circle, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Realm Breaker by Victoria Aveyard

Meet Cute Diary by Emery Lee

Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead

Last Gate of the Emperor by Prince Joel Dawit Makonnen and Kwame Mbalia

Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon

Stranger Care: A Memoir of Loving What Isn’t Ours by Sarah Sentilles

Find You First by Linwood Barclay

Luck of the Titanic by Stacey Lee

WHAT WE’RE READING:

Counting Down with You by Tashie Bhuiya

Fault Lines by Emily Itami

Please Please Tell Me Now: The Duran Duran Story by Stephen Davis

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All the Backlist! April 30, 2021 Apr 30, 2021

This week, Patricia talks about a couple great backlist titles including some phenomenal sci-fi.

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Books discussed on the show:

Bloom by Kevin Panetta and Savanna Ganucheau

The City We Became by N. K. Jemisin

How Long ‘Til Black Future Month? By N. K. Jemisin

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New Releases and More for April 27, 2021 Apr 27, 2021

This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss Meet Me in Another Life, White Magic, Dial A for Aunties, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Meet Me in Another Life by Catriona Silvey

Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto

White Magic by Elissa Washuta

Let’s Talk About It: The Teen’s Guide to Sex, Relationships, and Being a Human by Erika Moen and Matthew Nolan

Don’t Call it a Cult: The Shocking Story of Keith Raniere and the Women of NXIVM by Sarah Berman

Goodbye, Again: Essays, Reflections, and Illustrations by Jonny Sun

Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe

Victories Greater Than Death by Charlie Jane Anders

WHAT WE’RE READING:

I Hope We Choose Love: A Trans Girl’s Notes from the End of the World by Kai Cheng Thom

Rejected Princesses by Jason Porath

Squad by Maggie Tokuda-Hall and Lisa Sterle

Monster in the Middle by Tiphanie Yanique

The History of Bones: A Memoir by John Lurie

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All the Backlist! April 23, 2021 Apr 23, 2021

This week, Liberty talks about a couple of intense YA backlist titles!

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Vengeance Road by Erin Bowman

Dustborn by Erin Bowman

The Silence of Bones by June Hur

The Forest of Stolen Girls by June Hur

The Pessimists by Bethany Ball

Lights out in Lincolnwood by Geoffrey Rodkey

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New Releases and More for April 20, 2021 Apr 20, 2021

This week, Liberty and Tirzah discuss The Forest of Stolen Girls, Crying in H Mart, She Drives Me Crazy, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

The Forest of Stolen Girls by June Hur

Girl, 11 by Amy Suiter Clarke

A Thousand Minutes to Sunlight by Jen White

Crying in H Mart: A Memoir by Michelle Zauner

The Half-Orphan’s Handbook by Joan F. Smith

Witches Steeped in Gold by Ciannon Smart

She Drives Me Crazy by Kelly Quindlen

The Rib King by Laidee Hubbard

In the Quick by Kate Hope Day

We Could Be Heroes by Mike Chen

Picnic in the Ruins by Todd Robert Petesen

Good Neighbors by Sarah Langan

WHAT WE’RE READING:

She’s Too Pretty Burn by Wendy Heard

Seven Demons by Aidan Truhen

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All the Backlist! April 16, 2021 Apr 16, 2021

This week, Patricia talks about a couple great backlist titles that are quick, engaging reads.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Empress of Salt & Fortune by Nghi Vo

I Will Judge You By Your Bookshelf by Grant Snider

How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy by Jenny Odell

His Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman

When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain by Nghi Vo

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New Releases and More for April 13, 2021 Apr 13, 2021

This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss The Souvenir Museum, Hana Khan Carries On, Open Water, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

The Souvenir Museum: Stories by Elizabeth McCracken

Hana Khan Carries On by Uzma Jalaluddin

The Funny Thing About Norman Foreman by Julietta Henderson

The Night Library of Sternendach: A Vampire Opera in Verse by Jessica Lévai

Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson

Peaces by Helen Oyeyemi

Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe

Love in Color: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold by Bolu Babalola

WHAT WE’RE READING:

Pride and Premeditation (Jane Austen Murder Mysteries Book 1) by Tirzah Price

A Certain Appeal by Vanessa King

Gutter Mage by J.S. Kelley

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All the Backlist! April 9, 2021 Apr 09, 2021

This week, Tirzah talks about two novels set in 1815 England!

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Books Discussed:

The Bridgerton series by Julia Quinn

Dangerous Alliance by Jennieke Cohen

The Jane Austen Project by Kathleen A. Flynn

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New Releases and More for April 6, 2021 Apr 06, 2021

This week, Liberty and Danika discuss The Five Wounds, Zara Hossain is Here, Caul Baby, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

The Five Wounds by Kirstin Valdez Quade

Zara Hossain Is Here by Sabina Khan

The Night Always Comes by Willy Vlautin

An Indian among Los Indígenas: A Native Travel Memoir by Ursula Pike

Caul Baby by Morgan Jerkins

I’m a Wild Seed by Sharon Lee De La Cruz

Pride and Premeditation by Tirzah Price

Aru Shah and the City of Gold (Pandava Quartet) by Roshani Chokshi

Good Company by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney

Broken (in the best possible way) by Jenny Lawson

The Drowning Kind by Jennifer McMahon

Hummingbird Salamander by Jeff VanderMeer

Peaces by Helen Oyeyemi

Maxwell’s Demon by Steven Hall

Cruella: Hello, Cruel Heart by Maureen Johnson

Broken Horses: A Memoir by Brandi Carlile

Last Chance Texaco: Chronicles of an American Troubadour by Rickie Lee Jones

Somewhere Between Bitter and Sweet by Laekan Zea Kemp

WHAT WE’RE READING:

Tell No Tales: Pirates of the Southern Seas by Sam Maggs and Kendra Wells

You Sexy Thing by Cat Rambo

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All the Backlist! April 2, 2021 Apr 02, 2021

This week, Patricia talks about a couple great backlist titles including a compelling book about doing nothing.

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Books discussed on the show:

Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia by Sabrina Strings, Ph.D.

How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy by Jenny Odell

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

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New Releases and More for March 30, 2021 Mar 30, 2021

This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss The Final Revival of Opal & Nev, Remote Work Revolution, Of Women and Salt, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Remote Work Revolution: Succeeding from Anywhere by Tsedal Neeley

The Final Revival of Opal & Nev by Dawnie Walton

Listen Like You Mean It: Reclaiming the Lost Art of True Connection by Ximena Vengoechea

Of Women and Salt by Gabriela Garcia

Black Girl, Call Home by Jasmine Mans

The Silence of the White City by Eva Garcia Sáenz

The Water Rituals by Eva Garcia Sáenz

Professional Troublemaker: The Fear-Fighter Manual by Luvvie Ajayi Jones

WHAT WE’RE READING:

Goodbye, Again by Jonny Sun

Oh William! by Elizabeth Strout

Reprieve by James Han Mattson

Led Zeppelin: The Biography by Bob Spitz

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All the Backlist! March 26, 2021 Mar 26, 2021

This week, Liberty talks about a couple of backlist titles that are great feel-good reads!

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff

The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin

Moon and the Mars by Kia Corthron

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New Releases and More for March 23, 2021 Mar 23, 2021

This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss Lost in the Never Woods, Ladies of the Secret Circus, Mixed Plate, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

The Ladies of the Secret Circus by Constance Sayers

Lost in the Never Woods by Aiden Thomas

There’s No Such Thing as an Easy Job by Kikuko Tsumura

Mixed Plate: Chronicles of an All-American Combo by Jo Koy

When Women Invented Television: The Untold Story of the Female Powerhouses Who Pioneered the Way We Watch Today by Jennifer Keishin Armstrong

Please Come Off-Book (Button Poetry) by Kevin Kantor

Itty-Bitty Kitty-Corn by Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham

Something’s Wrong!: A Bear, a Hare, and Some Underwear by Jory John and Erin Kraan

Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself by Nedra Glover Tawwab

WHAT WE’RE READING:

Remote Work Revolution: Succeeding from Anywhere by Tsedal Neeley

Matrix by Lauren Groff

Chouette by Claire Oshetsky

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All the Backlist! March 19, 2021 Mar 19, 2021

This week, Patricia talks about a couple great backlist titles including an anthology full of Black girl magic!

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Books discussed on the show:

The Fire Never Goes Out: A Memoir in Pictures by Noelle Stevenson

A Phoenix First Must Burn: Sixteen Stories of Black Girl Magic, Resistance, and Hope edited by Patrice Caldwell

Nimona by Noelle Stevenson

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New Releases and More for March 16, 2021 Mar 16, 2021

This week, Liberty and Tirzah discuss The Dating Plan, The Jigsaw Man, The Mirror Season, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

The Jigsaw Man by Nadine Matheson

Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley

The Lamplighters by Emma Stonex

The Mirror Season by Anna-Marie McLemore

The House Uptown by Melissa Ginsburg

The Dating Plan by Sara Desai

Lawbreaking Ladies: 50 Tales of Daring, Defiant, and Dangerous Women from History

That Way Madness Lies: Fifteen of Shakespeare’s Most Notable Works Reimagined by Dahlia Adler

Pride and Premeditation by Tirzah Price

I Could Pee on This: And Other Poems by Cats by Francesco Marciuliano

Morte (The War With No Name) by Robert Repino

Spark and the League of Ursus by Robert Repino

Tailchaser’s Song by Tad Williams

Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q Sutanto

Luck of the Titanic by Stacey Lee

Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead

Finnikin of the Rock (The Lumatere Chronicles) by Melina Marchetta

The Westing Game by Ellen Rankin

Geek Love by Katherine Dunn

WHAT WE’RE READING:

The Rose Code by Kate Quinn

Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead

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All the Backlist! March 12, 2021 Mar 12, 2021

This week, Tirzah discusses two great mysteries set abroad!

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Books discussed:

A Madness of Sunshine by Nalini Singh

The Ruin by Dervla McTiernan

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New Releases and More for March 9, 2021 Mar 09, 2021

This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss How Beautiful We Were, Women and Other Monsters, The Ghost Variations, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

We Shall Sing a Song into the Deep by Andrew Kelly Stewart

Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert

How Beautiful We Were by Imbolo Mbue

Women and Other Monsters: Building a New Mythology by Jess Zimmerman

The Ghost Variations: One Hundred Stories by Kevin Brockmeier

Decoding Despacito: An Oral History of Latin Music by Leila Cobo

Gory Details: Adventures From the Dark Side of Science by Erika Engelhaupt

Once Upon a Quinceañera by Monica Gomez-Hira

WHAT WE’RE READING:

A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes

Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune

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All the Backlist! March 5, 2021 Mar 05, 2021

This week, Patricia talks about a couple great backlist titles that are nonfiction must-reads!

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Books discussed on the show:

Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall

Gender: A Graphic Guide by Meg-John Barker, illustrated by Jules Scheele

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New Releases and More for March 2, 2021 Mar 02, 2021

This week, Liberty and Danika discuss In the Quick, Infinity Reaper, Infinite Country, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

In the Quick by Kate Hope Day

I Think I Love You by Auriane Desombre

Yolk by Mary H.K. Choi

Follow Your Arrow by Jessica Verdi

Who is Maud Dixon? by Alexandra Andrews

What’s Mine and Yours by Naima Coster

Infinite Country by Patricia Engel

Infinity Reaper (Infinity Cycle) by Adam Silvera

The Girls I’ve Been by Tess Sharpe

The Death of Jane Lawrence by Caitlin Starling

When the Reckoning Comes by LaTanya McQueen

WHAT WE’RE READING:

Space Battle Lunchtime Vol 3 by Natalie Riess

The Box in the Woods by Maureen Johnson

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All the Backlist! February 26, 2021 Feb 26, 2021

This week, Liberty talks about a couple of backlist titles that are great recent Westerns!

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu by Tom Lin

How Much of These Hills Is Gold by C Pam Zhang

The Which Way Tree by Elizabeth Crook

Ten Low by Stark Holborn

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New Releases and More for February 23, 2021 Feb 23, 2021

This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss The City of Good Death, Raceless, The Blizzard Party, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

The City of Good Death by Priyanka Champaneri

Nubia: Real One by L. L. McKinney and Robyn Smith

Never Have I Ever: Stories by Isabel Yap

My Life in Transition: A Super Late Bloomer Collection by Julia Kaye

Flight of the Diamond Smugglers: A Tale of Pigeons, Obsession, and Greed Along Coastal South Africa by Matthew Gavin Frank

The Handbook for Bad Days: Shortcuts to Get Present When Things Aren’t Perfect by Eveline Helmink

The Blizzard Party by Jack Livings

Raceless: In Search of Family, Identity, and the Truth About Where I Belong by Georgina Lawton

WHAT WE’RE READING:

The Body Is Not an Apology, Second Edition: The Power of Radical Self-Love by Sonya Renee Taylor

Velvet Was the Night by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

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All the Backlist! February 19, 2021 Feb 19, 2021

This week, Patricia talks about a couple great backlist titles including some fiction that blew her mind!

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Books discussed on the show:

I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown

Queen of the Conquered by Kacen Callender

King of the Rising by Kacen Callender

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New Releases and More for February 16, 2021 Feb 16, 2021

This week, Liberty and Tirzah discuss The Memory Theater, The Echo Wife, First Comes Like, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

The Memory Theater by Karin Tidbeck

Serena Singh Flips the Script by Sonya Lalli

No One Is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood

The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey

The Mission House by Carys Davies

First Comes Like by Alisha Rai

How to Order the Universe by María José Ferrada, Elizabeth Bryer (translator)

Let’s Get Back to the Party by Zak Salih

A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J Maas

Jaguars’ Tomb by Angélica Gorodischer, Amalia Gladhart (translator)

The Wide Starlight by Nicole Lesperance

WHAT WE’RE READING:

Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers

Hairpin Bridge by Taylor Adams

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All the Backlist! February 12, 2021 Feb 12, 2021

This week, Tirzah recommends two great memoirs about women living through and dealing with the consequences of two very different crimes.

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Books Recommended:

The Less People Know About Us: A Mystery of Betrayal, Family Secrets, and Stolen Identity by Axton Betz-Hamilton

Know My Name: A Memoir by Chanel Miller

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New Releases and More for February 9, 2021 Feb 09, 2021

This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss The Gilded Ones, Kink, The Witch’s Heart, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

The Gilded Ones (Deathless #1) by Namina Forna

A Tip for the Hangman: A Novel of Christopher Marlowe by Allison Epstein

Zorrie by Laird Hunt

Kink: Stories edited by Garth Greenwell and R.O. Kwon

The Witch’s Heart by Genevieve Gornichec

The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King Jr, Malcolm X and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation by Anna Malaika Tubbs

We Run the Tides by Vendela Vida

And Now You Can Go by Vendela Vida

Voice Lessons: How a Couple of Ninja Turtles, Pinky, and an Animaniac Saved My Life by Rob Paulsen

A Lady’s Formula for Love (The Secret Scientists of London, #1) by Elizabeth Everett

WHAT WE’RE READING:

Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert

The Ones Who Don’t Say They Love You: Stories by Maurice Carlos Ruffin

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All the Backlist! February 5, 2021 Feb 05, 2021

This week, Patricia talks about a couple great backlist titles for Black History Month!

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Books discussed on the show:

More Than Enough: Claiming Space for Who You Are (No Matter What They Say) by Elaine Welteroth

The Deep by Rivers Solomon in collaboration with Daveed Diggs, William Hutson, and Jonathan Snipes

I Kissed Alice by Anna Birch with illustrations by Victoria Ying

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New Releases and More for February 2, 2021 Feb 02, 2021

This week, Liberty and Danika discuss Two Truths and a Lie, A Taste for Love, Winter’s Orbit, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Two Truths and a Lie: A Murder, a Private Investigator, and Her Search for Justice by Ellen McGarrahan

Milk Fed by Melissa Broder

Winter’s Orbit by Everina Maxwell

Love Is an Ex-Country by Randa Jarrar

The Project by Courtney Summers

A Dowry of Blood by S.T. Gibson

Good Neighbors by Sarah Langan

The Low Desert: Gangster Stories by Tod Goldberg

A Taste For Love by Jennifer Yen

WHAT WE’RE READING:

Heathen Volume 3 by Natasha Alterici and Ashley A. Woods (Artist)

Milk Blood Heat: Stories by Dantiel W. Moniz

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All the Backlist! January 29, 2021 Jan 29, 2021

This week, Liberty talks about a couple of backlist titles that are modern retellings of classic novels!

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors by Sonali Dev

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

On Beauty by Zadie Smith

Howard’s End by E.M. Forster

A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske

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New Releases and More for January 26, 2021 Jan 26, 2021

This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss My Brilliant Life, The Girls I’ve Been, The Swallowed Man, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America by Ijeoma Oluo

We Could Be Heroes by Mike Chen

Patience & Esther by SW Searle

My Brilliant Life by Ae-ran Kim, Chi-Young Kim (Translator)

The Knockout by Sajni Patel

The Swallowed Man by Edward Carey

The Girls I’ve Been by Tess Sharpe

WHAT WE’RE READING:

Work Won’t Love You Back: Our Jobs Keeps Us Exploited, Exhausted, and Alone by Sarah Jaffe

Just as I Am: A Memoir by Cicely Tyson

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All the Backlist! January 22, 2021 Jan 22, 2021

This week, Patricia talks about a couple backlist titles including one nonfiction book that packs a punch!

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Books discussed on the show:

Small Doses: Potent Truths for Everyday Use by Amanda Seales

The Avant-Guards, Vol 1 created and written by Carly Usdin, illustrated by Noah Hayes, colored by Rebecca Nalty, and lettered by Ed Dukeshire

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New Releases and More for January 19, 2021 Jan 19, 2021

This week, Liberty and Tirzah discuss The Rib King, Last Night at the Telegraph Club, Remote Control, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

The Rib King: A Novel by Ladee Hubbard

Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

Remote Control by Nnedi Okorafor

Amari and the Night Brothers by B. B. Alston

Knock Knock by Anders Roslund

This Will Be Funny Someday by Katie Henry

Floaters: Poems by Martín Espada

Winterkeep by Kristin Cashore

The Album of Dr. Moreau by Daryl Gregory

WHAT WE’RE READING:

The Survivors by Jane Harper

The Hidden Palace: A Tale of the Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker

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All the Backlist! January 15, 2021 Jan 15, 2021

This week, Tirzah discusses two great YA fantasy backlist books!

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Books Discussed:

Huntress by Malinda Lo

Graceling by Kristin Cashore

Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

Ash by Malinda Lo

Winterkeep by Kristin Cashore

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New Releases and More for January 12, 2021 Jan 12, 2021

This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss Yellow Wife, Summerwater, The House on Vesper Sands, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

What Could Be Saved by Liese O’Halloran Schwarz

The Ruthless Lady’s Guide to Wizardry by C. M. Waggoner

We Shall Sing a Song into the Deep by Andrew Kelly Stewart

Yellow Wife: A Novel by Sadeqa Johnson

You’ll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Stories About Racism by Amber Ruffin, Lacey Lamar

Summerwater: A Novel by Sarah Moss

The House on Vesper Sands by Paraic O’Donnell

Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas

That Old Country Music: Stories by Kevin Barry

The Revolution According to Raymundo Mata by Gina Apostol

Reconstruction: Stories by Alaya Dawn Johnson

A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life by George Saunders

The Beautiful Struggle: YA Edition by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Tales From the Hinterland by Melissa Albert

The Dangers of Smoking in Bed: Stories by Mariana Enriquez, Megan McDowell (translator)

Detransition, Baby: A Novel by Torrey Peters

The Center of Everything: A Novel by Jamie Harrison

Hades, Argentina: A Novel by Daniel Loedel

Across the Green Grass Fields by Seanan McGuire

One of the Good Ones by Maika Moulite and Maritza Moulite

WHAT WE’RE READING:

Marion Lane and the Midnight Murder by T.A. Willberg

The Secret to Superhuman Strength by Alison Bechdel

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All the Backlist! January 8, 2021 Jan 08, 2021

This week, Patricia talks about a couple backlist titles including some short stories by one of sci-fi’s greatest authors!

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Books discussed on the show:

Bloodchild and Other Stories by Octavia E. Butler

The Deep & Dark Blue by Niki Smith

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New Releases and More for January 5, 2021 Jan 05, 2021

This week, Liberty and Danika discuss Outlawed, The Heiress, Black Buck, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Outlawed by Anna North

The Heiress: The Revelations of Anne de Bourgh by Molly Greeley

Picnic In the Ruins by Todd Robert Petersen

After the Rain by Nnedi Okorafor, John Jennings, David Brame (Illustrator)

Black Buck by Mateo Askaripour

Goldie Vance: The Hocus-Pocus Hoax by Lilliam Rivera and Brittney Williams

To Be Honest by Michael Leviton

Be Dazzled by Ryan La Sala

Happily Ever Afters by Elise Bryant

WHAT WE’RE READING:

Savage Beard of She Dwarf by Kyle Latino

My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones

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Our Most Anticipated Releases of 2021 Dec 22, 2020

This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss some of their most anticipated books of 2021, including The Rib King, Dial A for Aunties, and Harlem Shuffle.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

The Rib King by Ladee Hubbard

Victories Greater Than Death by Charlie Jane Anders

We Could Be Heroes by Mike Chen

The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna

Two Truths and a Lie: A Murder, a Private Investigator, and Her Search for Justice by Ellen McGarrahan

Kink: Stories edited by R.O. Kwon and Garth Greenwell

Yolk by Mary H.K. Choi

Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto

In the Quick by Kate Hope Day

Remote Control by Nnedi Okorafor

We Are Satellites by Sarah Pinsker

Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon

Damnation Spring by Ash Davidson

Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself by Nedra Glover Tawwab

Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead

Broken in the Best Possible Way by Jenny Lawson

WHAT WE’RE READING:

Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko

Star Eater by Kerstin Hall

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All the Backlist! December 18, 2020 Dec 18, 2020

This week, Tirzah talks about two great holiday backlist books!

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Books Discussed:

Royal Holiday by Jasmine Guillory

My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories edited by Stephanie Perkins

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Our Favorite Books of 2020 Dec 15, 2020

This week, Liberty and Tirzah discuss some of their favorite books of 2020, including The Orchard, Blacktop Wasteland, and World of Wonders.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

The Orchard by David Hopen

The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson

World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments by Aimee Nezhukumatathil

Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust

Ring Shout by by P. Djèlí Clark

The Third Rainbow Girl: The Long Life of a Double Murder in Appalachia by Emma Copley-Eisenberg

The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

Blacktop Wasteland by S.A. Crosby

None Shall Sleep by Ellie Marney

When No One is Watching by Alyssa Cole

Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu

Something to Talk About by Meryl Wilsner

We Keep the Dead Close: A Murder at Harvard and a Half Century of Silence by Becky Cooper

The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell

From the Desk of Zoe Washington by Janae Marks

WHAT WE’RE READING:

In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren

The Album of Dr. Moreau by Daryl Gregory

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All the Backlist! December 11, 2020 Dec 11, 2020

This week, Patricia talks about a couple backlist titles including a graphic memoir that became an award-winning musical!

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Books discussed on the show:

Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel

Goldie Vance, Vol 1 by Hope Larson, Brittney Williams, & Sarah Stern

Are You My Mother?: A Comic Drama by Alison Bechdel

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The Best Books of December 2020 Dec 08, 2020

This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss their favorite books of December 2020, including Marion Lane and the Midnight Murder, A Curse of Roses, and Red Hands.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Marion Lane and the Midnight Murder: A Novel by T.A. Willberg

A Curse of Roses by Diana Pinguicha

Red Hands by Christopher Golden

Yoga Where You Are by Kat Heagberg and Dianne Bondy

Revolutions of All Colors (Veterans Writing Award) by Dewaine Farria

A Certain Hunger by Chelsea G. Summers

The Mystery of Mrs. Christie by Marie Benedict

Survival of the Thickest by Michelle Buteau

WHAT WE’RE READING:

Hercule Poirot’s Christmas by Agatha Christie

The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris

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All the Backlist! December 4, 2020 Dec 04, 2020

This week, Tirzah talks about two books featuring women who decide to radically change their lives, and find love along the way!

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Books Recommended:

The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery

Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert

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Great Books for Giving: December 1, 2020 Dec 01, 2020

This week, Liberty and Danika discuss great books that make great gifts, including The Art of Ramona Quimby, The Savage Beard of She Dwarf, and Eat a Peach.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

The Art of Ramona Quimby: Sixty-Five Years of Illustrations from Beverly Cleary’s Beloved Books by Anna Katz (Author), Annie Barrows (Contributor), Jacqueline Rogers (Contributor)

Nothing Much Happens: Cozy and Calming Stories to Soothe Your Mind and Help You Sleep by Kathryn Nicolai

Eat a Peach: A Memoir by David Chang

Homecoming Tales: 15 Inspiring Stories from Old Friends Senior Dog Sanctuary

Rainbow Revolution by Magnus Hastings

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer [New hardcover edition]

Chinatown Pretty: Fashion and Wisdom from Chinatown’s Most Stylish Seniors by Andria Lo and Valerie Luu

Living Lively: 80 Plant-Based Recipes to Activate Your Power and Feed Your Potential by Haile Thomas

Flower: Exploring the World in Bloom by Phaidon Editors

The Savage Beard of She Dwarf by Kyle Latino

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson

The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz by Erik Larson

We Are Water Protectors written by Carole Lindstrom and illustrated by Michaela Goade

Black Futures by Kimberly Drew and Jenna Wortham

I Am Every Good Thing by Derrick Barnes and Gordon C. James

The New Sotheby’s Wine Encyclopedia by Tom Stevenson

All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson

Reclaimed Rust: The Four-Wheeled Creations of James Hetfield by James Hetfield

Beyond the Gender Binary (Pocket Change Collective) written by Alok Vad-Menen and illustrated Ashley Lukashevsky

WHAT WE’RE READING:

This is How We Fly by Anna Meriano

Francis Bacon: Revelations by Mark Stevens and Annalyn Swan

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All the Backlist! November 27, 2020 Nov 27, 2020

This week, Patricia talks about a couple great backlist titles including a book like nothing she’s ever read!

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Books discussed on the show:

Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Brittney Cooper

Pet by Akwaeke Emezi

The Perfect Cookie: Your Ultimate Guide to Foolproof Cookies, Brownies, and Bars by America’s Test Kitchen

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New Releases and More for November 24, 2020 Nov 24, 2020

This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss Barely Functional Adult, Ruinsong, Escape Pod, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Princess Floralinda and the Forty-Flight Tower by Tamsyn Muir

Barely Functional Adult: It’ll All Make Sense Eventually by Meichi Ng

What Cats Want: An illustrated guide for truly understanding your cat by Dr. Yuki Hattori

Escape Pod: The Science Fiction Anthology edited by Mur Lafferty & S.B. Divya

Ruinsong by Julia Ember

Once Upon a Time I Lived on Mars: Space, Exploration, and Life on Earth by Kate Greene

Seance Tea Party by Reimena Yee

Beetle & the Hollowbones by Aliza Layne

What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Fat by Aubrey Gordon, creator of Your Fat Friend

WHAT WE’RE READING:

Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America by Ijeoma Oluo

Meet Me in Another Life by Catriona Silvey

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All the Backlist! November 20, 2020 Nov 20, 2020

This week, Tirzah talks about two great backlist memoirs that have connections to Thanksgiving!

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Books Discussed:

In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Macahdo

The Rules Do Not Apply by Ariel Levy

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New Releases and More for November 17, 2020 Nov 17, 2020

This week, Liberty and Tirzah discuss The Orchard, These Violent Delights, Nights When Nothing Happened, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

The Orchard: A Novel by David Hopen

These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong

Nights When Nothing Happened: A Novel by Simon Han

The Lady Upstairs by Halley Sutton

The Bright and Breaking Sea (A Captain Kit Brightling Novel) by Chloe Neill

Super Fake Love Song by David Yoon

None Shall Sleep by Ellie Marney

I Want to Be Where the Normal People Are by Rachel Bloom

WHAT WE’RE READING:

The Care and Feeding of Waspish Widows: Feminine Pursuits by Olivia Waite

We Had a Little Real Estate Problem: The Unheralded Story of Native Americans & Comedy by Kliph Nesteroff

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All the Backlist! November 13, 2020 Nov 13, 2020

This week, Patricia talks about a couple queer, witchy backlist titles for Friday the 13th!

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Books discussed on the show:

These Witches Don’t Burn by Isabel Sterling

Mooncakes by Wendy Xu & Suzanne Walker

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

This Coven Won’t Break by Isabel Sterling

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New Releases and More for November 10, 2020 Nov 10, 2020

This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss Moonflower Murders, The Office of Historical Corrections, Mimi Lee Reads Between the Lines, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

The Office of Historical Corrections by Danielle Evans

Moonflower Murders: A Novel by Anthony Horowitz

A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow by Laura Taylor Namey

How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America by Kiese Laymon

South to Freedom: Runaway Slaves to Mexico and the Road to the Civil War by Alice L Baumgartner

Pappyland: A Story of Family, Fine Bourbon, and the Things That Last by Wright Thompson

Mimi Lee Gets a Clue (A Sassy Cat Mystery Book 1) by Jennifer J. Chow

Mimi Lee Reads Between the Lines (A Sassy Cat Mystery Book 2) by Jennifer J. Chow

Love & Olives by Jenna Evans Welch

WHAT WE’RE READING:

Plain Bad Heroines by Emily Danforth

Who is Maud Dixon? By Alexandra Andrews

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All the Backlist! November 6, 2020 Nov 06, 2020

This week, Tirzah talks about two great backlist books starring queer women.

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Books Recommended:

Cantoras by Carolina de Robertiis

Landing by Emma Donoghue

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New Releases and More for November 3, 2020 Nov 03, 2020

This week, Liberty and Danika discuss White Ivy, The Book Collectors, The Best of Me, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

White Ivy: A Novel by Susie Yang

Butter Honey Pig Bread by Francesca Ekwuyasi

We Keep the Dead Close: A Murder at Harvard and a Half Century of Silence by Becky Cooper

Homecoming Tales: 15 Inspiring Stories from Old Friends Senior Dog Sanctuary

The Best of Me by David Sedaris

The Book Collectors: A Band of Syrian Rebels and the Stories That Carried Them Through a War by Delphine Minoui, Lara Vergnaud (translator)

Too Much Lip: A Novel by Melissa Lucashenko

The Liar’s Guide to the Night Sky by Brianna R. Shrum

WHAT WE’RE READING:

Brain-Changing Strategies to Trauma-Proof Our Schools by Maggie Kline

Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth

Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch by Rivka Galchen

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All the Backlist! October 30, 2020 Oct 30, 2020

This week, Patricia talks about a couple supernatural backlist titles for Halloween!

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Books discussed on the show:

Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor

Dread Nation by Justina Ireland

Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice

Akata Warrior by Nnedi Okorafor

Deathless Divide by Justina Ireland

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New Releases and More for October 27, 2020 Oct 27, 2020

This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss Memorial, The Sacrifice of Darkness, The Solitude of Wolverines, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

The Fangirl’s Guide to the Universe: A Handbook for Girl Geeks by Sam Maggs

Memorial by Bryan Washington

Sapiens: A Graphic History: The Birth of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari

A Solitude of Wolverines: A Novel of Suspense (Alex Carter Series Book 1) by Alice Henderson

The Sacrifice of Darkness by Roxane Gay and Tracy Lynne Oliver

Dungeon Critters by Natalie Riess and Sara Goetter

A Quick & Easy Guide to Consent by Isabella Rotman and Luke Howard

WHAT WE’RE READING:

A Phoenix Must First Burn by Patrice Caldwell

Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q Sutanto

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All the Backlist! October 23, 2020 Oct 23, 2020

This week, Tirzah talks about two great middle grade horror novels!

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Books Discussed:

Small Spaces by Katherine Arden

Dead Voices by Katherine Arden

The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden

The Jumbies by Tracey Baptiste

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New Releases and More for October 20, 2020 Oct 20, 2020

This week, Liberty and Tirzah discuss Plain Bad Heroines, Snapped, Foreshadow, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth

Foreshadow: Stories to Celebrate the Magic of Reading and Writing YA by Nova Ren Suma and Emily X.R. Pan

Shit, Actually: The Definitive, 100% Objective Guide to Modern Cinema by Lindy West

Snapped (The Playbook) by Alexa Martin

Ex Libris: 100+ Books to Read and Reread by Michiko Kakutani

Dark Archives: A Librarian’s Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin by Megan Rosenbloom

My Heart Underwater by Laurel Flores Fantauzzo

A Walk Around the Block: Stoplight Secrets, Mischievous Squirrels, Manhole Mysteries & Other Stuff You See Every Day (And Know Nothing About) by Spike Carlsen

Together, Apart by Erin A. Craig, Auriane Desombre, Bill Konigsberg, Erin Hahn, Rachael Lippincott, Brittney Morris,Sanji Patel, Natasha Preston, and Jennifer Yena

WHAT WE’RE READING:

The Return by Rachel Harrison

The Hollow Ones by T Kingfisher

The Searcher by Tana French

The Turnout by Megan Abbott

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All the Backlist! October 16, 2020 Oct 16, 2020

This week, Patricia talks about a couple nonfiction backlist titles including a book on feminism she reads annually!

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Books discussed on the show:

The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls by Mona Eltahawy

Wait, What? A Comic Book Guide to Relationships, Bodies, and Growing Up by Heather Corinna and Isabella Rotman with colors by Luke B. Howard

The Spiral Dance: A Rebirth of the Ancient Religion of the Goddess by Starhawk

S.E.X., second edition: The All-You-Need-To-Know Sexuality Guide to Get You Through Your Teens and Twenties by Heather Corinna

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New Releases and More for October 13, 2020 Oct 13, 2020

This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss The Once and Future Witches, The Midnight Bargain, Ring Shout, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow

In the Study with the Wrench: A Clue Mystery, Book Two by Diana Peterfreund

Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark

A Golden Fury by Samantha Cohoe

Tiny Nightmares: Very Short Stories of Horror by Lincoln Michel and Nadxieli Nieto

The Midnight Bargain by C.L. Polk

I Hope You’re Listening by Tom Ryan

Rural Voices: 15 Authors Challenge Assumptions About Small-Town America edited by Nora Shalaway Carpenter

WHAT WE’RE READING:

Magic Lessons by Alice Hoffman

The Redshirt by Corey Sobel

The Bright Lands by John Fram

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All the Backlist! October 9, 2020 Oct 09, 2020

This week, Tirzah talks about two great atmospheric backlist books perfect for October reading!

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Books Discussed

The Accident Season by Moïra Fowley-Doyle

A Line in the Dark by Malinda Lo

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New Releases and More for October 6, 2020 Oct 06, 2020

This week, Liberty and Danika discuss The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, Leave the World Behind, White Tears/Brown Scars, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

The Invisible Life of Addie La Rue by V.E. Schwab

Revolutionary Girl Utena: After the Revolution by Chiho Saito

Leave the World Behind: A Novel by Rumaan Alam

Wall Disease: The Psychological Toll of Living Up Against a Border by Jessica Wapner

The Hollow Places: A Novel by T. Kingfisher

White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color by Ruby Hamad

Spoiler Alert: A Novel by Olivia Dade

The Times I Knew I Was Gay by Eleanor Crewes

WHAT WE’RE READING:

Queen of Coin and Whispers by Helen Corcoran

Peaces by Helen Oyeyemi

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All the Backlist! October 2, 2020 Oct 02, 2020

This week, Patricia talks about a couple great backlist titles including an absolutely magical book about sorcerers in London!

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Books discussed on the show:

Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe, colors by Phoebe Kobabe

Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho

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New Releases And More For September 29, 2020 Sep 29, 2020

This week, Jenn and Patricia discuss Burning Roses, The Mason House, The Half-God of Rainfall, and more great books.

This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, the digital hangout spot for the Book Riot community, Saga Press, publishers of speculative fiction like Stephen Graham Jones’ THE ONLY GOOD INDIANS, Rebecca Roanhorse’s BLACK SUN, and more, and Skyhunter by Marie Lu.

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Books Discussed On The Show

Burning Roses by S.L. Huang

The Mason House by T. Marie Bertineau (trigger warnings: domestic violence, alcoholism)

Fat Girls in Black Bodies: Creating a New Space of Belonging by Joy Arlene Renee Cox

Black Heroes of the Wild West by James Otis Smith

Ties That Tether by Jane Igharo

The Half-God of Rainfall by Inua Ellams (trigger warnings: rape, PTSD)

Fauna by Christiane Vadnais, translated by Pablo Strauss

The Girl and the Goddess by Nikita Gill (trigger warnings: child abuse, homophobia, racism)

What We’re Reading Next

Seven Necessary Sins For Women and Girls by Mona Eltahawy

The Old Drift by Namwali Serpell

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All the Backlist! September 25, 2020 Sep 25, 2020

This week, Tirzah talks about two paranormal books with some 80’s and 90’s nostalgia!

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Books Discussed:

Undead Girl Gang by Lily Anderson

The Babysitters Coven by Kate Williams

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New Releases and More for September 22, 2020 Sep 22, 2020

This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss Dancing with the Octopus, My Life in the Purple Kingdom, Hench, and more great books.

This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, the digital hangout spot for the Book Riot community; Norton Young Readers, publishers of Bearmouth, by Liz Hyder, winner of the Waterstone’s Children’s Book Prize for Older Readers; and See Her Die by Melinda Leigh.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Dancing with the Octopus: A Memoir of a Crime by Debora Harding

Spindlefish and Stars by Christiane M. Andrews

And Now She’s Gone by Rachel Howzell Hall

Redbone: The True Story of a Native American Rock Band by Christian Staebler, Sonia Paoloni, Thibault Balahy

Hench: A Novel by Natalie Zina Walschots

My Life in the Purple Kingdom by BrownMark, Cynthia M. Uhrich

Solutions and Other Problems by Allie Brosh

What We Don’t Talk About by Charlot Kristensen

WHAT WE’RE READING:

Fauna by Christiane Vadnais, Pablo Strauss (Translator)

Cat Girl’s Day Off by Kimberly Pauley

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All the Backlist! September 18, 2020 Sep 18, 2020

This week, Patricia talks about a couple great musical backlist titles!

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Books discussed on the show:

The Ensemble by Aja Gabel

Waiting in the Wings by Tara Frejas

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New Releases and More for September 15, 2020 Sep 15, 2020

This week, Liberty and Tirzah discuss Piranesi, Watch Over Me, Legendborn, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

Watch Over Me by Nina LaCour

Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

Three Keys (A Front Desk Novel) by Kelly Yang

Cursed Objects: Strange but True Stories of the World’s Most Infamous Items by J. W. Ocker

Making Friends with Alice Dyson by Poppy Nwosu

Once I Was You: A Memoir of Love and Hate in a Torn America by Maria Hinojosa

Grown by Tiffany D. Jackson

WHAT WE’RE READING:

Bent Heavens by Daniel Kraus

Broken (in the best possible way) by Jenny Lawson

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All the Backlist! September 11, 2020 Sep 11, 2020

This week, Tirzah chats about two great backlist books about female spies!

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Books Discussed:

American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson

Transcription by Kate Atkinson

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New Releases and More for September 8, 2020 Sep 08, 2020

This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss World of Wonders, One by One, The Bone Shard Daughter, and more great books.

This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, the digital hangout spot for the Book Riot community, A Drop of Midnight by Jason Diakité, and Skyhunter by Marie Lu.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

The Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Stewart

Lupe Wong Won’t Dance by Donna Barba Higuera

World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments by Aimee Nezhukumatathil

Prime Deception (Chilling Effect, #2) by Valerie Valdes

The Baddest Bitch in the Room: A Memoir by Sophia Chang

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

Two Dollar Radio Guide to Vegan Cooking: Recipes, Stories Behind the Recipes, and Inspiration for Vegan Cheffing by Jean-Claude van Randy, Eric Obenauf, et al.

One by One by Ruth Ware

WHAT WE’RE READING:

Wayward Witch (Brooklyn Brujas Book 3) by Zoraida Córdova

One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston

In the Quick by Kate Hope Day

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All the Backlist! September 4, 2020 Sep 04, 2020

This week, Patricia talks about a couple great backlist titles including an older nonfiction she learned about years ago!

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Books discussed on the show:

When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times by Pema Chödrön

The Black God’s Drums by P. Djèlí Clark

Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff

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New Releases and More for September 1, 2020 Sep 01, 2020

This week, Liberty and Danika discuss Transcendent Kingdom, We Are Not Free, Mill Town, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi

We Are Not Free by Traci Chee

Mill Town: Reckoning with What Remains by Kerri Arsenault

Lux: The New Girl by Ashley Woodfolk

Night of the Mannequins by Stephen Graham Jones

Be Gay, Do Comics by The Nib

Fangs by Sarah Andersen

Throwaway Girls by Andrea Contos

WHAT WE’RE READING:

Love After the End edited by Joshua Whitehead

White Ivy by Susie Yang

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All the Backlist! August 28, 2020 Aug 28, 2020

This week, Tirzah talks about two of her favorite contemporary Pride & Prejudice retellings!

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Books Discussed:

Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen

Unmarriageable by Sonia Kamal

Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld

Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld

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New Releases and More for August 25, 2020 Aug 25, 2020

This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss Winter Counts, Spellbound, The Great Offshore Grounds, and more great books.

This episode is sponsored by TBR, Book Riot’s subscription service offering reading recommendations personalized to your reading life, MIRA Books and Lies Lies Lies by Adele Parks, and Impersonation by Heidi Pitlor, now available from Algonquin Books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Winter Counts by David Heska Wanbli Weiden

Spellbound by Bishakh Som

The Great Offshore Grounds by Vanessa Veselka

Sitting Pretty: The View From My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body by Rebekah Taussig

The Comeback by Ella Berman

Don’t Tell Me to Relax: Emotional Resilience in the Age of Rage, Feels, and Freak-Outs by Ralph De La Rosa

The New Wilderness by Diane Cook

His Truth is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope by Jon Meacham

WHAT WE’RE READING:

Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century by Alice Wong

Annie and the Wolves by Andromeda Romano-Lax

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All the Backlist! August 21, 2020 Aug 21, 2020

This week, Patricia talks about a couple great comic and graphic novel backlist titles!

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Books Discussed on the Show:

March Book 3 by Congressman John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell

Hawkeye: Private Eye by Kelly Thompson, Leonardo Romero, Michael Walsh, & Jordie Bellaire

Shrubs: An Old-Fashioned Drink for Modern Times by Michael Dietsch

March Book 1 by Congressman John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell

March Book 2 by Congressman John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell

Hawkeye, Vol. 1: My Life as a Weapon by Matt Fraction and David Aja

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New Releases and More for August 18, 2020 Aug 18, 2020

This week, Liberty and Tirzah discuss Raybearer, The Less Dead, Betty, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko

The Less Dead by Denise Mina

Betty: A Novel by Tiffany McDaniel

The Switch by Beth O’Leary

Ikenga by Nnedi Okorafor

Body Talk: 37 Voices Explore Our Radical Anatomy by Kelly Jensen

Soul Full of Coal Dust: The True Story of an Epic Battle for Justice by Chris Hamby

Six Angry Girls by Adrienne Kisner

WHAT WE’RE READING:

Unpregnant by Jeni Hendricks and Ted Caplan

Veritas: A Harvard Professor, a Con Man and the Gospel of Jesus’s Wife by Ariel Sabar

The Last Banner: The Story of the 1985-86 Celtics and the NBA’s Greatest Team of All Time by Peter May

No One is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood

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All the Backlist! August 14, 2020 Aug 14, 2020

This week, Tirzah talks about two great backlist books, including mysteries that feature unsettling childhood memories.

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Books Discussed on the Show:

The Missing Years by Lexie Elliott

The Last Day of Emily Lindsey by Nic Joseph

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New Releases and More for August 11, 2020 Aug 11, 2020

This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss By Force Alone, The Shame, Zo, and more great books.

This episode was sponsored by Hawk by James Patterson and A House is a Body: Stories by Shruti Swamy.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Leonard and Hungry Paul by Ronan Hession

By Force Alone by Lavie Tidhar

Blacktop Wasteland by S.A. Cosby

Veritas: A Harvard Professor, a Con Man and the Gospel of Jesus’s Wife by Ariel Sabar

Luster by Raven Lelani

Sia Martinez and the Moonlit Beginning of Everything by Raquel Vasquez Gilliland

The Shame by Makenna Goodman

Zo: A Novel by Xander Miller

WHAT WE’RE READING:

Lobizona by Romina Garber

The Haunting of Alma Fielding: A True Ghost Story by Kate Summerscale

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All the Backlist! August 7, 2020 Aug 07, 2020

This week, Patricia talks about a couple great comic and graphic novel backlist titles!

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Books discussed on the show:

Super Late Bloomer: My Early Days in Transition by Julia Kaye

March: Book One by Congressman John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell

March: Book 2 by Congressman John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell

My Life in Transition: A Super Late Bloomer Collection by Julia Kaye

March: Book 3 by Congressman John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell

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New Releases and More for August 4, 2020 Aug 04, 2020

This week, Liberty and Kelly discuss The Death of Vivek Oji, The Black Kids, True Story, and more great books.

This episode was sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, the digital hangout spot for the Book Riot community; Henry Holt and Co. and The Eighth Detective by Alex Pavesi; and Being Lolita: A Memoir by Alisson Wood.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Wandering in Strange Lands: A Daughter of the Great Migration Reclaims Her Roots by Morgan Jerkins

The Black Kids by Christina Hammonds Reed

Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

The Girl and the Ghost by Hanna Alkaf

Leonard and Hungry Paul by Ronan Hession

A Mind Spread Out on the Ground by Alicia Elliott

Lobizona: A Novel (Wolves of No World Book 1) by Romina Garber

The Disaster Tourist by Yun Ko-Eun, Lizzie Buehler (translator)

Life of a Klansman: A Family History with White Supremacy by Edward Ball

Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy

The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi

Fangirls: Scenes from Modern Music Culture by Hannah Ewens

True Story by Kate Reed Petty

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson

Luster: A Novel by Raven Leilani

A Furious Sky: The Five-Hundred-Year History of America’s Hurricanes by Eric Jay Dolin

WHAT WE’RE READING:

Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall

Camp Murderface by Saundra Mitchell and Josh Berk

The Black Cabinet: The Untold Story of African Americans and Politics During the Age of Roosevelt by Jill Watts

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All the Backlist! July 31, 2020 Jul 31, 2020

This week, Tirzah talks about two great backlist books, including books about complicated families with LGBTQ+ characters.

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Books Discussed on the Show:

It’s Not Like It’s a Secret by Misa Sugiura

This Time Will Be Different by Misa Sugiura

The Lotterys Plus One by Emma Donoghue

The Lotterys More or Less by Emma Donoghue

The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue

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New Releases and More for July 28, 2020 Jul 28, 2020

This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss This Is My America, The Silence of the White City, I Kissed Alice, and more great books.

This episode was sponsored by The Chronicles of Now podcast from Pushkin Industries; Malorie, the thrilling sequel to Bird Box, from New York Times bestselling author Josh Malerman; and Best Fiends.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Let’s Never Talk About This Again: A Memoir by Sara Faith Alterman

Stranger Things: Into the Fireby Jody Houser, Ryan Kelly, Le Beau Underwood, Triona Farrell, and Nate Piekos

The Silence of the White City by Eva García Sáenz

This Is My America by Kim Johnson

It Is Wood, It Is Stone: A Novel by Gabriella Burnham

Quintessence by Jess Redman

His & Hers by Alice Feeney

I Kissed Alice by Anna Birch and Victoria Ying

WHAT WE’RE READING:

The Butterfly Lampshade by Aimee Bender

The Survivors by Jane Harper

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All the Backlist! July 24, 2020 Jul 24, 2020

This week, Patricia talks about a couple great backlist titles, including one title she’s gifted multiple times!

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Books discussed on the show:

Brave, Not Perfect: How Celebrating Imperfection Helps You Live Your Best, Most Joyful Life by Reshma Saujani

Octavia Butler’s Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Damian Duffy and John Jennings

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New Releases and More for July 21, 2020 Jul 21, 2020

This week, Liberty and Tirzah discuss Hamnet, 10 Things I Hate About Pinky, He Started It, and more great books.

This episode was sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, the digital hangout spot for the Book Riot community; Saga Press, the publisher of award-winning speculative fiction from authors like Stephen Graham Jones, Ursula K. Le Guin, Ken Liu, and Rebecca Roanhorse; and Ritual.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Hamnet: A novel by Maggie O’Farrell

The Pull of the Stars: A Novel by Emma Donoghue

He Started It by Samantha Downing

The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson

The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist by Adrian Tomine

The Mysterious Messenger by Gilbert Ford

The Perfect Father: The True Story of Chris Watts, His All-American Family, and a Shocking Murder by John Glatt

The Unidentified: Mythical Monsters, Alien Encounters, and Our Obsession with the Unexplained by Colin Dickey

10 Things I Hate about Pinky by Sandhya Menon

WHAT WE’RE READING:

The Good Turn by Dervla McTiernan

Sing Backwards and Weep by Mark Lanegan

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All the Backlist! July 17, 2020 Jul 17, 2020

This week, Tirzah talks about two great backlist books, including two books about missing sisters.

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Books Discussed on the Show:

Searching for Sylvie Lee by Jean Kwok

One Came Home by Amy Timberlake

True Grit by Charles Portis

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New Releases and More for July 14, 2020 Jul 14, 2020

This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss Utopia Avenue, The Extraordinaries, Running, and more great books.

This episode was sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, the digital hangout spot for the Book Riot community; Flatiron Books, publisher of Blacktop Wasteland by S.A. Cosby; and Size Zero by Abigail Mangin.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones

The Extraordinaries by T.J. Klune

Utopia Avenue by David Mitchell

Running by Natalia Sylvester

Devil’s Ballast by Meg Caddy

Well-Behaved Indian Women by Saumya Dave

The King of Confidence: A Tale of Utopian Dreamers, Frontier Schemers, True Believers, False Prophets, and the Murder of an American Monarch by Miles Harvey

A Sweet Mess by Jayci Lee

WHAT WE’RE READING:

The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune

Cursed Objects: Strange but True Stories of the World’s Most Infamous Items by J. W. Ocker

A Unified Theory of Cats on the Internet by E.J. White

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All the Backlist! July 10, 2020 Jul 10, 2020

This week, Patricia talks about a couple great nonfiction backlist titles, including one title that blew her mind!

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Books discussed on the show:

How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective edited by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

Kiss Number 8 by Colleen AF Venable & Ellen T. Crenshaw

Marcella’s Italian Kitchen by Marcella Hazan

The Perfect Cookie: Your Ultimate Guide to Foolproof Cookies, Brownies & Bars from America’s Test Kitchen

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New Releases and More for July 7, 2020 Jul 07, 2020

This week, Liberty and Kelly discuss The Cold Vanish, The Voting Booth, Want, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

The Cold Vanish: Seeking the Missing in North America’s Wildlands by Jon Billman

Into the Streets: A Young Person’s Visual History of Protest in the United States by Marke Bieschke

The Color of Air: A Novel by Gail Tsukiyama

The Voting Booth by Brandy Colbert

Want: A Novel by Lynn Steger Strong

The Sirens of Mars: Searching for Life on Another World by Sarah Stewart Johnson

Burn Our Bodies Down by Rory Power

Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century by Alice Wong

WHAT WE’RE READING:

My Eyes Are Up Here by Laura Zimmermann

Leave the World Behind: A Novel by Rumaan Alam

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New Releases and More for June 30, 2020 Jun 30, 2020

This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss Mexican Gothic, Forest of Souls, Action Park, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

The Girl and the Witch’s Garden by Erin Bowman

Action Park: Fast Times, Wild Rides, and the Untold Story of America’s Most Dangerous Amusement Park by Andy Mulvihill, Jake Rossen

Forest of Souls by Lori M. Lee

Take a Hint, Dani Brown: A Novel (The Brown Sisters) by Talia Hibbert

The Angel of the Crows by Katherine Addison

Sex and Vanity: A Novel by Kevin Kwan

Everything Is an Emergency: An OCD Story in Words & Pictures by Jason Adam Katzenstein

The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water by Zen Cho

WHAT WE’RE READING:

A Quick & Easy Guide to Queer & Trans Identitiesby Mady G & J.R. Zuckerberg

The Mystery of Mrs. Christie by Marie Benedict

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All the Backlist! June 26, 2020 Jun 26, 2020

This week, Patricia talks about a couple great nonfiction backlist titles, including one title that may change your life!

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Books discussed on the show:

Come As You Are: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life by Emily Nagoski, PhD

Reclaiming Our Space: How Black Feminists are Changing the World from the Tweets to the Streets by Feminista Jones

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Anti-Racist and Pride Reading Recs Jun 23, 2020

This week, Patricia and special guest Mary Kay discuss some Anti-Racist and Pride reading recommendations in a special themed episode!

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Books Discussed On The Show:

Wow, No Thank You by Samantha Irby

Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall

The Low, Low Woods by Carmen Maria Machado (or, truly, anything by her)

A Quick & Easy Guide to They/Them Pronouns by Archie Bongiovanni & Tristan Jimerson

Roots or The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Alex Haley

The Body is Not An Apology: the Power of Radical Self-Love by Sonya Renee Taylor

Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides

A Quick & Easy Guide to Queer & Trans Identitiesby Mady G & J.R. Zuckerberg

Gender: A Graphic Guideby Meg-John Barker

Interlibrary Loanby Gene Wolfe

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All the Backlist! June 19, 2020 Jun 19, 2020

This week, Tirzah talks about two great backlist books, including two memoirs by trans women.

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Books Discussed on the Show:

Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love, and So Much More by Janet Mock

Real Queer America: LGBT Stories from Red States by Samantha Allen

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New Releases and More for June 16, 2020 Jun 16, 2020

This week, Liberty and Tirzah discuss Saving Ruby King, I’ll Be the One, The Lightness, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Saving Ruby King by Catherine Adel West

Vera Kelly is Not a Mystery by Rosalie Knecht

The Lightness: A Novel by Emily Temple

I Was Told It Would Get Easier by Abbi Waxman

Sad Janet by Lucie Britsch

I’ll Be the One by Lyla Lee

The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, Margaret Jull Costa (Translator), Robin Patterson (Translator)

The Margot Affair: A Novel by Sanaë Lemoine

WHAT WE’RE READING:

Catherine House: A Novel by Elisabeth Thomas

The Gone-Away World by Nick Harkaway

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All the Backlist! June 12, 2020 Jun 12, 2020

This week, Patricia talks about a couple great backlist titles including a nonfiction book that should be on everyone’s list!

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Books discussed on the show:

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Witchlight by Jessi Zabarsky

So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo

The Body is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love by Sonya Renee Taylor

Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay

How to be Less Stupid About Race: On Racism, White Supremacy, and the Racial Divide by Crystal Marie Fleming

Thick: And Other Essays by Tressie McMillan Cottom

The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South by Michael W. Twitty

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New Releases and More for June 9, 2020 Jun 09, 2020

This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss Pizza Girl, The Boyfriend Project, The Distant Dead, and more great books.

This episode was sponsored by TBR: Book Riot’s service for Tailored Book Recommendations, now available as a gift; Grand Central Publishing and The Persuasion by Iris Johansen; and Little, Brown and Company and Fair Warning by Michael Connelly.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Pizza Girl by Jean Kyoung Frazier

The Boyfriend Project by Farrah Rochon

The Distant Dead: A Novel by Heather Young

Rebel Chef: In Search of What Matters by Dominique Crenn and Emma Brockes

The Remarkable Life of the Skin: An Intimate Journey Across Our Largest Organ by Monty Lyman

The Secret Women: A Novel by Sheila Williams

WHAT WE’RE READING:

The Invisible Life of Addie Larue by V.E. Schwab

White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color by Ruby Hamad

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All the Backlist! June 5, 2020 Jun 05, 2020

This week, Tirzah talks about two great backlist books, including novels for kids and teens by Black authors.

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Books Discussed on the Show:

The Season of Styx Malone by Kekla Magoon

Pride by Ibi Zoboi

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New Releases and More for June 2, 2020 Jun 02, 2020

This week, Liberty and Kelly discuss Parakeet, You Should See Me in a Crown, The Vanishing Half, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Parakeet: A Novel by Marie-Helene Bertino

You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson

The Vanishing Half: A Novel by Brit Bennett

Again Again by E. Lockhart

A Burning: A Novel by Megha Majumdar

The Language of Butterflies: How Thieves, Hoarders, Scientists, and Other Obsessives Unlocked the Secrets of the World’s Favorite Insect by Wendy Williams

#VERYFAT #VERYBRAVE : The Fat Girl’s Guide to Being #Brave and Not a Dejected, Melancholy, Down-in-the-Dumps Weeping Fat Girl in a Bikini by Nicole Byer

The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta

WHAT WE’RE READING:

Faith: Taking Flight by Julie Murphy

The Mask Falling by Samantha Shannon

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All the Backlist! May 29, 2020 May 29, 2020

This week, Patricia talks about a couple great backlist titles including an excellent queer YA graphic novel!

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Books discussed on the show:

Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me by Mariko Tamaki and Rosemary Valero-O’Connell

The Secret Loves of Geek Girls edited by Hope Nicholson with foreward by Kelly Sue DeConnick

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New Releases and More for May 26, 2020 May 26, 2020

This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss Camp, Fairest, The Ship We Built, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

The Enigma Game by Elizabeth Wein (now scheduled for release November 3)

Fairest: A Memoir by Meredith Talusan

Camp by L. C. Rosen

The Ship We Built by Lexie Bean

Hollywood Park: A Memoir by Mikel Jollett

This Is What America Looks Like: My Journey from Refugee to Congresswoman by Ilhan Omar

Parachutes by Kelly Yang

Out Now: Queer We Go Again! by Saundra Mitchell

WHAT WE’RE READING:

The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water by Zen Cho

The Once and Future Witches by Alix Harrow

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All the Backlist! May 22, 2020 May 22, 2020

This week, Tirzah talks about two enemies-to-lovers YA rom-coms!

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Books discussed on the show:

The Only Thing Worse Than Me is You by Lily Anderson

Amelia Westlake by Erin Gough

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Updated: New Releases and More for May 19, 2020 May 19, 2020

This week, Liberty and Tirzah discuss Latitudes of Longing, Beach Read, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

The Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio

Beach Read by Emily Henry

Latitudes of Longing: A Novel by Shubhangi Swarup

We Are Not From Here by Jenny Torres Sanchez

The Prettiest Star by Carter Sickels

Real Men Knit by Kwana Jackson

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (A Hunger Games Novel) by Suzanne Collins

Happy and You Know It by Laura Hankin

WHAT WE’RE READING:

The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

The Blue Castle by Lucy Montgomery

The Scotland Yard Puzzle Book: Test Your Inner Detective by Solving Some of the World’s Most Difficult Cases by Sinclair McKay

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All the Backlist! May 15, 2020 May 15, 2020

This week, Patricia talks about a couple great nonfiction backlist picks and her growing TBR!

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Books discussed on the show:

Awakening Your Ikigai: How the Japanese Wake Up to Joy and Purpose Every Day by Ken Mogi

Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed by Lori Gottlieb

Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats by T. S. Eliot

The Life and Times of Little Richard: The Authorised Biography by Charles White

The Supremes: A Saga of Motown Dreams, Success, and Betrayal by Mark Ribowsky

Motown: The Sound of Young America by Adam White, Barney Ales, & Andrew Loog Oldham

The Goddess Twins by Yodassa Williams

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New Releases and More for May 12, 2020 May 12, 2020

This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss A Deadly Inside Scoop, Stealing Thunder, Superman Smashes the Klan, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

A Deadly Inside Scoop by Abby Collette

Stealing Thunder by Alina Boyden

Enemy of All Mankind: A True Story of Piracy, Power, and History’s First Global Manhunt by Steven Johnson

The Anthill by Julianne Pachico

Superman Smashes the Klan by Gene Luen Yang, Gurihiru (Illustrator)

A Children’s Bible: A Novel by Lydia Millet

The Shapeless Unease: A Year of Not Sleeping by Samantha Harvey

Dear Universe by Florence Gonsalves

WHAT WE’RE READING:

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey

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All the Backlist! May 8, 2020 May 08, 2020

This week, Liberty discusses two great older books, including Apex Hides the Hurt.

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Books discussed on the show:

Apex Hides the Hurt by Colson Whitehead

Heresy by Melissa Lenhardt

. . . And Ladies of the Club by Helen Hooven Santmyer

The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires: A Novel by Grady Hendrix

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New Releases and More for May 5, 2020 May 05, 2020

This week, Liberty and Kelly discuss A Good Marriage, Goldilocks, The Down Days, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

A Good Marriage by Kimberly McCreight

Goldilocks by Laura Lam

Network Effect: A Murderbot Novel by Martha Wells

We Dream of Space by Erin Entrada Kelly

The Down Days by Ilze Hugo

War and Speech by Don Zolidis

All Adults Here by Emma Straub

Cat Yoga by Sam Hart

Strange Hotel by Eimear McBride

Who Ate the First Oyster?: The Extraordinary People Behind the Greatest Firsts in History by Cody Cassidy

Little Eyes by Samanta Schweblin

Officer Clemmons: A Memoir by Dr. François S. Clemmons

Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo

The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea by Maggie Tokuda-Hall

Hollywood Park: A Memoir by Mikel Jollett

Westside Saints: A Tiny Mystery by W.M. Akers

Almond by Won-pyung Sohn, Joosun Lee (translator)

WHAT WE’RE READING:

Camp by L. C. Rosen

The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix

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All the Backlist! May 1, 2020 May 01, 2020

This week, Patricia talks about a couple backlist picks including a hilarious YA romance!

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Books discussed on the show:

Drop the Ball: Achieving More by Doing Less by Tiffany Dufu

The Summer of Jordi Pérez (and the Best Burger in Los Angeles) by Amy Spalding

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New Releases and More for April 28, 2020 Apr 28, 2020

This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss Take Me Apart, All Boys Aren’t Blue, The Knockout Queen, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Take Me Apart by Sara Sligar

Wisdom from a Humble Jellyfish: And Other Self-Care Rituals from Nature by Rani Shah

The Knockout Queen by Rufi Thorpe

Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World by Vivek H. Murthy

The Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna by Juliet Grames

What Is Color?: 50 Questions and Answers on the Science of Color by Arielle Eckstut and Joann Eckstut

Little Family by Ishmael Beah

All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson

WHAT WE’RE READING:

The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea by Maggie Tokuda-Hall

Beastie Boys Book by Michael Diamond and Adam Horovitz

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All The Backlist! April 24, 2020 Apr 24, 2020

This week, Tirzah talks about two great historical backlist picks with a twist!

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Books discussed on the show:

A Spy in the House: The Agency Series Book One by Y.S. Lee

Newt’s Emerald by Garth Nix

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New Releases and More for April 21, 2020 Apr 22, 2020

This week, Liberty and Tirzah discuss If I Had Your Face, The Silence of Bones, Late To the Party, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Home Baked: My Mom, Marijuana, and the Stoning of San Francisco by Alia Volz

On These Magic Shores by Yamile Saied Méndez

If I Had Your Face: A Novel by Frances Cha

Late to the Party by Kelly Quindlen

How to Pronounce Knife: Stories by Souvankham Thammavongsa

The Silence of Bones by June Hur

I’m Your Huckleberry: A Memoir by Val Kilmer

Echo Mountain by Lauren Wolk

WHAT WE’RE READING:

The Blue Castle by Lucy Montgomery

Post-Apocalypto by Tenacious D, Jack Black, Kyle Gass

The Cold Millions: A Novel by Jess Walter

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All the Backlist! April 17, 2020 Apr 17, 2020

This week, Patricia talks about a couple great backlist picks including a sci-fi fantasy novel she absolutely loves!

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Books discussed on the show:

All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders

Notes from a Young Black Chef: A Memoir by Kwame Onwuachi and Joshua David Stein

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New Releases and More for April 14, 2020 Apr 14, 2020

This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss The Unsuitable, Braised Pork, The Happily Ever Playlist, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

The Unsuitable by Molly Pohlig

Redemption Prep by Samuel Miller

Braised Pork by An Yu

Antigone Rising: The Subversive Power of the Ancient Myths by Helen Morales

Simon the Fiddler by Paulette Jiles

What You Become in Flight: A Memoir by Ellen O’Connell Whittet

The Eighth Life: for Brilka by Nino Haratischvili, Charlotte Collins (translator), Ruth Martin (translator)

The Happily Ever Playlist by Abby Jimenez

WHAT WE’RE READING:

The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett

When No One is Watching by Alyssa Cole

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All the Backlist! April 10, 2020 Apr 10, 2020

This week, Liberty discusses two great older books, including Miracle Creek.

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Books discussed on the show:

Miracle Creek by Angie Kim

Disappearing Earth by Julia Phillips

Sharks, Death, Surfers: An Illustrated Companion by Melissa McCarthy

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Welcome to All The Books! Apr 08, 2020

Welcome to All The Books, a podcast of recommendations and discussions about the most interesting and exciting new book releases. Every Tuesday, Liberty Hardy and her cohosts will talk about books coming out that week; and every Friday, one of our hosts will tell you about some of their favorite backlist titles. Happy reading! Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, iTunes, or Spotify and never miss a book. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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New Releases and More for April 7, 2020 Apr 07, 2020

This week, Liberty and Kelly discuss The Subtweet, Hidden Valley Road, We Didn’t Ask for This, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Weird: The Power of Being an Outsider in an Insider World by Olga Khazan

Goodbye from Nowhere by Sara Zarr

The Subtweet: A Novel by Vivek Shraya

Joy at Work: Organizing Your Professional Life by Marie Kondo, Scott Sonenshein

Redhead by the Side of the Road: A novel by Anne Tyler

We Didn’t Ask for This by Adi Alsaid

Sin Eater: A Novel by Megan Campisi

Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family by Robert Kolker

WHAT WE’RE READING:

When You Were Everything by Ashley Woodfolk

The Sleeping Nymph by Ilaria Tuti

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All the Backlist! April 3, 2020 Apr 03, 2020

This week, Patricia talks about a couple great fiction backlist picks, including a multi-award winning graphic novel!

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Books discussed on the show:

Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff

American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang, color by Lark Pien

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New Releases and More for March 31, 2020 Mar 31, 2020

This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss Days of Distraction, Hurricane Season, We Want Our Bodies Back, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Days of Distraction: A Novel by Alexandra Chang

More Myself: A Journey by Alicia Keys

Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor, Sophie Hughes (translator)

How to Make Friends with the Sea by Tanya Guerrero

Look by Zan Romanoff

We Want Our Bodies Back: Poems by jessica Care moore

Almost, Maine: A Novel by John Cariani

Wow, No Thank You.: Essays by Samantha Irby

WHAT WE’RE READING:

Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World by Vivek H. Murthy

Sex and Vanity: A Novel by Kevin Kwan

Malorie: A Bird Box Novel by Josh Malerman

The Invisible Life of Addie La Rue by V.E. Schwab

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All the Backlist! March 27, 2020 Mar 27, 2020

This week, Tirzah talks about two books inspired by Jane Eyre.

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Books Discussed on the Show

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

Jane Steele by Lindsay Faye

Re Jane by Patricia Park

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New Releases and More for March 24, 2020 Mar 24, 2020

This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss The Return, The Empress of Salt and Fortune, The Glass Hotel, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

The Return by Rachel Harrison

The Upside of Being Down: How Mental Health Struggles Led to My Greatest Successes in Work and Life by Jen Gotch

The Only Black Girls in Town by Brandy Colbert

A Wish in the Dark by Christina Soontornvat

The Glass Hotel: A novel by Emily St. John Mandel

Bring Yourself: How to Harness the Power of Connection to Negotiate Fearlessly by Mori Taheripour

Save Yourself by Cameron Esposito

The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo

WHAT WE’RE READING:

The Legend of the Fire Princess (She-Ra) by Gigi D.G., Noelle Stevenson, Ganucheau Paulina

Night of the Mannequins by Stephen Graham Jones

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All the Backlist! March 20, 2020 Mar 20, 2020

This week, Patricia talks about a couple more nonfiction backlist titles including one of the “best books she has ever read!”

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Books discussed on the show

Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily Nagoski Ph.D. and Amelia Nagoski DMA

How to be Less Stupid About Race by Crystal Marie Fleming

So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo

The Inheritance Trilogy by N.K. Jemisin

Kindred by Octavia Butler

The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

Good Omens by Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett

The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow

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New Releases and More for March 17, 2020 Mar 17, 2020

This week, Liberty and Tirzah discuss The House in the Cerulean Sea, Dragon Hoops, The Mountains Sing, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

The Degenerates by J. Albert Mann

Dragon Hoops by Gene Luen Yang

Mrs. Mohr Goes Missing by Maryla Szymiczkowa, Antonia Lloyd-Jones (translator)

Beheld by TaraShea Nesbit

Stand Up, Yumi Chung! by Jessica Kim

Umma’s Table by Yeon-sik Hong, Janet Hong (translator)

The Mountains Sing by Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai

WHAT WE’RE READING:

Dark and Deepest Red by Anna-Marie McLemore

Action Park: Fast Times, Wild Rides, and the Untold Story of America’s Most Dangerous Amusement Park by Andy Mulvihill and Jake Rossen

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All the Backlist! March 13, 2020 Mar 13, 2020

This week, Liberty discusses two great older books, including Mrs. Caliban.

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Books discussed on the show:

Darkwood by Gabby Hutchinson Crouch

The Last Thing You Surrender by Leonard Pitts Jr.

Mrs. Caliban by Rachel Ingalls

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New Releases and More for March 10, 2020 Mar 10, 2020

This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss New Waves, Good Citizens Need Not Fear, The Animals at Lockwood Manor, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

The Animals at Lockwood Manor by Jane Healey

Deceit and Other Possibilities by Vanessa Hua

New Waves: A Novel by Kevin Nguyen

A Phoenix First Must Burn: Sixteen Stories of Black Girl Magic, Resistance, and Hope by Patrice Caldwell

Black Widow: A Sad-Funny Journey Through Grief for People Who Normally Avoid Books with Words Like “Journey” in the Title by Leslie Gray Streeter

Good Citizens Need Not Fear: Stories by Maria Reva

The Bramble and the Rose: A Henry Farrell Novel by Tom Bouman

Dry Bones in the Valley by Tom Bouman

A Murderous Relation (A Veronica Speedwell Mystery) by Deanna Raybourn

WHAT WE’RE READING:

Woven in Moonlight by Isabel Ibañez

The Silence of the White City by Eva García Sáenz

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All the Backlist! March 6, 2020 Mar 06, 2020

This week, Patricia talks about a couple backlist titles that are by trans/nonbinary authors featuring trans/nonbinary characters!

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Books discussed on the show:

As the Crow Flies by Melanie Gillman

Fierce Femmes & Notorious Liars: A Dangerous Trans Girl’s Confabulous Memoir by Kai Cheng Thom

The Deep by Rivers Solomon

Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe (Author, Illustrator) and Phoebe Kobabe (Colorist)

And, a follow-up regarding The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang

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New Releases and More for March 3, 2020 Mar 03, 2020

This week, Liberty and Kelly discuss Deacon King Kong, We Ride Upon Sticks, The Story of More, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

We Ride Upon Sticks: A Novel by Quan Barry

The Story of More: How We Got to Climate Change and Where to Go from Here by Hope Jahren

This Town Sleeps: A Novel by Dennis E. Staples

Be Not Far from Me by Mindy McGinnis

Deacon King Kong: A Novel by James McBride

Spirit Run: A 6000-Mile Marathon Through North America’s Stolen Land by Noé Álvarez

Writers & Lovers by Lily King

Only Mostly Devastated: A Novel by Sophie Gonzales

WHAT WE’RE READING:

We Are The Wildcats by Siobhan Vivian

Feast Your Eyes by Myla Goldberg

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All the Backlist! February 28, 2020 Feb 28, 2020

This week, Liberty discusses two great older books, including Feast Your Eyes.

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Books discussed on the show:

Feast Your Eyes by Myla Goldberg

Kill ‘Em and Leave: Searching for James Brown and the American Soul by James McBride

Feast Your Eyes by Brittany Wright

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New Releases and More for February 25, 2020 Feb 25, 2020

This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss Bent Heavens, Hood Feminism, Too Much, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Bent Heavens by Daniel Kraus

Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall

Trouble Is What I Do by Walter Mosley

Clearer, Closer, Better: How Successful People See the World by Emily Balcetis

Finna by Nino Cipri

The Sound of Stars by Alechia Dow

Too Much: How Victorian Constraints Still Bind Women Today by Rachel Vorona Cote

Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong

WHAT WE’RE READING:

The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea by Maggie Tokuda-Hall

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

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All the Backlist! February 21, 2020 Feb 21, 2020

This week, Patricia talks about a couple more great books for Black History Month!

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Books discussed on the show:

Thick: And Other Essays by Tressie McMillan Cottom

Black Panther: World of Wakanda written by Roxane Gay, consultant Ta-Nehisi Coates, illustrated by Alitha E. Martinez and Roberto Poggi, color artist Rachelle Rosenberg

How to Cocktail: Recipes and Techniques for Building the Best Drinks by America’s Test Kitchen

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New Releases and More for February 18, 2020 Feb 18, 2020

This week, Liberty and Tirzah discuss Real Life, Death in the Family, The Holdout, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Real Life by Brandon Taylor

The Blossom and the Firefly by Sherri L. Smith

The Adventurer’s Son: A Memoir by Roman Dial

The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James

The Holdout: A Novel by Graham Moore

Of Curses and Kisses by Sandhya Menon

The Lost Future of Pepperharrow by Natasha Pulley

The Watchmaker of Filigree Street by Natasha Pulley

Death in the Family (A Shana Merchant Novel) by Tessa Wegert

WHAT WE’RE READING:

Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey

Utopia Avenue by David Mitchell

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All The Backlist! February 14, 2020 Feb 14, 2020

This week, Liberty discusses two great older books, including Juliet Takes a Breath.

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Books discussed on the show:

How To Build a Girl by Caitlin Moran

Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera

Utopia Avenue by David Mitchell

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New Releases and More for February 11, 2020 Feb 11, 2020

This week, Liberty and Kelly discuss Untamed Shore, Yes No Maybe So, The Unwilling, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

The Unwilling by Kelly Braffet

Yes No Maybe So by Becky Albertalli and Aisha Saeed

And I Do Not Forgive You: Stories and Other Revenges by Amber Sparks

The Falcon Thief: A True Tale of Adventure, Treachery, and the Hunt for the Perfect Bird by Joshua Hammer

Untamed Shore by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

The Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh by Candace Fleming

Weather: A Novel by Jenny Offill

Turtle Under Ice by Juleah del Rosario

WHAT WE’RE READING:

Not So Pure and Simple by Lamar Giles

The Great Offshore Grounds by Vanessa Veselka

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All the Backlist! February 7, 2020 Feb 07, 2020

This week, Patricia talks about a couple great Black history nonfiction titles!

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Books discussed on the show:

Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly

The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South by Michael W. Twitty

Splintegrate by Deborah Teramis Christian

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New Releases and More for February 4, 2020 Feb 04, 2020

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Upright Women Wanted, Black Sunday, The Toni Morrison Book Club, and more great books.

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Books discussed on the show:

Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey

Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor by Layla Saad

Things in Jars by Jess Kidd

Heathcliff Redux: A Novella and Stories by Lily Tuck

Black Sunday: A Novel by Tola Rotimi Abraham

The Toni Morrison Book Club by Juda Bennett, Winnifred Brown-Glaude, Casssandra Jackson, Piper Kendrix Williams

My Autobiography of Carson McCullers: A Memoir by Jenn Shapland

How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy by Jenny Odell

What we’re reading:

Kitchen Confidential Updated Edition: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (P.S.) by Anthony Bourdain

Deeplight by Frances Hardinge

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All the Backlist! January 31, 2020 Jan 31, 2020

This week, Liberty discusses two great older books, including The Progeny.

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Books discussed on the show:

Ex Machina, Vol. 1: The First Hundred Days by Brian K. Vaughan and Tony Harris

The Progeny: A Novel (Descendants of the House of Bathory) by Tosca Lee

Cats Are the Worst by Bexy McFly and Megan Kott

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New Releases and More for January 28, 2020 Jan 28, 2020

This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss Interior Chinatown, Becoming a Man, How to Build a Heart, and more great books.

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Books discussed on the show:

Interior Chinatown: A Novel by Charles Yu

Parable of the Sower: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Damian Duffy, Octavia E. Butler, John Jennings

How to Build a Heart by Maria Padian

Edge: Turning Adversity into Advantage by Laura Huang

Confessions of a Dork Lord by Mike Johnston, Marta Altés

Becoming a Man: The Story of a Transition by P. Carl

A Beautiful Crime: A Novel by Christopher Bollen

I Am My Brand: How to Build Your Brand Without Apology by Kubi Springer

What we’re reading:

The Deep & Dark Blue by Niki Smith

Tall Tales and Wee Stories: The Best of Billy Connolly by Billy Connolly

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All the Backlist! January 24, 2020 Jan 24, 2020

This week, Patricia talks about a couple more great nonfiction titles!

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Books discussed on the show:

Hunger: A Memoir of a (My) Body by Roxane Gay

Bored & Brilliant: How Spacing Out Can Unlock Your Most Productive & Creative Self by Manoush Zomorodi

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New Releases and More for January 21, 2020 Jan 21, 2020

This week, Liberty and María Cristina discuss Riot Baby, Fight of the Century, The Seep, and more great books.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Blaze by Chad Dundas

A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World: A Novel by C. A. Fletcher

Riot Baby by Tochi Onyebuchi

The Sweet Indifference of the World: A Novel by Peter Stamm, Michael Hofmann (translator)

The Seep by Chana Porter

Remembrance by Rita Woods

Homie: Poems by Danez Smith

Fight of the Century: Writers Reflect on 100 Years of Landmark ACLU Cases edited by Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman

What we’re reading:

Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?: Big Questions from Tiny Mortals About Death by Caitlin Doughty and Dianné Ruz

Guess Who is the Happiest Girl in Town by Susi Wyss

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All the Backlist! January 17, 2020 Jan 17, 2020

This week, Liberty discusses two great older books, including The Ghost Bride.

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Books discussed on the show:

Cork Dork: A Wine-Fueled Adventure Among the Obsessive Sommeliers, Big Bottle Hunters, and Rogue Scientists Who Taught Me to Live for Taste by Bianca Bosker

The Ghost Bride by Yangtze Choo

The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch

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New Releases and More for January 14, 2020 Jan 14, 2020

This week, Liberty and Kelly discuss Uncanny Valley, We Wish You Luck, and The Missing American, and more great books.

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Books discussed on the show:

Uncanny Valley: A Memoir by Anna Wiener

You’re Not Listening: What You’re Missing and Why It Matters by Kate Murphy

The Missing American by Kwei Quartey

Black Girl Unlimited: The Remarkable Story of a Teenage Wizard by Echo Brown

Dark and Deepest Red by Anna-Marie McLemore

We Wish You Luck: A Novel by Caroline Zancan

Cleanness by Garth Greenwell

Saving Savannah by Tonya Bolden

What we’re reading:

Tigers, Not Daughters by Samantha Mabry

Plain Bad Heroines by emily m. danforth

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All the Backlist! January 10, 2020 Jan 10, 2020

This week, Patricia talks about a couple great nonfiction titles to kick off your year!

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Books discussed on the show:

Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth

Unf*ck Your Habitat: You’re Better Than Your Mess by Rachel Hoffman

The Best American Food Writing 2019 edited by Samin Nosrat

Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking by Samin Nosrat

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New Releases and More for January 7, 2020 Jan 07, 2020

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Long Bright River, Clean Getaway, The Black Cathedral, and more great books.

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Books discussed on the show:

Qualityland by Marc-Uwe Kling

Why We Can’t Sleep: Women’s New Midlife Crisis by Ada Calhoun

The Magical Language of Others: A Memoir by E.J. Koh

Topics of Conversation: A novel by Miranda Popkey

Clean Getaway by Nic Stone

F*ck Your Diet: And Other Things My Thighs Tell Me by Chloé Hilliard

The Black Cathedral: A Novel by Marcial Gala, Anna Kushner (translator)

Long Bright River by Liz Moore

Come Tumbling Down (Wayward Children) by Seanan McGuire

Shadowshaper: Legacy by Daniel José Older

City of Stone and Silence (The Wells of Sorcery Trilogy) by Django Wexler

The Night Country: A Hazel Wood Novel by Melissa Albert

The Art of Dying by Ambrose Parry

A Heart So Fierce and Broken by Brigid Kemmerer

The Secret Chapter (The Invisible Library series) by Genevieve Cogman

What we’re reading:

On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous: A Novel by Ocean Vuong

Wild Game: My Mother, Her Lover, and Me by Adrienne Brodeur

The Vanishing Half: A Novel by Brit Bennett

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All the Backlist! January 3, 2020 Jan 03, 2020

This week, Liberty discusses two great older books, including White Teeth.

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Books discussed on the show:

White Teeth by Zadie Smith

The Rules of Civility by Amor Towles

Catherine House by Elisabeth Thomas

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Our Most Anticipated Releases of 2020 Dec 24, 2019

This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss We Ride Upon Sticks, Deathless Divide, Deacon King Kong, and more exciting upcoming 2020 book releases.

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Books discussed on the show:

Run Me to Earth by Paul Yoon

Once the Shore: Stories by Paul Yoon

The Mountain: Stories by Paul Yoon

Snow Hunters by Paul Yoon

Wow, No Thank You: Essays by Samantha Irby

The Unwilling by Kelly Braffet

Deathless Divide by Justina Ireland

We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry

The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water by Zen Cho

Deacon King Kong by James McBride

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

The Unsuitable by Molly Pohlig

You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson

Little Eyes by Samanta Schweblin

Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust

Network Effect: A Murderbot Novel by Martha Wells

Do Nothing: How to Break Away from Overworking, Overdoing, and Underliving by Celeste Headlee

The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones

Night of the Mannequins by Stephen Graham Jones

The City We Became by NK Jemisin

What we’re reading:

Thick: And Other Essays by Tressie McMillan Cottom

The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Vol. 1 by Ryan North, Steve Ditko, Will Murray

SFSX (Safe Sex) Volume 1: Protection by Tina Horn, Michael Dowling, Jen Hickman, Alejandra Gutierrez, Tula Lotay

b.b. free Vol. 1 by Gabby Rivera, Royal Dunlap

Classic Tracks: Led Zeppelin: All the Songs, All the Stories 1969 – 1982 by Chris Welch

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All the Backlist! December 20, 2019 Dec 20, 2019

This week, Liberty discusses two great older books, including Sweetgirl.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Lost Girls of Camp Forevermore by Kim Fu

Sweetgirl by Travis Mulhauser

The Heap by Sean Adams

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Our Favorite Fiction of 2019 Dec 17, 2019

This week, Liberty and María Cristina discuss The Atlas of Reds and Blues, Ghost Wall, Your House Will Pay, and more great fiction from 2019.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Last Romantics by Tara Conklin

The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

The Atlas of Reds and Blues by Devi S. Laskar

The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See

The Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton

As Long As We Both Shall Live by Joann Chaney

Your House Will Pay by Steph Cha

The Parisian by Isabella Hammad

All This Could Be Yours by Jami Attenberg

Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane

Nothing To See Here by Kevin Wilson

Recursion by Blake Crouch

On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

The World Doesn’t Require You by Rion Amilcar Scott

The Book of Lost Saints by Daniel José Older

Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss

What we’re reading:

Aftermath: Star Wars (Star Wars: The Aftermath Trilogy) by Chuck Wendig

A Peculiar Peril (The Misadventures of Jonathan Lambshead) by Jeff VanderMeer

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All the Backlist! December 13, 2019 Dec 13, 2019

This week, Patricia talks about a couple great comics from her backlist to help you reach your year-end reading goal!

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Books discussed on the show:

Bingo Love: Jackpot Edition by Tee Franklin, Jenn St-Onge, Joy San, & more

The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Vol. 1: Squirrel Power by Ryan North, Erica Henderson, & Rico Renzi

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Our Favorite Nonfiction of 2019 Dec 10, 2019

This week, Liberty and Kelly discuss Dapper Dan, Beeline, Good Talk, and more great nonfiction books from 2019.

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Books discussed on the show:

Dreyer’s English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style by Benjamin Dreyer

Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion by Jia Tolentino

The Yellow House: A Memoir by Sarah M. Broom

Zoo Nebraska: The Dismantling of an American Dream by Carson Vaughn

Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?: Big Questions from Tiny Mortals About Death by Caitlin Doughty and Dianné Ruz |

Burnout: The Secrets To Unlocking The Stress Cycle by Emily and Amelia Nagoski

Dapper Dan: Made in Harlem: A Memoir by Daniel R. Day

Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations by Mira Jacob

Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe

Beeline: What Spelling Bees Reveal About Generation Z’ New Path to Success by Shalini Shankar

Things We Didn’t Talk About When I Was a Girl: A Memoir by Jeannie Vanasco

Out Of The Shadows: A Memoir by Timea Nagy and Shannon Moroney

Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls: A Memoir by T Kira Madden

Maybe You Should Talk To Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed by Lori Gottlieb

Solitary by Albert Woodfox

Duped: Double Lives, False Identities, and the Con Man I Almost Married by Abby Ellis

What we’re reading:

Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Legacy of Orisha) by Tomi Adeyemi

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All the Backlist! December 6, 2019 Dec 06, 2019

This week, Liberty discusses two great older books, including Turtle Diary.

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Books discussed on the show:

A Twenty Minute Silence Followed by Applause by Shawn Wen

Turtle Diary by Russell Hoban

Pizza Girl by Jean Kyoung Frazier

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New Releases and More for December 2019 Dec 03, 2019

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Such a Fun Age, Dead Astronauts, This is Going To Hurt, and more great December books.

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Books discussed on the show:

Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid

Dead Astronauts by Jeff VanderMeer

The Measure of Our Lives: A Gathering of Wisdom by Toni Morrison

The Glittering Hour by Iona Grey

This Is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Medical Resident by Adam Kay

Good Girls Lie by J.T. Ellison

Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators by Ronan Farrow

Burn the Place: A Memoir by Iliana Regan

What we’re reading:

Trust Exercise by Susan Choi

Stay and Fight by Madeline ffitch

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All the Backlist! November 29, 2019 Nov 29, 2019

This week, Patricia talks about a couple great books from her backlist, including Gmorning, Gnight! Little Pep Talks for Me & You by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jonny Sun.

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Books discussed on the show:

Inkheart (Book 1 of the Inkheart Trilogy) by Cornelia Funke

Gmorning, Gnight! Little Pep Talks for Me & You by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jonny Sun

The Thank-You Project: Cultivating Happiness One Letter of Gratitude at a Time by Nancy Davis Kho

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Great Books for Giving: November 26, 2019 Nov 26, 2019

This week, Liberty and Tirzah discuss Magic for Liars, The Beautiful Ones, Cats Are a Liquid, and more great books for giving this holiday season.

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Books discussed on the show:

Forking Good: An Unofficial Cookbook for Fans of The Good Place by Valya Dudycz Lupescu, Stephen H. Segal, Dingding Hu (Illustrator)

American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson

The Beautiful Ones by Prince

Unmarriageable by Soniah Kamal

Cats Are a Liquid by Rebecca Donnelly and Misa Saburi

To Night Owl from Dogfish by Meg Wolitzer and Hilary Goldberg Sloan

The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present by David Treuer

Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey

All Blood Runs Red: The Legendary Life of Eugene Bullard-Boxer, Pilot, Soldier, Spy by Phil Keith and Tom Clavin

Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell and Faith Erin Hicks

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

In the Dream House: A Memoir by Carmen Maria Machado

The Octopus Museum: Poems by Brenda Shaughnessy

The Grace Year by Kim Liggett

The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America (Bird Books, Books for Bird Lovers, Humor Books) by Matt Kracht

The Lost Man by Jane Harper

What we’re reading:

Thunderhead and The Toll by Neal Shusterman

Firewatching by Russ Thomas

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All the Backlist! November 22, 2019 Nov 22, 2019

This week, Patricia talks about two queer comics from her backlist, including The Prince & the Dressmaker by Jen Wang.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Prince & the Dressmaker by Jen Wang

A Quick & Easy Guide to Queer & Trans Identities by Mady G & J.R. Zuckerberg

So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo

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New Releases and More for November 19, 2019 Nov 19, 2019

This week, Liberty and Jenn discuss Mary Toft; or the Rabbit Queen, Wyoming, Wake, Siren, and more great books.

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Books discussed on the show:

Mary Toft; or, The Rabbit Queen: A Novel by Dexter Palmer

Wake, Siren by Nina MacLaughlin

Wyoming by JP Gritton

Escaping Exodus by Nicky Drayden

Snow: A Scientific and Cultural Exploration by Giles Whittell

Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love by Jonathan Van Ness

Rules for Vanishing by Kate Alice Marshall

Realm of Ash (The Books of Ambha Book 2) by Tasha Suri

What we’re reading:

If the Fates Allow: A Holiday Anthology from the Authors at interlude Press, an LGBTQ Publisher by Annie Harper

American Sherlock: Murder, Forensics, and the Birth of American CSI by Kate Winkler Dawson

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All the Backlist! November 15, 2019 Nov 15, 2019

This week, Jenn discusses two great older books, including Witchmark by C.L. Polk.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Witchmark by C.L. Polk

The Overstory by Richard Powers

When Women Were Birds by Terry Tempest Williams

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New Releases and More for November 12, 2019 Nov 12, 2019

This week, Liberty and Kelly discuss All-American Muslim Girl, Secondhand, Wild Life, and more great books.

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Books discussed on the show:

Secondhand: Travels in the New Global Garage Sale by Adam Minter

Wild Life: Dispatches from a Childhood of Baboons and Button-Downs by Keena Roberts

The Book of Lost Saints by Daniel José Older

The Forgotten Girl by India Hill

On Swift Horses by Shannon Pufahl

All-American Muslim Girl by Nadine Jolie Courtney

Some of Us Are Very Hungry Now by A.F. Perry

The Witches Are Coming by Lindy West

What we’re reading:

The Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson

The Deathless Girls by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

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All the Backlist! November 8, 2019 Nov 08, 2019

This week, Liberty discusses two great older books, including Unwind.

This episode is sponsored by Moxie by Jennifer Mathieu, with Fierce Reads.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Book of Speculation by Erika Swyler

Unwind by Neal Shusterman

Beheld by TaraShea Nesbit

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New Releases and More for November 5, 2019 Nov 07, 2019

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss The Starless Sea, Know My Name, The Revisioners, and more great books.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern

Know My Name: A Memoir by Chanel Miller

In the Dream House: A Memoir by Carmen Maria Machado

For the Love of Men: A New Vision for Mindful Masculinity by Liz Plank

The Revisioners: A Novel by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton

Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets & Advice for Living Your Best Life by Ali Wong

The Great Pretender: The Undercover Mission That Changed Our Understanding of Madness by Susannah Cahalan

Wake, Siren by Nina MacLaughlin

What we’re reading:

Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson

How We Fight for Our Lives: A Memoir by Saeed Jones

Acid for the Children: A Memoir by Flea

Kingdomtide by Rye Curtis

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All the Backlist! November 1, 2019 Nov 01, 2019

This week, Vanessa talks about two witchy reads from her backlist.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Witches of New York by Ami Mckay, audiobook narrated by Julia Whelan

Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Cordova

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New Releases and More for October 29, 2019 Oct 29, 2019

This week, Liberty and Jenn discuss Nothing to See Here, The Cheffe, Sisters of the Vast Black, and more great books.

This episode was sponsored Book Riot’s Blind Date with a Book; Bombas; and Ordinary Girls by Jaquira Díaz, now available from Algonquin Books.

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Books discussed on the show:

Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson

The Cheffe by Marie Ndiaye

Sisters of the Vast Black by Lina Rather

Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs by Camilla Townsend

A River of Royal Blood by Amanda Joy

Ascender, Vol. 1: The Haunted Galaxy by Jeff Lemire and Dustin Nguyen

White Elephant by Trish Harnetiaux

Full Disclosure by Camryn Garrett

Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love by Jonathan Van Ness

What we’re reading:

Queen of the Conquered by Kacen Callender

Blood Countess (A Lady Slayers Novel) by Lana Popović

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All the Backlist! October 25, 2019 Oct 25, 2019

This week, Liberty discusses two great older books, including The Good House.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Twisted Ones by T. Kingfisher

The Return by Rachel Hoffman

The Good House by Tananarive Due

The Elementals by Michael McDowell

Blood Countess (A Lady Slayers Novel) by Lana Popović

The Blood Countess by Andrei Codrescu

The Progeny by Tosca Lee

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New Releases and More for October 22, 2019 Oct 22, 2019

This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss All This Could Be Yours, God Save the Queens, Last of Her Name, and more great books.

This episode was sponsored Book Riot’s Blind Date with a Book; and Wayward Son by Rainbow Rowell and Wednesday Books.

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Books discussed on the show:

All This Could Be Yours by Jami Attenberg

Last of Her Name by Mimi Lok

The Twisted Ones by T. Kingfisher

Fireborne by Rosaria Munda

Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky by Kwame Mbalia

God Save the Queens: The Essential History of Women in Hip-Hop by Kathy Iandoli

Me by Elton John

Charlie Hernandez and the Castle of Bones by Ryan Calejo

What we’re reading:

Tiny Pretty Things by Sona Charaipotra and Dhonielle Clayton

Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

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All the Backlist! October 18, 2019 Oct 18, 2019

This week, Patricia talks about two of her most favorite books from her backlist!

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Books discussed on the show:

Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking by Samin Nosrat, illustrated by Wendy MacNaughton

Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm: A New English Version by Philip Pullman

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BONUS: All the Books! Listener Questions and Answers! Oct 16, 2019

On this special episode of All the Books! Liberty answers listener questions.

This episode was sponsored Moxie by Jennifer Mathieu, with Fierce Reads.

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Books mentioned on the show:

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

The Little Friend by Donna Tartt

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman

The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde

The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins

Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome

Wow, No Thank You by Samantha Irby

The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin

The Queen of the Night by Alexander Chee

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff

Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn

The Lost City of Z by David Grann

Glaciers by Alexis M. Smith

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New Releases and More for October 15, 2019 Oct 15, 2019

This week, Liberty and María Cristina discuss Your House Will Pay, The Never Tilting World, Wild Game, and more great books.

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Books discussed on the show:

Your House Will Pay: A Novel by Steph Cha

The Never Tilting World by Rin Chupeco

Wild Game: My Mother, Her Lover, and Me by Adrienne Brodeur

The Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson

The Year We Fell From Space by Amy Sarig King

Marvel Rising: Heroes of the Round Table by Nilah Magruder, Roberto Di Salvo, Georges Duarte, et al

Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker and Wendy Xu

Divide Me By Zero by Lara Vapnyar

What we’re reading:

Bowlaway by Elizabeth McCracken

Becoming Duchess Goldblatt by Anonymous

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All the Backlist! October 11, 2019 Oct 11, 2019

This week, Liberty discusses two great older books, including A Prayer for Owen Meany.

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Books discussed on the show:

A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving

My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

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New Releases and More for October 8, 2019 Oct 08, 2019

This week, Liberty and Kelly discuss Tuesday Mooney Talks To Ghosts, The Grace Year, How We Fight for Our Lives, and more great books.

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Books discussed on the show:

Tuesday Mooney Talks to Ghosts by Kate Racculia

Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All by Laura Ruby

How We Fight for Our Lives by Saeed Jones

The Grace Year by Kim Liggett

In the Hall with the Knife: A Clue Mystery, Book One by Diana Peterfreund

Jackpot by Nic Stone

The Furies by Katie Lowe

Orpheus Girl by Brynne Rebele-Henry

What we’re reading:

Birthday by Meredith Russo

The Forgotten Girl by India Hill Brown

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All the Backlist! October 4, 2019 Oct 04, 2019

This week, Patricia talks about two excellent books: one for learning and one for laughing!

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Books discussed on the show:

So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo

The Unstoppable Wasp: G.I.R.L. Power by Jeremy Whitley & Elsa Charretier

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New Releases and More for October 1, 2019 Oct 01, 2019

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Royal Holiday, The Good Luck Girls, A Tall History of Sugar, and more great books.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Library of the Unwritten (A Novel from Hell’s Library) by A. J. Hackwith

Erosion: Essays of Undoing by Terry Tempest Williams

Things We Didn’t Talk About When I Was a Girl: A Memoir by Jeannie Vanasco

She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey

The Good Luck Girls by Charlotte Nicole Davis

Royal Holiday by Jasmine Guillory

A Tall History of Sugar by Curdella Forbes

The Best American Essays 2019 by Rebecca Solnit and Robert Atwan

The Best American Short Stories 2019 by Anthony Doerr and Heidi Pitlor

The Best American Food Writing 2019 by Samin Nosrat and Silvia Killingsworth

What we’re reading:

Know My Name: A Memoir by Chanel Miller

Writers & Lovers by Lily King

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All the Backlist! September 27, 2019 Sep 27, 2019

This week, Liberty discusses two great older books, including The Secret History.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

Confessions by Kanae Minato, Stephen Snyder (translator)

Girl, Woman, Other: A Novel by Bernardine Evaristo

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New Releases and More for September 24, 2019 Sep 24, 2019

This week, Liberty and Sharifah discuss The Water Dancer, The Dutch House, The Shadow King, and more great books.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Monster of Elendhaven by Jennifer Giesbrecht

The World That We Knew: A Novel by Alice Hoffman

The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates

The Dutch House by Ann Patchett

Make It Scream, Make It Burn: Essays by Leslie Jamison

The Shadow King: A Novel by Maaza Mengiste

Steel Crow Saga by Paul Krueger

Who Put This Song On? by Morgan Parker

What we’re reading:

Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson

The Unwilling by Kelly Braffet

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All the Backlist! September 20, 2019 Sep 20, 2019

This week, Patricia talks about two excellent books about gods behaving badly!

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Books discussed on the show:

The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 1: The Faust Act by Kieron Gillen, Jamie McKelvie, Matt Wilson, and Clayton Cowles

The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N. K. Jemisin, book one in the Inheritance Trilogy

Gods Behaving Badly by Marie Phillips

Phonogram by Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie

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New Releases and More for September 17, 2019 Sep 17, 2019

This week, Liberty and María Cristina discuss Chilling Effect, Bloodlust & Bonnets, Red at the Bone, and more great books.

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Books discussed on the show:

Elevator Pitch: A Novel by Linwood Barclay

Breathe: A Letter to My Sons by Imani Perry

Chilling Effect: A Novel by Valerie Valdes

Bloodlust & Bonnets by Emily McGovern

Opioid, Indiana by Brian Allen Carr

The Heart and Other Viscera: Stories by Félix J. Palma

Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson

Monster, She Wrote: The Women Who Pioneered Horror and Speculative Fiction by Lisa Kröger and Melanie R. Anderson

What we’re reading:

Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton (Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural) by Edith Wharton

Weather: A Novel by Jenny Offill

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All the Backlist! September 13, 2019 Sep 13, 2019

This week, Liberty discusses two great older books, including You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine.

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Books discussed on the show:

You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine by Alexandra Kleeman

Sweetland by Michael Crummey

The Return by Rachel Harrison

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New Releases and More for September 10, 2019 Sep 10, 2019

This week, Liberty and Kelly discuss Gideon the Ninth, Unpregnant, Stargazing, and more great books.

This episode was sponsored by Book Riot’s Mystery/Thriller giveaway; HMH Books and Media, publishers of The Years That Matter Most: How College Makes or Breaks Us by Paul Tough; and Ritual.

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Books discussed on the show:

We Speak In Storms by Natalie Lund

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

Stargazing by Jen Wang

Pet by Akwaeke Emezi

Some Places More Than Others by Renée Watson

A Song for a New Day by Sarah Pinsker

Unpregnant by Jenni Hendriks and Ted Caplan

What we’re reading:

Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion by Jia Tolentino

In the Dream House: A Memoir by Carmen Maria Machado

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All the Backlist! September 6, 2019 Sep 06, 2019

This week, Patricia talks about two excellent older books for Sexual Health Month!

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Books Discussed on the Show

S.E.X., second edition: The All-You-Need-To-Know Sexuality Guide to Get You Through Your Teens and Twenties by Heather Corinna

The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love by Sonya Renee Taylor

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New Releases and More for September 3, 2019 Sep 03, 2019

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Butterfly Yellow, Revolution of the Soul, Cold Storage, and more great books.

This episode was sponsored by Book Riot’s Mystery/Thriller giveaway; Sourcebooks, publishers of Pretty Guilty Women by Gina LaManna; and Small Silent Things by Robin Page.

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Books discussed on the show:

Cold Storage: A Novel by David Koepp

The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations by Toni Morrison

The Grammarians: A Novel by Cathleen Schine

How to Be a Family: The Year I Dragged My Kids Around the World to Find a New Way to Be Together by Dan Kois

Butterfly Yellow by Thanhha Lai

Revolution of the Soul: Awaken to Love Through Raw Truth, Radical Healing, and Conscious Action by Seane Corn

This Tender Land: A Novel by William Kent Krueger

Modern Love, Revised and Updated: True Stories of Love, Loss, and Redemption by Daniel Jones, Andrew Rannells, et al.

What we’re reading:

The Glass Woman: A Novel by Caroline Lea

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

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All the Backlist! August 30, 2019 Aug 30, 2019

This week, Liberty discusses two great older books, including The Incarnations.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Incarnations by Susan Barker

Dear Fang, with Love by Rufi Thorpe

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New Releases and More for August 27, 2019 Aug 27, 2019

This week, Liberty and Tirzah discuss Pumpkinhead, Wonton Terror, Last Ones Left Alive, and more great books.

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Books discussed on the show:

Last Ones Left Alive by Sarah Davis-Goff

Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell and Faith Erin Hicks

A Better Man: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel by Louise Penny

My Life as an Ice Cream Sandwich by Ibi Zoboi

Wonton Terror: A Noodle Shop Mystery by Vivien Chien

All the Bad Apples by Moïra Fowley-Doyle

The Parking Lot Attendant by Nafkote Tamirat

Dead Voices by Katherine Arden

What we’re reading:

Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton

Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellmann

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All the Backlist! August 23, 2019 Aug 23, 2019

This week, Liberty discusses a few great older books, including Ella Minnow Pea.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Revolution of Birdie Randolph by Brandy Colbert

Little & Lion by Brandy Colbert

Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn

The Bees by Laline Paull

Sometimes the Wolf by Urban Waite

The Girls at the Kingfisher Club by Genevieve Valentine

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New Releases and More for August 20, 2019 Aug 20, 2019

This week, Liberty and María Cristina discuss The Whisper Man, Color Me In, Into the Planet, and more great books.

This episode was sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, ThirdLove, and Liveright, publishers of Rion Amilcar Scott’s The World Doesn’t Require You.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Whisper Man by Alex North

Sparrowhawk by Delilah S. Dawson, Matias Basla, Rebecca Nalty, Jim Campbell

The Reckless Oath We Made by Bryn Greenwood

An American Sunrise: Poems by Joy Harjo

Color Me In by Natasha Díaz

Insurrecto by Gina Apostol

The Dearly Beloved by Cara Wall

Into the Planet: My Life as a Cave Diver by Jill Heinerth

What we’re reading:

Prime Suspects: The Anatomy of Integers and Permutations by Andrew Granville, Jennifer Granville, Robert J. Lewis

Dead Girls by Abigail Tarttelin

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All the Backlist! August 16, 2019 Aug 16, 2019

This week, Liberty discusses a few great older books, including Girlchild.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Swallows by Lisa Lutz

The Spellman Files by Lisa Lutz

The Gurkha and the Lord of Tuesday by Saad Z. Hossein

Escape from Baghdad! by Saad Z. Hossein

gods with a little g by Tupelo Hassman

Girlchild by Tupelo Hassman

White Noise by Suzan-Lori Parks

Getting Mother’s Body by Suzan-Lori Parks

Family of Origin by CJ Hauser

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New Releases and More for August 13, 2019 Aug 13, 2019

This week, Liberty and Kelly discuss gods with a little g, The Memory Police, The Yellow House, and more great books.

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Books discussed on the show:

gods with a little g by Tupelo Hassman

The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa and Stephen Snyder

The Yellow House by Sarah M. Broom

Start Here by Trish Doller

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead: A Novel by Olga Tokarczuk, Antonia Lloyd-Jones (Translator)

The Pretty One: On Life, Pop Culture, Disability, and Other Reasons to Fall in Love with Me by Keah Brown

Play with Fire (A Breen and Tozer Mystery) by William Shaw

The Downstairs Girl by Stacey Lee

What we’re reading:

Don’t Date Rosa Santos by Nina Moreno

Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets, and Advice for Living Your Best Life by Ali Wong

The Last Stone by Mark Bowden

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All the Backlist! August 9, 2019 Aug 09, 2019

This week, Liberty discusses a few great older books, including In the Distance.

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Books discussed on the show:

Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton

The Downstairs Girl by Stacey Lee

Under a Painted Sky by Stacey Lee

The Hike by Drew Magary

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce

In the Distance by Hernan Diaz

The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles by Julie Andrews Edwards

Wangs vs. the World by Jade Chang

A Jello Horse by Matthew Simmons

Tallulah the Tooth Fairy CEO by Tamara Pizzoli and Federico Fabiani

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New Releases and More for August 6, 2019 Aug 06, 2019

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Hollow Kingdom, The Right Swipe, God Land, and more great books.

This episode was sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, Penguin Random House and House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig, and David Baldacci’s One Good Deed.

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Books discussed on the show:

Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton

God Land: A Story of Faith, Loss, and Renewal in Middle America by Lyz Lenz

The Vexations by Caitlin Horrocks

The Right Swipe by Alisha Rai

Scary Stories for Young Foxes by Christian McKay Heidicker

Notes from a Young Black Chef: A Memoir by Kwame Onwuachi and Joshua David Stein

A Particular Kind of Black Man by Tope Folarin

My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

What we’re reading:

The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel

The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern

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All the Backlist! August 2, 2019 Aug 02, 2019

This week, Liberty discusses a few great older books, including Let the Great World Spin.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Vexations by Caitlin Horrocks

The Good Lord Bird by James McBride

Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann

Saint Maizie by Jami Attenberg

All This Could Be Yours by Jami Attenberg

The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara

The Moor’s Account by Laila Lalami

Fever by Mary Beth Keane

Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane

Fallen Beauty by Erika Robuck

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New Releases and More for July 30, 2019 Jul 30, 2019

This week, Liberty and Alice discuss Marilou is Everywhere, Rotherweird, Speaking of Summer, and more great books.

This episode was sponsored by the Versify podcast and HarperCollins and The Rogue to Ruin by Vivienne Lorret.

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Books discussed on the show:

Marilou Is Everywhere: A Novel by Sarah Smith

Radical Ritual: How Burning Man Changed the World by Neil Shister

Speaking of Summer: A Novel by Kalisha Buckhanon

Rotherweird by Andrew Caldecott

An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green

This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone

The Ascent to Godhood (The Tensorate Series Book 4) by JY Yang

Deadly Aim The Civil War Story of Michigan’s Anishinaabe Sharpshooters by Sally M. Walker

What we’re reading:

American Heiress: The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst by Jeffrey Toobin

American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins

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All the Backlist! July 26, 2019 Jul 26, 2019

This week, Liberty discusses a few great older books, including The Reapers are the Angels.

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Books discussed on the show:

Rat Girl: A Memoir by Kristin Hersh

The Reapers are the Angels by Alden Bell

A Rising Man by Abir Mukherjee

Radio Iris by Anne-Marie Kinney

Revenge: Eleven Dark Tales by Yoko Ogawa, Stephen Snyder (translator)

Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall

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New Releases and More for July 23, 2019 Jul 23, 2019

This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss Gods of Jade and Shadow, Theme Music, The Marriage Clock, and more great books.

This episode was sponsored by the Versify podcast, ThirdLove, and Doubleday and The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep by H. G. Parry

Gods of Jade and Shadow: A Novel by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Theme Music: A Novel by T. Marie Vandelly

Three Women by Lisa Taddeo

The Marriage Clock by Zara Raheem

How to Hack a Heartbreak by Kristin Rockaway

Tell Me Everything by Cambria Brockman

Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language by Gretchen McCulloch

What we’re reading:

The Golden Tresses of the Dead: A Flavia de Luce Novel by Alan Bradley

Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu

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All the Backlist: Taking This Week Off Jul 19, 2019

We're taking off this week for All the Backlist; happy reading and we'll be back next week! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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New Releases and More for July 16, 2019 Jul 16, 2019

This week, Liberty and María Cristina discuss The Nickel Boys, Turbulence, Body Leaping Backward, and more great books.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

Akissi: More Tales of Mischief by Marguerite Abouet and Mathieu Sapin

Body Leaping Backward: Memoir of a Delinquent Girlhood by Maureen Stanton

Her One Mistake by Heidi Perks (paperback)

The Rage of Dragons by Evan Winter

Turbulence: A Novel by David Szalay

The Book of X by Sarah Rose Etter

My Family Divided by Diane Guerrero with Erica Moroz (paperback)

What we’re reading:

Paper Girls by Brian K Vaughan and Cliff Chiang

From the Wreck by Jane Rawson

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All the Backlist! July 12, 2019 Jul 12, 2019

This week, Liberty discusses a few great older books, including The Country of Ice Cream Star.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Stand by Stephen King

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.

Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice

The Children of Men by P.D. James

The Country of Ice Cream Star by Sandra Newman

The Book of M by Peng Shepherd

American War by Omar El Akkad

The Salt Line by Holly Goddard Jones

Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid

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New Releases and More for July 9, 2019 Jul 09, 2019

This week, Liberty and Kelly discuss The Chain, A Prayer for Travelers, The Need, and more great books.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Chain by Adrian McKinty

The Saturday Night Ghost Club: A Novel by Craig Davidson

Pan’s Labyrinth: The Labyrinth of the Faun by Guillermo del Toro, Cornelia Funke

The Need by Helen Phillips

Dapper Dan: Made in Harlem: A Memoir by Daniel R. Day

A Prayer for Travelers: A Novel by Ruchika Tomar

Wilder Girls by Rory Power

The Boy and Girl Who Broke The World by Amy Reed

What we’re reading:

Moon Of The Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice

The Most Fun We Ever Had by Claire Lombardo

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All the Backlist! July 5, 2019 Jul 05, 2019

This week, Liberty discusses a few great older books, including Cane River.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit by Michael Finkel

The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan

The Forest of a Thousand Lanterns by Julie C. Dao

Cane River by Lalita Tademy

The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles

The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin

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New Releases and More for July 2, 2019 Jul 02, 2019

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss The Way Through the Woods, Lock Every Door, Symptoms of a Heartbreak, and more great books.

This episode was sponsored by the Versify podcast, Simon & Schuster and The Best Lies, and Sourcebooks and Kingdom of Exiles.

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Books discussed on the show:

Second Sight: A Novel by Aoife Clifford

I Like to Watch: Arguing My Way Through the TV Revolution by Emily Nussbaum

Lock Every Door: A Novel by Riley Sager

The Way Through the Woods: On Mushrooms and Mourning by Litt Woon Long and Barbara J. Haveland

Symptoms of a Heartbreak by Sona Charaipotra

Casting into the Light: Tales of a Fishing Life by Janet Messineo

Girls Like Us by Cristina Alger

In at the Deep End by Kate Davies

What we’re reading:

Erosion: Essays of Undoing by Terry Tempest Williams

From Hell to Breakfast by Meghan Tifft

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All the Backlist! June 28, 2019 Jun 28, 2019

This week, Liberty discusses a few great older books, including The Gilda Stories.

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Books discussed on the show:

From Hell to Breakfast by Meghan Tifft

The Lesser Dead by Christopher Buehlman

The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez

Vampires by John Steakley

Vlad by Carlos Fuentes, E Shaskan Bumas (Translator), Alejandro Branger (Translator)

The Vampire Tapestry by Suzy McKee Charnas

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New Releases and More for June 25, 2019 Jun 25, 2019

This week, Liberty and Rincey discuss The Gone Dead, Evvie Drake Starts Over, Big Sky, and more great books.

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Books discussed on the show:

Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes

The Gone Dead: A Novel by Chanelle Benz

Big Sky by Kate Atkinson

The Great Unexpected by Dan Mooney

Wicked Fox by Kat Cho (Kat Cho’s pronunciation guide.)

The Patient Assassin: A True Tale of Massacre, Revenge, and India’s Quest for Independence by Anita Anand

The Van Apfel Girls Are Gone by Felicity McLean

Murder in the Crooked House by Soji Shimada and Louise Heal Kawai

What we’re reading:

They All Fall Down by Rachel Howzell Hall

Initiated: Memoir of a Witch by Amanda Yates Garcia

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All the Backlist! June 21, 2019 Jun 21, 2019

This week, Liberty discusses a few great older books, including Angelhead.

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Books discussed on the show:

All the Names They Used for God: Stories by Anjali Sachdeva

As She Climbed Across the Table by Jonathan Lethem

Abbott Awaits by Chris Bachelder

The Ask by Sam Lipsyte

Domestic Violets by Matthew Norman

The Financial Lives of the Poets: A Novel by Jess Walter

Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake

Angelhead: My Brother’s Descent into Madness by Greg Bottoms

The Monster of Elendhaven by Jennifer Giesbrecht

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New Releases and More for June 18, 2019 Jun 18, 2019

This week, Liberty and María Cristina discuss Fleishman Is in Trouble, One Night in Georgia, The Poison Thread, and more great books.

This episode was sponsored by Fall; or, Dodge in Hell by Neal Stephenson, Ritual, and ThirdLove.

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Books discussed on the show:

Fleishman Is in Trouble: A Novel by Taffy Brodesser-Akner

Hotel Dare by Terry Blas and Claudia Aguirre with letters by Mike Fiorentino

All of Us with Wings by Michelle Ruiz Keil

Haunting Paris: A Novel by Mamta Chaudhry

The Poison Thread: A Novel by Laura Purcell

One Night in Georgia: A Novel by Celeste O. Norfleet

Silver in the Wood by Emily Tesh

Recursion by Blake Crouch

What we’re reading:

Finding Our Place in the Universe: How We Discovered Laniakea–the Milky Way’s Home by Helene Courtois and translated by Nikki Kopelman

The Right Swipe by Alisha Rai

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All the Backlist! June 14, 2019 Jun 14, 2019

This week, Liberty discusses a few great older books, including The Witch of Lime Street.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

What’s Eating Gilbert Grape by Peter Hedges

The Color Inside a Melon by John Domini

The Witch of Lime Street: Seance, Seduction, and Houdini in the Spirit World by David Jaher

Moshi Moshi by Banana Yoshimoto

Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit by Jaye Robin Brown

Fruit of the Drunken Tree by Ingrid Rojas Contreras

Bitter Orange by Claire Fuller

Blood Orange by Harriet Tyce

Orange World and Other Stories by Karen Russell

The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson

Sexing the Cherry by Jeanette Winterson

Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness by Susannah Cahalan

The Great Pretender: The Undercover Mission That Changed Our Understanding of Madness by Susannah Cahalan

Ten Days in a Mad-House by Nellie Bly

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New Releases and More for June 11, 2019 Jun 11, 2019

This week, Liberty and Kelly discuss Natalie Tan’s Book of Luck and Fortune, Bunny, Slime, and more great books.

This episode was sponsored by Libro.fm, Grand Central Publishing and Cari Mora by Thomas Harris, and Bombas.

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Books discussed on the show:

Natalie Tan’s Book of Luck and Fortune by Roselle Lim

Searching for Sylvie Lee by Jean Kwok

Honestly, We Meant Well by Grant Ginder

The Exact Opposite of Okay by Laura Steven

Someone Who Will Love You In All Your Damaged Glory by Raphael Bob-Waksberg

Bunny: A Novel by Mona Awad

Slime: How Algae Created Us, Plague Us, and Just Might Save Us by Ruth Kassinger

The Grief Keeper by Alexandra Villasante

What we’re reading:

Somewhere Only We Know by Maurene Goo

Ghosts of Berlin: Stories by Rudolph Herzog, Emma Rault (translator)

The Truants by Kate Weinberg

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New Releases and More for June 4, 2019 Jun 04, 2019

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Ayesha at Last, Leaving the Witness, On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous, and more great books.

This episode was sponsored by Libro.fm, The Guest Book by Sarah Blake from Flatiron Books, and The Plus One from HarperCollins 360.

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Books discussed on the show:

On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous: A Novel by Ocean Vuong

Naturally Tan: A Memoir by Tan France

Patsy: A Novel by Nicole Dennis-Benn

Leaving the Witness: Exiting a Religion and Finding a Life by Amber Scorah

Ayesha At Last: A Novel by Uzma Jalaluddin

On Being Human: A Memoir of Waking Up, Living Real, and Listening Hard by Jennifer Pastiloff

The Truffle Underground: A Tale of Mystery, Mayhem, and Manipulation in the Shadowy Market of the World’s Most Expensive Fungus by Ryan Jacobs

The River by Peter Heller

What we’re reading:

Me and Mr. Cigar by Gibby Haynes

All This Could Be Yours by Jami Attenberg

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All the Backlist! May 31, 2019 May 31, 2019

This week, Liberty discusses a few great older books, including Front Desk.

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Books discussed on the show:

Marriage of a Thousand Lies by SJ Sindu

Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

Front Desk by Kelly Yang

Severance by Ling Ma

Night Sky with Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong

On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

Close to Shore: The Terrifying Shark Attacks of 1916 by Michael Capuzzo

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New Releases and More for May 28, 2019 May 28, 2019

This week, Liberty and Kim discuss Sorry I’m Late, I Didn’t Want to Come, Stay Sexy & Don’t Get Murdered, Other Words for Home, and more great books.

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Books discussed on the show:

Sorry I’m Late, I Didn’t Want to Come: One Introvert’s Year of Saying Yes by Jessica Pan

Stay Sexy & Don’t Get Murdered: The Definitive How-To Guide by Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark

How Not to Die Alone by Richard Roper

Ask Again, Yes: A Novel by Mary Beth Keane

These Witches Don’t Burn by Isabel Sterling

Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language by Amanda Montell

Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga

No Visible Bruises: What We Don’t Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us by Rachel Louise Snyder

What we’re reading:

The Queen of the Night by Alexander Chee

Cari Mora: A Novel by Thomas Harris

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All the Backlist! May 24, 2019 May 24, 2019

This week, Liberty discusses a few great older books, including The Star Side of Bird Hill.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal

The Star Side of Bird Hill by Naomi Jackson

Defy the Stars by Claudia Gray

Written in the Stars by Aisha Saeed

Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson

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New Releases and More for May 21, 2019 May 21, 2019

This week, Liberty and María Cristina discuss The Confessions of Frannie Langton, Vessel, Star-Crossed, and more great books.

This episode was sponsored by Audible; Delacorte Press, publisher of Hope and Other Punchlines by Julie Buxbaum; and Ritual.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Confessions of Frannie Langton: A Novel by Sara Collins

How to Forget: A Daughter’s Memoir by Kate Mulgrew

Star-Crossed: A Novel by Minnie Darke

Vessel: A Novel by Lisa A. Nichols

The Things She’s Seen by Ambelin Kwaymullina and Ezekiel Kwaymullina

Dear Scarlet: The Story of My Postpartum Depression by Teresa Wong

Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

Fieldnotes on Ordinary Love by Keith S. Wilson

What we’re reading:

Eileen Gray: A House Under the Sun by Charlotte Malterre-Barthes and Zosia Dzierszawska

Imaginary Friend by Stephen Chbosky

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All the Backlist! May 17, 2019 May 17, 2019

This week, Liberty discusses a few great older books, including We Need New Names.

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Books discussed on the show:

We Contain Multitudes by Sarah Henstra

We Hunt the Flame by Hafsah Faizal

Once More We Saw Stars by Jayson Greene

On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

We Are Never Meeting in Real Life: Essays by Samantha Irby

We Eat Our Own by Kea Wilson

We Don’t Eat Our Classmates by Ryan Higgins

We Need New Names by Noviolet Bulawayo

Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?: Big Questions from Tiny Mortals About Death by Caitlin Doughty

Smoke Gets In Your Eyes by Caitlin Doughty

From Here to Eternity by Caitlin Doughty

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New Releases and More for May 14, 2019 May 14, 2019

This week, Liberty and Kelly discuss The Den, There’s Something about Sweetie, Lanny, and more great books.

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Books discussed on the show:

Lanny by Max Porter

Rabbits for Food by Binnie Kirshenbaum

The Den: A novel by Abi Maxwell

There’s Something about Sweetie by Sandhya Menon

The Candle and the Flame by Nafiza Azad

Black Death at the Golden Gate: The Race to Save America from the Bubonic Plague by David K. Randall

No Saving Throw by Kristin McFarland

A Place to Belong by Cynthia Kadohata and Julia Kuo

What we’re reading:

Let Me Hear a Rhyme by Tiffany D Jackson

The Truffle Underground: A Tale of Mystery, Mayhem, and Manipulation in the Shadowy Market of the World’s Most Expensive Fungus by Ryan Jacobs

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All the Backlist! May 10, 2019 May 10, 2019

This week, Liberty discusses a few great older books, including Hotel World.

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Books discussed on the show:

Hugh Pine by Janwillem Van De Wetering and Lynn Munsinger

The House of Broken Angels by Luis Alberto Urrea

The Hunter by Julia Leigh

High Wind in Jamaica by Richard Hughes

Hotel World by Ali Smith

The Haunting of L by Howard Norman

Home by Toni Morrison

Warchild by Karin Lowachee

The Stone and the Flute by Hans Bemmann

Necroscope by Brian Lumley

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New Releases and More for May 7, 2019 May 07, 2019

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss The Bride Test, Somewhere Only We Know, Furious Hours, and more great books.

This episode was sponsored by Amazon Kindle Unlimited, Always Smile by Alice Kuipers from KCP Loft, andThe Invited by Jennifer McMahon.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna: A Novel by Juliet Grames

Somewhere Only We Know by Maurene Goo

The Bride Test by Helen Hoang

The Art of Noticing: 131 Ways to Spark Creativity, Find Inspiration, and Discover Joy in the Everyday by Rob Walker

Soon the Light Will Be Perfect: A Novel by Dave Patterson

Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee by Casey Cep

The World as It Is: A Memoir of the Obama White House by Ben Rhodes

Rough Magic: Riding the World’s Loneliest Horse Race by Lara Prior-Palmer

What we’re reading:

A Song for a New Day by Sarah Pinsker

The Best Cook in the World: Tales from My Momma’s Table by Rick Bragg

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All the Backlist! May 3, 2019 May 03, 2019

This week, Liberty discusses a few great older books, including The Unseen World.

This episode is sponsored by Soho Teen and The Art of Losing by Lizzy Mason.

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Books discussed on the show:

And Go Like This: Stories by John Crowley

Little, Big by John Crowley

Ka by John Crowley

A Good Neighbor by Therese Anne Fowler

Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald by Therese Anne Fowler

A Well-Behaved Woman by Therese Anne Fowler

The Book of Lost Saints by Daniel José Older

Bone Street Rumba by Daniel José Older

Shadowshaper by Daniel José Older

Dactyl Hill Squad by Daniel José Older

Long Bright River by Liz Moore

Heft by Liz Moore

The Unseen World by Liz Moore

The Adventure of the Peculiar Protocol by Nicholas Meyer

A Study in Scarlet Women by Sherry Thomas

Nathaniel by John Saul

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New Releases and More for April 30, 2019 Apr 30, 2019

This week, Liberty and Trisha discuss The Invited, Mama’s Boy, Let’s Tell This Story Properly, and more great books.

This episode was sponsored by Amazon Kindle Unlimited, A Prince on Paper by Alyssa Cole, and the audiobook edition of Cape May by Chip Cheek.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Invited: A Novel by Jennifer McMahon

Mama’s Boy: A Story from Our Americas by Dustin Lance Black

Hot Dog Girl by Jennifer Dugan

That Kind of Guy (Ravenswood Book 3) by Talia Hibbert

Let’s Tell This Story Properly by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi

Park Avenue Summer by Renée Rosen

What My Mother and I Don’t Talk About: Fifteen Writers Break the Silence by Michele Filgate

The Library of Ever by Zeno Alexander

What we’re reading:

LGBTQ Fiction and Poetry from Appalachia by Jeff Mann and Julia Watts

The Killer Across the Table: Unlocking the Secrets of Serial Killers and Predators with the FBI’s Original Mindhunter by John E. Douglas and Mark Olshaker

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New Releases and More for April 23, 2019 Apr 23, 2019

This week, Liberty and Tirzah discuss Storm of Locusts, Ragged Alice, Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl, and more great books.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Valedictorian of Being Dead: The True Story of Dying Ten Times to Live by Heather B. Armstrong

Storm of Locusts (The Sixth World) by Rebecca Roanhorse

Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl by Andrea Lawlor

Ragged Alice by Gareth L. Powell

Flowers of Mold & Other Stories by Ha Seong-nan, Janet Hong (translator)

The Tiger at Midnight by Swati Teerdhala

The Last Job: “The Bad Grandpas” and the Hatton Garden Heist by Dan Bilefsky

The Missing Years by Lexie Elliott

What we’re reading:

If You Leave Me by Crystal Hana Kim

Death Prefers Blondes by Caleb Roehrig

The Den by Abi Maxwell

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All the Backlist! April 19, 2019 Apr 19, 2019

This week, Liberty discusses a few great older books, including Green Island.

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Books discussed on the show:

Alice’s Island by Daniel Sánchez Arévalo

Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson

Damnation Island: Poor, Sick, Mad, and Criminal in 19th-Century New York by Stacy Horn

Small Island by Andrea Levy

Treasure Island!!! by Sara Levine

Green Island by Shawna Yang Ryan

Marrow Island by Alexis M. Smith

Hurricane Fabian

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New Releases and More for April 16, 2019 Apr 16, 2019

This week, Liberty and María Cristina discuss Miracle Creek, The Binding, Alice’s Island, and more great books.

This episode was sponsored by Libro.fm, ThirdLove, and The Fall of Crazy House.

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Books discussed on the show:

Miracle Creek by Angie Kim

The Binding by Bridget Collins

Alice’s Island: A Novel by Daniel Sánchez Arévalo

Magical Realism for Non-Believers: A Memoir of Finding Family by Anika Fajardo

How To Make Friends with the Dark by Kathleen Glasgow

Pilu of the Woods by Mai K. Nguyen

Amnesty: Book 3 in the Amberlough Dossier by Lara Elena Donnelly

Flowers over the Inferno (A Teresa Battaglia Novel) by Ilaria Tuti, Ekin Oklap (translator)

What we’re reading:

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie: A Flavia de Luce Mystery by Alan Bradley

Murder by Milkshake: An Astonishing True Story of Adultery, Arsenic, and a Charismatic Killer by Eve Lazarus

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All the Backlist! April 12, 2019 Apr 12, 2019

This week, Liberty discusses a few great older books, including The Crow Road.

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Books discussed on the show:

Descendant of the Crane by Joan He

Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke

Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

The Crow Road by Iain Banks

Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang

The House with Chicken Legs by Sophie Anderson

The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa

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New Releases and More for April 9, 2019 Apr 09, 2019

This week, Liberty and Kelly discuss Descendant of the Crane, In the Neighborhood of True, Trust Exercise, and more great books.

This episode was sponsored by I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter!; Unscripted by Claire Handscombe; and MIRA Books and Park Row Books and their Books about Books campaign..

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Books discussed on the show:

Descendant of the Crane by Joan He

The Honey Bus: A Memoir of Loss, Courage and a Girl Saved by Bees by Meredith May

Trust Exercise: A Novel by Susan Choi

In the Neighborhood of True by Susan Kaplan Carlton

Naamah: A Novel by Sarah Blake

You Go First by Erin Entrada Kelly

Phantoms: A Novel by Christian Kiefer

Charged: The New Movement to Transform American Prosecution and End Mass Incarceration by Emily Bazelon

What we’re reading:

With The Fire On High by Elizabeth Acevedo

The Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna: A Novel by Juliet Grames

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All the Backlist! April 5, 2019 Apr 05, 2019

This week, Liberty discusses a few great older books, including Dry Bones in the Valley.

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Books discussed on the show:

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

Bone by Jeff Smith

The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

The Bone Witch by Rin Chupeco

The Bone Collector by Jeffrey Deaver

Dry Bones in the Valley by Tom Bouman

Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef by Gabrielle Hamilton

Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow

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New Releases and More for April 2, 2019 Apr 02, 2019

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Women Talking, The Affairs of the Falcóns, Finding My Voice, and more great books.

This episode was sponsored by I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter!; Once and Future by Cori McCarthy and Amy Rose Capetta from JIMMY Patterson Books; and The Things We Cannot Say by Kelly Rimmer from Graydon House Books.

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Books discussed on the show:

I Miss You When I Blink: Essays by Mary Laura Philpott

Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed by Lori Gottlieb

The Affairs of the Falcóns by Melissa Rivero

No Happy Endings: A Memoir by Nora McInerny

Women Talking by Miriam Toews

Finding My Voice: My Journey to the West Wing and the Path Forward by Valerie Jarrett

The Devouring Gray by Christine Lynn Herman

Coders: The Making of a New Tribe and the Remaking of the World by Clive Thompson

Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

This Is What It Feels Like by Rebecca Barrow

What we’re reading:

Calvin: A Novel by Martine Leavitt

Dreyer’s English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style by Benjamin Dreyer

At Briarwood School for Girls by Michael Knight

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All the Backlist! March 29, 2019 Mar 29, 2019

This week, Liberty discusses a few great older books, including How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents.

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Books discussed on the show:

How to Catch a Mole: Wisdom from a Life Lived in Nature by Marc Hamer

How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy by Jenny Odell

How Not To Die Alone by Richard Roper

How Could She by Lauren Mechling

How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez

How Green Was My Valley by Richard Llewellyn

How Late It Was, How Late by James Kelman

How the Light Gets In by Louise Penny

How To Be Human by Paula Cocozza

How To Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America: Essays by Kiese Laymon

Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon

Check, Please: Book 1 by Ngozi Ukazu

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New Releases and More for March 26, 2019 Mar 26, 2019

This week, Liberty and Katie discuss My Lovely Wife, Good Talk, Dig, and more great books.

This episode was sponsored by Book Riot Insiders; The Perfect Girlfriend by Karen Hamilton, published by Graydon House Books; and Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, publishers of The Handmaid’s Tale graphic novel.

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Books discussed on the show:

My Lovely Wife by Samantha Downing

Unbecoming: A Memoir of Disobedience by Anuradha Bhagwati

Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations by Mira Jacob

Dig by A.S. King

Guestbook: Ghost Stories by Leanne Shapton

Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily Nagoski PhD, Amelia Nagoski DMA

On Cussing: Bad Words and Creative Cursing by Katherine Dunn

The Other Americans by Laila Lalami

What we’re reading:

The Trial of Lizzie Borden by Cara Robertson

The Last Pass: Cousy, Russell, the Celtics, and What Matters in the End by Gary Pomerantz

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All the Backlist! March 22, 2019 Mar 22, 2019

This week, Jenn discusses a few great older books, including Made in India by Meera Sodha.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Made in India by Meera Sodha

Chemistry by Weike Wang (tw: family violence)

On Trails: An Exploration by Robert Moor

Pegasus by Robin McKinley

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New Releases and More for March 19, 2019 Mar 19, 2019

This week, Liberty and María Cristina discuss Queenie, Internment, Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea, and more great books.

This episode was sponsored by You Owe Me A Murder by Eileen Cook from HMH Teen and Hold Still by Nina LaCour from Penguin Random House.

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Books discussed on the show:

Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams

Internment by Samira Ahmed

Sooner or Later Everything Falls into the Sea by Sarah Pinsker

The Dragonfly Sea by Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor

The Word for Woman is Wilderness by Abi Andrews

The Bird King by G. Willow Wilson

Lot: Stories by Bryan Washington

The Witch’s Kind by Louisa Morgan

What we’re reading:

Lumberjanes: To The Max Vol. 5 by Kat Leyh, Shannon Watters, et al.

Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat by Johnny Marciano, Emily Chenoweth

Terminal Alliance (Janitors of the Post-Apocalypse Book 1) by Jim C. Hines

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All the Backlist! March 15, 2019 Mar 15, 2019

This week, Liberty discusses a few great older books, including The Bonesetter’s Daughter.

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Books discussed on the show:

A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller, Jr.

The Bonesetter’s Daughter by Amy Tan

Shot in the Heart by Mikal Gimore

The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin

Bear V Shark by Chris Bachelder

Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams

Miracle Creek by Angie Kim

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New Releases and More for March 12, 2019 Mar 12, 2019

This week, Liberty and Kelly discuss If Cats Disappeared from the World, SHOUT, When the Irish Invaded Canada, and more great books.

This episode was sponsored by Libro.fm, The Bird King by G. Willow Wilson, out now from Grove Press, and ThirdLove.

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Books discussed on the show:

If, Then: A Novel by Kate Hope Day

SHOUT by Laurie Halse Anderson

When the Irish Invaded Canada: The Incredible True Story of the Civil War Veterans Who Fought for Ireland’s Freedom by Christopher Klein

Karamo: My Story of Embracing Purpose, Healing, and Hope by Karamo Brown

I’ve Been Meaning to Tell You: A Letter To My Daughter by David Chariandy

The Trial of Lizzie Borden by Cara Robertson

If Cats Disappeared from the World: A Novel by Genki Kawamura, Eric Selland (translator)

Heroine by Mindy McGinnis

What we’re reading:

Internment by Samira Ahmed

Rabbits for Food by Binnie Kirshenbaum

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All the Backlist! March 8, 2019 Mar 08, 2019

This week, Liberty discusses a few great older books, including The Zigzag Girl.

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Books discussed on the show:

Dealing in Dreams by Lilliam Rivera

The Education of Margo Sanchez by Lilliam Rivera

The Stranger Diaries by Elly Griffiths

The Zigzag Girl by Elly Griffiths

The River by Peter Heller

Celine by Peter Heller

The Last Woman in the Forest by Diane Les Becquets

Breaking Wild by Diane Les Becquets

Here Comes the Sun by Nicole Dennis-Benn

Patsy by Nicole Dennis-Benn

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New Releases and More for March 5, 2019 Mar 05, 2019

This week, Liberty and Tirzah discuss The Manic Pixie Dream Boy Improvement Project, Survival Math, The Lady from the Black Lagoon, and more great books.

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Books discussed on the show:

Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Dealing in Dreams by Lilliam Rivera

A Woman Is No Man by Etaf Rum

Real Queer America: LGBT Stories from Red States by Samantha Allen

The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick by Mallory O’Meara

The Manic Pixie Dream Boy Improvement Project by Lenore Appelhans

Survival Math: Notes on an All-American Family by Mitchell Jackson

Lovely War by Julie Berry

What we’re reading:

King of Scars (King of Scars Duology) by Leigh Bardugo

The Reign of the Kingfisher by T.J. Martinson

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All the Backlist! March 1, 2019 Mar 01, 2019

This week, Liberty discusses a few great older books, including The Golden Notebook.

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Books discussed on the show:

Battle Royale by Koushun Takami, Nathan Collins (Translator)

Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

A Suitable Boy by Vikrem Seth

Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts

The Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing

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New Releases and More for February 26, 2019 Feb 26, 2019

This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss The Priory of the Orange Tree, Go Ahead in the Rain, Kid Gloves, and more great books.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie

American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson

The Good Immigrant: 26 Writers Reflect on America edited by Nikesh Shukla and Chimene Suleyman

Kid Gloves: Nine Months of Careful Chaos by Lucy Knisley

Go Ahead in the Rain by Hanif Abdurraqib

The Atlas of Reds and Blues by Devi S. Laskar

To Night Owl from Dogfish by Holly Goldberg Sloan and Meg Wolitzer

What we’re reading:

Early Riser by Jasper Fforde

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

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All the Backlist! February 22, 2019 Feb 22, 2019

This week, Liberty discusses a few great older books, including Throne of the Crescent Moon.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill

When the Moon is Low by Nadia Hashimi

Throne of the Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed

The Killing Moon by N.K. Jemisin

Broken Stars: Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation by Ken Liu

Lace by Shirley Conran

Savages by Shirley Conran

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New Releases and More for February 19, 2019 Feb 19, 2019

This week, Liberty and María Cristina discuss Bangkok Wakes to Rain, The White Book, The Study of Animal Languages, and more great books.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls by Anissa Gray

The Source of Self Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations by Toni Morrison

Bangkok Wakes to Rain: A Novel by Pitchaya Sudbanthad

The Study of Animal Languages: A Novel by Lindsay Stern

The White Book by Han Kang

Darwin: An Exceptional Voyage by Fabien Grolleau and Jéremie Royer

Death Prefers Blondes by Caleb Roehrig

The City In the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders

What we’re reading:

Wanderers by Chuck Wendig

The Dreamers by Karen Thompson Walker

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All the Backlist! February 15, 2019 Feb 15, 2019

This week, Liberty discusses a few great older books, including Long Way Down.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Atlas of Reds and Blues by Devi S. Laskar

Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

Ulysses by James Joyce

The Mezzanine by Nicholson Baker

Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds

The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon

Last Night at the Lobster by Stewart O’Nan

Ember by Sandor Marai

Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney

After Dark by Haruki Murakami

The 25th Hour by David Benioff

The Cassandra by Sharma Shields

Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames

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New Releases and More for February 12, 2019 Feb 12, 2019

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Lost Children Archive, The Book of Delights, Early Riser, and more great books.

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Books discussed on the show:

Lost Children Archive: A novel by Valeria Luiselli

How to Be Loved: A Memoir of Lifesaving Friendship by Eva Hagberg Fisher

Early Riser: A Novel by Jasper Fforde

The Unwinding of the Miracle: A Memoir of Life, Death, and Everything That Comes After by Julie Yip-Williams

The Heavens by Sandra Newman

The Book of Delights: Essays by Ross Gay

The Psychology of Time Travel: A Novel by Kate Mascarenhas

Savage Feast: Three Generations, Two Continents, and a Dinner Table (a Memoir with Recipes) by Boris Fishman

What we’re reading:

Advice Not Given: A Guide to Getting Over Yourself by Mark Epstein

The Vanishing Stair by Maureen Johnson

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All the Backlist! February 8, 2019 Feb 08, 2019

This week, Liberty discusses a few great older books, including Poisoned Apples.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Lost Man by Jane Harper

The Dry by Jane Harper

Binti: The Complete Trilogy by Nnedi Okorafor

Snow White Learns Witchcraft: Stories and Poems by Theodora Goss

Poisoned Apples: Poems for You, My Pretty by Christine Heppermann

Notes from a Black Woman’s Diary: Selected Works of Kathleen Collins by Kathleen Collins

Whatever Happened to Interracial Love? Stories by Kathleen Collins

The Last Romantics by Tara Conklin

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New Releases and More for February 5, 2019 Feb 05, 2019

This week, Liberty and Kelly discuss Bowlaway, Black Leopard, Red Wolf, On the Come Up, and more great books.

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Books discussed on the show:

Bowlaway by Elizabeth McCracken

On the Come Up by Angie Thomas

Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James

Fraternity: An Inside Look at a Year of College Boys Becoming Men by Alexandra Robbins

The Lost Man by Jane Harper

New Kid by Jerry Craft

The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

Brave, Not Perfect: Fear Less, Fail More, and Live Bolder by Reshma Saujani

What we’re reading:

Bent Heavens by Daniel Kraus

The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern

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All the Backlist! February 1, 2019 Feb 01, 2019

This week, Liberty discusses a few great older books, including All the Missing Girls.

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Books discussed on the show:

Spin by Lamar Giles

Endangered by Lamar Giles

Come Find Me by Megan Miranda

All the Missing Girls by Megan Miranda

Vigilance by Robert Jackson Bennet

City of Stairs by Robert Jackson Bennet

We Cast a Shadow by Maurice Carlos Ruffin

The Sellout by Paul Beatty

York: The Shadow Cipher by Laura Ruby

York: The Clockwork Ghost by Laura Ruby

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New Releases and More for January 29, 2019 Jan 29, 2019

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss We Cast a Shadow, Deep Creek, Notes on a Nervous Planet, and more great books.

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Books discussed on the show:

We Cast a Shadow: A Novel by Maurice Carlos Ruffin

Deep Creek: Finding Hope in the High Country by Pam Houston

The Falconer: A Novel by Dana Czapnik

Black Is the Body: Stories from My Grandmother’s Time, My Mother’s Time, and Mine by Emily Bernard

99 Percent Mine: A Novel by Sally Thorne

Notes on a Nervous Planet by Matt Haig

Devotions by Mary Oliver

What we’re reading:

Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations by Mira Jacob

The Unwinding of the Miracle: A Memoir of Life, Death, and Everything That Comes After by Julie Yip-Williams

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All the Backlist! January 25, 2019 Jan 25, 2019

This week, Liberty discusses a few great older books, including A Gentle Madness.

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Books discussed on the show:

Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson

The Vanishing Stair by Maureen Johnson

The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty

The Kingdom of Copper by S.A. Chakraborty

The Golden Tresses of the Dead by Alan Bradley

Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley

The Cold Is In Her Bones by Peternelle van Arsdale

The Beast is An Animal by Peternelle van Arsdale

The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan

Bookends: Collected Intros and Outros by Michael Chabon

A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for Books by Nicholas A. Basbanes

Last Boat Out of Shanghai: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Fled Mao’s Revolution by Helen Zia

Dear Friend, from My Life I Write to You in Your Life by Yiyun Li

Dreyer’s English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style by Benjamin Dreyer

Anguished English: An Anthology of Accidental Assaults upon Our Language by Richard Lederer

The Sleepwalker’s Guide to Dancing by Mira Jacob

Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations by Mira Jacob

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New Releases and More for January 22, 2019 Jan 22, 2019

This week, Liberty and María Cristina discuss Golden State, The Red Address Book, Unmarriageable, and more great books.

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Books discussed on the show:

Golden State by Ben H. Winters

The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present by David Treuer

The Cold Is in Her Bones by Peternelle van Arsdale

The Red Address Book by Sofia Lundberg

Unmarriageable: A Novel by Soniah Kamal

As Long As We Both Shall Live by JoAnn Chaney

Dreyer’s English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style by Benjamin Dreyer

The Field Guide to the North American Teenager by Ben Philippe

What we’re reading:

Transcription by Kate Atkinson

Stay Sexy & Don’t Get Murdered: The Definitive How-To Guide by Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark

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All the Backlist! January 18, 2019 Jan 18, 2019

This week, Liberty discusses a few great older books, including Beat the Reaper.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Dreamers by Karen Thompson Walker

The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker

Tell the Wolves I’m Home by Carol Rifka Brunt

Beat the Reaper by Josh Bazell

The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi

Aru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani Chokshi

The Star-Touched Queen by Roshani Chokshi

Seconds: A Graphic Novel by Bryan Lee O’Malley

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New Releases and More for January 15, 2019 Jan 15, 2019

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss No Exit, Thick, The Far Field, and more great books.

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Books discussed on the show:

No Exit: A Novel by Taylor Adams

Last Woman Standing by Amy Gentry

The Dreamers: A Novel by Karen Thompson Walker

Thick: And Other Essays by Tressie McMillan Cottom

The Orphan of Salt Winds by Elizabeth Brooks

The Good Food: A Cookbook of Soups, Stews, and Pasta by Daniel Halpern and Julie Strand

The Far Field by Madhuri Vijay

The Truths We Hold: An American Journey by Kamala Harris

What we’re reading:

Eggshell Skull by Bri Lee

Why Do So Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders?: (And How to Fix It) by Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic

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All the Backlist! January 11, 2019 Jan 11, 2019

This week, Liberty discusses a few great older books, including The Earthquake Bird.

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Books discussed on the show:

Mouthful of Birds: Stories by Samanta Schweblin

The Earthquake Bird by Susanna Jones

The Good Lord Bird by James McBride

When Women Were Birds: Fifty-Four Variations on Voice by Terry Tempest Williams

The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami

The Birds and Other Stories by Daphne duMaurier

A Pigeon and a Boy by Meir Shalev

The Book of Boy by Catherine Gilbert Murdock

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New Releases and More for January 8, 2019 Jan 08, 2019

This week, Liberty and Jenn discuss Mouthful of Birds, Slayer, An Orchestra of Minorities, and more great books.

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Books discussed on the show:

Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss (tw: physical abuse)

All the Wild Hungers by Karen Babine

Mouthful of Birds: Stories by Samanta Schweblin

Once Ghosted Twice Shy by Alyssa Cole

The Water Cure by Sophie Mackintosh (tw: sexual assault, self harm)

Slayer by Kiersten White

An Orchestra of Minorities by Chigozie Obioma (tw: suicide, sexual assault)

Pride by Ibi Zoboi

Unmarriageable: A Novel by Soniah Kamal

Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors: A Novel by Sonali Dev

What we’re reading:

Circe by Madeline Miller

Die Hard: The Ultimate Visual History by James Mottram and David S. Cohen

An Orphanage of Dreams by Sam Savage

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All the Backlist! January 4, 2019 Jan 04, 2019

This week, Liberty discusses a few great older books, including Slumberland.

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Books discussed on the show:

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

So Big by Edna Ferber

East of Eden by John Steinbeck

The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison

Asymmetry by Lisa Halliday

The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey

Die Hard: The Ultimate Visual History by James Mottram and David S. Cohen

Slumberland by Paul Beatty

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

March Sisters: On Life, Death, and Little Women by Kate Bolick, CArmen Maria Machado, Jane Smiley, and Jenny Zhang

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All the Backlist! December 21, 2018 Dec 21, 2018

This week, Liberty discusses a few great older books, including So Big.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Man Who Shot Out My Eye is Dead: Stories by Chanelle Benz

The Magpie Lord by K.J. Charles

Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War by Karl Marlantes

A Match to the Heart by Gretel Ehrlich

The Solace of Open Spaces by Gretel Ehrlich

Men We Reaped: A Memoir by Jesmyn Ward

Mort(e) by Robert Repino

So Big by Edna Ferber

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Favorite Books of 2018, Part 2 Dec 18, 2018

This week, Liberty and María Cristina discuss The Feather Thief, Washington Black, Severance, and more great books.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century by Kirk Wallace Johnson

Washington Black by Esi Edugyan

Severance by Ling Ma

Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik

Little: A Novel by Edward Carey

Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou

How To Write an Autobiographical Novel: Essays by Alexander Chee

Heart Berries: A Memoir by Terese Marie Mailhot

What we’re reading:

Deep River by Karl Marlantes

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All the Backlist! December 14, 2018 Dec 14, 2018

This week, Liberty discusses a few great older books, including Sourdough.

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Books discussed on the show:

Rutabaga the Adventure Chef by Eric Colossal

Death by Dumpling: A Noodle Shop Mystery by Vivien Chien

Sourdough by Robin Sloan

The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Amy Bender

Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel

Last Call at the Nightshade Lounge by Paul Krueger

The Sasquatch Hunter’s Almanac by Sharma Shields

Killer Stuff and Tons of Money: An Insider’s Look at the World of Flea Markets, Antiques, and Collecting by Maureen Stanton

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Favorite Books of 2018, Part 1 Dec 11, 2018

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss An American Marriage, Air Traffic, The Parking Lot Attendant, and more great books.

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Books discussed on the show:

All the Names They Used for God: Stories by Anjali Sachdeva

Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon

The Library Book by Susan Orlean

An American Marriage by Tayari Jones

The Parking Lot Attendant by Nafkote Tamirat

Florida: Stories by Lauren Groff

Air Traffic: A Memoir of Ambition and Manhood in America by Gregory Pardlo

Buttermilk Graffiti: A Chef’s Journey to Discover America’s New Melting-Pot Cuisine by Edward Lee

What we’re reading:

The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed by Lori Gottlieb

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All the Backlist! December 7, 2018 Dec 07, 2018

This week, Liberty discusses a few great older books, including Sour Heart.

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Books discussed on the show:

Heart and Brain: An Awkward Yeti Collection by The Awkward Yeti and Nick Seluk

Crooked Heart by Lissa Evans

Your Heart is a Muscle the Size of a Fist by Sunil Yapa

Only Love Can Break Your Heart by Ed Tarkington

Sour Heart: Stories by Jenny Zhang

Jane’s House by Robert Kimmel Smith

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Best Of December 2018 (Plus Winter and Christmas Kids Books) Dec 04, 2018

This week, Jenn and María Cristina discuss Revolution Sunday, Here Comes Jack Frost, Once Upon a River, A Loud Winter’s Nap, and more great books.

This episode was sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, Riddance; or, The Sybil Joines Vocational School for Ghost Speakers & Hearing-Mouth Children by Shelley Jackson, and Third Love.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats (video read aloud)

Here Comes Jack Frost by Kazuno Kohara

Revolution Sunday by Wendy Guerra, translated by Achy Obejas

Goodbye Autumn, Hello Winter by Kenard Pak

Hex Vet: Witches in Training by Sam Davies (Dec 18)

Little Santa by Jon Agee

Santa Duck by David Milgrim

My Favorite Half-Night Stand by Christina Lauren

A Loud Winter’s Nap by Katy Hudson

Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield (tw: domestic violence, suicide, harm to children)

WHAT WE’RE READING

Guidebook to Relative Strangers by Camille T. Dungy (Persist Instagram Book Club!)

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All the Backlist! November 30, 2018 Nov 30, 2018

This week, Liberty discusses a few great older books, including Cowboys Are My Weakness.

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Books discussed on the show:

How Long ‘Til Black Future Month?: Stories by N.K. Jemisin

Still Life by Louise Penny

Open Season by Archer Mayor

The Museum of Modern Love by Heather Rose

The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even by Chris F. Westbury

The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

John Henry Days by Colson Whitehead

Deep Creek: Finding Hope in the High Country by Pam Houston

Cowboys Are My Weakness:Stories by Pam Houston

An Orchestra of Minorities by Chigozie Obioma

The Fishermen by Chigozie Obioma

Eating the Cheshire Cat by Helen Ellis

American Housewife: Stories by Helen Ellis

Southern Lady Code: Essays by Helen Ellis

Accident by Barry Louis Polisar

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Anticipated New Books of 2019 Preview Show Nov 27, 2018

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss The Nickel Boys, An Orchestra of Minorities, Southern Lady Code, and more great books.

This episode was sponsored by Book Riot Insiders and Seal Press, publisher of Faking It: The Lies Women Tell About Sex–and the Truths They Reveal by Lux Alptraum.

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Books discussed on the show:

Bowlaway by Elizabeth McCracken

Deep Creek: Finding Hope in the High Country by Pam Houston

The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

An Orchestra of Minorities by Chigozie Obioma

Body Leaping Backward: Memoir of a Delinquent Girlhood by Maureen Stanton

So Here’s the Thing . . .: Notes on Growing Up, Getting Older, and Trusting Your Gut by Alyssa Mastromonaco, Lauren Oyler (Contributor)

Trust Exercise: A Novel by Susan Choi

The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls by Anissa Gray

Gingerbread: A Novel by Helen Oyeyemi

That Good Night: Life and Medicine in the Eleventh Hour by Sunita Puri

The Memory Police: A Novel by Yoko Ogawa and Stephen Snyder

Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily Nagoski PhD, Amelia Nagoski DMA

The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick by Mallory O’Meara

Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams

Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James

Sing to It: New Stories by Amy Hempel

The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present by David Treuer

Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Perez

Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli

Southern Lady Code: Essays by Helen Ellis

All This Could Be Yours by Jami Attenberg

The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern

What we’re reading:

I Miss You When I Blink: Essays by Mary Laura Philpott

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All the Backlist! November 23, 2018 Nov 23, 2018

This week, Liberty discusses a few great older books, including Ask the Passengers.

This week’s episode was sponsored by Book Riot Insiders and Penguin Random House Audio.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Go-Between by L.P. Hartley

May We Be Forgiven by A.M. Homes

Ask the Passengers by A.S. King

Drinking Coffee Elsewhere by Z.Z. Packer

Up from Jericho Tel by E.L. Konigsburg

The Fox by D.H. Lawrence

The Brief History of the Dead by Kevin Brockmeier

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New Releases and More for November 20, 2018 Nov 20, 2018

This week, Liberty and María Cristina discuss Watersnakes, My Sister, the Serial Killer, Newcomer, and more great books.

This episode was sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, Simple Contacts, and Ritual Essential for Women.

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Books discussed on the show:

My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

How She Died, How I Lived by Mary Crockett

Newcomer: A Mystery by Keigo Higashino and Giles Murray

Watersnakes by Tony Sandoval

Fire & Blood: 300 Years Before A Game of Thrones (A Targaryen History) by George R.R. Martin

Jim Henson’s Labyrinth: Coronation Vol. 1 by Simon Spurrier

A Cathedral of Myth and Bone: Collected Stories by Kat Howard

How Long ’til Black Future Month?: Stories by N. K. Jemisin

As a City On A Hill by Daniel T. Rogers

What we’re reading:

Empress of All Seasons by Emiko Jean

Bring It On Home: Peter Grant, Led Zeppelin, and Beyond–The Story of Rock’s Greatest Manager by Mark Blake

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All the Backlist! November 16, 2018 Nov 16, 2018

This week, Liberty discusses a few great older books, including Beauty is a Wound.

This week’s episode was sponsored by Book Riot Insiders and Flatiron Books and Legendary by Stephanie Garber.

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Books discussed on the show:

Beauty is a Wound by Eka Kurniawan, Annie Tucker (translator)

Nevada by Imogen Binnie

After Visiting Friends: A Son’s Story by Michael Hainey

Narcopolis by Jett Thayil

Bettyville: A Memoir by George Hodgman

The Adrian Mole Diaries by Sue Townsend

Becoming by Michelle Obama

Let’s Go (So We Can Get Back) by Jeff Tweedy

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New Releases and More for November 13, 2018 Nov 13, 2018

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Crave, Insurrecto, A Ladder to the Sky, and more great books.

This episode was sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, Shades of Wicked by Jeaniene Frost, and Witness: Lessons from Elie Wiesel’s Classroom by Ariel Burger.

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Books discussed on the show:

A Ladder to the Sky by John Boyne

Crave: A Memoir of Food and Longing by Christine S. O’Brien

Insurrecto by Gina Apostol

Becoming by Michelle Obama

American Overdose: The Opioid Tragedy in Three Acts by Chris McGreal

Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women’s Anger by Rebecca Traister

Fed Up: Emotional Labor, Women, and the Way Forward by Gemma Hartley

Wundersmith: The Calling of Morrigan Crow (Nevermoor) by Jessica Townsend

And Now We Have Everything: On Motherhood Before I Was Ready by Meaghan O’Connell

What we’re reading:

When the Irish Invaded Canada: The Incredible True Story of the Civil War Veterans Who Fought for Ireland’s Freedom by Christopher Klein

Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed by Lori Gottlieb

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All the Backlist! November 9, 2018 Nov 09, 2018

This week, Liberty discusses a few great older books, including The Night Guest.

This week’s episode was sponsored by Book Riot Insiders and Frankie by Shivaun Plozza.

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Books discussed on the show:

Fly By Night by Frances Hardinge

The Queen of the Night by Alexander Chee

The Last Days of Night by Graham Moore

The Sherlockian by Graham Moore

The Night Guest by Fiona McFarlane

The Night in Question: Stories by Tobias Wolff

The Book of Night Women by Marlon James

Norwegian by Night by Derek B. Miller

Night at the Fiestas: Stories by Kirstin Valdez Quade

On the Come Up by Angie Thomas

Liar by Justine Larbalestier

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New Releases and More for November 6, 2018 Nov 06, 2018

This week, Liberty and Jenn discuss The Best Bad Things, Kingdom of the Blazing Phoenix, In Extremis, and more great books.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Best Bad Things by Katrina Carrasco

Kingdom of The Blazing Phoenix (Rise of the Empress) by Julie C. Dao

Blame This on the Boogie by Rina Ayuyang

An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten

Beyoncé in Formation: Remixing Black Feminism by Omise’eke Natasha Tinsley

In Extremis: The Life and Death of the War Correspondent Marie Colvin by Lindsey Hilsum

Born to Be Posthumous: The Eccentric Life and Mysterious Genius of Edward Gorey by Mark Dery

The Lonesome Bodybuilder: Stories by Yukiko Motoya and Asa Yoneda

What we’re reading:

The Monster Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson

Early Riser by Jasper Fforde

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All the Backlist! November 2, 2018 Nov 02, 2018

This week, Liberty discusses a few great older books, including Marriage of a Thousand Lies.

This week’s episode was sponsored by Book Riot Insiders and Evergreen Tidings from the Baumgartners by Gretchen Anthony.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Proposal by Jasmine Guillory

The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory

Marriage of a Thousand Lies by SJ Sindo

How I Became a Famous Novelist by Steve Hely

The Story of a Brief Marriage by Anuk Arudpragasm

Seating Arrangements by Maggie Shipstead

The Princess Bride by William Goldman

Beastie Boys Book by Michael Diamond and Adam Horovitz

Queen in 3-D by Brian May

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New Releases and More for October 30, 2018 Oct 30, 2018

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss The Proposal, Family Trust, Jack of Hearts (and Other Parts), and more great books.

This episode was sponsored by TBR, Rothy’s, and Ritual Essential for Woman.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Proposal by Jasmine Guillory

Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts. by Brené Brown

Jack of Hearts (and Other Parts) by L.C. Rosen

Family Trust by Kathy Wang

Paperback Crush: The Totally Radical History of ’80s and ’90s Teen Fiction by Gabrielle Moss

Hearth: A Global Conversation on Identity, Community, and Place by Annick Smith and Susan O’Connor

The Anomaly by Michael Rutger

The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century by Kirk Wallace Johnson

What we’re reading:

Middlegame by Seanan McGuire

Crave: A Memoir of Food and Longing by Christine S. O’Brien

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All the Backlist! October 26, 2018 Oct 26, 2018

This week, Liberty discusses a few great older books, including Observatory Mansions.

This week’s episode was sponsored by TBR and Penguin Random House Audio.

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Books discussed on the show:

Little by Edward Carey

Observatory Mansions by Edward Carey

Phoebe and Her Unicorn in Unicorn Theater by Dana Simpson

Hilda and the Troll: Book 1 (Hildafolk) by Luke Pearson

Lu by Jason Reynolds

The Boy in the Black Suit by Jason Reynolds

An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten, Marlaine Delargy (translator)

Angelmaker by Nick Harkaway

The Traveling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa, Philip Gabriel (Translator)

I Am a Cat by Soseki Natsume, Aiko Ito (translator)

The Suffering by Rin Chupeco

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New Releases and More for October 23, 2018 Oct 23, 2018

This week, Liberty and María Cristina discuss Little, Marilla of Green Gables, Friday Black, and more great books.

This episode was sponsored by TBR, Me and Me by Alice Kuipers, and The Light Between Worlds by Laura E Weymouth.

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Books discussed on the show:

Little by Edward Carey

Marilla of Green Gables by Sarah McCoy

Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Lumberjanes: The Infernal Compass by Lilah Sturges and illustrated by polterink

Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster by Jonathan Auxier

The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa, Philip Gabriel (Translator)

Just Kids Illustrated Edition by Patti Smith

Lu by Jason Reynolds

What we’re reading:

Gmorning, Gnight!: Little Pep Talks for Me & You by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jonny Sun

Paperback Crush: The Totally Radical History of ’80s and ’90s Teen Fiction by Gabrielle Moss

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All the Backlist! October 19, 2018 Oct 19, 2018

This week, Liberty discusses a few great older books, including The Woman in White.

This week’s episode was sponsored by TBR and Evergreen Tidings from the Baumgartners by Gretchen Anthony.

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Books discussed on the show:

Bitter Orange by Claire Fuller

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins

Mongrel by Stephen Graham Jones

We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

The Other by Thomas Tryon

The Fog Diver by Joel Ross

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New Releases and More for October 16, 2018 Oct 16, 2018

This week, Liberty and Jenn discuss Heavy, A Very Large Expanse of Sea, The Library Book, and more great books.

This episode was sponsored by TBR, Fright or Flight, and ThirdLove.

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Books discussed on the show:

A Very Large Expanse of Sea by Tahereh Mafi

The Season of Styx Malone by Kekla Magoon

The Library Book by Susan Orlean

A Portrait of the Self as Nation by Marilyn Chin

In the House in the Dark of the Woods by Laird Hunt

The Cambodian Curse by Gigi Pandian

Costume Quest by Zac Gorman

Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon

What we’re reading:

The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life by David Quammen

Cry Wilderness by Frank Capra

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All the Backlist! October 12, 2018 Oct 12, 2018

This week, Liberty discusses a few great older books, including Things We Lost in the Fire.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Witch Elm by Tana French

Bitter Orange by Claire Fuller

The Man in My Basement by Walter Mosley

See What I Have Done by Sarah Schmidt

Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places by Colin Dickey

The Pilo Family Circus by Will Elliott

Things We Lost in the Fire: Stories by Mariana Enriquez

Bellweather Rhapsody by Kate Racculia

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New Releases and More for October 9, 2018 Oct 09, 2018

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss The Witch Elm, All You Can Ever Know, Bitter Orange, and more great books.

This episode was sponsored by Under My Skin by Lisa Unger, What If It’s Us by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera, and Good Me Bad Me by Ali Land. And get personalized book recommendations at TBR.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Witch Elm by Tana French

To Shake the Sleeping Self: A Journey from Oregon to Patagonia, and a Quest for a Life with No Regret by Jedidiah Jenkins

Bitter Orange by Claire Fuller

All You Can Ever Know: A Memoir by Nicole Chung

Invisible: The Forgotten Story of the Black Woman Lawyer Who Took Down America’s Most Powerful Mobster by Stephen L. Carter

Interior States: Essays by Meghan O’Gieblyn

The Lies We Told by Camilla Way

The Best American Food Writing 2018 (The Best American Series) by Silvia Killingsworth and Ruth Reichl

What we’re reading:

Maine Roads to Gettysburg: How Joshua Chamberlain, Oliver Howard, and 4,000 Men from the Pine Tree State Helped Win the Civil War’s Bloodiest Battle by Tom Huntington

Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts. by Brené Brown

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All the Backlist! October 5, 2018 Oct 05, 2018

This week, Liberty discusses a few great older books, including Mrs. Queen Takes the Train.

This week’s episode was sponsored by Kill the Queen (A Crown of Shards Novel) by Jennifer Estep.

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Books discussed on the show:

Mrs. Queen Takes the Train by William Kuhn

The Star-Touched Queen by Roshani Chokshi

Beauty Queens by Libba Bray

The Clancys of Queens: A Memoir by Tara Clancy

Queen of the South by Arturo Pérez-Reverte

The Queen of the Night by Alexander Chee

The Queen of Blood by Sarah Beth Durst

The Loney by Andrew Michael Hurley

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New Releases and More for October 2, 2018 Oct 02, 2018

This week, Liberty and María Cristina discuss Sawkill Girls, A Dream Called Home, Wild Milk, and more great books.

This episode was sponsored by TBR, The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy by Mackenzi Lee, and Under My Skin by Lisa Unger.

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Books discussed on the show:

Sawkill Girls by Claire Legrand

The Oyster Thief: A Novel by Sonia Faruqi

A Dream Called Home: A Memoir by Reyna Grande

The Way of All Flesh by Ambrose Parry

On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden

How to Invent Everything: A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveler by Ryan North

Wild Milk by Sabrina Orah Mark

The Taiga Syndrome by Cristina Rivera Garza

Girl Squads: 20 Female Friendships That Changed History by Sam Maggs and Jenn Woodall

What we’re reading:

The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders

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All the Backlist! September 28, 2018 Sep 28, 2018

This week, Liberty discusses a few great older books, including The Black Count.

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Books discussed on the show:

A Blade So Black by L.L. McKinney

Black Wings Beating by Alexander London

Washington Black by Esi Edugyan

Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America’s Most Notorious Pirates by Eric Jay Dolin

Black Klansman: Race, Hate, and the Undercover Investigation of a Lifetime by Ron Stallworth

Raven Black by Ann Cleeves

The Princess In Black by Shannon Hale and Dean Hale

The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss

Black & Orange by Benjamin Kane Ethridge

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New Releases and More for September 25, 2018 Sep 25, 2018

This week, Liberty and Jenn discuss Grand Theft Horse, Rosewater, Transcription, and more great books.

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Books discussed on the show:

Transcription by Kate Atkinson

Rosewater by Tade Thompson

Small Spaces by Katherine Arden

For a Muse of Fire by Heidi Heilig

Grand Theft Horse by G. Neri and Corban Wilkin

My Own Devices: True Stories from the Road on Music, Science, and Senseless Love by Dessa (Recommended podcast.)

The Poison Squad: One Chemist’s Single-Minded Crusade for Food Safety at the Turn of the Twentieth Century by Deborah Blum

The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein by Kiersten White

What we’re reading:

The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life by David Quammen

He by John Connolly

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All the Backlist! September 21, 2018 Sep 21, 2018

This week, Liberty discusses a few great older books, including On Such a Full Sea.

This week’s episode was sponsored by Lethal Whiteby Robert Galbraith.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Wangs Vs. the World by Jade Chang

Flaming Iguanas: An Illustrated All-Girl Road Novel Thing by Erika Lopez

The Dog of the South by Charles Portis

On Such a Full Sea by Chang-Rae Lee

Mister Sandman by Barbara Gowdy

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New Releases and More for September 18, 2018 Sep 18, 2018

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss There There, Stalking God, The Great Believers, and more of their favorite books of 2018 so far.

This episode was sponsored by Google Play, The Real Lolita by Sarah Weinman, and The 7 ½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton.

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Books discussed on the show:

There There by Tommy Orange

Fire Sermon by Jamie Quatro

I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death by Maggie O’Farrell

Stalking God: My Unorthodox Search for Something to Believe In by Anjali Kumar

How To Write an Autobiographical Novel: Essays by Alexander Chee

Buttermilk Graffiti: A Chef’s Journey to Discover America’s New Melting-Pot Cuisine by Edward Lee

The Parking Lot Attendant by Nafkote Tamirat

Florida: Stories by Lauren Groff

All the Names They Used for God by Anjali Sachdeva

Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Brittney Cooper

Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover

The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai

The Which Way Tree by Elizabeth Crook

The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory

Front Desk by Kelly Yang

From the Corner of the Oval: A Memoir by Beck Dorey-Stein

What we’re reading:

A Dash of Dragon (The Mystic Cooking Chronicles) by Heidi Lang and Kati Bartkowski

Deep Creek: Finding Hope in the High Country by Pam Houston

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All the Backlist! September 14, 2018 Sep 14, 2018

This week, Liberty discusses a few great older books, including The Leavers.

This week’s episode was sponsored by Rule by Ellen Goodlett.

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Books discussed on the show:

Eat the Document by Dana Spiotta

Nimona by Noelle Stevenson

The Leavers by Lisa Ko

The Heaven of Mercury by Brad Watson

When the Sea Turned To Silver by Grace Lin

Mandy by Julie Andrews Edwards

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New Releases and More for September 11, 2018 Sep 11, 2018

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock, Rage Becomes Her, Dactyl Hill Squad, and more great books.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock: A Novel by Imogen Hermes Gowar

Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women’s Anger by Soraya Chemaly

The Dinosaur Artist: Obsession, Betrayal, and the Quest for Earth’s Ultimate Trophy by Paige Williams

Farsighted: How We Make the Decisions That Matter the Most by Steven Johnson

Dactyl Hill Squad by Daniel José Older

The Personality Brokers: The Strange History of Myers-Briggs and the Birth of Personality Testing by Merve Emre

No Place To Go: How Public Toilets Fail Our Private Needs by Lezlie Lowe

Thanks, Obama: My Hopey, Changey White House Years by David Litt

What we’re reading:

The Impossible Girl by Lydia Kang

Ordinary People: A Novel by Diana Evans

The Governess Game: Girl Meets Duke by Tessa Dare

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All the Backlist! September 7, 2018 Sep 07, 2018

This week, Liberty discusses a few great older books, including We the Animals.

This week’s episode was sponsored by And the Ocean Was Our Sky by Patrick Ness.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Blue Girl by Laurie Foos

Agent Zigzag: A True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love, and Betrayal by Ben Macintyre

We the Animals by Justine Torres

The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters

White Tears by Hari Kunzru

Nightmare Alley by William Lindsay Gresham

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New Releases and More for September 4, 2018 Sep 04, 2018

This week, Liberty and María Cristina discuss Terra Nullius, Cross Her Heart, Cats vs. Robots, and more great books.

This episode was sponsored by Google Play, Sheets by Brenna Thummler, and Nobody Real by Steven Camden. And check out the new Read Harder Journal.

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Books discussed on the show:

Small Fry by Lisa Brennan-Jobs

The Boy at the Keyhole by Stephen Giles

Terra Nullius by Claire G. Coleman

Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free by Linda Kay Klein

Sadie by Courtney Summers

DeadEndia: The Watcher’s Test (Book 1) by Hamish Steele

Cross Her Heart by Sarah Pinborough

Cats vs. Robots 1: This Is War by Margaret Stohl and Lewis Peterson

What we’re reading:

Autonomy: The Quest to Build the Driverless Car–And How It Will Reshape Our World by Lawrence D. Burns

Miracle Submarine by Angie Kim

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All the Backlist! August 31, 2018 Aug 31, 2018

This week, Liberty discusses a few great older books, including The Secret History.

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Books discussed on the show:

Harbor Me by Jacqueline Woodson

The Big U by Neal Stephenson

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

Confessions by Kanae Minato

Dear Committee Members by Julie Schumacher

The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach

My Education by Susan Choi

Seafire by Natalie C. Parker

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New Releases and More for August 28, 2018 Aug 28, 2018

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Darius the Great Is Not Okay, City of Ghosts, Nothing Good Can Come From This, and more great books.

This episode was sponsored by Google Play, ThirdLove, and Mirage by Somaiya Daud.

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Books discussed on the show:

Darius the Great Is Not Okay by Adib Khorram

Nothing Good Can Come from This: Essays by Kristi Coulter

Tear Me Apart by J.T. Ellison

If You See Me, Don’t Say Hi: Stories by Neel Patel

City of Ghosts by VE Schwab

The Summer of Jordi Perez (And the Best Burger in Los Angeles) by Amy Spalding

New Micro: Exceptionally Short Fiction by James Thomas and Robert Scotellaro

Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou

What we’re reading:

Small Fry by Lisa Brennan-Jobs

The Best American Food Writing 2018 (The Best American Series) by Silvia Killingsworth and Ruth Reichl

Less by Andrew Sean Greer

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All the Backlist! August 24, 2018 Aug 24, 2018

This week, Liberty discusses a few great older books, including The Queue.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Queue by Basma Abdel Aziz, Elisabeth Jaquette (translator)

Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin, Megan McDowell (translator)

The Unit by Ninni Holmqvist, Marlaine Delargy (translator)

The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa, Stephen Snyder (translator)

The Story of My Teeth by Valeria Luiselli, Christina MacSweeney (translator)

Heartbreaker by Claudia Dey

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New Releases and More for August 21, 2018 Aug 21, 2018

This week, Liberty and María Cristina discuss Small Animals, Tragedy Plus Time, Underbug, and more great books.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Black God’s Drums by P. Djèlí Clark

Sanpaku by Kate Gavino

The Stars Now Unclaimed (The Universe After) by Drew Williams

Tragedy Plus Time: A Tragi-comic Memoir by Adam Cayton-Holland

Whiskey When We’re Dry by John Larison

Small Animals: Parenthood in the Age of Fear by Kim Brooks

Ball Lightning by Cixin Liu, Joel Martinsen (translator)

Underbug: An Obsessive Tale of Termites and Technology by Lisa Margonelli

What we’re reading:

Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy: The Story of Little Women and Why It Still Matters by Anne Boyd Rioux

Born to Be Posthumous: The Eccentric Life and Mysterious Genius of Edward Gorey by Mark Dery

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All the Backlist! August 17, 2018 Aug 17, 2018

This week, Liberty discusses a few great older books, including You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine.

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Books discussed on the show:

You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine by Alexandra Kleeman

Orphan X by Gregg Hurwitz

Zone One by Colson Whitehead

Knights vs. Dinosaurs by Matt Phelan

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New Releases and More for August 14, 2018 Aug 14, 2018

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Severance, She Begat This, His Favorites, and more great books.

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Books discussed on the show:

Severance: A Novel by Ling Ma

She Begat This: 20 Years of The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill by Joan Morgan

Let Me Be Like Water by S.K. Perry

Buttermilk Graffiti: A Chef’s Journey to Discover America’s New Melting-Pot Cuisine by Edward Lee

Sweet Little Lies: A Novel by Caz Frear

Reader, Come Home: The Reading Brain in a Digital World by Maryanne Wolf

His Favorites by Kate Walbert

Guidebook to Relative Strangers: Journeys into Race, Motherhood, and History by Camille T. Dungy

What we’re reading:

A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving

Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

The State of Affairs: Rethinking Infidelity by Esther Perel

The Proposal by Jasmine Guillory

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All the Backlist! August 10, 2018 Aug 10, 2018

This week, Liberty discusses The First Rule of Punk, The Seventh Book of Wonders, and more great older books.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Third Hotel by Laura van den Berg

The First Rule of Punk by Celia C. Pérez

Seconds by Bryan Lee O’Malley

Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich by Norman Ohler, Shaun Whiteside (translator)

The Fourth Monkey by J.D. Barker

Fifth Business by Robertson Davies

The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert

The Seventh Book of Wonders by Julianna Baggott

The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress and the Road to Civil War by Joanne B. Freeman

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New Releases and More for August 7, 2018 Aug 07, 2018

This week, Liberty and Jenn discuss Temper, If You Leave Me, The Third Hotel, and more great books.

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Books discussed on the show:

Our House by Louise Candlish

Temper by Nicky Drayden

If You Leave Me by Crystal Hana Kim

The Court Dancer by Kyung-Sook Shin

The Third Hotel by Laura van den Berg

Girls Resist!: A Guide to Activism, Leadership, and Starting a Revolution by Kaelyn Rich and Giulia Sagramola

Rogue Protocol: The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells

Heretics Anonymous by Katie Henry

What we’re reading:

Tempests and Slaughter by Tamora Pierce

Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse

We Cast a Shadow by Maurice Carlos Ruffin

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All the Backlist! August 3, 2018 Aug 03, 2018

This week, Liberty discusses Eight Hundred Grapes, The Supernatural Enhancements, and more great older books.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Shortest Way Home by Miriam Parker

Eight Hundred Grapes by Laura Dave

This Body’s Not Big Enough for Both of Us by Edgar Cantero

The Supernatural Enhancements by Edgar Cantero

The Cheerleaders by Kara Thomas

Dare Me by Megan Abbott

The Tensorate Series by JY Yang

Dreadful Company (A Dr. Greta Helsing Novel) by Vivian Shaw

Strange Practice (A Dr. Greta Helsing Novel) by Vivian Shaw

Tropic of Kansas by Christopher Brown

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New Releases and More for July 31, 2018 Jul 31, 2018

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Brother, No One Tells You This, A Gentleman’s Murder, and more great books.

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Books discussed on the show:

Brother by David Chariandy

No One Tells You This: A Memoir by Glynnis MacNicol

The Cheerleaders by Kara Thomas

Hits and Misses: Stories by Simon Rich

A Gentleman’s Murder by Christopher Huang

Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman–Including 10 More Years of Business Unusual by Yvon Chouinard

Okay Fine Whatever: The Year I Went from Being Afraid of Everything to Only Being Afraid of Most Things by Courtenay Hameister

The Incendiaries: A Novel by R. O. Kwon

What we’re reading:

Rosewater by Tade Thompson

The Kiss Quotient by Helen Huong

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All the Backlist! July 27, 2018 Jul 27, 2018

This week, Liberty discusses Do Not Say We Have Nothing, Hot Milk, and more great older books.

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Books discussed on the show:

Do Not Say We Have Nothing by Madeleine Thien

Hot Milk by Deborah Levy

The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters

Half-Blood Blues by Esi Eduygan

A Fraction of the Whole by Steve Toltz

The Restraint of Beasts by Magnus Mills

Ex Machina by Brian K. Vaughan, Tony Harris

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New Releases and More for July 24, 2018 Jul 24, 2018

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss I Can’t Date Jesus, A Noise Downstairs, Killing It, and more great books.

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Books discussed on the show:

JELL-O Girls: A Family History by Allie Rowbottom

From the Corner of the Oval: A Memoir by Beck Dorey-Stein

A Noise Downstairs by Linwood Barclay

Give Me Your Hand by Megan Abbott

Women of the Dunes by Sarah Maine

My Favorite Thing is Monsters by Emil Ferris

I Can’t Date Jesus: Love, Sex, Family, Race, and Other Reasons I’ve Put My Faith in Beyoncé by Michael Arceneaux

Spinning by Tillie Walden

Killing It: An Education by Camas Davis

What we’re reading this week:

Ordinary People by Diana Evans

Severance by Ling Ma

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All the Backlist! July 20, 2018 Jul 20, 2018

This week, Liberty discusses A Planet for Rent, Bury Me Deep, and more great older books.

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Books discussed on the show:

Blood & Ivy: The 1849 Murder That Scandalized Harvard by Paul Collins

Banvard’s Folly: Thirteen Tales of People Who Didn’t Change the World by Paul Collins

The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: A Shocking Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective by Kate Summerscale

Give Me Your Hand by Megan Abbott

Bury Me Deep by Megan Abbott

Condomnauts by Yoss

A Planet for Rent by Yoss

Hullmetal Girls by Emily Strutskie

Brightly Burning by Alexa Donne

The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury

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New Releases and More for July 17, 2018 Jul 17, 2018

This week, Liberty and Amanda discuss The Mere Wife, What We Were Promised, Bad Blood, and more great books.

This episode was sponsored by Google Play and Kudos by Rachel Cusk.

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Books discussed on the show:

Run Wild by K.I. Zachopoulos, Vincenzo Balzano (Illustrator)

Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou

My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh

Blood & Ivy: The 1849 Murder That Scandalized Harvard by Paul Collins

The Mere Wife: A Novel by Maria Dahvana Headley

A Sloth’s Guide to Mindfulness by Ton Mak

What We Were Promised by Lucy Tan

What we’re reading this week:

Headscarves and Hymens: Why the Middle East Needs a Sexual Revolution by Mona Eltahawy

Brother by David Chariandy

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All the Backlist! July 13, 2018 Jul 13, 2018

This week, Liberty discusses The Summer Prince, The Summer Book, and more great older books.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Summer Wives by Beatriz Williams

The Summer Book by Tove Jansson

Ghost Summer: Stories by Tananarive Due

Summer Hours at the Robbers Library by Sue Halpern

Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver

The Summer That Melted Everything by Tiffany McDaniel

This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki

The Summer Prince by Alaya Dawn Johnson

Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou

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New Releases and More for July 10, 2018 Jul 10, 2018

This week, Liberty and Jenn discuss Spinning Silver, Indianapolis, An Ocean of Minutes, and more great books.

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Books discussed on the show:

Clock Dance by Anne Tyler

Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik

The Cost of Living: A Working Autobiography by Deborah Levy

The Occasional Virgin: A Novel by Hanan al-Shaykh

Indianapolis: The True Story of the Worst Sea Disaster in U.S. Naval History and the Fifty-Year Fight to Exonerate an Innocent Man by Lynn Vincent and Sara Vladic

A Gentleman Never Keeps Score by Cat Sebastian

Refuge by Dina Nayeri (paperback)

An Ocean of Minutes by Thea Lim

What we’re reading this week:

Blood Binds the Pack (The Ghost Wolves) by Alex Wells

Comemadre by Roque Larraquy,‎ Heather Cleary (Translator)

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All the Backlist! July 6, 2018 Jul 06, 2018

This week, Liberty discusses Long Division, Lightless, and more great older books.

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Books discussed on the show:

Lumberjanes by Noelle Stevenson, Shannon Watters, Grace Ellis, Brooke A Allen (Illustrator)

The Last Days of Video by Jeremy Hawkins

Long Division by Kiese Laymon

Lightless by C.A. Higgins

Listen, Slowly by Thanhhà Lại

The Last Policeman by Ben H. Winters

The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy by Mackenzi Lee

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New Releases and More for July 3, 2018 Jul 03, 2018

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Eagle & Crane, Can You Tolerate This, The Bear and the Paving Stone, and more great books.

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Books discussed on the show:

Eagle & Crane by Suzanne Rindell

Can You Tolerate This? Essays by Ashleigh Young

Unclean Jobs for Women and Girls: Stories by Alissa Nutting

So Close to Being the Sh*t, Y’all Don’t Even Know by Retta

The Bear and the Paving Stone (Japanese Novellas) by Toshiyuki Horie and Geraint Howells

The Complete Stories by Clarice Lispector

The City of Brass by SA Chakraborty (paperback)

My Glory Was I Had Such Friends by Amy Silverstein (paperback)

What we’re reading this week:

Kill the Farm Boy by Delilah S. Dawson and Kevin Hearne

No One Tells You This: A Memoir by Glynnis MacNicol

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All the Backlist! June 29, 2018 Jun 29, 2018

This week, Liberty discusses No Word from Gurb, The Quick, and more great older books.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Lost for Words Bookshop by Stephanie Butland

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley

No Word from Gurb by Eduardo Mendoza

The Ultra Fabulous Glitter Squadron Saves the World Again by A.C. Wise

Death by Dumpling by Vivien Chien

Cold Storage, Alaska by John Straley

The President’s Hat by Antoine Laurain

The Quick by Lauren Owen

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New Releases and More for June 26, 2018 Jun 26, 2018

This week, Liberty and Amanda discuss Trail of Lightning, Salt Lane, Confessions of the Fox, and more great books.

This episode was sponsored by Harry’s Trees by Jon Cohen, Those Other Women by Nicola Moriarty, and Book Riot’s Annotated.

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Books discussed on the show:

Salt Lane by William Shaw

Trail of Lightning (The Sixth World) by Rebecca Roanhorse

Bonfire by Krysten Ritter

The Lost for Words Bookshop by Stephanie Butland

The Parking Lot Attendant by Nafkote Tamirat

Confessions of the Fox: A Novel by Jordy Rosenberg

Fierce: The History of Leopard Print by Jo Weldon

Starless by Jacqueline Carey

What we’re reading this week:

Bowlaway by Elizabeth McCracken

I Am Half-Sick of Shadows (Flavia de Luce Mystery, Book 4) by Alan Bradley

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All the Backlist! June 22, 2018 Jun 22, 2018

This week, Liberty discusses The Guest Cat, Waiting for Gertrude, and more great older books.

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Books discussed on the show:

Cat Flap by Alan S. Cowell

Tailchaser’s Song by Tad Williams

The Guest Cat by Takashi Hiraide, Eric Selland (Translator)

I Am a Cat by Soseki Natsume, Aiko Ito (Translator)

Waiting for Gertrude: A Graveyard Gothic by Bill Richardson

Emmy & the Incredible Shrinking Rat by Lynne Jonell

The Plague Dogs by Richard Adams

Dog On It by Spencer Quinn

Aru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani Chokshi

Lumberjanes by Noelle Stevenson, Grace Ellis, Brook A. Allen, and Shannon Watters

Monstress by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda

Saga by Brian K Vaughan and Fiona Staples

Passing Strange by Ellen Klages

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New Releases and More for June 19, 2018 Jun 19, 2018

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss The Great Believers, Wicked and the Wallflower, Old in Art School, and more great books.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai

Yes We (Still) Can: Politics in the Age of Obama, Twitter, and Trump by Dan Pfeiffer

Old in Art School: A Memoir of Starting Over by Nell Irvin Painter

Wicked and the Wallflower: Bareknuckle Bastards Book 1 by Sarah MacLean

Spinning by Tillie Walden

Alone Time: Four Seasons, Four Cities, and the Pleasures of Solitude by Stephanie Rosenbloom

The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang

The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory

What we’re reading this week:

Accidentally Like a Martyr: The Tortured Art of Warren Zevon by James Campion (Liberty’s favorite Zevon song.)

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

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All the Backlist! June 15, 2018 Jun 15, 2018

This week, Liberty discusses Relief Map, A Tale for the Time Being, and more great older books.

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Books discussed on the show:

Who Is Vera Kelly? by Rosalie Knecht

Relief Map by Rosalie Knecht

Bearskin: A Novel by James A McLaughlin

The Painter by Peter Heller

A Reaper at the Gates (An Ember in the Ashes) by Sabaa Tahir

An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir

Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata

A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki

Here’s Your Hat What’s Your Hurry by Elizabeth McCracken

The Giant’s House by Elizabeth McCracken

Niagara Falls All Over Again by Elizabeth McCracken

An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination by Elizabeth McCracken

Thunderstruck & Other Stories by Elizabeth McCracken

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New Releases and More for June 12, 2018 Jun 12, 2018

This week, Liberty and Jenn discuss Convenience Store Woman, Revenant Gun, What Truth Sounds Like, and more great books.

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Books discussed on the show:

Who is Vera Kelly? By Rosalie Knecht

What Truth Sounds Like: Robert F. Kennedy, James Baldwin, and Our Unfinished Conversation About Race in America by Michael Eric Dyson

The Royal Art of Poison: Filthy Palaces, Fatal Cosmetics, Deadly Medicine, and Murder Most Foul by Eleanor Herman

Ocean Light by Nalini Singh

Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata

Revenant Gun by Yoon Ha Lee

All Systems Red: The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells

Advice for Future Corpses (and Those Who Love Them): A Practical Perspective on Death and Dying by Sallie Tisdale

What we’re reading this week:

Calamity Jane: The Calamitous Life of Martha Jane Cannary, 1852–1903 by Christian Perrissin and Matthieu Blanchin

Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee

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All the Backlist! June 8, 2018 Jun 08, 2018

This week, Liberty discusses Outline, The Three-Body Problem, and more great older books.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Tensorate Series by JY Yang

Outline by Rachel Cusk

The Passage by Justin Cronin

The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu

A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness

Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein

Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee

The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon

The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

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New Releases and More for June 5, 2018 Jun 05, 2018

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss There There, Visible Empire, Small Country, and more great books.

This episode was sponsored by ThirdLove and Tonight I’m Someone Else: Essays by Chelsea Hodson.

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Books discussed on the show:

There There by Tommy Orange

Florida by Lauren Groff

Social Creature by Tara Isabella Burton

We Are Gathered by Jamie Weisman

Small Country: A Novel by Gaël Faye

Visible Empire by Hannah Pittard

The Book of M by Peng Shepherd

Half Gods by Akil Kumarasamy

The President Is Missing by Bill Clinton and James Patterson

Black Klansman: Race, Hate, and the Undercover Investigation of a Lifetime by Ron Stallworth

Neverworld Wake by Marisha Pessl

Tonight I’m Someone Else: Essays by Chelsea Hodson

Sweet and Low: Stories by Nick White

Invitation to a Bonfire by Adrienne Celt

Sick: A Memoir by Porochista Khakpour

Treeborne by Caleb Johnson

The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang

What we’re reading this week:

The Witch Elm by Tana French

Yes We (Still) Can: Politics in the Age of Obama, Twitter, and Trump by Dan Pfeiffer

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All the Backlist! June 1, 2018 Jun 01, 2018

This week, Liberty discusses The Mothers, The Sisters Brothers, and more great older books.

This week’s episode was sponsored by American Fire: Love, Arson, and Life in a Vanishing Land by Monica Hesse.

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Books discussed on the show:

She Has Her Mother’s Laugh: The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity by Carl Zimmer

My Brother Moochie: Regaining Dignity in the Face of Crime, Poverty, and Racism in the American South by Issac J. Bailey

The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt

Daughter of the Pirate King by Tricia Levenseller

All Aunt Hagar’s Children: Stories by Edward P. Jones

Mother Bruce by Ryan Higgins

The Good Daughter by Karin Slaughter

The Brothers K by David James Duncan

The Mothers by Brit Bennett

Catstronauts: Mission Moon by Drew Brockington

Target Practice (Cleopatra in Space 1) by Mike Maihack

Binky the Space Cat by Ashley Spires

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New Releases and More for May 29, 2018 May 29, 2018

This week, Liberty and Amanda discuss Calypso, From Twinkle, with Love, and more great books.

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Books discussed on the show:

Calypso by David Sedaris

From Twinkle, with Love by Sandhya Menon

The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row by Anthony Ray Hinton with Lara Love Hardin

Goldie Vance Vol 4 by Hope Larsen and Jackie Ball

I Felt a Funeral, in My Brain by Will Walton

So Close to Being the Sh*t, Y’all Don’t Even Know by Retta

American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road by Nick Bilton (paperback)

Valley Girls by Sarah Nicole Lemon

What we’re reading this week:

Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi

Beloved Poison by E. S. Thomson

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All the Backlist! May 25, 2018 May 25, 2018

This week, Liberty discusses The ABC Murders, The Gun, and more great older books.

This week’s episode was sponsored by The Optimistic Decadeby Heather Abel.

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Books discussed on the show:

The ABC Murders by Agatha Christie

From Twinkle, with Love by Sandhya Menon

When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon

American Hippo by Sarah Gailey

River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey

Cult X by Fuminori Nakamura

The Gun by Fuminori Nakamura

All the Ever Afters by Danielle Teller

The Woodcutter by Kate Danley

The Veldt by Ray Bradbury

A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner

The Man Who Returned by Edmond Hamilton

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New Releases and More for May 22, 2018 May 22, 2018

This week, Liberty, Rebecca, Amanda, and Jenn discuss Anger is a Gift, MEM, and more great books. And answer listener questions!

This episode was sponsored by Campaign Widows by Aimee Agresti and Furyborn by Claire Legrand.

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Books discussed on the show:

Anger is a Gift by Mark Oshiro

The Ensemble by Aja Gabel

Little Fish by Casey Plett

MEM by Bethany C. Morrow

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Holes by Louis Sachar

Phoebe and Her Unicorn by Dana Simpson

Tiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed

Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit

Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Brittney Cooper

The Giant’s House by Elizabeth McCracken

Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee

One Good Earl Deserves A Lover by Sarah MacLean

The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell

What we’re reading this week:

Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture edited by Roxane Gay

Calypso by David Sedaris

Armistice by Lara Elena Donnelly

Singled Out: How Two Million Women Survived without Men After the First World War by Virginia Nicholson

The Wicked King by Holly Black

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All the Backlist! May 18, 2018 May 18, 2018

This week, Liberty discusses Go with Me, The Story of a Brief Marriage, and more great older books.

This week’s episode was sponsored by Geekerella by Ashley Poston.

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Books discussed on the show:

So Lucky by Nicola Griffith

Tin Man by Sarah Winman

The Driest Season by Meghan Kenny

Cannery Row by John Steinbeck

Sweet Thursday by John Steinbeck

The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle

Prodigies by Angélica Gorodischer

Go with Me by Castle Freeman, Jr.

The Black Tides of Heaven by JY Yang

The Red Threads of Fortune by JY Yang

The Descent of Monsters by JY Yang

The Story of a Brief Marriage by Anuk Arudpragasm

There There by Tommy Orange

Babyteeth Vol. 1 by Donny Cates and Garry Brown

Dark Fang Volume 1: Earth Calling by Miles Gunter and Kelsey Shannon

Aquicorn Cove by Kate O’Neill

Swing Volume 1 by Matt Hawkins and Jennie Cheung

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New Releases and More for May 15, 2018 May 15, 2018

This week, Liberty and Jenn discuss Jonny Appleseed, So Lucky, Tin Man, and more great books.

This episode was sponsored by To Kill a Kingdom by Alexandra Christo and Recommended Season 2.

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Books discussed on the show:

So Lucky by Nicola Griffith

Happy Cactus: Cacti, Succulents, and More by DK

Tin Man by Sarah Winman

The Crossing by Jason Mott

The Storm: A Novel by Arif Anwar

The Queen of Sorrow: Book Three of The Queens of Renthia by Sarah Beth Durst

The Driest Season by Meghan Kenny

Jonny Appleseed by Joshua Whitehead

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All the Backlist! May 11, 2018 May 11, 2018

This week, Liberty discusses Almost Crimson, Vow of Celibacy, and more great older books.

This week’s episode was sponsored by Flatiron Books and The Fact of a Body by Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich.

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Books discussed on the show:

Belly Up: Stories by Rita Bullwinkel

Motherfucking Sharks by Brian Allen Carr

Almost Crimson by Dasha Kelly

Alice + Freda Forever: A Murder in Memphis by Alexis Coe

A Twenty Minute Silence Followed by Applause by Shawn Wen

Vow of Celibacy by Erin Judge

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

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Catch Up With Recommended Season 1! May 10, 2018

Recommended is back! Season 2 will start on May 16, so there’s no time like the present to catch up with Season 1. Get more details and subscribe at bookriot.com/recommended or on the podcatcher of your choice.

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New Releases and More for May 8, 2018 May 08, 2018

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss That Kind of Mother, Undead Girl Gang, Belly Up, and more great books.

This episode was sponsored by ThirdLove and Wicked River by Jenny Milchman.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Girl and the Grove by Eric Smith

Undead Girl Gang by Lily Anderson

That Kind of Mother by Rumaan Alam

Our Kind of Cruelty by Araminta Hall

Text Me When You Get Home: The Evolution and Triumph of Modern Female Friendship by Kayleen Schaefer

I Find Your Lack of Faith Disturbing: Star Wars and the Triumph of Geek Culture by A. D. Jameson

Young Jane Young by Gabrielle Zevin

Belly Up: Stories by Rita Bullwinkel

Do Not Become Alarmed by Maile Meloy

What we’re reading this week:

Bad Man by Dathan Auerbach

I’ll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman’s Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara

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All the Backlist! May 4, 2018 May 04, 2018

This week, Liberty discusses The Age of Miracles, Nevermoor, and more great older books.

This week’s episode was sponsored by the Folio Society edition of I Am Legend by Richard Matheson.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker

The Dreamers: A Novel by Karen Thompson Walker

Tell the Wolves I’m Home by Carol Rifka Brunt

Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend

Aru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani Chokshi

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

Purrder She Wrote: A Cat Cafe Mystery by Cate Conte

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New Releases and More for May 1, 2018 May 01, 2018

This week, Liberty and Amanda discuss What You Want To See, A Lucky Man, The Electric Woman, and more great books.

This episode was sponsored by Reading Women, Warby Parker, and The Black Witch by Laurie Forest.

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Books discussed on the show:

What You Want to See by Kristen Lepionka

The Electric Woman: A Memoir in Death-Defying Acts by Tessa Fontaine

The Lonely Witness by William Boyle

Song of Blood & Stone: Earthsinger Chronicles, Book One by L. Penelope

Mr. Flood’s Last Resort by Jess Kidd

The Very Worst Missionary: A Memoir or Whatever by Jamie Wright

A Lucky Man: Stories by Jamel Brinkley

Heavy Vinyl by Carly Usdin, Nina Vakueva (Illustrator)

What we’re reading this week:

The Leper Spy: The Story of an Unlikely Hero of World War II by Ben Montgomery

East of Eden by John Steinbeck

The Dreamers by Karen Thompson Walker

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All the Backlist! April 27, 2018 Apr 27, 2018

This week, Liberty discusses a few great nonfiction books.

This week’s episode was sponsored by American Street by Ibi Zoboi.

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Books discussed on the show:

I’ll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman’s Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara

The Real Lolita: The Kidnapping of Sally Horner and the Novel That Scandalized the World by Sarah Weinman

The Poet and the Murderer by Simon Worrall

Spectacle: The Astonishing Life of Ota Benga by Pamela Newkirk

The Skies Belong to Us: Love and Terror in the Golden Age of Hijacking by Brendan I. Koerner

The Mixtape of My Life: A Do-It-Yourself Music Memoir by Robert K. Elder

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New Releases and More for April 24, 2018 Apr 24, 2018

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Sky in the Deep, The Girl Who Smiled Beads, An American Marriage, and more great books.

This episode was sponsored by How To Write an Autobiographical Novel by Alexander Chee and So Delicious.

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Books discussed on the show:

Be Prepared by Vera Brosgol

West Winging It: An Un-presidential Memoir by Pat Cunnane

West by Carys Davies

The Recovering: Intoxication and Its Aftermath by Leslie Jamison

The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After by Clemantine Wamariya and Elizabeth Weil

An American Marriage by Tayari Jones

Sky in the Deep by Adrienne Young

Forest Bathing: How Trees Can Help You Find Health and Happiness by Dr. Qing Li

What we’re reading this week:

Belly Up by Rita Bullwinkel

Girls Burn Brighter by Shobha Rao

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New Releases and More for April 17, 2018 Apr 17, 2018

This week, Liberty and Jenn discuss How To Write an Autobiographical Novel, Before Mars, Acid West, and more great books.

This episode was sponsored by So Delicious, Circe by Madeline Miller, and We Own the Sky by Luke Allnutt.

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Books discussed on the show:

How to Write an Autobiographical Novel: Essays by Alexander Chee

Not So Stories edited by David Thomas Moore

Acid West: Essays by Joshua Wheeler

Disoriental by Négar Djavadi,‎ Tina Kover (Translator)

Every Other Weekend by Zulema Renee Summerfield

Pearls on a Branch: Oral Tales by Najla Jraissaty Khoury, Inea Bushnaq (Translator)

Air Traffic: A Memoir of Ambition and Manhood in America by Gregory Pardlo

Before Mars (A Planetfall Novel) by Emma Newman

What we’re reading this week:

Little by Edward Carey

The Sky is Yours by Chandler Klang Smith

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All the Backlist! April 13, 2018 Apr 13, 2018

This week, Liberty discusses The Prey of Gods, The Color of Magic, Red Dwarf, and more great older books.

This week’s episode was sponsored by Bas Bleu: Books & Gifts for Avid Readers.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

Space Opera by Catherynne M. Valente

Red Dwarf: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers by Grant Naylor

The Prey of Gods by Nicky Drayden

The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde

To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis

How To Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles Yu

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett

Another Fine Myth by Robert Asprin

Last Chance to See by Douglas Adams

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New Releases and More for April 10, 2018 Apr 10, 2018

This week, Liberty and Amanda discuss Circe, Indian Horse, Anna Karenina, and more great books.

This episode was sponsored by So Delicious, ThirdLove, and School for Psychics by K.C. Archer.

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Trigger warning for discussion of stalking and abuse at 1:52.

Trigger warning for discussion of rape and graphic violence at 11:00.

Trigger warning for distressing content at 17:05.

Trigger warning for discussion of racism and substance abuse at 25:12.

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Books discussed on the show:

You All Grow Up and Leave Me: A Memoir of Teenage Obsession by Piper Weiss

Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton

Circe by Madeline Miller

The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

The Trauma Cleaner: One Woman’s Extraordinary Life in the Business of Death, Decay, and Disaster by Sarah Krasnostein

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

Indian Horse: A Novel by Richard Wagamese

I Await the Devil’s Coming by Mary MacLane

What we’re reading this week:

A Conjuring of Light: A Novel (Shades of Magic) by V. E. Schwab

Rock Manning Goes for Broke by Charlie Jane Anders

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All the Backlist! April 6, 2018 Apr 06, 2018

This week, Liberty discusses The Bluest Eye, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, The Eyes of the Dragon, and more great older books.

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Books discussed on the show:

Eye Level: Poems by Jenny Xie

Wade In the Water: Poems by Tracy K. Smith

Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat

The Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes by Caitlin Doughty

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

Baby Monkey, Private Eye by Brian Selznick and David Serlin

Little by Edward Carey

The Iremonger Trilogy by Edward Carey

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New Releases and More for April 3, 2018 Apr 03, 2018

This week, Liberty and Amanda discuss Dread Nation, Meaty, The Oracle Year, and more great books.

This episode was sponsored by So Delicious, Munmunby Jesse Andrews, andThe Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind by Barbara K. Lipska.

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Books discussed on the show:

Meaty: Essays by Samantha Irby

Make Trouble: Standing Up, Speaking Out, and Finding the Courage to Lead–My Life Story by Cecile Richards

The Oracle Year: A Novel by Charles Soule

Waiting for Tomorrow: A Novel by Nathacha Appanah

Dread Nation by Justina Ireland

The Recovering: Intoxication and Its Aftermath by Leslie Jamison

The Female Persuasion by Meg Wolitzer

Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison

What we’re reading this week:

Hot and Badgered by Shelley Laurenston

The Beauty by Aliya Whiteley

Sick: A Memoir by Porochista Khakpour

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All the Backlist! March 30, 2018 Mar 30, 2018

This week, Liberty discusses Untwine, Hausfrau, Pym, and more great older books.

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Books discussed on the show:

Improvement by Joan Silber

Asymmetry by Lisa Halliday

Seraphina by Rachel Hartman

Hausfrau by Jill Alexander Essbaum

Pym by Mat Johnson

Christodora by Tim Murphy

Duplex by Kathryn Davis

Untwine by Edwidge Danticat

Twins by Marcy Dermansky

Half Life by Shelley Jackson

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New Releases and More for March 27, 2018 Mar 27, 2018

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Hurts to Love You, Emergency Contact, Improvement, and more great books.

This episode was sponsored by So Delicious, All the Women in My Family Sing, and What the Night Sings by Vesper Stamper.

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Books discussed on the show:

Emergency Contact by Mary H. K. Choi

Hurts to Love You: Forbidden Hearts by Alisha Rai

Improvement by Joan Silber

Killing It: An Education by Camas Davis

All Out: The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens throughout the Ages by Saundra Mitchell

Feel Free: Essays by Zadie Smith

Asymmetry by Lisa Halliday

Odd Girl Out: My Extraordinary Autistic Life by Laura James

What we’re reading this week:

Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik

Temper by Nicky Drayden

Physical Disobedience: An Unruly Guide to Health and Stamina for the Modern Feminist by Sarah Hays Coomer

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All the Backlist! March 23, 2018 Mar 23, 2018

This week, Liberty discusses The Earthquake Bird, The Color Purple, Let the Right One In, and more great older books.

This week’s episode was sponsored by Children of Blood and Boneby Tomi Odeyemi.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Earthquake Bird by Susanna Jones

The 25th Hour by David Benioff

The Color Purple by Alice Walker

A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving

Fingersmith by Sarah Waters

The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon by David Grann

Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist

Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley

The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles by Julie Andrews Edwards

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New Releases and More for March 20, 2018 Mar 20, 2018

This week, Liberty and Jenn discuss The Astonishing Color of After, The Heart Forger, Stray City, and more great books.

This episode was sponsored by So Delicious, ThirdLove, and She Caused a Riot by Hannah Jewell.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. Pan

The Merry Spinster by Mallory Ortberg

Stray City by Chelsey Johnson

Aetherial Worlds by Tatyana Tolstaya

Bury What We Cannot Take by Kirstin Chen

No Turning Back by Rania Abouzeid (NPR interview.)

Senlin Ascends by Josiah Bancroft

The Heart Forger by Rin Chupeco

What we’re reading this week:

Blood of a Thousand Stars by Rhoda Belleza

The Monster Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson

The Descent of Monsters (The Tensorate Series) by JY Yang

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All the Backlist! March 16, 2018 Mar 16, 2018

This week, Liberty discusses Pobby and Dingan, Darling Jim, Eve Out of Her Ruins, and more great older books.

This week’s episode was sponsored by The Wicked Deep by Shea Ernshaw.

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Books discussed on the show:

Pobby and Dingan by Ben Rice

The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie

Emmy & the Incredible Shrinking Rat by Lynne Jonell

Darling Jim by Christian Moerk

The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell

Gabi, a Girl in Pieces by Isabel Quintero

Waiting for Gertrude by Bill Richardson

Eve Out of Her Ruins by Ananda Devi

Will Starling by Ian Weir

Chaotic Good by Whitney Gardner

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New Releases and More for March 13, 2018 Mar 13, 2018

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Not My White Savior, Anatomy of a Miracle, Let Me Lie, and more great books.

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Books discussed on the show:

Not My White Savior: A Memoir in Poems by Julayne Lee

Rock Monster: My Life with Joe Walsh by Kristin Casey

Wellmania: Extreme Misadventures in the Search for Wellness by Brigid Delaney

Let Me Lie by Clare Mackintosh

Anatomy of a Miracle by Jonathan Miles

Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach by Kelly Robson

When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir by Patrisse Khan-Cullors and asha bandele

Would You Rather?: A Memoir of Growing Up and Coming Out by Katie Heaney

Awayland: Stories by Ramona Ausubel

What we’re reading this week:

Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison

A Really Big Lunch: The Roving Gourmand on Food and Life by Jim Harrison

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All the Backlist! March 9, 2018 Mar 09, 2018

This week, Liberty discusses The Hidden Life of Trees, The People in the Trees, The Wild Trees, and more great older books.

This week’s episode was sponsored by Bring Out the Dog: Stories by Will Mackin.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Gospel of Trees: A Memoir by Apricot Irving

The Which Way Tree by Elizabeth Crook

The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben and Jane Billinghurst

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

The Baron in the Trees by Italo Calvino

The People in the Trees by Hanya Yanagihara

The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver

The Juniper Tree by Barbara Comyns

The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge

Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta

Tree of Smoke by Denis Johnson

The Wild Trees: A Story of Passion and Daring by Richard Preston

Far from the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity by Andrew Solomon

Far from the Tree by Robin Benway

Song of the Trees by Mildred B. Taylor

The Trees by Ali Shaw

Sal by Mick Kitson

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New Releases and More for March 6, 2018 Mar 06, 2018

This week, Liberty and Amanda discuss Children of Blood and Bone, Whiskey & Ribbons, Girls Burn Brighter, and more great books.

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Books discussed on the show:

Whiskey & Ribbons: A Novel by Leesa Cross-Smith

Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

Blood Water Paint by Joy McCullough

Girls Burn Brighter by Shobha Rao

The House of Broken Angels by Luis Alberto Urrea

Speak No Evil: A Novel by Uzodinma Iweala

Agatha Christie: A Mysterious Life by Laura Thompson

A Note of Explanation by Vita Sackville-West

What we’re reading this week:

Heart Berries: A Memoir by Terese Marie Mailhot

The Authorized Al by Al Yankovic and Tino Insana

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All the Backlist! March 2, 2018 Mar 02, 2018

This week, Liberty discusses The Black Count, The Noble Hustle, Autobiography of a Face, and more great older books.

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Books discussed on the show:

I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara

The Cadaver King and The Country Dentist by Radley Balko and Tucker Carrington

Five-Finger Discount by Helene Stapinski

The Black Count by Tom Reiss

The Noble Hustle by Colson Whitehead

Autobiography of a Face by Lucy Grealy

Truth and Beauty by Ann Patchett

Full-Body Burden by Kristen Iversen

Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee

Another Bullshit Night in Suck City by Nick Flynn

James Tiptree Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon by Julia Phillips

Hammer Head by Nina MacLaughlin

Clandestine in Chile by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

The Skies Belong to Us by Brendan Koerner

Dipper and Mabel’s Guide to Mystery by Rob Renzetti and Shane Houghton

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New Releases and More for February 27, 2018 Feb 27, 2018

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Don’t Call Me Princess, All the Names They Used for God, Baby Monkey, Private Eye, and more great books.

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Books discussed on the show:

All the Names They Used for God: Stories by Anjali Sachdeva

Don’t Call Me Princess: Essays on Girls, Women, Sex, and Life by Peggy Orenstein

I’ll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman’s Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara

A Girl’s Guide to Joining the Resistance: A Feminist Handbook on Fighting for Good by Emma Gray

Baby Monkey, Private Eye by Brian Selznick and David Serlin

This Could Hurt by Jillian Medoff

The Last Equation of Isaac Severy: A Novel in Clues by Nova Jacobs

Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

What we’re reading this week:

MEM by Bethany C. Morrow

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle

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All the Backlist! February 23, 2018 Feb 26, 2018

This week, Liberty discusses The Bloody Chamber, All Aunt Hagar’s Children, The Three Button Trick, and more great older books.

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Books discussed on the show:

All the Names They Used For God by Anjali Sachdeva

The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter

Red Spikes by Margo Lanagan

Falling in Love with Hominids by Nalo Hopkinson

Knockemstiff by Donalyd Ray Pollock

Things That Fall from the Sky by Kevin Brockmeier

Birds of America by Lorrie Moore

Delicate Edible Birds by Lauren Groff

Fortune Smiles by Adam Johnson

Thunderstruck by Elizabeth McCracken

Sorry Please Thank You by Charles Yu

North American Lake Monsters by Nathan Ballingrud

All Aunt Hagar’s Children by Edward P. Jones

The Three Button Trick by Nicola Barker

The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang

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New Releases and More for February 20, 2018 Feb 26, 2018

This week, Liberty and Jenn discuss Sunburn, Bingo Love, Dreadful Young Ladies, and more great books.

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Books discussed on the show:

Sunburn by Laura Lippman

Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Brittney Cooper

Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover

Bingo Love by Tee Franklin, Jenny St. Onge, and Joy San

Dreadful Young Ladies and Other Stories by Kelly Barnhill

Black Comix Returns by John Jennings and Damian Duffy

The French Girl by Lexie Elliott

After the Flare by Deji Bryce Olukotun

What we’re reading this week:

Buffalo Soldier by Maurice Broaddus

Love and Death in the Sunshine State by Cutter Wood

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New Releases and More for February 13, 2018 Feb 13, 2018

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss The Lost Girls of Camp Forevermore, White Houses, Votes for Women, and more great books.

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Books discussed on the show:

White Houses by Amy Bloom

The Lost Girls of Camp Forevermore by Kim Fu

Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress by Steven Pinker

The World Only Spins Forward: The Ascent of Angels in America by Isaac Butler and Dan Kois

The Hungry Ear: Poems of Food and Drink edited by Kevin Young

Votes for Women!: American Suffragists and the Battle for the Ballot by Winifred Conkling

The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang

We Are Gathered by Jamie Weisman

What we’re reading this week:

A Game of Thrones (A Song of Fire and Ice) by George R. R. Martin

Okay Fine Whatever by Courtenay Hameister

The Wonder Down Under by Ellen Støkken Dahl and Nina Brochmann, MD

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All the Backlist! February 9, 2018 Feb 09, 2018

This week, Liberty discusses The Tiger, The Antelope Wife, Cat Country, and more great older books.

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Books discussed on the show:

Fifteen Dogs by André Alexis

To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis

In the Time of Butterflies by Julia Alvarez

The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival by John Vaillant

Archivist Wasp by Nicole Kornher-Stace

The Antelope Wife by Louise Erdrich

The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall

Cat Country by Lao She

The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris

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New Releases and More for February 6, 2018 Feb 06, 2018

This week, Liberty and Amanda discuss An American Marriage, Shadowsong, Back Talk, and more great books.

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Books discussed on the show:

I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death by Maggie O’Farrell

Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I’ve Loved by Kate Bowler

An American Marriage by Tayari Jones

Wintersong / Shadowsong by S. Jae-Jones

Heart Berries: A Memoir by Terese Marie Mailhot

The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches from the Border by Francisco Cantú

Back Talk: Stories by Danielle Lazarin

Tempests and Slaughter (The Numair Chronicles, Book One) by Tamora Pierce

What we’re reading this week:

Bingo Love by Tee Franklin and Jenn St-Onge

The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orisha) by Tomi Adeyemi

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All the Backlist! February 2, 2018 Feb 02, 2018

This week, Liberty discusses Memento Mori, Uprooted, Six Four, and more great older books.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert

Uprooted by Naomi Novik

Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik

Harriet Wolf’s Seventh Book of Wonders by Julianna Baggott

Black Fortunes: The Story of the First Six African Americans Who Escaped Slavery and Became Millionaires by Shomari Wills

The Strange Career of William Ellis: The Texas Slave Who Became a Mexican Millionaire by Karl Jacoby

Memento Mori by Muriel Spark

Lord of California by Andrew Valencia

The Sound of Gravel by Ruth Wariner

The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory

How I Became a Famous Novelist by Steve Hely

The Grave’s a Fine and Private Place by Alan Bradley

Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear

Six Four by Hideo Yokoyama

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New Releases and More for January 30, 2018 Jan 30, 2018

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss The Wedding Date, This Will Be My Undoing, Our Lady of the Prairie, and more great books.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory

This Will Be My Undoing: Living at the Intersection of Black, Female, and Feminist in (White) America by Morgan Jerkins

Force of Nature by Jane Harper

Our Lady of the Prairie by Thisbe Nissen

Strange Fruit, Volume I: Uncelebrated Narratives from Black History by Joel Christian Gill

Tell Me More: Stories About the 12 Hardest Things I’m Learning to Say by Kelly Corrigan

A Good Comb: The Sayings of Muriel Spark by Muriel Spark

How to Cook a Moose: A Culinary Memoir by Kate Christensen

What we’re reading this week:

The Which Way Tree by Elizabeth Crook

Good Neighbors by Joanne Serling

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All the Backlist! January 26, 2018 Jan 26, 2018

This week, Liberty discusses Hard Candy, Koolaids, My Year of Meats, and more great older books.

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Books discussed on the show:

Ms. Ice Sandwich by Mieko Kawakami, Louise Heal Kawai (Translator)

Peach by Emma Glass

The Milk Lady of Bangalore by Shoba Narayan

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson

Candyfreak: A Journey Through the Chocolate Underbelly of America by Steve Almond

Sugar by Bernice McFadden

Hard Candy by Andrew Vachss

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley

Koolaids by Rabih Alameddine

Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit by Jaye Robin Brown

My Year of Meats by Ruth Ozeki

Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead by Barbara Comyns

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New Releases and More for January 23, 2018 Jan 23, 2018

This week, Liberty and Jenn discuss Brass, Markswoman, Eternal Life, and more great books.

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Books discussed on the show:

Brass by Xhenet Aliu

Markswoman (Book 1 of Asiana) by Rati Mehrotra

In a Cottage in a Wood by Cass Green

The Rough Patch by Daphne de Marneffe

The Milk Lady of Bangalore: An Unexpected Adventure by Shoba Narayan

Eternal Life by Dara Horn

Peach by Emma Glass

The Juniper Tree by Barbara Comyns

What we’re reading this week:

Fight Like a Girl by Kate Germano with Kelly Kennedy

The White Book by Han Kang

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All the Backlist! January 19, 2018 Jan 19, 2018

This week, Liberty discusses The Name of the Star, Lagoon, Kushiel’s Dart, and more great older books.

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Books discussed on the show:

Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson

The Name of the Star (Shades of London) by Maureen Johnson

Red Clocks by Leni Zumas

The Listeners by Leni Zumas

Treacherous Curse (A Veronica Speedwell Mystery) by Deanna Raybourn

A Curious Beginning by Deanna Raybourn

Binti: The Night Masquerade by Nnedi Okorafor

Lagoon by Nnedi Okorafor

The Largesse of the Sea Maiden: Stories by Denis Johnson

Nobody Move by Denis Johnson

Body Full of Stars: Female Rage and My Passage into Motherhood by Molly Caro May

After Birth by Elisa Albert

Where the Line Bleeds by Jesmyn Ward

Kushiel’s Dart by Jacqueline Carey

The Book of M by Peng Sheperd

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New Releases and More for January 16, 2018 Jan 16, 2018

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Red Clocks, So You Want to Talk About Race, Truly Devious, and more great books.

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Books discussed on the show:

Love, Hate, and Other Filters by Samira Ahmed

Stalking God: My Unorthodox Search for Something to Believe In by Anjali Kumar

Red Clocks by Leni Zumas

The Listeners by Leni Zumas

So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo

The Largesse of the Sea Maiden: Stories by Denis Johnson

Fire Sermon bu Jamie Quatro

Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson

Bent: How Yoga Saved My Ass by Anne Clendening

What we’re reading this week:

Angel Meat: Stories by Laura Lee Bahr

Meditations by Marcus Aurelius

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All the Backlist! January 12, 2018 Jan 12, 2018

This week, Liberty discusses My Lady Jane, A Rising Man, Scythe, and more great older books.

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Books discussed on the show:

Nice Try, Jane Sinner by Lianne Oelke

My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand,‎ Brodi Ashton,‎ and Jodi Meadows

Heart Spring Mountain by Robin MacArthur

Half Wild: Stories by Robin MacArthur

The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey

A Rising Man by Abir Mukherjee

Gnomon by Nick Harkaway

Angelmaker by Nick Harkaway

Thunderhead (Arc of a Scythe) by Neal Shusterman

Scythe (Arc of a Scythe) by Neal Shusterman

Fire Sermon by Jamie Quatro

I Want to Show You More: Stories by Jamie Quatro

Two Girls Down by Louisa Luna

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New Releases and More for January 9, 2018 Jan 09, 2018

This week, Liberty and Amanda discuss The Immortalists, Achtung Baby, Batman: Nightwalker, and more great books.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin

Achtung Baby: An American Mom on the German Art of Raising Self-Reliant Children by Sara Zaske

The Perfect Nanny by Leila Slimani

Among the Ruins by Ausma Zehanat Khan

The Job of the Wasp by Colin Winette

Escape from Aleppo by N.H. Senzai

The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey

Batman: Nightwalker by Marie Lu

What we’re reading this week:

Winston’s War 1940-1945 by Max Hastings

Sunshine by Robin McKinley

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All the Backlist! January 5, 2018 Jan 05, 2018

This week, Liberty discusses Year of Yes, Year of Magical Thinking, Year of Wonders, and more great older books.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Year of Living Biblically by A. J. Jacobs

The Know-It-All by A. J. Jacobs

Drop Dead Healthy by A. J. Jacobs

Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes

The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion

Blue Nights by Joan Didion

The Year of the Dog by Grace Lin

A Year in the Maine Woods by Bernd Heinrich

The Stranger in the Woods by Michael Finkel

This Year You Write Your Novel by Walter Mosley

Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks

The Year Without Summer: 1816 and the Volcano That Darkened the World and Changed History by William Klingaman

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Huston

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2018 New Release Preview Show Jan 02, 2018

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss The Lost Girls of Camp Forevermore, The Third Hotel, That Kind of Mother, and more upcoming books.

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Books discussed on the show:

Ambiguity Machines: and Other Stories by Vandana Singh

How to Write an Autobiographical Novel: Essays by Alexander Chee

Red Clocks by Leni Zumas

The Third Hotel by Laura van den Berg

Brass by Xhenet Aliu

The Lost Girls of Camp Forevermore by Kim Fu

That Kind of Mother by Rumaan Alam

All the Names They Used for God: Stories by Anjali Sachdeva

Girls Burn Brighter by Shobha Rao

Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress by Steven Pinker

Stray City by Chelsey Johnson

Don’t Call Me Princess: Essays on Girls, Women, Sex, and Life by Peggy Orenstein

Dread Nation by Justina Ireland

The Art of Vanishing: A Memoir of Wanderlust by Laura Smith

The Trauma Cleaner: One Woman’s Extraordinary Life in the Business of Death, Decay, and Disaster by Sarah Krasnostein

We Are Taking Only What We Need: Stories (Art of the Story) by Stephanie Powell Watts

Who is Vera Kelly? by Rosalie Knecht

When They Call You A Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir by Patrisse Khan-Cullors and asha bandele

Sick: A Memoir by Porochista Khakpour

Fire Sermon by Jamie Quatro

What we’re reading this week:

Invitation to a Bonfire by Adrienne Celt

Our Lady of the Prairie by Thisbe Nissen

The Art of the Wasted Day by Patricia Hampl

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All the Backlist! December 22, 2017 Dec 22, 2017

This week, Liberty discusses Silver Sparrow, Every Heart a Doorway, The Cat’s Table, and more great older books.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce

Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire

Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones

The Daughters by Adrienne Celt

The Hummingbird’s Daughter by Luis Alberto Urrea

The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman

The Last Illusion by Porochista Khakpour

The Cat’s Table by Michael Ondaatje

The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater

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Our Favorite Books of 2017, Part 2 Dec 19, 2017

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss White Tears, The Wanderers, Priestdaddy, and more great books.

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Books discussed on the show:

See What I Have Done by Sarah Schmidt

The Redemption of Galen Pike: Stories by Carys Davies

Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America by Michael Eric Dyson

White Tears by Hari Kunzru

The Wanderers by Meg Howrey

Priestdaddy: A Memoir by Patricia Lockwood

The Futilitarians: Our Year of Thinking, Drinking, Grieving, and Reading by Anne Gisleson

After the Eclipse: A Mother’s Murder, a Daughter’s Search by Sarah Perry

Perfect Little World by Kevin Wilson

The Widow Nash by Jamie Harrison

Guidebook to Relative Strangers: A Journey into Race, Motherhood, and History by Camille T. Dungy

What we’re reading this week:

Fire Sermon by Jamie Quatro

More books out this week:

Shadow Girl by Liana Liu

Here, There, Everywhere by Julia Durango and Tyler Terrones

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All the Backlist! December 15, 2017 Dec 15, 2017

This week, Liberty discusses Mister Pip, Ninefox Gambit, The Wedding Date, and more great older books.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Circus of the Earth and Air by Brooke Stevens

Dare Me by Megan Abbott

Tepper Isn’t Going Out by Calvin Trillin

Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee

Einstein’s Dreams by Alan Lightman

Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones

The Swan Gondola by Timothy Schaffert

The Devil in Silver by Victor LaValle

The Pink Hotel by Anna Stothard

Arrows of Rain by Okey Ndibe

The End of Vandalism by Tom Drury

Tenth of December: Stories by George Saunders

Angels’ Blood by Nalini Singh

The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory

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Our Favorite Books of 2017, Part 1 Dec 12, 2017

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Chemistry, My Favorite Thing is Monsters, Idaho, and more great books.

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Books discussed on the show:

Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng

Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward

All Grown Up by Jami Attenberg

Exit West by Mohsin Hamid

Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir by Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich

The Heart’s Invisible Furies by John Boyne

Idaho by Emily Ruskovich

My Favorite Thing is Monsters by Emil Ferris

The Nature Fix: why Nature Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative by Florence Williams

Her Body and Other Parties: Stories by Carmen Maria Machado

Chemistry by Weike Wang

She Rides Shotgun by Jordan Harper

Wedding Toasts I’ll Never Give by Ada Calhoun

We Are Never Meeting in Real Life: Essays by Samantha Irby

What It Means When a Man Falls From the Sky by Lesley Nneka Arimah

What we’re reading this week:

The Recovering: Intoxication and Its Aftermath by Leslie Jamison

Wrong to Need You by Alisha Rai

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All the Backlist! December 8, 2017 Dec 08, 2017

This week, Liberty discusses The Music Lesson, An Artist of the Floating World, The Last Nude, and more great older books.

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Books discussed on the show:

Alive in Shape and Color: 17 Paintings by Great Artists and the Stories They Inspired edited by Lawrence Block

The Music Lesson by Katharine Weber

The Bird Artist by Howard Norman

Shadowshaper by Daniel José Older

How To Be Both by Ali Smith

Luncheon of the Boating Party by Susan Vreeland

The Painter by Peter Heller

An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro

The Great Man by Kate Christensen

The Last Nude by Ellis Avery

The Art Forger by B. A. Shapiro

SuperMutant Magic Academy by Jillian Tamaki

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New Releases and More for December 5, 2017 Dec 05, 2017

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Elmet, Roomies, The Last Black Unicorn, and more great books.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Vanishing Season by Joanna Schaffhausen

Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics: A 10% Happier How-to Book by Dan Harris and Jeffrey Warren

The Last Black Unicorn by Tiffany Haddish

Roomies by Christina Lauren

No Time to Spare: Thinking About What Matters by Ursula K. Le Guin

Bored and Brilliant: How Spacing Out Can Unlock Your Most Productive and Creative Self by Manoush Zomorodi

Elmet by Fiona Mozley

The Three Daughters of Eve by Elif Shafak

What we’re reading this week:

Give Me Your Hand by Megan Abbott

Rich People Problems by Kevin Kwan

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All the Backlist! December 1, 2017 Dec 02, 2017

This week, Liberty discusses Easter Island, The Twelve Tribes of Hattie, City of Thieves, and more great older books.

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Books discussed on the show:

Easter Island by Jennifer Vanderbes

The Twelve Tribes of Hattie by Ayana Mathis

Unless by Carol Shields

The Hot Rock by Donald E. Westlake

City of Thieves by David Benioff

The Girl Who Fell from the Sky by Heidi Durrow

The X-Files: Earth Children Are Weird by Kim Smith

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New Releases and More for November 28, 2017 Nov 28, 2017

This week, Liberty and Amanda discuss Djinn City, Weave a Circle Round, Oddity, and more great books.

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Books discussed on the show:

Oddity by Sarah Cannon

Weave a Circle Round by Kari Maaren

Wrong to Need You: Forbidden Hearts by Alisha Rai

A Hope Divided (The Loyal League) by Alyssa Cole

Djinn City by Saad Z. Hossain

Jade City by Fonda Lee

The Green Hand and Other Stories by Nicole Claveloux, Donald Nicholson Smith (Translator)

The Afterlife of Holly Chase by Cynthia Hand

What we’re reading this week:

Autumn by Ali Smith

The Mannequin Makers by Craig Cliff

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All the Backlist! November 24, 2017 Nov 24, 2017

This week, Liberty discusses All Families are Psychotic, Everything I Never Told You, Banvard’s Folly, and more great older books.

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Books discussed on the show:

All Families are Psychotic by Douglas Coupland

We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

Vanessa & Her Sister by Priya Pramar

The Cement Garden by Ian McEwan

Josie & Jack by Kelly Braffett

Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng

Want Not by Jonathan Miles

Blood & Ivy: The 1849 Murder That Scandalized Harvard by Paul Collins

Banvard’s Folly: Thirteen Tales of People Who Didn’t Change the World by Paul Collins

Sixpence House: Lost in a Town of Books by Paul Collins

Murder of the Century by Paul Collins

Duel with the Devil by Paul Collins

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New Releases and More for November 21, 2017 Nov 21, 2017

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss A Kind of Freedom, Altered Traits, Spoils, and more books.

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Books discussed on the show:

A Kind of Freedom by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton

Altered Traits: Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain, and Body by Daniel Goleman and Richard J. Davidson

When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing by Daniel H. Pink

Spoils by Brian Van Reet

Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi

I Hear She’s a Real Bitch by Jen Agg

You Bring the Distant Near by Mitali Perkins

Call Me by Your Name by André Aciman

Vacationland: True Stories from Painful Beaches by John Hodgman

The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South by Michael W. Twitty

What we’re reading this week:

The World Only Spins Forward: The Ascent of Angels in America by Isaac Butler and Dan Kois

China Rich Girlfriend by Kevin Kwan

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All the Backlist! November 17, 2017 Nov 17, 2017

This week, Liberty discusses The ABC Murders, A Study in Scarlet Women, The Ice House, and more great older books.

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Books discussed on the show:

The ABC Murders by Agatha Christie

Six Four by Hideo Yokoyama (Author),‎ Jonathan Lloyd-Davies (Translator)

Bury Me Deep by Megan Abbott

Heartsick by Chelsea Cain

A Study in Scarlet Women by Sherry Thomas

Under the Beetle’s Cellar by Mary Willis Walker

The Ice House by Minette Walters

Affinity by Sarah Waters

Confessions by Kanae Minato

A Simple Plan by Scott Smith

The Executioner’s Song by Norman Mailer

Shot in the Heart by Mikal Gilmore

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New Releases and More for November 14, 2017 Nov 14, 2017

This week, Liberty and Jenn discuss The City of Brass, Into the Drowning Deep, The Wild Book, and more books.

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Books discussed on the show:

The City of Brass by S. A. Chakraborty

Future Home of the Living God: A Novel by Louise Erdrich

Shirtless Bear-Fighter Volume 1 by by Jody LeHeup (Author),‎ Sebastian Girner (Author),‎ Nil Vendrell (Artist),‎ Mike Spicer (Artist),‎ Andrew Robinson (Artist)

Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance by Ruth Emmie Lang

The Book of Resting Places: A Personal History of Where We Lay the Dead by Thomas Mira y Lopez

Mother of All Pigs by Malu Halasa

Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant

The Wild Book (Yonder) by Juan Villoro (Author), Lawrence Schimel (Translator)

Whichwood by Tahereh Mafi

What we’re reading:

Everything Is Horrible and Wonderful: A Tragicomic Memoir of Genius, Heroin, Love, and Loss by Stephanie Wittels Wachs

Autonomous by Annalee Newitz

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All the Backlist! November 10, 2017 Nov 10, 2017

This week, Liberty discusses Mycroft Holmes, Curse of the Narrows, Christine Falls, and more great older books.

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Books discussed on the show:

Bonfire by Krysten Ritter

The Gun Seller by Hugh Laurie

Mycroft Holmes by Kareem Abdul-Jabar

Postcards from the Edge by Carrie Fisher

The Great Halifax Explosion by John Bacon

Curse of the Narrows by Laura Macdonald

Spineless by Julie Berwald

Preparing the Ghost by Matthew Frank

Mrs. Osmond by John Banville

Christine Falls by Benjamin Black

All Those Explosions Were Someone Else’s Fault by James Alan Gardner

Soon I Will Be Invincible by Austin Grossman

Jade City by Fonda Lee

Prizzi’s Honor by Richard Condon

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New Releases and More for November 7, 2017 Nov 07, 2017

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Buzz, Madonna in a Fur Coat, Bonfire, and more books.

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Books discussed on the show:

Bonfire by Krysten Ritter

Spineless: The Science of Jellyfish and the Art of Growing a Backbone by Juli Berwald

Wonder Valley by Ivy Pochoda

Buzz: The Stimulating History of the Sex Toy by Hallie Lieberman

Madonna in a Fur Coat by Sabahattin Ali (Author), Ureen Freely (Translator), Alexander Dawe (Translator)

Goodbye, Vitamin by Rachel Khong

They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us by Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib

Obama: An Intimate Portrait by Pete Souza

What we’re reading:

The Trauma Cleaner by Sarah Kranostein

Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics by Dan Harris

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All the Backlist! November 3, 2017 Nov 03, 2017

This week, Liberty discusses Glaciers, We the Animals, Tell the Wolves I’m Home, and more great older books.

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Books discussed on the show:

Glaciers by Alexis M. Smith

We the Animals by Justin Torres

The Cheese Monkeys by Chip Kidd

Kalpa Imperial: The Greatest Empire That Never Was by Angélica Gorodischer, Ursula K. LeGuin (Translator)

Fourth of July Creek by Smith Henderson

Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

The Gone-Away World by Nick Harkaway

Tell The Wolves I’m Home by Carol Rifka Brunt

The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury

Oreo by Fran Ross

The Last Adventure of Constance Verity by A. Lee Martinez

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New Releases and More for October 31, 2017 Oct 31, 2017

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Beasts Made of Night, Everything is Awful, The Tea Dragon Society, and more books.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Tea Dragon Society by Katie O’Neill

The King Is Always Above the People: Stories by Daniel Alarcón

Mudbound by Hillary Jordan

Everything Is Awful: And Other Observations by Matt Bellassai

Beasts Made of Night by Tochi Onyebuchi

The Written World: The Power of Stories to Shape People, History, Civilization by Martin Puchner

Unbury Carol by Josh Malerman

The Female Persuasion by Meg Wolitzer

What we’re reading:

How to Write an Autobiographical Novel: Essays by Alexander Chee

Teachings on Love by Thich Nhat Hanh

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All the Backlist! October 27, 2017 Oct 27, 2017

This week, Liberty discusses Cloud Atlas, Here Comes the Sun, The Snow Queen,and more great older books.

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Books discussed on the show:

Strange Weather by Joe Hill

Rain: A Natural and Cultural History by Cynthia Barnett

Brolliology: A History of the Umbrella in Life and Literature by Marion Rankine

Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell

Here Comes the Sun by Nicole Dennis-Benn

Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson

Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss

Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Father of the Rain by Lily King

Snowblind by Christopher Golden

The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson

The Monkey’s Raincoat by Robert Crais

The Snow Queen by Joan D. Vinge

Death in the Clouds by Agatha Christie

How to Survive a Sharknado by Andrew Shaffer

The Brief History of the Dead by Kevin Brockmeier

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New Releases and More for October 24, 2017 Oct 24, 2017

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Long Way Down, The River of Consciousness, Ghosts of the Tsunami, and more books.

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Books discussed on the show:

Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds

The River of Consciousness by Oliver Sacks

Ruby and Olivia by Rachel Hawkins

Smitten Kitchen Every Day by Deb Perelman

Ghosts of the Tsunami: Death and Life in Japan’s Disaster Zone by Richard Lloyd Parry

On Living by Kerry Egan

An American Family: A Memoir of Hope and Sacrifice by Khizr Khan

What we’re reading:

Death in the Air: The True Story of a Serial Killer, the Great London Smog, and the Strangling of a City by Kate Winkler Dawson

Silence: In the Age of Noise by Erling Kagge, Becky L. Crook (Translator)

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All the Backlist! October 20, 2017 Oct 20, 2017

This week, Liberty discusses Revenge,Duma Key,Bunnicula,and more great older books.

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Books discussed on the show:

A Skinful of Shadows by Frances Hardinge

Fly by Night by Frances Hardinge

The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge

Cuckoo Song by Frances Hardinge

The Good House by Yoko Ogawa

Ghost Summer by Tananarive Due

The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa

Revenge by Yoko Ogawa

Mongrel by Stephen Graham Jones

After the People Lights Have Gone Off by Stephen Graham Jones

Duma Key by Stephen King

The Troop by Nick Cutter

I Remember You by Yrsa Sigurðardóttir

The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters

Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery by Deborah and James Howe

In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

People Who Eat Darkness by Richard Lloyd Parry

Anno Dracula by Kim Newman

The Other by Thomas Tryon

Some of Your Blood by Theodore Sturgeon

The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks

The Butchering Art by Lindsey Fitzsimmons

Spillover by David Quammen

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New Releases and More for October 17, 2017 Oct 17, 2017

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss A Line in the Dark, We’re Going to Need More Wine, The RBG Workout, and more books.

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Books discussed on the show:

Present by Leslie Stein

The RBG Workout: How She Stays Strong . . . and You Can Too! by Bryant Johnson

A Line in the Dark by Malinda Lo

We’re Going to Need More Wine: Stories That are Funny, Complicated, and True by Gabrielle Union

Moxie by Jennifer Mathieu

wd~50: The Cookbook by Wylie Dufresne and Peter Meehan

Motherest by Kristen Iskandrian

Undying: A Love Story by Michel Faber

What we’re reading:

Look Alive Out There: Essays by Sloane Crosley

Wilde in Love: The Wildes of Lindow Castle by Eloisa James

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All the Backlist! October 13, 2017 Oct 13, 2017

This week, Liberty discusses Pastoralia, The Farming of Bones, Jenny and the Jaws of Life, and more great older books.

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Books discussed on the show:

Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward

Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward

The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nyguen

Refugees by Viet Thanh Ngyuen

Pastoralia by George Saunders

Complications: A Surgeon’s Notes on an Imperfect Science by Atul Gawande

The Collected Stories of Deborah Eisenberg by Deborah Eisenberg

Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy

Kindred by Octavia Butler

A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again by David Foster Wallace

Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace

Ship Fever: Stories by Andrea Barrett

The Intuitionist by Colson Whitehead

The Farming of Bones by Edwidge Danticat

Elect Mr. Robinson for a Better World by Donald Antrim

As She Climbed Across the Table by Jonathan Lethem

A Midwife’s Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812 by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

Jenny and the Jaws of Life: Short Stories by Jincy Willett

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New Releases and More for October 10, 2017 Oct 10, 2017

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss The Invisible Life of Euridice Gusmao, Code Girls, Forest of a Thousand Lanterns, and more books.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Invisible Life of Euridice Gusmao by Martha Batalha, Eric M. B. Becker (Translator)

Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver by Mary Oliver

The Power by Naomi Alderman

Letters to a Young Chef by Daniel Boulud

Sparrow by Sarah Moon

Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II by Liza Mundy

Forest of a Thousand Lanterns (Rise of the Empress) by Julie C. Dao

All the Wind in the World by Samantha Mabry

Funeral Platter: Stories by Greg Ames

Catapult: Stories by Emily Fridlund

The Doll’s Alphabet by Camilla Grudova

In the Distance by Hernan Diaz

Black Dahlia, Red Rose: The Crime, Corruption, and Cover-Up of America’s Greatest Unsolved Murder by Piu Eatwell

The Nowhere Girls by Amy Reed

Wolf Season by Helen Benedict

Nightmare in Berlin (Fallada Collection) by Hans Fallada

Here in Berlin: A Novel by Cristina Garcia

Three Floors Up by Eshkol Nevo, Sondra Silverston (Translator)

The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman

Berserker by Emmy Laybourne

Lou Reed: A Life by Anthony DeCurtis

Turtles All the Way Down by John Green

What we’re reading:

Wonderland: Poems by Matthew Dickman

Cruddy by Lynda Barry

Fire Sermon by Jamie Quatro

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All the Backlist! October 6, 2017 Oct 06, 2017

This week, Liberty discusses You Can’t Touch My Hair, Meaty, Light House, and more great older books.

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Books discussed on the show:

Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore

Meaty by Samantha Irby

We Are Never Meeting in Real Life by Samantha Irby

Let’s Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson

Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson

Titmuss Regained by John Mortimer

Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl by Issa Rae

Another Fine Myth by Robert Asprin

Is Everyone Hanging Out With Me? by Mindy Kaling

Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling

Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh

You Can’t Touch My Hair and Other Things I Still Have to Explain by Phoebe Robinson

Light House by William Monahan

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New Releases and More for October 3, 2017 Oct 03, 2017

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Her Body and Other Parties, We Were Eight Years in Power, Manhattan Beach, and more books.

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Books discussed on the show:

Her Body and Other Parties: Stories by Carmen Maria Machado

Nasty Women: Feminism, Resistance, and Revolution in Trump’s America by Samhita Mukhopadhyay and Kate Harding (editors)

Malagash by Joey Comeau

We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan

Origin by Dan Brown

Reservoir 13: A Novel by Jon McGregor

Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls (and Everything in Between) by Lauren Graham

Best American Short Stories 2017 edited by Meg Wolitzer

The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street by Karina Glaser

This Is How It Begins: A Novel by Joan Dempsey

An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon

Going Into Town: A Love Letter to New York by Roz Chast

Baking with Kafka by Tom Gauld

The Last Ballad by Wiley Cash

That Inevitable Victorian Thing by E.K. Johnston

The Glass Eye: A Memoir by Jeannie Vanasco

Fresh Complaint: Stories by Jeffrey Eugenides

The Tiger’s Daughter (Their Bright Ascendency) by K Arsenault Rivera

What we’re reading:

The Merry Spinster: Tales of Everyday Horror by Mallory Ortberg

Altered Traits: Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain, and Body by Daniel Goleman and Richard J. Davidson

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All the Backlist! September 29, 2017 Sep 29, 2017

This week, Liberty discusses The Street, Desperate Characters, The Eyes of the Dragon, and more great older books.

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Books discussed on the show:

An Unkindness of Magicians by Kat Howard

The Cricket in Times Square by George Selden

A City Dreaming by Daniel Polansky

The Street by Ann Petry

From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg

Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem

Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins

Open City by Teju Cole

My Name is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok

Desperate Characters by Paula Fox

Another Country by James Baldwin

Lush Life by Richard Price

Winter’s Tale by Mark Helprin

When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead

The Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King

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New Releases and More for September 26, 2017 Sep 26, 2017

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss After the Eclipse, Five-Carat Soul, Starfish, and more books.

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Books discussed on the show:

After the Eclipse: A Mother’s Murder, a Daughter’s Search by Sarah Perry

Five-Carat Soul by James McBride

Starfish by Akemi Dawn Bowman

The Comfort Food Diaries: My Quest for the Perfect Dish to Mend a Broken Heart by Emily Nunn

The Black Tides of Heaven by J.Y. Yang

The Red Threads of Fortune by J.Y. Yang

Treat! by Christian Vieler

Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling

Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube: Chasing Fear and Finding Home in the Great White North by Blair Braverman

What we’re reading:

Dark at the Crossing by Elliot Ackerman

Nasty Women: Feminism, Resistance, and Revolution in Trump’s America by Samhita Mukhopadhyay and Kate Harding (editors)

This Will Be My Undoing: Living at the Intersection of Black, Female, and Feminist in (White) America by Morgan Jerkins

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All the Backlist! September 22, 2017 Sep 22, 2017

This week, Liberty discusses The Moviegoer, The Inheritance of Loss, Fugitive Pieces, and more great older books.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Moviegoer by Walker Percy

The Great Fire by Shirley Hazzrd

Lord of Misrule by Jaimy Gordon

Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai

What I Saw and How I Lied by Judy Blundell

The Complete Stories by Flannery O’Connor

Something to Answer For by P.H. Newby

The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai

A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James

The Famished Road by Ben Okri

Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie

Half-Blood Blues by Esu Edugyan

Us Conductors by Sean Michaels

Fugitive Pieces by Anne Michaels

May We Be Forgiven by A.M. Homes

Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Paperbacks from Hell by Grady Hendrix

Vampire$ by John Steakley

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New Releases and More for September 19, 2017 Sep 19, 2017

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss The Good People, The Book of Separation, One Dark Throne, and more books.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Good People by Hannah Kent

The Book of Separation by Tova Mirvis

Solar Bones by Mike McCormack

Thanks, Obama: My Hopey, Changey White House Years by David Litt

The Best Kind of People by Zoe Whittall

The Story of a Brief Marriage by Anuk Arudpragasam

One Dark Throne (Three Dark Crowns) by Kendare Blake

Null States: A Novel (The Centenal Cycle) by Malka Older

Reset: My Fight for Inclusion and Lasting Change by Ellen Pao

What we’re reading:

Queen in 3D by Brian May

Forest of a Thousand Lanterns by Julie C. Dao

Walking to Listen: 4,000 Miles Across America, One Story at a Time by Andrew Forsthoefel

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All the Backlist! September 15, 2017 Sep 15, 2017

This week, Liberty discusses The Fire Next Time, The Unit, The Good Lord Bird, and more great older books.

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Books discussed on the show:

Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng

The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks About Race by Jesmyn Ward

Fire Season: Field Notes from a Wilderness Lookout by Philip Connors

Girls on Fire by Robin Wasserman

Fire Shut Up in My Bones by Charles M. Blow

Touched with Fire: Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament by Kay Redfield Jamison

What Matters Most is How Well You Walk Through the Fire by Charles Bukowski

Another Fine Mess: Life on Tomorrow’s Moon by Pope Brock

The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein

Seveneves by Neal Stephenson

Life as We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer

Radiance by Catherynne M. Valente

Maggot Moon by Sally Gardner

An Excess Male by Maggie Shen King

The Unit by Ninni Holmqvist

Children of Men by P.D. James

Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler

When She Woke by Hillary Jordan

Infomacracy by Malka Older

Days Without End by Sebastian Barry

Grace by Natashia Deón

The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

The March by E.L. Doctorow

The Good Lord Bird by James McBride

The Alligators of Abraham by Robert Kloss

The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara

Junius and Albert’s Adventures in the Confederacy: A Civil War Odyssey by Peter Carlson

Civil War Stories by Ambrose Bierce

Tailchaser’s Song by Tad Williams

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New Releases and More for September 12, 2017 Sep 13, 2017

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Little Fires Everywhere, Warcross, What Happened, and more books.

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Books discussed on the show:

Warcross by Marie Lu

Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng

Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke

Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone by Brené Brown

The Twelve-Mile Straight by Eleanor Henderson

Afterglow (a dog memoir) by Eileen Miles

Ranger Games: A Story of Soldiers, Family and an Inexplicable Crime by Ben Blum

What Happened by Hillary Rodham Clinton

What we’re reading:

Mean by Myriam Gurba

Curry: Reading, Eating, and Race (Exploded Views) by Naben Ruthnum

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All the Backlist! September 8, 2017 Sep 08, 2017

This week, Liberty discusses The Cider House Rules, The House of the Spirits, Ash, and more great older books.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Golden House by Salman Rushdie

The Cider House Rules by John Irving

The Turner House by Angela Flournoy

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende

Ten Days in a Mad-House by Nellie Bly

A House Without Windows by Nadia Hashimi

The Glass Town Game by Catherynne M. Valente

Deathless by Catherynne M. Valente

The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente

The Melancholy of Mechagirl by Catherynne M. Valente

The Bread We Eat in Dreams by Catherynne M. Valente

Speak Easy by Catherynne M. Valente

The Girls at the Kingfisher Club by Genevieve Valentine

Girls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa Bashardoust

Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

The Wrath and the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh

A Thousand Nights by E. K. Johnston

Ash by Malinda Lo

Fairy Tale Detectives (The Sisters Grimm) by Michael Buckley

The Salt Line by Holly Goddard Jones

A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter J. Miller

The Adventures of Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey

Kat Kong by Dav Pilkey

Dogzilla by Dav Pilkey

Dragon Puncher by James Kochalka

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New Releases and More for September 5, 2017 Sep 05, 2017

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Sourdough, They Both Die at the End, Sing, Unburied Sing, and more books.

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Books discussed on the show:

Sourdough by Robin Sloan

Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward

Girls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa Bashardoust

Don’t Call Us Dead: Poems by Danez Smith

They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera

Sisters by Lily Tuck

The Child Finder by Rene Denfeld

The Clancys of Queens: A Memoir by Tara Clancy

What we’re reading:

More Alive and Less Lonely: On Books and Writers by Jonathan Lethem

Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone by Brené Brown

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All the Backlist! September 1, 2017 Sep 01, 2017

This week, Liberty discusses The Mezzanine, Passing, Transmetropolitan, and more great older books.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Tragedy of Brady Sims by Ernest J. Gaines

The Mezzanine by Nicholson Baker

The Solace of Open Spaces by Gretel Ehrlich

A Match to the Heart: One Woman’s Story of Being Struck by Lightning by Gretel Ehrlich

Everything You and I Could Have Been If We Weren’t You and I by Albert Espinosa

So Long, See You Tomorrow by William Maxwell

Passing by Nella Larsen

A Jello Horse by Matthew Simmons

The Black Spider (New York Review Books Classics) by Jeremias Gotthelf, Susan Bernofsky (Translator)

Grief is the Thing with Feathers by Max Porter

Nip the Buds, Shoot the Kids by Kenzaburo Oe

The Man Who Was Thursday by G. K. Chesterton

I Await the Devil’s Coming by Mary MacLane

Salsa Nocturna by Daniel José Older

Bartleby the Scrivener by Herman Melville

The Cat Inside by William S. Burroughs

The Fur Person by May Sarton

Binti by Nnedi Okoraor

The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil by George Saunders

Too Loud a Solitude by Bohumil Hrabal

Springtime: A Ghost Story by Michelle de Kretser

Fatale by Jean-Patrick Manchette

Transmetropolitan by Warren Ellis, Darick Robertson (Artist)

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New Releases and More for August 29, 2017 Aug 29, 2017

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss The Resurrection of Joan Ashby, The Burning Girl, My Absolute Darling, and more books.

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Books discussed on the show:

Sip by Brian Allen Carr

The Burning Girl by Claire Messud

The Resurrection of Joan Ashby by Cherise Wolas

Little Boxes by Caroline Casey (Editor)

My Absolute Darling by Gabriel Tallent

Girls Who Code: Learn to Code and Change the World by Reshma Saujani

The Tragedy of Brady Sims (Vintage Contemporaries) by Ernest J. Gaines

Today Means Amen by Sierra DeMulder

What we’re reading:

Grist Mill Road by Christopher J. Yates

Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward

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All the Backlist! August 25, 2017 Aug 25, 2017

This week, Liberty discusses Signal to Noise, Sandman Slim, Audrey Rose, and more great older books.

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Books discussed on the show:

The First Rule of Punk by Celia C. Pérez

This Song Will Save Your Life by Leila Sales

Rani Patel in Full Effect by Sonia Patel

Glitz by Philana Marie Boles

All Our Pretty Songs by Sarah McCarry

Signal to Noise by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

The Dire King by William Ritter

Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire

Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams

Half-Resurrection Blues by Daniel José Older

Procession of the Dead by Darren Shan

Sandman Slim by Richard Kadrey

Who Censored Roger Rabbit by Gary K. Wolf

Reincarnation Blues by Michael Poore

Replay by Ken Grimwood

The Memory Painter by Gwendolyn Womack

The Incarnations by Susan Barker

Life After Life by Kate Atkinson

A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson

The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North

The Forgetting Time by Sharon Guskin

Audrey Rose by Frank De Felitta

Y is for Yesterday by Sue Grafton

The Cat Who Could Read Backwards by Lilian Jackson Braun

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New Releases and More for August 22, 2017 Aug 22, 2017

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss The Heart’s Invisible Furies, Stay with Me, Young Jane Young, and more books.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Heart’s Invisible Furies by John Boyne

Stay with Me by Ayobami Adebayo

Young Jane Young by Gabrielle Zevin

The Futilitarians: Our Year of Thinking, Drinking, Grieving, and Reading by Anne Gisleson (TW: suicide)

The Dire King (Jackaby #4) by William Ritter

H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald

The Good Daughter by Karin Slaughter

Heartsick by Chelsea Cain

PEN America Best Debut Short Stories 2017 by Kelly Link (Compiler), Marie-Helene Bertino (Compiler), Nina McConigley (Compiler)

What we’re reading:

I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death by Maggie O’Farrell

The Burning Girl by Claire Messud

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All the Backlist! August 18, 2017 Aug 18, 2017

This week, Liberty discusses Salvage the Bones, Then We Came to the End, The Sherlockian, and more great older books.

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Books discussed on the show:

A Kind of Freedom by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton

Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward

Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice

The Witching Hour by Anne Rice

A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole

Winds of the Storm by Beverly Jenkins

The Neon Rain by James Lee Burke

Hold It Til It Hurts by T. Geronimo Johnson

Exquisite Corpse by Poppy Z. Brite

New Orleans, Mon Amour by Andrei Codrescu

The Awakening by Kate Chopin

Living the Dream by Lauren Berry

Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris

Domestic Violets by Matthew Norman

The Ask by Sam Lipsyte

The Assistants by Camille Perri

Office Girl by Joe Meno

The Regional Office is Under Attack by Manuel Gonzales

Radio Iris by Anne-Marie Kinney

The Beautiful Beaurocrat by Helen Phillips

Severance Package by Duane Swiercyznski

The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger

Mrs. Sherlock Holmes: The True Story of New York City’s Greatest Female Detective and the 1917 Missing Girl Case That Captivated a Nation by Brad Ricca

The Devil and Sherlock Holmes: Tales of Murder, Madness, and Obsession by David Grann

The Sherlockian by Graham Moore

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New Releases and More for August 15, 2017 Aug 15, 2017

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss The Mountain, Home Fire, You Play the Girl, and more books.

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Books discussed on the show:

Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie

You Play the Girl: On Playboy Bunnies, Stepford Wives, Train Wrecks, & Other Mixed Messages by Carina Chocano

River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey

The Mountain: Stories by Paul Yoon

The Last Place You Look by Kristen Lepionka

Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America by Michael Eric Dyson

Giant Days by John Allison, Whitney Cogar, Max Sarin

Wedding Toasts I’ll Never Give by Ada Calhoun

What we’re reading:

The Lost Boys by Tim Seeley

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The Futilitarians: Our Year of Thinking, Drinking, Grieving, and Reading by Anne Gisleson

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All the Backlist! August 11, 2017 Aug 11, 2017

This week, Liberty discusses Pleasantville, The Haunted Bookshop, Cutting for Stone, and more great older books.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Good Daughter by Karin Slaughter

Pleasantville by Attica Locke

Defending Jacob by William Landay

The Verdict by Nick Stone

Paper Girls, Vol. 3 by Brian K. Vaughan, Ciff Chiang, Matt Wilson

Boy’s Life by Robert McCammon

Midnight Robber by Nalo Hopkinson

It by Stephen King

White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi

Bibliomysteries: Stories of Crime in the World of Books and Bookstores by Otto Penzler

Booked to Die by John Dunning

The Storied Life of AJ Fikry by Gabirelle Zevin

Parnassus on Wheels by Christopher Morley

The Haunted Bookshop by Christopher Morley

The Strange Library by Haruki Murakami, Ted Goossen (translator)

The Epic Crush of Genie Lo by F.C. Yee

Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor

The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness

Heroine Complex by Sarah Kuhn

Anno Dracula by Kim Newman

The Diary of Jack the Ripper: The Chilling Confessions of James Maybrick

The Poisoner’s Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in the Jazz Age by Deborah Blum

Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese

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Fall Preview Show, August 8, 2017 Aug 08, 2017

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss upcoming fall books, including Little Fires Everywhere, What Happened, and Sing, Unburied, Sing.

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All the Backlist! August 4, 2017 Aug 04, 2017

This week, Liberty discusses Come Closer, The Unquiet Dead, Skippy Dies, and more great older books.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Lost Ones by Sheena Kamal

Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead by Sara Gran

Dope by Sara Gran

Come Closer by Sara Gran

The Unquiet Dead by Ausma Zehanat Khan

A Nest of Vipers by Andrea Camilleri

Salvation on Sand Mountain: Snake Handling and Redemption in Southern Appalachia by Dennis Covington

A Land More Kind Than Home by Wiley Cash

The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner

Brave Deeds by David Abrams

Fobbit by David Abrams

Beast by Paul Kingsnorth

The Wake by Paul Kingsnorth

Confessions of a Recovering Environmentalist and Other Essays by Paul Kingsnorth

Skippy Dies by Paul Murray

The Sellout by Paul Beatty

The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles

Two Serious Ladies by Jane Bowles

Force of Nature by Jane Harper

The Dry by Jane Harper

A Fraction of the Whole by Steve Toltz

The Family Fang by Kevin Wilson

Handling Sin by Michael Malone

The Hunter by Julia Leigh

Disquiet by Julia Leigh

Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay

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New Releases and More for August 1, 2017 Aug 01, 2017

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss See What I Have Done, Mrs. Fletcher, The Lost Ones, and more books.

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Books discussed on the show:

See What I Have Done by Sarah Schmidt

Mrs. Fletcher by Tom Perotta

The Blinds by Adam Sternbergh

Bitch Doctrine: Essays for Dissenting Adults by Laurie Penny

The Lost Ones by Sheena Kamal

The Last Place You Look by Kristen Lepionka

What Made Maddy Run: The Secret Struggles and Tragic Death of an All-American Teen by Kate Fagan

The Bedlam Stacks by Natasha Pulley

Sour Heart: Stories by Jenny Zhang

What we’re reading:

An Unkindness of Magicians by Kat Howard

An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon

When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon

Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie

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All the Backlist! July 28, 2017 Jul 28, 2017

This week, Liberty discusses The Magus, The Housekeeper and the Professor, The Alienist, and more great older books.

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Books discussed on the show:

Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog) by Jerome K. Jerome

Make Room! Make Room! by Harry Harrison

The Alienist by Caleb Carr

Arcadia by Lauren Groff

Chronicles of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Elegies for the Brokenhearted by Christine Hodgen

The Magus by John Fowles

The Housekeeper and The Professor by Yoko Ogawa

Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness by Susannah Cahalan

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New Releases and More for July 25, 2017 Jul 25, 2017

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Hate to Want You, Careers for Women, Gather the Daughters, and more books.

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Books discussed on the show:

Careers for Women by Joanna Scott

Madame Zero: 9 Stories by Sarah Hall

Fierce Kingdom by Gin Phillips

Hate to Want You: Forbidden Hearts by Alisha Rai

Gather the Daughters by Jennie Melamed

The Inseparables by Stuart Nadler

Paper Girls by Brian K Vaughan (Author), Cliff Chiang (Artist), Jared K. Fletcher (Artist), Matthew Wilson (Artist)

Giant Days by John Allison (Author), Whitney Cogar (Author), Lissa Treiman (Illustrator)

The One Hundred Nights of Hero by Isabel Greenberg

River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey

The Free-lance Pallbearers by Ishmael Reed

When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon

Today Means Amen by Sierra DeMulder

Wedding Toasts I’ll Never Give by Ada Calhoun

What we’re reading:

No Time to Spare by Ursula K. Le Guin

Don’t Live for Your Obituary by John Scalzi

Goodbye, Vitamin by Rachael Khong

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All the Backlist! July 21, 2017 Jul 21, 2017

This week, Liberty discusses The Devil’s Teeth, Cinnamon and Gunpowder, Nigerians in Space, and more great older books.

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Books discussed on the show:

Demon Fish: Travels Through the Hidden World of Sharks by Juliet Eilperin

The Devil’s Teeth: A True Story of Obsession and Survival Among America’s Great White Sharks by Susan Casey

Close to Shore: The Terrifying Shark Attacks of 1916 by Michael Capuzzo

In Harm’s Way: The Sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors by Doug Stanton

Pocket Genius: Sharks by DK

The Jaws of Death: Shark as Predator, Man as Prey by Xavier Maniguet, David A. Christie (Translator)

Jaws by Peter Benchley

MEG by Steve Alten

Cinnamon and Gunpowder by Eli Brown

High Wind in Jamaica by Richard Hughes

The Dust of 100 Dogs by A.S. King

Pirate Hunters: Treasure, Obsession, and the Search for a Legendary Pirate Ship by Robert Kurson

Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II by Robert Kurson

Sag Harbor by Colson Whitehead

Orient by Christopher Bollen

Djinn City by Saad Hossain

Escape from Baghdad by Saad Hossain

After the Flare by Deji Bryce Olukotun

Nigerians in Space by Deji Bryce Olukotun

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New Releases and More for July 18, 2017 Jul 18, 2017

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Less, Nuclear Family, The Dark Dark, and more books.

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Books discussed on the show:

Less by Andrew Sean Greer

Fetch: How a Bad Dog Brought Me Home by Nicole J. Georges

The Dark Dark: Stories by Samantha Hunt

Nuclear Family: A Tragicomic Novel in Letters by Susanna Fogel

The Stars in Our Eyes : The Famous, the Infamous, and Why We Care Way Too Much About Them by Julie Klam

Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan

Monstress, Vol. 2: The Blood by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda

A Negro and an Ofay by Danny Gardner

The Sarah Book by Scott McClanahan

Cottonmouths by Kelly Ford

The Sorcerer of Wildeeps by Kai Ashante Wilson

River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey

Dreadnought by April Daniels

Heroine Complex by Sarah Kuhn

Kintu by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi

Losing It by Emma Rathbone

What we’re reading:

The Black Book by James Patterson

Goodbye, Vitamin by Rachel Khong

China Rich Girlfriend by Kevin Kwan

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All the Backlist! July 14, 2017 Jul 14, 2017

This week, Liberty discusses The Restraint of Beasts, We Eat Our Own, The Known World, and more great older books.

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Books discussed on the show:

American Fire: Love, Arson, and Life in a Vanishing Land by Monica Hesse

Fire Lover: A True Story by Joseph Wambaugh

The Onion Field by Joseph Wambaugh

The Choirboys by Joseph Wambaugh

The Force by Don Winslow

A Death in Belmont by Sebastian Junger

The Forensic Records Society by Magnus Mills

The Restraint of Beasts by Magnus Mills

A Talent for Murder by Andrew Wilson

Agatha Christie and the Eleven Missing Days by Jared Cade

Gork, the Teenage Dragon by Gabe Hudson

13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear by Walter Moer

The City of Dreaming Books by Walter Moer

Final Girls by Riley Sager

Night Film by Marisha Pessl

We Eat Our Own by Kea Wilson

Security by Gina Wohlsdorf

A Catalog of Birds by Laura Harrington

Treasure Island!!! by Sara Levine

Margherita Dolce Vita by Stefano Benni, Antony Shugaar (Translator)

Mayumi and the Sea of Happiness by Jennifer Tseng

The Known World by Edward P. Jones

Binky the Space Cat by Ashley Spires

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New Releases and More for July 11, 2017 Jul 11, 2017

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss American Fire, Meddling Kids, What We Lose, and more books.

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Books discussed on the show:

Final Girls by Riley Sager

American Fire: Love, Arson, and Life in a Vanishing Land by Monica Hesse

What We Lose by Zinzi Clemmons

The Art of Death: Writing the Final Story by Edwidge Danticat

Tropic of Kansas by Christopher Brown

Reading with Patrick: A Teacher, a Student, and a Life-Changing Friendship by Michelle Kuo

Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero

The Wangs vs. the World by Jade Chang

Revenge of the Nerd: Or . . . The Singular Adventures of the Man Who Would Be Booger by Curtis Armstrong

A Catalog of Birds by Laura Harrington

Gork, the Teenage Dragon by Gabe Hudson

Refuge by Dina Nayeri

A Twenty Minute Silence Followed by Applause by Shawn Wen

Telling the Map: Stories by Christopher Rowe

The Forensic Records Society by Magnus Mills

The Art of Starving by Sam J. Miller

Monstress Volume 2: The Blood by Marjorie Liu (Author), Sana Takeda (Artist)

What we’re reading:

The Push: A Climber’s Journey of Endurance, Risk, and Going Beyond Limits by Tommy Caldwell

Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor

Truly, Madly, Guilty by Liane Moriarty

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All the Backlist! July 7, 2017 Jul 07, 2017

This week, Liberty discusses The Moor’s Account, The Dog Stars, Saint Maybe, and more great older books.

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Books discussed on the show:

Made for Love by Alissa Nutting

Tampa by Alissa Nutting

Florida Frenzy by Harry Crews

The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession by Susan Orlean

LaBrava by Elmore Leonard

Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America by Gilbert King

The Moor’s Account by Laila Lalami

An Oath of Dogs by Wendy Wagner

Lives of the Monster Dogs by Kristin Bakis

The Dog Stars by Peter Heller

White Dog Fell From the Sky by Eleanor Morse

Heart of a Dog by Mikhail Bulgakov, Mirra Ginsburg (Translator)

Queen of Bebop: The Musical Lives of Sarah Vaughn by Elaine M. Hayes

Kill ‘Em and Leave: Searching for James Brown and the American Soul by James McBride

Shakey: Neil Young’s Biography by Jimmy McDonough

Redemption Song: The Ballad of Joe Strummer by Chris Salewicz

Queen in 3D by Brian May

Rat Girl: A Memoir by Kristin Hersh

The Last Cowboys of San Geronimo by Ian Stansel

The Untold by Courtney Collins

Warlock by Oakley Hall

True Grit by Charles Portis

The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt

Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry

Saint Maybe by Anne Tyler

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New Releases and More for July 4, 2017 Jul 04, 2017

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Made for Love, In the Days of Rain, Thank You for Arguing, and more books.

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Books discussed on the show:

Made for Love by Alissa Nutting

In the Days of Rain: A Daughter, a Father, a Cult by Rebecca Stott

Marriage of a Thousand Lies by SJ Sindu

Thank You for Arguing, Third Edition: What Aristotle, Lincoln, and Homer Simpson Can Teach Us About the Art of Persuasion by Jay Heinrichs

The Disappearances by Emily Bain Murphy

Around the Way Girl: A Memoir by Taraji P. Henson

South Pole Station by Ashley Shelby

The Hour of Land: A Personal Topography of America’s National Parks by Terry Tempest Williams

On Trails: An Exploration by Robert Moor

What we’re reading:

The Glass Town Game by Catherynne M. Valente

Thanks, Obama: My Hopey, Changey White House Years by David Litt

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All the Backlist! June 30, 2017 Jun 30, 2017

This week, Liberty discusses When Breath Becomes Air, The Soldier’s Scoundrel, Ella Minnow Pea, and more great older books.

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Books discussed on the show:

Amatka by Karin Tidbeck

Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters by Mark Dunn

84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff

Spoonbenders by Daryl Gregory

We Are All Completely Fine by Daryl Gregory

Afterparty by Daryl Gregory

My Glory Was I Had Such Friends: A Memoir by Amy Silverstein

Wave by Sonali Deraniyagala

When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi

The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee

The Magpie Lord by KJ Charles

The Day of the Duchess by Sarah MacLean

Forbidden by Beverly Jenkins

The Soldier’s Scoundrel by Cat Sebastian

The Secret History of Jane Eyre: How Charlotte Bronte Wrote Her Masterpiece by John Pfordresher

The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde

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New Releases and More for June 27, 2017 Jun 27, 2017

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss The Windfall, My Glory Was I Had Such Friends, The Sisters Chase, and more books.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Windfall by Diksha Basu

Too Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud: The Rise and Reign of the Unruly Woman by Anne Helen Petersen

The Sisters Chase by Sarah Healy

My Glory Was I Had Such Friends: A Memoir by Amy Silverstein

The Birdwatcher by William Shaw

The Day of the Duchess: Scandal & Scoundrel, Book III by Sarah MacLean

Dry Bones in the Valley /Fateful Mornings: A Henry Farrell Novel by Tom Bouman

Infomocracy by Malka Older

What we’re reading:

Spineless: The Science of Jellyfish and the Art of Growing a Backbone by Juli Berwald

In the Days of Rain: A Daughter, a Father, a Cult by Rebecca Stott

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All the Backlist! June 23, 2017 Jun 23, 2017

This week, Liberty discusses The Good House, Ada’s Algorithm, Getting Mother’s Body, and more great older books.

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Books discussed on the show:

Mapping the Interior by Stephen Graham Jones

The Elementals by Michael McDowell

The Good House by Tananarive Due

House of Leaves by Mark Danielewski

The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell

Wieland: or, The Transformation by Charles Brockden Brown

The Dead Girls of Hysteria Hall by Katie Alender

The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter by Theodora Goss

The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage by Sydney Padua

Ada’s Algorithm: How Lord Byron’s Daughter Ada Lovelace Launched the Digital Age by James Essinger

The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey

Getting Mother’s Body by Suzan Lori-Parks

A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for Books by Nicholas Basbanes

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Best of 2017 Halftime Show Jun 20, 2017

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss some of their favorite books of 2017 so far, including Pachinko, Hunger, and Chemistry.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Animators by Kayla Rae Whitaker

The Wanderers by Meg Howrey

American War by Omar El Akkad

Chemistry by Weike Wang

The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir by Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich

Idaho by Emily Ruskovich

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

Who Thought This Was a Good Idea?: And Other Questions You Should Have Answers to When You Work in the White House by Alyssa Mastromonaco

Double Bind: Women on Ambition by edited Robin Romm

Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay

What we’re reading:

The Power by Naomi Alderman

My Glory Was I Had Such Friends: A Memoir by Amy Silverstein

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New Releases and More for June 13, 2017 Jun 13, 2017

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss The Prey of Gods, Hunger, The Widow Nash, and more books.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Prey of Gods by Nicky Drayden

Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay

Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death and Jazz Chickens by Eddie Izzard

Guidebook to Relative Strangers: Journeys into Race, Motherhood, and History by Camille T. Dungy

The Widow Nash by Jamie Harrison

Surpassing Certainty: What My Twenties Taught Me by Janet Mock

Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore by Matthew Sullivan

You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me: A Memoir by Sherman Alexie

What we’re reading:

Rise of the Jumbies by Tracey Baptiste

The Day of the Duchess: Scandal & Scoundrel, Book III by Sarah MacLean

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New Releases and More for June 6, 2017 Jun 06, 2017

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss She Rides Shotgun, The Art of Living, Magpie Murders, and more books.

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Books discussed on the show:

She Rides Shotgun: A Novel Jordan Harper

Perennials by Mandy Berman

The Refrigerator Monologues by Catherynne M. Valente, Annie Wu (Illustrator)

Disasters in the First World: Stories by Olivia Clare

Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz

The Art of Living: Peace and Freedom in the Here and Now by Thich Nhat Hanh

Stephen Florida by Gabe Habash

The Ministry of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy

Do Not Become Alarmed by Maile Meloy

The Gypsy Moth Summer by Julia Fierro

Dear Cyborgs by Eugene Lim

Tash Hearts Tolstoy by Kathryn Ormsbee

The Long Haul: A Trucker’s Tales of Life on the Road by Finn Murphy

The Answers by Catherine Lacey

Vulgar Tongues: An Alternative History of English Slang by Max Décharné

What we’re reading:

The Ninth Hour by Alice McDermott

Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore by Matthew Sullivan

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New Releases and More for May 30, 2017 May 30, 2017

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss When Dimple Met Rishi, We Are Never Meeting in Real Life, The White Road, and more books.

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Books discussed on the show:

When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon

We Are Never Meeting in Real Life.: Essays by Samantha Irby

Eliza and Her Monsters by Francesca Zappia

The Girl With the Make-Believe Husband by Julia Quinn

The White Road by Sarah Lotz

Theft by Finding: Diaries (1977-2002) by David Sedaris

Jesus’ Son by Denis Johnson

Modern Lovers by Emma Straub

In the Country We Love: My Family Divided by Diane Guerrero

What we’re reading:

Dune by Frank Herbert

The Art of Living: Peace and Freedom in the Here and Now by Thich Nhat Hahn

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New Releases and More for May 23, 2017 May 23, 2017

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Black Mad Wheel, Chemistry, Augustown, and more books.

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Books discussed on the show:

Black Mad Wheel by Josh Malerman

Standard Deviation by Katherine Heiny

The Long Drop by Denise Mina

Chemistry by Weike Wang

Augustown by Kei Miller

Careful: A User’s Guide to Our Injury-Prone Minds by Steve Casner

The Best Land Under Heaven: The Donner Party in the Age of Manifest Destiny by Michael Wallis

Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong-and the New Research That’s Rewriting the Story by Angela Saini

What we’re reading:

The Fortune Teller by Gwendolyn Womack

We Are Never Meeting in Real Life.: Essays by Samantha Irby

The Sport of Kings by C.E. Morgan

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New Releases and More for May 16, 2017 May 16, 2017

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss The Push, York: The Shadow Cipher, An Awkward Age, and more books for dads and grads.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Skies Belong to Us: Love and Terror in the Golden Age of Hijacking by Brendan I. Koerner

The Awkward Age by Francesca Segal

York: The Shadow Cipher by Laura Ruby

The Push: A Climber’s Journey of Endurance, Risk, and Going Beyond Limits by Tommy Caldwell

Atlas Obscura: An Explorer’s Guide to the World’s Hidden Wonders by Joshua Foer, Dylan Thuras, and Elle Morton

How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles Yu

Exit West by Mohsin Hamid

Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person by Shonda Rhimes

What we’re reading:

The Stars Are Legion by Kameron Hurley

Goat Song: A Seasonal Life, a Short History of Herding, and the Art of Making Cheese by Brad Kessler

The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova Bailey

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New Releases and More for May 9, 2017 May 09, 2017

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Lives of the Monster Dogs, Ramona Blue, Binti, and more.

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Books discussed on the show:

Lives of the Monster Dogs by Kirsten Bakis

Saints for All Occasions by J. Courtney Sullivan

Man of the Year: A Memoir by Lou Cove

Ramona Blue by Julie Murphy

Binti and Binti: Home by Nnedi Okorafor

Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson

Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy by Sheryl Sandberg and Adam M. Grant Ph.D.

What we’re reading:

Fresh Complaint: Stories by Jeffrey Eugenides

This Must Be the Place by Maggie O’Farrell

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New Releases and More for May 2, 2017 May 02, 2017

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Priestdaddy, One Day We’ll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter, This is Just My Face, and more.

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Books discussed on the show:

This Is Just My Face: Try Not to Stare by Gabourey Sidibe

One Day We’ll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter: Essays by Scaachi Koul

Priestdaddy: A Memoir by Patricia Lockwood

The Dinner Party: Stories by Joshua Ferris

My Life with Bob: Flawed Heroine Keeps Book of Books, Plot Ensues by Pamela Paul

The Leavers by Lisa Ko

Salt Houses by Hala Alyan

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

The Gene: An Intimate History by Siddhartha Mukherjee

What we’re reading:

Catapult: Stories by Emily Fridlund

Saints for All Occassions by J. Courtney Sullivan

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New Releases and More for April 25, 2017 Apr 25, 2017

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Borne, Scienceblind, Startup, and more.

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Books discussed on the show:

Anything is Possible by Elizabeth Strout

Startup by Doree Shafrir

Borne by Jeff VanderMeer

Awkward: The Science of Why We’re Socially Awkward and Why That’s Awesome by Ty Tashiro

The Last Neanderthal by Claire Cameron

I Know What I’m Doing — and Other Lies I Tell Myself: Dispatches from a Life Under Construction by Jen Kirkman

Scienceblind: Why Our Intuitive Theories About the World Are So Often Wrong by Andrew Shtulman

Spare and Found Parts by Sarah Maria Griffin

Nightlights by Lorena Alvarez

Company Town by Madeline Ashby

Binti and Binti: Home by Nnedi Okorafor

A Taste of Honey by Kai Ashante Wilson

Grave Mercy: His Fair Assassin, Book I (His Fair Assassin Trilogy) by Robin LaFevers

Penance by Kanae Minato

Dig If You Will the Picture: Funk, Sex, God and Genius in the Music of Prince by Ben Greenman

A Horse Walks into a Bar by David Grossman, Jessica Cohen (translator)

Follow Me into the Dark by Felicia C. Sullivan

What we’re reading:

One Day We’ll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter: Essays by Scaachi Koul

A Line in the Dark by Malinda Lo

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New Releases and More for April 18, 2017 Apr 18, 2017

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Locking Up Our Own, How to Be Married, Imagine Wanting Only This, and more.

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Books discussed on the show:

The One-in-a-Million Boy by Monica Wood

Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann

How to Be Married: What I Learned from Real Women on Five Continents About Surviving My First (Really Hard) Year of Marriage by Jo Piazza

Imagine Wanting Only This by Kristen Radtke

When You Find Out the World Is Against You: And Other Funny Memories About Awful Moments by Kelly Oxford

The Last Days of Café Leila by Donia Bijan

The Power of Vulnerability: Teachings on Authenticity, Connection and Courage by Brené Brown

Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America by James Forman Jr.

Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande

What we’re reading:

The Thief (The Queen’s Thief, Book 1) by Megan Whalen Turner

The Hour of Land: A Personal Topography of America’s National Parks by Terry Tempest Williams

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New Releases and More for April 11, 2017 Apr 11, 2017

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Shot-Blue, Double Bind, If We Were Villains, and more books.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Redemption of Galen Pike by Carys Davies

Double Bind: Women on Ambition edited by Robin Romm

If We Were Villains by M. L. Rio

Penance by Kanae Minato

Shot-Blue by Jesse Ruddock

Make Trouble by John Waters

Grace by Natashia Deón

Hourglass: Time, Memory, Marriage by Dani Shapiro

What we’re reading:

The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman

Joy on Demand: The Art of Discovering the Happiness Within by Chade-Meng Tan

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New Releases and More for April 4, 2017 Apr 04, 2017

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss American War, What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky, Marlena, and more books.

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Books discussed on the show:

American War by Omar El Akkad

What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky: Stories by Lesley Nneka Arimah

Marlena by Julie Buntin

A Little More Human by Fiona Maazel

Ragdoll by Daniel Cole

Every Body Yoga: Let Go of Fear, Get On the Mat, Love Your Body by Jessamyn Stanley

My Favorite Thing is Monsters by Emil Ferris

Selected Writings (Everyman’s Library) by John Muir

The Nest by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney (paperback)

Rising Strong: How the Ability to Reset Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead by Brené Brown (paperback)

Shrill by Lindy West (paperback)

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr (paperback)

Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler (paperback)

The Last Days of Jack Sparks by Jason Arnopp (paperback)

White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America by Nancy Isenberg (paperback)

What we’re reading:

The Good People by Hannah Kent

The Wisdom of Yoga: A Seeker’s Guide to Extraordinary Living by Stephen Cope

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New Releases and More for March 28, 2017 Mar 28, 2017

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley, Beyond Infinity, and more books, as well as answer listener questions.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley by Hannah Tinti

Beyond Infinity: An Expedition to the Outer Limits of Mathematics by Eugenia Cheng

The Jumbies by Tracey Baptiste

Seven Minutes in Heaven (Desperate Duchesses By the Numbers) by Eloisa James

What we’re reading:

The Adventures of John Carson in Several Quarters of the World: A Novel of Robert Louis Stevenson by Brian Doyle

Nabokov’s Favorite Word Is Mauve: What the Numbers Reveal About the Classics, Bestsellers, and Our Own Writing by Ben Blatt

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New Releases and More for March 21, 2017 Mar 21, 2017

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss The Collapsing Empire, Our Short History, Midnight in America, and more books.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi

Who Thought This Was a Good Idea?: And Other Questions You Should Have Answers to When You Work in the White House by Alyssa Mastromonaco and Lauren Oyler

Midnight in America: Darkness, Sleep, and Dreams during the Civil War by Jonathan W. White

Our Short History by Lauren Grodstein

The Idiot by Elif Batuman

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New Releases and More for March 14, 2017 Mar 13, 2017

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss White Tears, The Wanderers, Himself, and more books.

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Books discussed on the show:

White Tears by Hari Kunzru

The Wanderers by Meg Howrey

Himself by Jess Kidd

The Rules Do Not Apply: A Memoir by Ariel Levy

Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries by Kory Stamper

Printer’s Error: Irreverent Stories from Book History by Rebecca Romney and J. P. Romney

Stressed, Unstressed: Classic Poems to Ease the Mind by Jonathan Bate and Paula Byrne

The Dress Lodger by Sheri Holman

My Favorite Thing is Monsters by Emil Ferris

Beggars in Spain by Nancy Kress

The Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story by Douglas Preston

A Taste of Honey by Kai Ashante Wilson

The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir by Thi Bui

Miranda and Caliban by Jacqueline Carey

Strangers Drowning: Impossible Idealism, Drastic Choices, and the Urge to Help by Loretta MacFarquhar

Swimmer Among the Stars: Stories by Kanishk Tharoor

What we’re reading:

Midnight in America: Darkness, Sleep, and Dreams during the Civil War by Jonathan W. White

Every Body Yoga: Let Go of Fear, Get On the Mat, Love Your Body by Jessamyn Stanley

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New Releases and More for March 7, 2017 Mar 07, 2017

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Exit West, All Grown Up, The Hearts of Men, and more books.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit by Michael Finkel

All Grown Up by Jami Attenberg

Exit West by Mohsin Hamid

Spaceman of Bohemia by Jaroslav Kalfar

The Hearts of Men by Nickolas Butler

Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Edgar & Lucy by Victor Lodato

The Impossible Fairy Tale by Han Yujoo

Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich by Norman Ohler

Rabbit Cake by Annie Hartnett

Ill Will by Dan Chaon

Shoot Like a Girl: One Woman’s Dramatic Fight in Afghanistan and on the Home Front by Mary Jennings Hegar

Celine by Peter Heller

The One-Eyed Man by Ron Currie

The Inexplicable Logic of My Life by Benjamin Alire Saenz

Alone (The Generations Trilogy) by Scott Sigler

The Song Rising (The Bone Season) by Samantha Shannon

The Erstwhile: The Vorrh by B. Catling

The Devil’s Bible by Dana Chamblee Carpenter

Eveningland: Stories by Michael Knight

What we’re reading:

Into the Water by Paula Hawkins

Who Thought This Was a Good Idea?: And Other Questions You Should Have Answers to When You Work in the White House by Alyssa Mastromonaco (Author), Lauren Oyler (Contributor)

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New Releases and More for February 28, 2017 Feb 28, 2017

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss The Hate U Give, Everything Belongs To Us, The Beast Is an Animal, and more books.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Beast is an Animal by Peternelle van Arsdale

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

Everything Belongs to Us by Yoojin Grace Wuertz

Abandon Me: Memoirs by Melissa Febos

The Fisherman by John Jangan

Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond

Lab Girl by Hope Jahren

Big Lonesome by Joseph Scapellato

What we’re reading:

The Art of Death: Writing the Final Story by Edwidge Danticat

Mink River by Brian Doyle

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New Releases and More for February 21, 2017 Feb 21, 2017

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss I See You, Traveling with Ghosts, Dead Letters, and more books.

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Books discussed on the show:

I See You by Clare Mackintosh

Traveling with Ghosts: A Memoir by Shannon Leone Fowler

Dead Letters by Caite Dolan-Leach

A Field Guide to Getting Lost

Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor

Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah

The Elementals by Michael McDowell

Year of the Runaways by Sunjeev Sahota

What we’re reading:

The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield

Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher

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New Releases and More for February 14, 2017 Feb 14, 2017

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Lincoln in the Bardo, Girls on Fire, American Street, and more books.

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Books discussed on the show:

Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders

Tell Me Everything You Don’t Remember: The Stroke That Changed My Life by Christine Hyung-Oak Lee

American Street by Ibi Zoboi

Girls on Fire by Robin Wasserman

Cannibalism: A Perfectly Natural History by Bill Schutt

Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities by Rebecca Solnit

The Dime by Kathleen Kent

She Matters: A Life in Friendships by Susanna Sonnenberg

What we’re reading:

Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng

Howl’s Moving Castle by Dianna Wynne Jones

Illusion of Justice: Inside Making a Murderer and America’s Broken System by Jerome F. Buting

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New Releases and More for February 7, 2017 Feb 07, 2017

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss What You Don’t Know, A Separation, Pachinko, and more books.

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Books discussed on the show:

Unbound: A Story of Snow and Self-Discovery by Steph Jagger

What You Don’t Know by JoAnn Cheney

A Separation by Katie Kitamura

Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative by Florence Williams

The Lonely Hearts Hotel by Heather O’Neil

The Woman Next Door by Yewande Omotoso

The Possessions by Sara Flannery Murphy

The Book Thieves: The Nazi Looting of Europe’s Libraries and the Race to Return a Literary Inheritance by Anders Rydell (Author), Henning Koch (Translator)

300 Arguments: Essays by Sarah Manguso

What we’re reading:

Rattle by Fiona Cummins

Breathless by Beverly Jenkins

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New Releases and More for January 31, 2017 Jan 31, 2017

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss The Animators, Unspeakable Things, The Brand New Catastrophe, and more books.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Animators by Kayla Rae Whitaker

It’s All Absolutely Fine: Life Is Complicated So I’ve Drawn It Instead by Ruby Elliot

We Love You, Charlie Freeman by Kaitlyn Greenidge

Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough

Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly

The Brand New Catastrophe: A Memoir by Mike Scalise

Unspeakable Things: Sex, Lies and Revolution by Laurie Penny

What we’re reading:

The Legend of Pradeep Mathew by Shehan Karunatilaka

Infomacracy by Malka Older

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New Releases and More for January 24, 2017 Jan 25, 2017

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Days Without End, Here We Are, Tears We Cannot Stop, and more books.

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Books discussed on the show:

Days Without End by Sebastian Barry

Here We Are: Feminism for the Real World edited by Kelly Jensen

City of Saints & Thieves by Natalie C. Anderson

Perfect Little World by Kevin Wilson

The Assimilated Cuban’s Guide to Quantum Santeria by Carlos Hernandez

Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America by Michael Eric Dyson

World, Chase Me Down by Andrew Hilleman

Unbound: A Story of Snow and Self-Discovery by Steph Jagger

What we’re reading:

House of Bathory by Linda Lafferty

The Bed Moved: Stories by Rebecca Schiff

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New Releases and More for January 17, 2017 Jan 17, 2017

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss The Man Who Shot Out My Eye Is Dead, The Futures, Sirens, and more books.

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Books discussed on the show:

O Fallen Angel by Kate Zambreno

The Futures by Anna Pitoniak

The Man Who Shot Out My Eye Is Dead: Stories by Chanelle Benz

Homesick for Another World: Stories by Ottessa Moshfegh

History is All You Left Me by Adam Silvera

The Power of Meaning: Crafting a Life That Matters by Emily Esfahani Smith

Sirens: A Memoir by Joshua Mohr

New and Selected Poems, Vol 1 by Mary Oliver

What we’re reading:

Exes by Max Winter

Roots to the Earth: Poems and a Story by Wendell Berry and Wesley Bates

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New Releases and More for January 10, 2017 Jan 10, 2017

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Fever Dream, Always Happy Hour, The Dry, and more books.

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Books discussed on the show:

Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin

The Antiques by Kris D’Agostino

The Dry by Jane Harper

Always Happy Hour: Stories by Mary Miller

The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden

Meditations from the Mat: Daily Reflections on the Path of Yoga by Rolf Gates and Katrina Kenison

The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate—Discoveries from a Secret World by Peter Wohlleben

In the Great Green Room: The Brilliant and Bold Life of Margaret Wise Brown by Amy Gary

The Cold Eye (The Devil’s West) by Laura Anne Gilman

Malice by Keigo Higashino (Author), Alexander O. Smith (Translator)

Mad Miss Mimic by Sarah Henstra

Mrs. Sherlock Holmes: The True Story of New York City’s Greatest Female Detective and the 1917 Missing Girl Case That Captivated a Nation by Brad Ricca

The Convictions of John Delahunt by Andrew Hughes

A Prescription for Murder: The Victorian Serial Killings of Dr. Thomas Neill Cream by Angus McLaren

Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Damian Duffy (Adapter), Octavia E. Butler (Author), John Jennings (Illustrator)

What we’re reading:

The Green Girl by Derek B. Miller

Double Bind: Women on Ambition edited by Robin Romm

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New Releases and More for January 3, 2017 Jan 03, 2017

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss History of Wolves, Difficult Women, Idaho, and more books.

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Books discussed on the show:

History of Wolves by Emily Fridlund

Difficult Women by Roxane Gay

The Strays by Emily Bitto

Letters to a Young Muslim by Omar Saif Ghobash

We Were On a Break by Lindsey Kelk

Idaho by Emily Ruskovich

The Progeny by Tosca Lee

The Blood Countess by Andrei Codrescu

Battle Hill Bolero (Bone Street Rumba) by Daniel José Older

Enigma Variations by André Aciman

What we’re reading:

Firstborn (The House of Bathory) by Tosca Lee

The Only Child by Andrew Pyper

The Futures by Anna Pitoniak

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Anticipated Books of 2017 Dec 27, 2016

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Fever Dream, Always Happy Hour, Salt Houses and more of their anticipated releases of 2017.

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Books discussed on the show:

Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin, (Author), Megan McDowell (Translator)

Always Happy Hour: Stories by Mary Miller

The Man Who Shot Out My Eye Is Dead: Stories by Chanelle Benz

Storm in a Teacup: The Physics of Everyday Life by Helen Czerski

Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

The Refugees by Viet Thanh Nguyen

Tell Me Everything You Don’t Remember: The Stroke That Changed My Life by Christine Hyung-Oak Lee

Cannibalism: A Perfectly Natural History by Bill Schutt

Things We Lost in the Fire: Stories by Mariana Enriquez

Temporary People by Deepak Unnikrishnan

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

Sunshine State: Essays by Sarah Gerard

Exit West by Mohsin Hamid

Salt Houses by Hala Alyan

The Wanderers by Meg Howrey

The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir by Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich

Startup by Doree Shafrir

Sip by Brian Allen Carr

The Dinner Party and Other Stories by Joshua Ferris

What we’re reading:

The Axeman of New Orleans: The True Story by Miriam C. Davis

Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly

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Favorite Nonfiction of 2016 Dec 20, 2016

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Ghostland, The Gene, Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching, and more of their favorite nonfiction books of 2016.

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Books discussed on the show:

Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places by Colin Dickey

The Gene: An Intimate History by Siddhartha Mukherjee

You Can’t Touch My Hair: And Other Things I Still Have to Explain by Phoebe Robinson

The Hour of Land: A Personal Topography of America’s National Parks by Terry Tempest Williams

Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life by Ruth Franklin

On Living by Kerry Egan

Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy by Heather Ann Thompson

Incarceration Nations: A Journey to Justice in Prisons Around the World by Baz Dreisinger

Everything is Teeth by Evie Wyld and Joe Sumner

Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching: A Young Black Man’s Education by Mychal Denzel Smith

What we’re reading:

Over the Plain Houses by Julia Franks

Walden by Henry David Thoreau

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Favorite Novels of 2016 Dec 13, 2016

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss The Underground Railroad, Homegoing, Sweetgirl, and more of their favorite novels of 2016.

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Books discussed on the show:

News of the World by Paulette Jiles

The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

Grace by Natashia Deón

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

Sweetgirl by Travis Mulhauser

Modern Lovers by Emma Straub

Valiant Gentlemen by Sabina Murray

Children of the New World: Stories by Alexander Weinstien

One-in-a-Million Boy by Monica Wood

A Scot in the Dark by Sarah MacLean

What we’re reading:

Borne by Jeff VanderMeer

Girls on Fire by Robin Wasserman

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New Releases and More for December 6, 2016 Dec 06, 2016

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss The Undoing Project, Whatever Happened to Interracial Love, Kill the Next One, and more books.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Undoing Project: A Friendship that Changed Our Minds by Michael Lewis

Whatever Happened to Interracial Love? Stories by Kathleen Collins

Kill the Next One by Federico Axat

The Ornatrix by Kate Howard

A Woman Looking at Men Looking at Women: Essays on Art, Sex, and the Mind by Siri Histvedt

Show Me a Mountain by Kerry Young

Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness by Peter Godfrey-Smith

Books for Living by Will Schwalbe

What we’re reading:

The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher

The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative by Florence Williams

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New Releases and More for November 29, 2016 Nov 29, 2016

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Searching for John Hughes, The Book of Unknown Americans, The Borden Murders, and more books.

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Books discussed on the show:

Searching for John Hughes: Or Everything I Thought I Needed to Know about Life I Learned from Watching ’80s Movies by Jason Diamond

Moranifesto by Caitlin Moran

Ghost Girl in the Corner by Daniel José Older

Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy by Heather Ann Thompson

Full Body Burden: Growing Up in the Nuclear Shadow of Rocky Flats by Kristen Iversen

The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henríquez

Girl Mans Up by M-E Girard

The Clancys of Queens by Tara Clancy

The Borden Murders: Lizzie Borden and the Trial of the Century by Sarah Miller

See What I Have Done by Sarah Schmidt

What we’re reading:

Marlena by Julie Buntin

Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler

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New Releases and More for November 22, 2016 Nov 22, 2016

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Scythe, Eating Words, Victoria, and more books.

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Books discussed on the show:

Scythe by Neal Shusterman

Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty

Victoria: The Queen: An Intimate Biography of the Woman Who Ruled an Empire by Julia Baird

Victoria by Daisy Goodwin

The Clothing of Books by Jhumpa Lahiri

The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth

Eating Words: A Norton Anthology of Food Writing by Sandra M. Gilbert and Roger J. Porter

The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher

The House at Sea’s End by Elly Griffiths

The Infinite by Nick Mainieri

The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henríquez

A Trail Through Time: Chronicles of St. Mary’s Book Four by Jodi Taylor

The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon

Saving Francesca by Melina Marchetta

Forward: A Memoir by Abby Wambach

What we’re reading:

Blood Plagues and Endless Raids: A Hundred Million Lives in the World of Warcraft by Anthony R. Palumbi

The Shadow Land by Elizabeth Kostova

Sins of a Wicked Duke (The Penwich School for Virtuous Girls) by Sophie Jordan

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New Releases and More for November 15, 2016, Live from BRL Nov 16, 2016

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Swing Time, Scrappy Little Nobody, Born a Crime, and more books.

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Books discussed on the show:

Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah

We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Swing Time by Zadie Smith

Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement by Angela Y. Davis

Nineveh by Henrietta Rose-Innes

Scrappy Little Nobody by Anna Kendrick

The Gloaming by Melanie Finn

Wonderland: How Play Made the Modern World by Steven Johnson

What we’re reading:

Coin Locker Babies by Ryu Murakami

The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henríquez

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New Releases and More for November 8, 2016 Nov 08, 2016

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss All Grown Up, Not Just Jane, Tell the Truth, Shame the Devil, and more books.

This episode was sponsored by Madison Reed, ThirdLove, and Heartless by Marissa Meyer.

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Books discussed on the show:

Tell the Truth, Shame the Devil by Melina Marchetta

First Bite: How We Learn to Eat by Bee Wilson

The Sport of Kings by C. E. Morgan

Slice Harvester: A Memoir in Pizza by by Colin Atrophy Hagendorf

Not Just Jane: Rediscovering Seven Amazing Women Writers Who Transformed British Literature by Shelley DeWees

All Grown Up by Jami Attenberg

The Man in My Basement by Walter Mosley

Salsa Nocturna by Daniel José Older

What we’re reading:

The Leavers by Lisa Ko

Wonderland: How Play Made the Modern World by Steven Johnson

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New Releases and More for November 1, 2016 Nov 01, 2016

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Pull Me Under, The Gold Eaters, Virgin and Other Stories, and more books.

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Books discussed on the show:

Pull Me Under by Kelly Luce

Virgin and Other Stories by April Ayers Lawson

Valiant Gentlemen by Sabina Murray

Where Am I Now?: True Stories of Girlhood and Accidental Fame by Mara Wilson

The Gold Eaters by Ronald Wright

The Queen of the Night / Edinburgh by Alexander Chee

El Paso by Winston Groom

Iron Dawn: The Monitor, the Merrimack, and the Civil War Sea Battle that Changed History by Richard Snow

Playing Dead: A Journey Through the World of Death Fraud by Elizabeth Greenwood

Piercing / In the Miso Soup by Ryu Murakami

Skullcrack City by Jeremy Robert Johnson

White Teeth by Zadie Smith

Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley

What we’re reading:

My Darling Detective by Howard Norman

The Loving Husband by Christobel Kent

Rasputin: Faith, Power, and the Twilight of the Romanovs by Douglas Smith

The Sellout by Paul Beatty

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New Releases and More for October 25, 2016 Oct 25, 2016

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Am I Alone Here, On Living, Bruja, and more books.

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Books discussed on the show:

Am I Alone Here?: Notes on Living to Read and Reading to Live by Peter Orner

On Living by Kerry Egan

The Inquisitor’s Tale: Or, The Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog by Adam Gidwitz and Hatem Aly

Appetites: A Cookbook by Anthony Bourdain

The Sick Bag Song by Nick Cave

Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl: A Memoir by Carrie Brownstein

Bruja by Wendy Ortiz

The Alligators of Abraham by Robert Kloss

Deceit and Other Possibilities by Vanessa Hua

What we’re reading:

This is a Book About the Kids in the Hall by John Semley

The Assimilated Cuban’s Guide to Quantum Santeria by Carlos Hernandez

Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley

American Salvage: Stories by Bonnie Jo Campbell

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Recommendations for the 2016 Read Harder Challenge Oct 20, 2016

On this special episode, Liberty and Rebecca discuss reading suggestions for Book Riot’s 2016 Read Harder Challenge, including I Contain Multitudes, The Country of Ice Cream Star, and Phoebe and Her Unicorn.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Reapers are the Angels by Alden Bell

I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life by Ed Yong

The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles by Julie Andrews Edwards

Bitch Planet by Kelly Sue DeConnick and Valentine De Landro

Lumberjanes by Noelle Stevenson, Shannon Watters, Brooke A. Allen, and Grace Ellis

The Country of Ice Cream Star by Sandra Newman

Tender at the Bone by Ruth Reichl

Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry

The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race edited by Jesmyn Ward

Phoebe and Her Unicorn by Dana Simpson

What we’re reading:

I See You by Clare Mackintosh

Deceit and Other Possibilities by Vanessa Hua

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New Releases and More for October 18, 2016 Oct 18, 2016

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss His Bloody Project, IQ, American Housewife, and more books.

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25 Innovators, Inventors, and Trailblazers Who Changed History by Sam Maggs, and FabFitFun.

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Books discussed on the show:

His Bloody Project: Documents Relating to the Case of Roderick Macrae by Graeme MaCrae Burnet

The Association of Small Bombs by Karan Mahajan

IQ by Joe Ide

Your Heart Is a Muscle the Size of a Fist by Sunil Yapa

The Loved Ones by Sonya Chung

At Home in the World by Thich Nhat Hanh

Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery by Deborah Howe and James Howe

American Housewife by Helen Ellis

What we’re reading:

Little Heaven by Nick Cutter

A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers

A Separation by Katie Kitamura

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New Releases and More for October 11, 2016 Oct 11, 2016

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss The Mothers, Hag-Seed, A Life in Parts, and more books.

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Books discussed on the show:

Hag-Seed by Margaret Atwood

The Mothers by Brit Bennett

The Red Car by Marcy Dermansky

Drinking in America: Our Secret History by

Do Not Say We Have Nothing by Madeleine Thien

On Trails: An Exploration by Robert Moor

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin

The Crossing Places by Elly Griffiths

The Golden Age by Joan London

The Assimilated Cuban’s Guide to Quantum Santeria by Carlos Hernandez

The World’s Largest Man by Harrison Scott Key

By Gaslight by Steven Price

Angels of Music by Kim Newman

A Life in Parts by Bryan Cranston

What we’re reading:

Ill Will by Dan Chaon

Difficult Women by Roxane Gay

The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness

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New Releases and More for October 4, 2016 Oct 04, 2016

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss The Wangs vs. the World, You Can’t Touch My Hair, Ghostland, and more books.

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Books discussed on the show:

The News of the World by Paulette Jiles

The Wangs vs The World by Jade Chang

Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places by Colin Dickey

I’ll Tell You in Person: Essays by Chloe Caldwell

You Can’t Touch My Hair and Other Things I Still Have to Explain by Phoebe Robinson

The Ramblers by Aidan Donnelly Rowley

Brief Histories of Everyday Objects by Andy Warner

Geek Love by Katherine Dunn

What we’re reading:

Public Library and Other Stories by Ali Smith

Making Rumours: The Inside Story of the Classic Fleetwood Mac Album by Ken Caillat

The Mothers by Brit Bennett

We Show What We Have Learned and Other Stories by Clare Beams

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New Releases and More for September 27, 2016 Sep 27, 2016

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss A Change of Heart, Darling Days, Big Magic, and more books.

This show has been sponsored by What the Dickens?!: Distinctly Dickensian Words and How to Use Them by Bryan Kozlowski and ThirdLove.

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Books discussed on the show:

Ingredient: Unveiling the Essential Elements of Food by Ali Bouzari

A Change of Heart by Sonali Dev

Darling Days by iO Tillett Wright

The Tale of Shikanoko series by Lian Hearn

Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert

I Hate Fairyland by Skottie Young, Jean-Francois Beaulieu, Nate Piekos

Loose Lips: Fanfiction Parodies of Great (and Terrible) Literature from the Smutty Stage of Shipwreck by Amy Stephenson and Casey A. Childers

Ill Will by Dan Chaon

Vassa in the Night by Sarah Porter

Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman

Swing Time by Zadie Smith

Shadowbahn by Steve Erickson

Walkaway by Cory Doctorow

Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

4 3 2 1 by Paul Auster

The Idiot by Elif Batuman

The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl: Squirrel Meets World by Shannon Hale

The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley by Hannah Tinti

What we’re reading:

Priestdaddy by Patricia Lockwood

Gold Fame Citrus by Claire Vaye Watkins

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New Releases and More for September 20, 2016 Sep 20, 2016

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Three Dark Crowns, The Bestseller Code, Mooncop, and more books.

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Books discussed on the show:

Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake

The Bestseller Code: Anatomy of a Blockbuster by Jodie Archer and Matthew L. Jockers

Mooncop by Tom Gauld

Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology by Leah Remini

Dead Loudmouth by Victoria Houston

Fates & Furies by Lauren Groff

Dolly City by Orly Castel-Bloom

The Masked City by Genevieve Cogman

Swan Song by Robert McCammon

The Tumbling Turner Sisters by Juliette Fay

The Memory of Running by Ron McLarty

Nobody: Casualties of America’s War on the Vulnerable, from Ferguson to Flint and Beyond by Marc Lamont Hill

How to Sit by Thich Nhat Hanh

What we’re reading:

The Lonely Hearts Hotel by Heather O’Neill

The Sellout by Paul Beatty

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New Releases and More for September 13, 2016 Sep 13, 2016

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Children of the New World, Rani Patel in Full Effect, The Last Days of Jack Sparks, and more books.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Virginity of Famous Men: Stories by Christine Sneed

We Gon’ Be Alright: Notes on Race and Resegregation by Jeff Chang

Rani Patel in Full Effect by Sonia Patel

Children of the New World: Stories by Alexander Weinstein

The Last Days of Jack Sparks by Jason Arnopp

Loner by Teddy Wayne

The Hike by Drew Magary

The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell

What we’re reading:

His Bloody Project by Graeme Macrae Burnet

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

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New Releases and More for September 6, 2016 Sep 06, 2016

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss The Story of a Brief Marriage, Mischling, Hidden Figures, andmore books.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Story of a Brief Marriage by Anuk Arudpragasam

Mischling by Affinity Konar

Love Warrior: A Memoir by Glennon Doyle Melton

Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly

Sisters in Law: How Sandra Day O’Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg Went to the Supreme Court and Changed the World by Linda Hirshman

The Jackaby series by William Ritter

Lady Cop Makes Trouble by Amy Stewart

What we’re reading:

The Flood Girls by Richard Fifield

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling

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Fall 2016 Preview Show, Aug. 30, 2016 Aug 30, 2016

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss I’m Judging You, The Mothers, Children of the New World,and more books.

This episode was sponsored by Spontaneous by Aaron Harmer and The Call by by Peadar O’Guilin.

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Books discussed on the show:

I’m Judging You: The Do-Better Manual by Luvvie Ajayi

Children of the New World: Stories by Alexander Weinstein

Every Kind of Wanting by Gina Frangello

The Wangs vs The World by Jade Chang

The Island by Olivia Levez

The Mothers by Brit Bennet

Never Look an American in the Eye: A Memoir of Flying Turtles, Colonial Ghosts, and the Making of a Nigerian American by Okey Ndibe

Nicotine / Private Novelist by Nell Zink

Am I Alone Here? Notes on Living to Read and Reading to Live by Peter Orner

Avid Reader: A Life by Robert Gottleib

A Life in Parts by Bryan Cranston

Scrappy Little Nobody by Anna Kendrick

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New Releases and More for August 23, 2016 Aug 23, 2016

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Behold the Dreamers, The Couple Next Door, Unknown Caller,and more books.

This episode was sponsored by ThirdLove, Spontaneous by Aaron Harmer, and The Beauty of Darkness: The Remnant Chronicles: Book Three by Mary E. Pearson.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena

Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue

Unknown Caller by Debra Spark

My Life on the Road by Gloria Steinem

Security by Gina Wohlsdorf

Neurotribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity by Steve Silberman

The Ultra Fabulous Glitter Squadron Saves The World Again by A. C. Wise

I Hate Fairyland Volume 1: Madly Ever After by Skottie Young

By Night Under the Stone Bridge by Leo Perutz (Author), Eric Mosbacher (Translator)

Einstein’s Dreams by Alan Lightman

Harmony by Carolyn Parkhurst

I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life by Ed Yong

Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin

Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy by Heather Ann Thompson

Negroland: A Memoir by Margo Jefferson

Dumplin’ by Julie Murphy

What we’re reading:

Gooseberry Bluff Community College of Magic by David J. Schwartz

On Trails: An Exploration by Robert Moor

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Bookish Whatever for August 16, 2016 Aug 16, 2016

This week, Liberty and Rebecca have a heat-induced bookish discussion about One-in-a-Million Boy, Geek Love, Golden Years, andmore.

This episode was sponsored by Book Riot Live, The Edge of the Light by Elizabeth George, and ThirdLove.

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Books discussed on the show:

One-in-a-Million Boy by Monica Wood

A Scot in the Dark by Sarah MacLean

Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann

The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon by David Grann

Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching: A Young Black Man’s Education by Mychal Denzel Smith

The Summer That Melted Everything by Tiffany McDaniel

Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life by William Finnigan

Golden Years: An Iranian Punk Beat Novel by Ali Eskandarian

Black Rabbit Hall by Eva Chase

Freeman by Leonard Pitts Jr.

The White Devil by Justin Evans

Wolf Whistle by Lewis Nordan

Geek Love by Katherine Dunn

Perfect Little World by Kevin Wilson

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New Releases for August 9, 2016 Aug 09, 2016

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss The Underground Railroad, I Contain Multitudes, Vow of Celibacy,and more new releases.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

Patient H.M.: A Story of Memory, Madness, and Family Secrets by Luke Dittrich

I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life by Ed Yong

Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson

Known and Strange Things: Essays by Teju Cole

I Will Send Rain by Rae Meadows

Vow of Celibacy by Erin Judge

Long Division by Kiese Laymon

What we’re reading:

The Natural Way of Things by Charlotte Wood

Still Life with Tornado by A.S. King

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New Releases for August 2, 2016 Aug 02, 2016

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss The Trees, The Fire This Time, I’m Supposed to Protect You from All This,and more new releases.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Trees by Ali Shaw

The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race by Jesmyn Ward

Christodora by Tim Murphy

Harmony by Carolyn Parkhurst

I’m Supposed to Protect You from All This: A Memoir by Nadja Spiegelman

A Manual for Cleaning Women: Stories by Lucia Berlin

To the Bright Edge of the World by Eowyn Ivey

Wild Sex: The Science Behind Mating in the Animal Kingdom by Carin Bondar Ph. D.

What we’re reading:

Catlantis by Anna Starobinets (Author), Andrzej Klimowski (Illustrator), Jane Bugaeva (Translator)

My Own Words by Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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New Releases for July 26, 2016 Jul 26, 2016

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss The Unseen World, Good as Gone, Gemini,and more new releases.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Unseen World by Liz Moore

Good as Gone by Amy Gentry

Gemini by Sonya Mukherjee

After the Parade by Lori Ostlund

The Muse by Jessie Burton

Classic Penguin Cover to Cover by Paul Buckley

We Come to Our Senses: Stories by Odie Lindsey

In the Language of Miracles by Rajia Hassib

What we’re reading:

It’s So Easy: and other lies by Duff McKagan

How to Be a Person in the World: Ask Polly’s Guide Through the Paradoxes of Modern Life by Heather Havrilesky

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New Releases for July 19, 2016 Jul 19, 2016

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss This Must Be the Place, The Inseparables, Monstress,and more new releases.

This episode was sponsored by Pinhole Press, ThirdLove, and Invasion of the Tearling by Erika Johansen.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware

The Hopefuls by Jennifer Close

Monstress, Vol. 1: Awakening by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda

The Inseparables by Stuart Nadler

This Must Be the Place by Maggie O’Farrell

Losing It by Emma Rathbone

Alligators of Abraham by Robert Kloss

Lovers on All Saints’ Day by Juan Gabriel Vásquez

Honeydew: Stories by Edith Pearlman

Half an Inch of Water by Percival Everett

So Long, See You Tomorrow by William Maxwell

What we’re reading:

Pull Me Under by Kelly Luce

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New Releases for July 12, 2016 Jul 12, 2016

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss The Devourers, Heartbreaker, Siracusa,and more new releases.

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Books discussed on the show:

Heartbreaker: Stories by Maryse Meijer

Siracusa by Delia Ephron

A Very Special Year by Thomas Montasser

Sixty Degrees North: Around the World in Search of Home by Malachy Tallack

Neon Green by Margaret Wappler

Tiny Pretty Things / Shiny Broken Pieces by Sona Charaipotra and Dhonielle Clayton

The Devourers by Indra Das

Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho

What we’re reading:

Malafemmena by Louisa Ermelino

Dark Matter by Blake Crouch

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New Releases for July 5, 2016 Jul 05, 2016

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss The Wolf Road, Here Comes the Sun, Listen to Me,and more new releases.

This episode was sponsored by All In by Simona Ahrnstedt, Book of the Month, and Dream Jumper by Greg Grunberg and Lucas Turnbloom.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Wolf Road by Beth Lewis

Here Comes the Sun by Nicole Dennis-Benn

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

Listen to Me by Hannah Pittard

Lions by Bonnie Nadzam

The Fishermen by Chigozie Obioma

Problems by Jade Sharma

Cats Are Capable of Mind Control and 1000+ Uberfacts You Never Knew You Needed to Know by Kris Sanchez

What we’re reading:

Just One Damned Thing After Another by Jodi Taylor

A Scot in the Dark by Sarah MacLean

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New Releases for June 28, 2016 Jun 28, 2016

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Chronicle of a Last Summer, All the Missing Girls, We Could Be Beautiful,and more new releases.

This episode was sponsored by ThirdLove and This Calls for a Drink!: The Best Wines and Beers to Pair with Every Situation by Diane McMartin

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Books discussed on the show:

The One-in-a-Million Boy by Monica Wood

Local Girls by Caroline Zancan

All the Missing Girls by Megan Miranda

All the Rage by Courtney Summer

We Could Be Beautiful by Swan Huntley

Chronicle of a Last Summer by Yasmine El Rashidi

Our Souls at Night by Kent Harouf

What we’re reading:

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon

Lab Girl by Hope Larson

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Best Books of 2016 Halftime Show Jun 21, 2016

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss their favorite books of 2016 so far, including The Queen of the Night, Your Heart is a Muscle the Size of a Fist, and The Hour of Land.

This episode was sponsored by ThirdLove, We Were Never Here by Jennifer Gilmore, and Sober Stick Figure: A Memoirby Amber Tozer.

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Books discussed on the show:

Relief Map by Rosalie Knecht

Your Heart is a Muscle the Size of a Fist by Sunil Yapta

The Queen of the Night by Alexander Chee

The Unfinished World and Other Stories by Amber Sparks

Margaret the First by Danielle Dutton

The Regional Office is Under Attack by Manuel Gonzales

Sweetgirl by Travis Mulhauser

The Hour of Land: A Personal Topography of America’s National Parks by Terry Tempest Williams

What we’re reading:

Today Will Be Different by Maria Semple

All the Rage by Courtney Summers

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New Releases for June 14, 2016 Jun 14, 2016

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Sons and Daughters of Ease and Plenty, Grace, Before the Feast,andmore new releases.

This episode was sponsored by ThirdLove, TryAudioBooks.com, and Read Me Like a Book by Liz Kessler.

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Books discussed on the show:

Before the Feast by Saša Stanišić (author) Anthea Bell (translator)

Sons and Daughters of Ease and Plenty by Ramona Ausubel

Grace by Natashia Deón

Seating Arrangements by Maggie Shipstead

I’m Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid

Saint Mazie by Jami Attenberg

Life Moves Pretty Fast: The Lessons We Learned from Eighties Movies (and Why We Don’t Learn Them from Movies Anymore) by Hadley Freeman

Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari

What we’re reading:

Sabriel by Garth Nix

The Bourbon Thiefby Tiffany Reisz

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New Releases for June 7, 2016 Jun 07, 2016

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Last Call at the Nightshade Lounge, Homegoing, Marrow Island,andmore new releases.

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Books discussed on the show:

Romeo and/Or Juliet: A Choosable-Path Adventure by Ryan North

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

Marrow Island by Alexis M. Smith

Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War by Mary Roach

Last Call at the Nightshade Lounge by Paul Krueger

Rich and Pretty by Rumaan Alam

Grief is the Thing with Feathers by Max Porter

Sex Object: A Memoir by Jessica Valenti

What we’re reading:

Grace by Natashia Deón

The House of Secrets by Brad Meltzer and Tod Goldberg

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New Releases for May 31, 2016 May 31, 2016

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss The Hour of Land, Before the Fall, Modern Lovers,andmore new releases.

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Books discussed on the show:

Before the Fall by Noah Hawley

The Hour of Land: A Personal Topography of America’s National Parks by Terry Tempest Williams

Some Possible Solutions: Stories by Helen Phillips

Modern Lovers by Emma Straub

Father’s Day by Simon Van Booy

The Geek Feminist Revolution by Kameron Hurley

HEX by Thomas Olde Heuvelt

This Is Your Life, Harriet Chance by Jonathan Evison

What we’re reading:

Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places by Colin Dickey

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

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New Releases for May 24, 2016 May 24, 2016

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Sweetbitter, How to Make White People Laugh, The Queue,andmore new releases.

This episode was sponsored by Send Me Swooning, Smoke by Dan Vyleta, and ThirdLove.

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Books discussed on the show:

Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler

How to Make White People Laugh by Negin Farsad

Dear Fang, with Love by Rufi Thorpe

Dinner with Edward: A Story of an Unexpected Friendship by Isabel Vincent

Happy Family by Tracy Barone

(R)evolution: The Girls Write Now 2016 Anthology edited by Molly MacDermot

The Queue by Basma Abdel Aziz (Author), Elisabeth Jaquette (Translator)

The Language of Food: A Linguist Reads the Menu by Dan Jurafsky

What we’re reading:

I’m Judging You: The Do-Better Manual by Luvvie Ajayi

Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War by Mary Roach

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New Releases for May 17, 2016 May 17, 2016

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Girls on Fire, Shrill, The Fireman,andmore new releases.

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Books discussed on the show:

Girls on Fire by Robin Wasserman

The Gene: An Intimate History by Siddhartha Mukherjee

Roses and Rot by Kat Howard

Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman by Lindy West

The Fireman by Joe Hill

32 Yolks: From My Mother’s Table to Working the Line by Eric Ripert

Kevin Kramer Starts on Monday by Debbie Graber

Action: A Book about Sex by Amy Rose Spiegel

What we’re reading:

The Red Car by Marcy Dermansky

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New Releases for May 10, 2016 May 09, 2016

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Mongrels, The High Places, The Loney,andmore new releases.

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Books discussed on the show:

Mongrels by Stephen Graham Jones

Boy Erased: A Memoir by Garrard Conley

The Loney by Andrew Michael Hurley

The High Places: Stories by Fiona McFarlane

Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders

The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

The Last Day of Night by Graham Moore

Today Will Be Different by Maria Semple

What we’re reading:

An Innocent Fashion by R. J. Hernandez

The Wangs vs. the World by Jade Chang

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New Releases for May 3, 2016 May 03, 2016

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss The Yoga of Max’s Discontent, Sweet Lamb of Heaven, and Imagine Me Gone,andmore new releases.

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Books discussed on the show:

Imagine Me Gone by Adam Haslett

Sweet Lamb of Heaven by Lydia Millet

The Yoga of Max’s Discontent by Karan Bajaj

Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth

What we’re reading:

Here I Am by Jonathan Safran Foer

Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman by Lindy West

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New Releases for April 26, 2016 Apr 26, 2016

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Sleeping Giants, Real Artists Have Day Jobs, and Panther,andmore new releases.

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Books discussed on the show:

Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel

Real Artists Have Day Jobs (And Other Awesome Things They Don’t Teach You in School) by Sara Benincasa

Panther by Brecht Evens (Author), Michele Hutchison (Translator), Laura Watkinson (Translator)

The Water Museum: Stories by Luis Alberto Urrea (paperback)

What we’re reading:

Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel

Jerusalem by Alan Moore

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New Releases for April 19, 2016 Apr 19, 2016

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu, Into the Black, and The Lie Tree,andmore new releases.

This episode was sponsored Open Road Media’s Margery Sharp e-books and Book Riot Live.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge

Before We Visit the Goddess by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Hystopia by David Means

The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts by Joshua Hammer

Maestra by L. S. Hilton

Spinster: Making a Life of One’s Own by Kate Bolick

Into the Black: The Extraordinary Untold Story of the First Flight of the Space Shuttle Columbia and the Astronauts Who Flew Her by Rowland White

What Works: Gender Equality by Design by Iris Bohnet

What we’re reading:

Ghostly Echoes by William Ritter

Heartburn by Nora Ephron (audio)

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New Releases for April 12, 2016 Apr 12, 2016

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss The Regional Office is Under Attack!, A Murder in Time, and Vexation Lullaby,andmore new releases.

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Books discussed on the show:

A Murder in Time by Julie McElwain

The Regional Office is Under Attack! by Manuel Gonzales

The Bed Moved: Stories by Rebecca Schiff

I Know What I’m Doing — and Other Lies I Tell Myself: Dispatches from a Life Under Construction by Jen Kirkman

Vexation Lullaby by Justin Tussing

A Fierce and Subtle Poison by Samantha Mabry

Pretty Jane and the Viper of Kidbrooke Lane: A True Story of Victorian Law and Disorder by Paul Thomas Murphy

We Believe You: Survivors of Campus Sexual Assault Speak Out by Annie E. Clark and Andrea L. Pino

What we’re reading:

The Pilo Family Circus by Will Elliott

The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts by Joshua Hammer

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New Releases for April 5, 2016 Apr 05, 2016

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Kill ‘Em and Leave, I Will Find You, Dodgers,andmore new releases.

This episode was sponsored by ThirdLove, The Nutmeg Tree by Margery Sharp, andLilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly.

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Books discussed on the show:

Kill ‘Em and Leave: Searching for James Brown and the American Soul by James McBride

I Will Find You: A Reporter Investigates the Life of the Man Who Raped Her by Joanna Connors

The Long Shadow of Small Ghosts: Murder and Memory in an American City by Laura Tillman

The Red Parts: Autobiography of a Trial by Maggie Nelson

Dodgers by Bill Beverly

Country of Red Azaleas by Domnica Radulescu

The Last Painting of Sara de Vos by Dominic Smith

Asking for It by Louise O’Neill

What we’re reading:

‘A’ is for Alibi by Sue Grafton

Political Suicide: Missteps, Peccadilloes, Bad Calls, Backroom Hijinx, Sordid Pasts, Rotten Breaks, and Just Plain Dumb Mistakes in the Annals of American Politics by Erin McHugh

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New Releases for March 29, 2016 Mar 29, 2016

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Relief Map, Girls & Sex, The Little Red Chairs,andmore new releases.

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Books discussed on the show:

Relief Map by Rosalie Knecht

Girls & Sex: Navigating the Complicated New Landscape by Peggy Orenstein

The Little Red Chairs by Edna O’Brien

Because of Miss Bridgerton by Julia Quinn

Sag Harbor by Colson Whitehead

The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee

Three Scenarios in Which Hana Sasaki Grows a Tail: Stories by Kelly Luce

Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach

What we’re reading:

The People in the Castle: Selected Strange Stories by Joan Aiken

I Will Find You: A Reporter Investigates the Life of the Man Who Raped Her by Joanna Connors

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New Releases for March 22, 2016 Mar 22, 2016

This week, Liberty and special guest Amanda Nelson discuss Rush Oh!, Jane Steele, Confessions,andmore new releases.

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Books discussed on the show:

Rush Oh! By Shirley Barrett

The Nest by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney

No One Knows by J.T. Ellison

The Association of Small Bombs by Karan Mahajan

The Summer Before the War by Helen Simonson

Jane Steele by Lyndsay Faye

Confessions by Rabee Jaber, translated by Kareem James Abu-Zeid

The Study of Seduction by Sabrina Jeffries

What we’re reading:

The City of Mirrors by Justin Cronin

Commonwealth by Ann Patchett

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New Releases for March 15, 2016 Mar 15, 2016

This week, Liberty and and special guest Jenn Northington discuss Margaret the First, The Winged Histories, The Throwback Special,andmore new releases.

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Books discussed on the show:

Margaret the First by Danielle Dutton

The Winged Histories by Sofia Samatar

Shelter by Jung Yun

The Rope by Kanan Makiya

The Penny Poet of Portsmouth: A Memoir of Place, Solitude, and Friendship by Katherine Towler

The Girl in the Well is Me by Karen Rivers

The Throwback Special by Chris Bachelder

The Making of the American Essay edited by John D’Agata

What we’re reading:

The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

Gold Fame Citrus by Claire Vaye Watkins

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New Releases for March 8, 2016 Mar 08, 2016

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss High Dive, Burn Baby Burn, We Love You, Charlie Freeman,andmore new releases.

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Books discussed on the show:

We Love You, Charlie Freeman by Kaitlyn Greenidge

Burn Baby Burn by Meg Medina

High Dive by Jonathan Lee

Fight Like a Girl: 50 Feminists Who Changed the World by Laura Barcella

Guapa by Saleem Haddad

The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner

What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours: Stories by Helen Oyeyemi

Smarter Faster Better: The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg

What we’re reading:

Jane Steele by Lyndsay Faye

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New Releases for March 1, 2016 Mar 01, 2016

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Black Apple, The Art of Risk, Don’t Let My Baby Do Rodeo,andmore new releases.

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Books discussed on the show:

Don’t Let My Baby Do Rodeo by Boris Fishman

The Art of Risk: The New Science of Courage, Caution, and Chance by Kayt Sukel

The Passenger by Lisa Lutz

The Turner House by Angela Flournoy

Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond

Welcome Thieves: Stories by Sean Beaudoin

Black Apple by Joan Crate

Blackass by A. Igoni Barrett

What we’re reading:

Piece of Mind by Michelle Adelman

The Inseparables by Stuart Nadler

Girls & Sex: Navigating the Complicated New Landscape by Peggy Orenstein

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New Releases for Feb. 23, 2016 Feb 23, 2016

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Version Control, Unicorns vs. Goblins, Flight of Dreams,andmore new releases.

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Books discussed on the show:

Version Control by Dexter Palmer

What Remains of Me by Alison Gaylin

Flight of Dreams by Ariel Lawhon

On the Move: A Life by Oliver Sacks

Dancing in the Baron’s Shadow by Fabienne Josaphat

Unicorn vs Goblins: Another Phoebe and Her Unicorn Adventure by Dana Simpson

Kill the Boy Band by Goldy Moldavsky

A Gathering of Shadows by V. E. Schwab

What we’re reading:

Some Possible Solutions: Stories by Helen Phillips

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New Releases for Feb. 16, 2016 Feb 16, 2016

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss And After Many Days, The Silence of the Sea, The Widow,andmore new releases.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Silence of the Sea by Yrsa Sigurdardóttir

And After Many Days by Jowhor Ile

The Widow by Fiona Barton

The Bigness of the World by Lori Ostlund

What Lies Between Us by Nayomi Munaweera

Hair: A Human History by Kurt Stenn

Perfect Days by Raphael Montes

We’ve Already Gone This Far: Stories by Patrick Dacey

What we’re reading:

Barkskins by Annie Proulx

What Remains of Me by Alison Gaylin

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New Releases for Feb. 9, 2016 Feb 09, 2016

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss My Father, the Pornographer, Incarceration Nations, Private Citizens,andmore new releases.

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Books discussed on the show:

My Father, the Pornographer by Chris Offutt

Incarceration Nations: A Journey to Justice in Prisons Around the World by Baz Dreisinger

Private Citizens by Tony Tulathimutte

Ways to Disappear by Idra Novey

The Heart by Maylis de Kerangal (Author), Sam Taylor (Translator)

Jam on the Vine by LaShonda Katrice Barnett

These Vicious Masks by Tarun Shanker and Kelly Zekas

Get in Trouble by Kelly Link

What we’re reading:

Screamin’ Jay Hawkins’ All-Time Greatest Hits by Mark Binelli

Modern Lovers by Emma Straub

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New Releases for Feb. 2, 2016 Feb 02, 2016

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss The Queen of the Night, Beasts & Children, The Vegetarian, andmore new releases.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Queen of the Night by Alexander Chee

The Iceberg: A Memoir by Marion Coutts

Sweetgirl by Travis Mulhauser

Beasts & Children: Stories by Amy Parker

The Vegetarian by Han Kang

The V-Word: True Stories about First-Time Sex compiled by Amber J. Keyser

Dead Presidents: An American Adventure into the Strange Deaths and Surprising Afterlives of Our Nation’s Leaders by Brady Carlson

Find Me by Laura van den Berg

What we’re reading:

Cat Country by Lao She

Exposure: A Sociologist Explores Sex, Society, and Adult Entertainment by Dr. Chauntelle Tibbals

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New Releases for Jan. 26, 2016 Jan 26, 2016

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss The Unfinished World and Other Stories, All the Birds in the Sky, Good on Paper,andmore new releases.

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Books discussed on the show:

All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders

The Unfinished World and Other Stories by Amber Sparks

Good on Paper by Rachel Cantor

Forbidden by Beverly Jenkins

Bookshelf (Object Lessons) by Lydia Pyne

Inventology: How We Dream Up Things That Change the World by Pagan Kennedy

God Help the Child by Toni Morrison

Glow by Ned Beauman

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

Single, Carefree, Mellow by Katherine Heiny

What we’re reading:

Weathering by Lucy Wood

Flirting with Fire by Kate Meader

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New Releases for Jan. 19, 2016 Jan 19, 2016

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss The Portable Veblen, The Road to Little Dribbling, The Narrow Door,andmore new releases.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Portable Veblen by Elizabeth McKenzie

The Road to Little Dribbling: Adventures of an American in Britain by Bill Bryson

The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend by Katarina Bivald

Orhan’s Inheritance by Aline Ohanesian

The Narrow Door: A Memoir of Friendship by Paul Lisicky

Weathering by Lucy Wood

What Belongs to You by Garth Greenwell

A Darker Shade of Magic by V. E. Schwab

What we’re reading:

The Book of Flying by Keith Miller

Anatomy of Love: A Natural History of Mating, Marriage, and Why We Stray by Helen Fisher

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New Releases for Jan. 12, 2016 Jan 12, 2016

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Your Heart Is a Muscle the Size of a Fist, My Name Is Lucy Barton, American Housewife, andmore new releases.

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Books discussed on the show:

My Name Is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout

Your Heart Is a Muscle the Size of Your Fist by Sunil Yapa

The Expatriates by Janice Y. K. Lee

American Housewife: Stories by Helen Ellis

Rosalie Lightning by Tom Hart

Hall of Small Mammals: Stories by Thomas Pierce

Eleanor by Jason Gurley

Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town by Jon Krakauer

What we’re reading:

Vinegar Girl by Anne Tyler

Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue

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New Releases for Jan. 5, 2016 Jan 05, 2016

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Mr. Splitfoot, The Gun, Only Love Can Break Your Heart, andmore new releases.

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Books discussed on the show:

A Thousand Naked Strangers: A Paramedic’s Wild Ride to the Edge and Back by Kevin Hazzard

Mr Splitfoot by Samantha Hunt

The Gun by Fuminori Nakamura (Author), and Allison Markin Powell (Translator)

Silver Bullets by Elmer Mendoza (Author), Mark Fried (Translator)

Shame and Wonder: Essays by David Searcy

The Lightless Sky: A Twelve-Year-Old Refugee’s Harrowing Escape from Afghanistan and His Extraordinary Journey Across Half the World by Gulwali Passarlay

Only Love Can Break Your Heart by Ed Tarkington

Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges by Amy Cuddy

What we’re reading:

The Great Forgetting by James Renner

The Complete Stories by Clarice Lispector (Author), Katrina Dodson (Translator)

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2016 Preview Show, Dec. 29, 2015 Dec 29, 2015

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss some of the upcoming 2016 releases they are highly anticipating, including Imagine Me Gone, What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours, and The Bad-ass Librarians of Timbuktu.

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Books discussed on the show:

What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours: Stories by Helen Oyeyemi (March 8)

The Regional Office is Under Attack! by Manuel Gonzales (April 12)

Imagine Me Gone by Adam Haslett (May 3)

Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue (August 23)

Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel (April 26)

The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts by Joshua Hammer (April 19)

Shelter by Jung Yun (March 15)

The Hour of Land: A Personal Topography of America’s National Parks by Terry Tempest Williams (June 7)

Dear Fang, With Love by Rufi Thorpe (May 24)

The Unfinished World and Other Stories by Amber Sparks (Jan 26)

What we’re reading:

Mr. Splitfoot by Samantha Hunt

Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges by Amy Cuddy

The Red Parts: Autobiography of a Trial by Maggie Nelson

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Best Fiction of 2015, Dec. 22, 2015 Dec 22, 2015

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss some of their favorite nonfiction books of 2015, including Between the World and Me, Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl, and Rain.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Dead Duke, His Secret Wife, and the Missing Corpse: An Extraordinary Edwardian Case of Deception and Intrigue by Piu Marie Eatwell

Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life by Emily Nagoski Ph.D.

Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl by Carrie Brownstein

Dear Mr. You by Mary-Louise Parker

Leaving Orbit: Notes from the Last Days of American Spaceflight by Margaret Lazarus Dean

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Negroland: A Memoir by Margo Jefferson

Spectacle: The Astonishing Life of Ota Benga by Pamela Newkirk

Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town by Jon Krakauer

Rain: A Natural and Cultural History by Cynthia Barnett

H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald

What we’re reading:

Mr. Splitfoot by Samantha Hunt

Three-Martini Lunch by Suzanne Rindell

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Best Fiction of 2015, Dec. 15, 2015 Dec 15, 2015

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss some of their favorite fiction books of 2015, including The Jaguar’s Children, Fates and Furies, and The Fishermen.

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Books discussed on the show:

Harriet Wolf’s Seventh Book of Wonders by Julianna Baggott

Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff

The Jaguar’s Children by John Vaillant

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

The Incarnations by Susan Barker

The Fishermen by Chigoze Obioma

Escape from Baghdad! by Saad Hossain

Mothers, Tell Your Daughters: Stories by Bonnie Jo Campbell

You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine by Alexandra Kleeman

Welcome to Braggsville by T. Geronimo Johnson

What we’re reading:

Your Heart Is a Muscle the Size of a Fist by Sunil Yapa

The Guest Room by Chris Bohjalian

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Best Debuts of 2015, Dec. 8, 2015 Dec 08, 2015

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss some of their favorite debut books of 2015, including Lightless, Bright Lines, and The Shore.

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Books discussed on the show:

Lightless by C. A. Higgins

Bright Lines by Tanwi Nandini Islam

Dryland by Sara Jaffe

Single, Carefree, Mellow: Stories by Katherine Heiny

The Star Side of Bird Hill by Naomi Jackson

Speak by Louisa Hall

The Shore by Sara Taylor

Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho

The Last Days of Video by Jeremy Hawkins

Hammer Head: The Making of a Carpenter by Nina MacLaughlin

What we’re reading:

American Housewife: Stories by Helen Ellis

If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo

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December releases, Dec. 1, 2015 Dec 01, 2015

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss some of December’s new releases, including The Verdict, The Rogue Not Taken, and Drawing Blood.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Verdict by Nick Stone

The Rogue Not Taken by Sarah Maclean

Drawing Blood by Molly Crabapple

The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F*ck: How to Stop Spending Time You Don’t Have with People You Don’t Like Doing Things You Don’t Want to Do by Sarah Knight

Bryant & May and the Burning Man: A Peculiar Crimes Unit Mystery by Christopher May

Stoned: Jewelry, Obsession, and How Desire Shapes the World by Aja Raden

Sophia by Michael Bible

Descent by Tim Johnston

What we’re reading:

Year of the Goose by Carly J. Hallman

Three Moments of an Explosion: Stories by China Miéville

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Books We're Thankful For, Nov. 24, 2015 Nov 24, 2015

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss some of the books they are thankful for, including The Giant’s House, When Women Were Birds, and The Known World.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin

The Babysitter’s Club by Ann M. Martin

The Giant’s House by Elizabeth McCracken

Sula by Toni Morrison

My Name is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok

When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice by Terry Tempest Williams

The Known World by Edward P. Jones

Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen

Zazen by Vanessa Veselka

The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell

Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho

What we’re reading:

The Cowboy Bible and Other Stories by Carlos Velázquez (Author), Achy Obejas (Translator)

Forbidden by Beverly Jenkins

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Dysfunctional Families, Nov. 17, 2015 Nov 17, 2015

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss some of their favorite books featuring dysfunctional families, including Father of the Rain, Miss Entropia and the Adam Bomb, and Boy, Snow, Bird.

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Books discussed on the show:

All Families Are Psychotic by Douglas Coupland

Miss Entropia and the Adam Bomb by George Rabasa

Five-Finger Discount: A Crooked Family History by Helene Stapinski

Glory O’Brien’s History of the Future by A. S. King

Father of the Rain by Lily King

In the Language of Miracles by Rajia Hassib

Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi

Maine by J. Courtney Sullivan

What we’re reading:

The People in the Trees by Hanya Yanagihara

Margaret the First by Danielle Dutton

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New Releases for Nov. 10, 2015 Nov 10, 2015

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Our Spoons Came from Woolworths, Dear Mr. You, The Mad Feast, andmore new releases. Recorded live at Book Riot Live 2015 in NYC!

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Books discussed on the show:

Our Spoons Came from Woolworths by Barbara Comyns

Dear Mr. You by Mary-Louise Parker

Six-Gun Snow White by Catherynne Valente

The Color Purple by Alice Walker

You Have Never Been Here by Mary Rickert

The Mad Feast: An Ecstatic Tour Through America’s Food by Matthew Gavin Frank

(Preparing the Ghost: An Essay Concerning the Giant Squid and Its First Photographer by Matthew Gavin Frank)

Because She Never Asked by Enrique Vila-Matas, translated by Valerie Miles

(Followed by Kevin Brockmeier fangirling. Here’s an amazing place to start.)

What we’re reading:

My Father, the Pornographer: A Memoir by Chris Offutt

The Queen by Tiffany Reisz

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New Releases for Nov. 3, 2015 Nov 03, 2015

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss The Girl Who Could Not Dream, The Heart You Carry Home, Twain and Stanley Enter Paradise, andmore new releases.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Girl Who Could Not Dream by Sarah Beth Durst

The Heart You Carry Home by Jennifer Miller

Twain and Stanley Enter Paradise by Oscar Hijuelos

Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes

(What It Is Like To Go To War by Karl Marlantes)

Stoner by John Williams

By the Book: Writers on Literature and the Literary Life from The New York Times Book Review by Pamela Paul

Zeroville by Steve Erickson (This is published by Europa Editions, not NYRB Classics. I got confused! – Liberty)

Skylight by José Saramago

What we’re reading:

The Deep Sea Diver’s Syndrome by Serge Brusollos

(Rebecca is not sure she’s going to get any reading done this week, so here’s a cat dance party instead.)

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New Releases for Oct. 27, 2015 Oct 27, 2015

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss The Witches: Salem 1692, Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl, Slade House, andmore new releases.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Witches: Salem 1692 by Stacy Schiff

Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl by Carrie Brownstein

Slade House by David Mitchell

The Givenness of Things: Essays by Marilynne Robinson

We Five by Mark Dunn

(Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters by Mark Dunn)

Brave Enough by Cheryl Strayed

Home by Leila S. Chudori (Author), John H. McGlynn (Translator)

2 am at the Cat’s Pajamas by Marie-Helene Bertino

What we’re reading:

What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours: Stories by Helen Oyeyemi

The Witches: Salem 1692 by Stacy Schiff

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New Releases for Oct. 20, 2015 Oct 20, 2015

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss The Mark and the Void, Lafayette in the Somewhat United States, Speed Kings, andmore new releases.

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Books discussed on the show:

Lafayette in the Somewhat United States by Sarah Vowell

The Mark and the Void by Paul Murray

Wolf by Wolf by Ryan Graudin

You Don’t Have to Like Me: Essays on Growing Up, Speaking Out, and Finding Feminism by Alida Nugent

Speed Kings: The 1932 Winter Olympics and the Fastest Men in the World by Andy Bull

The Birth of the Pill: How Four Crusaders Reinvented Sex and Launched a Revolution by Jonathan Eig

Departure by A. G. Riddle

Click: When We Knew We Were Feminists by J. Courtney Sullivan and Courtney E. Martin

Pat the Bunny (Touch and Feel Book) by Dorothy Kunhardt

What we’re reading:

The Collected Fiction of Leena Krohn (out in December from Cheeky Frawg Books)

Gotham Academy, Survivors’ Club

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New Releases for Oct. 13, 2015 Oct 13, 2015

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Calf, Thirteen Ways of Looking, Mrs. Engels, andmore new releases.

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Books discussed on the show:

Calf by Andrea Kleine

Thirteen Ways of Looking: Stories by Colum McCann

Mrs. Engels by Gavin McCrea

Ghostly: A Collection of Ghost Stories edited by Audrey Niffenegger

Twain’s End by Lynn Cullen

(Helen Keller in Love by Rosie Sultan)

Without You, There Is No Us: My Time with the Sons of North Korea’s Elite by Suki Kim

Mighty, Mighty by Wally Rudolph

Mermaids in Paradise by Lydia Millet

What we’re reading:

The Great & Calamitous Tale of Johan Thoms: How One Man Scorched the Twentieth Century But Didn’t Mean To by Ian Thornton

Upright Beasts: Stories by Lincoln Michel

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New releases, October 6, 2015 Oct 06, 2015

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss The Witch of Lime Street: Séance, Seduction, and Houdini in the Spirit World, Slaughterhouse 90210, Stars Between the Sun and Moon, and more new releases.

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Books discussed on the show:

Mothers, Tell Your Daughters: Stories by Bonnie Jo Campbell

The Witch of Lime Street: Séance, Seduction, and Houdini in the Spirit World by David Jaher

Slaughterhouse 90210 by Maris Kreizman

Don’t Suck, Don’t Die: Giving Up Vic Chesnutt by Kristin Hersh

100 Years of the Best American Short Stories edited by Lorrie Moore and Heidi Pitlor

The Clasp by Sloane Crosley

Stars Between the Sun and Moon: One Woman’s Life in North Korea and Escape to Freedom by Lucia Jang and Susan McClelland

Florynce “Flo” Kennedy: The Life of a Black Feminist Radical by Sherie M. Randolph

What we’re reading:

American Sweepstakes: How One Small State Bucked the Church, the Feds, and the Mob to Usher in the Lottery Age by Kevin Flynn

The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty by A. N. Roquelaure (Anne Rice)

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New releases, September 29, 2015 Sep 29, 2015

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Scream: Chilling Adventures in the Science of Fear, The Heart Goes Last, In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl’s Journey to Freedom, more new releases, and some spooky favorites.

This episode was sponsored by Me, My Hair, and I: Twenty-seven Women Untangle an Obsession by Elizabeth Benedict and Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Heart Goes Last by Margaret Atwood

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty

In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl’s Journey to Freedom by Yeonmi Park

Scream: Chilling Adventures in the Science of Fear by Margee Kerr

Bird Box by Josh Malerman

I Remember You: A Ghost Story by Yrsa Sigurdardottir

Ghost Summer: Stories by Tananarive Due

The Hallowed Ones by Laura Bickle

What we’re reading:

The Penny Poet of Portsmouth: A Memoir Of Place, Solitude, and Friendship by Katherine Towler

Eating Words: A Norton Anthology of Food Writing by Sandra M. Gilbert and Roger J. Porter

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New releases, September 22, 2015 Sep 22, 2015

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss I Crawl Through It, The Social Sex, Walk on Earth a Stranger, and more new releases. This episode was sponsored by Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta and Entry Island by Peter May.

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Books discussed on the show:

Furiously Happy : A Funny Book About Horrible Things by Jenny Lawson

The Social Sex: A History of Female Friendship by Marilyn Yalom and Theresa Donovan Brown

(Alice + Freda Forever: A Murder in Memphis by Alexis Coe)

The Lower Quarter by Elise Blackwell

Honeydew: Stories by Edith Pearlman

I Crawl Through It by A.S. King

How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the World by Steven Johnson

Walk on Earth a Stranger by Rae Carson

Mycroft Holmes by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Anna Waterhouse

What we’re reading:

Queen of the Night by Alexander Chee

The Black Tongue by Marko Hautala, Jenni Salmi (Translator)

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New releases, September 15, 2015 Sep 15, 2015

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Fates and Furies, Dumplin’, The Story of My Teeth, and more new releases. This episode was sponsored by The Last September by Nina de Gramont and Penguin Random House Audio.

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Books discussed on the show:

Dumplin’ by Julie Murphy

Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff

Undermajordomo Minor by Patrick deWitt

Half an Inch of Water: Stories by Percival Everett

The Tokyo Zodiac Murders by Soji Shimada, Ross Mackenzie (Translator), Shika Mackenzie (Translator)

Cat is Art Spelled Wrong by Caroline Casey (Editor), Chris Fischbach (Editor), Sarah Schultz (Editor)

Story of My Teeth by Valeria Luiselli, Christine MacSweeney (Translator)

Belzhar by Meg Wolitzer (out 9/29)

What we’re reading:

A is for Arsenic: The Poisons of Agatha Christie by Kathryn Harkup

The Longest Night by Andria Williams

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New releases, September 8, 2015 Sep 08, 2015

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss This is Your Life, Harriet Chance, Negroland: A Memoir, and more books.

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Books discussed on the show:

This is Your Life, Harriet Chance by Jonathan Evison

Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil War by Karen Abbott

Negroland: A Memoir by Margo Jefferson

Sweetland by Michael Crummey

Dataclysm: Love, Sex, Race, and Identity–What Our Online Lives Tell Us about Our Offline Selves by Christian Rudder

As She Climbed Across the Table by Jonathan Lethem

Skippy Dies by Paul Murray

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

What we’re reading:

Ghost Summer: Stories by Tananarive Due

Lum by Libby Ware

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New releases, September 1, 2015 Sep 01, 2015

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Sorcerer to the Crown, Prodigies, Girl Waits with Gun, and more books.

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Books discussed on the show:

Deep Down Dark: The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine, and the Miracle That Set Them Free by Héctor Tobar

Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho

Prodigies by Angélica Gorodischer

Girl Waits With Gun by Amy Stewart

Vengeance Road by Erin Bowman

Sisters in Law: How Sandra Day O’Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg Went to the Supreme Court and Changed the World by Linda Hirshman

Paulina and Fran by Rachel B. Glaser

Yes Please by Amy Poehler

What we’re reading:

Killer on the Road: Violence and the American Interstate by Ginger Strand

When Old Technologies Were New: Thinking About Electric Communication in the Late Nineteenth Century by Carolyn Marvin

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New releases, August 25, 2015 Aug 25, 2015

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine, Rising Strong, George, and more books.

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Books discussed on the show:

You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine by Alexandra Kleeman

Rising Strong by Brené Brown

George by Alex Gino

Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More by Janet Mock

The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Computer by Sydney Padua

Ally Hughes Has Sex Sometimes by Jules Moulin

Ghostman by Roger Hobbs

Alibis: Essays on Elsewhere by André Aciman

What we’re reading:

Lafayette in the Somewhat United States by Sarah Vowell

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Introducing: Get Booked! Aug 20, 2015

Rebecca and Book Riot Managing Editor Amanda Nelson preview Amanda's new podcast Get Booked, a bi-weekly show of personalized book recommendations. Get Booked launches September 10th. Subscribe now! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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New releases, August 18, 2015 Aug 18, 2015

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Smaller and Smaller Circles, I Was a Revolutionary, The Incarnations, and more new releases.

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Books discussed on the show:

Smaller and Smaller Circles by F. H. Batacan

I Was a Revolutionary: Stories by Andrew Malan Milward

Fortune Smiles by Adam Johnson

Charlatan: America’s Most Dangerous Huckster, the Man Who Pursued Him, and the Age of Flimflam by Pope Brock

The Incarnations by Susan Barker

Forgetting to Be Afraid: A Memoir by Wendy Davis

Thunderstruck & Other Stories by Elizabeth McCracken

The Girl from the Garden by Parnaz Foroutan

What we’re reading:

A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving

The Girl Who Wrote Loneliness by Kyung-Sook Shin

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New releases, August 11, 2015 Aug 11, 2015

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss The Beautiful Bureaucrat, Bright Lines, Slice Harvester, and more new releases.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Beautiful Bureaucrat by Helen Phillips

Bright Lines by Tanwi Nandini Islam

The Oyster War: The True Story of a Small Farm, Big Politics, and the Future of Wilderness in America by Summer Brennan

In the Language of Miracles by Rajia Hassib

Falling in Love with Hominids by Nalo Hopkinson

Slice Harvester: A Memoir in Pizza by Colin Atrophy Hagendorf

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New releases, August 4, 2015 Aug 04, 2015

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Crooked Heart, Skeleton Crew, What Pet Should I Get? and more new releases.

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Books discussed on the show:

Let Me Tell You: New Stories, Essays, and Other Writings by Shirley Jackson

The Girl Who Slept with God by Val Brelinski

Barbara the Slut and Other People by Lauren Holmes

Single, Carefree, Mellow: Stories by Katherine Heiny

Man-Eater: The Life and Legend of an American Cannibal by Harold Schechter

Three Moments of an Explosion: Stories by China Miéville

Goodbye Stranger by Rebecca Stead

Pointe by Brandy Colbert

What we’re reading:

The Best Horror of the Year Volume Seven edited by Ellen Datlow

Mothers, Tell Your Daughters: Stories by Bonnie Jo Campbell

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New releases, July 28, 2015 Jul 28, 2015

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Crooked Heart, Skeleton Crew, What Pet Should I Get? and more new releases.

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Books discussed on the show:

Crooked Heart by Lissa Evans

Feminism Unfinished: A Short, Surprising History of American Women’s Movements by Dorothy Sue Cobble, Linda Gordon, and Astrid Henry

Crooked by Austin Grossman

The Skeleton Crew: How Amateur Sleuths Are Solving America’s Coldest Cases by Deborah Halber

Palimpsest: A History of the Written Word by Matthew Battles

The Story Hour by Thrity Umrigar

Dancing with the Devil in the City of God: Rio de Janeiro on the Brink by Juliana Barbassa

What Pet Should I Get? by Dr. Seuss

What we’re reading:

The Strangest by Michael Seidlinger

In the Language of Miracles by Rajia Hassib

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New releases, July 21, 2015 Jul 21, 2015

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Foulsham, Lovers on All Saints’ Day, Barbarian Days, and more new releases.

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Books discussed on the show:

Foulsham (The Iremonger Trilogy) by Edward Carey

Lovers on All Saints’ Day: Stories by Juan Gabriel Vasquez

Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life by William Finnegan

Land of Love and Drowning by Tiphanie Yanique

The Queen of the Night by Alexander Chee (and the countdown clock!)

Feminist Ryan Gosling: Feminist Theory (as Imagined) from Your Favorite Sensitive Movie Dude by Danielle Henderson

Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson

A Rogue by Any Other Name: The First Rule of Scoundrels by Sarah MacLean

Cat’s Eye and The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

What we’re reading:

Scream: Chilling Adventures in the Science of Fear by Margee Kerr

The Social Sex: A History of Female Friendship by Marilyn Yalom

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New releases, July 14, 2015 Jul 14, 2015

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Between the World and Me, The Blue Girl, Go Set a Watchman, and more new releases.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Blue Girl by Laurie Foos

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

The Watchmaker of Filigree Street by Natasha Pulley

Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee

All This Life by Joshua Mohr

Almost Famous Women by Meghan Mayhew Bergman

Show and Prove by Sofia Quintero

Smokejumper: A Memoir by One of America’s Most Select Airborne Firefighters by Jason A. Ramos

What we’re reading:

Dancer by Colum McCann

The Prophets of Eternal Fjord by Kim Leine

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New releases, July 7, 2015 Jul 07, 2015

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss The Invaders, Lucky Us, Speak, and more new releases.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Invaders by Karolina Waclawiak

Speak by Louisa Hall

Secessia by Kent Wascom

As If!: The Oral History of Clueless as told by Amy Heckerling and the Cast and Crew by Jen Chaney

Among the Ten Thousand Things by Julia Pierpoint

A Map of Betrayal by Ha Jin

Bell Weather by Dennis Mahoney

Lucky Us by Amy Bloom

What we’re reading:

Darconville’s Cat by Alexander Theroux

The Mad Feast: An Ecstatic Tour Through America’s Food by Matthew Gavin Frank

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Best Books of 2015 Halftime Show Jun 30, 2015

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss their favorite books of 2015 so far, including The Fishermen, Sweetland, and A Little Life. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Live.

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Books discussed on the show:

Sweetland by Michael Crummey

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

Listen, Slowly by Thanhhà Lại

Selfish, Shallow, and Self-Absorbed: Sixteen Writers on the Decision Not to Have Kids edited by Meghan Daum

(My Misspent Youth by Meghan Daum)

Escape from Baghdad! by Saad Hossain

The Fishermen by Chigozie Obioma

The Ghost Network by Catie Disbato

H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald

What we’re reading:

As If!: The Oral History of Clueless as told by Amy Heckerling and the Cast and Crew by Jen Chaney

Speak by Louisa Hall

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New releases, June 23, 2015 Jun 23, 2015

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss The Book of Speculation, Music for Wartime, A Planet for Rent, and more new releases. This episode is sponsored by ProjectEd and The Novice by Taran Matharu.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Book of Speculation by Erika Swyler

Music for Wartime by Rebecca Makkai

A Planet for Rent by Yoss

Stone Mattress by Margaret Atwood

Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget by Sarah Hepola

The Little Town Where Time Stood Still by Bohumil Hrabal

The Cartel by Don Winslow

Shadowshaper by Daniel José Older

What we’re reading:

As If!: The Oral History of Clueless as told by Amy Heckerling and the Cast and Crew by Jen Chaney

The Sage of Waterloo by Leona Francombe

The Tokyo Zodiac Murders by Soji Shimada

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New releases, June 16, 2015 Jun 16, 2015

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Modern Romance, Pirate Hunters, Summerlong, and more new releases. This episode is sponsored by ProjectEd and the Book Riot summer reading box.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins

Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari

Pirate Hunters: Treasure, Obsession, and the Search for a Legendary Pirate Ship by Robert Kurson

Cinnamon & Gunpowder and Eli Brown

Summerlong by Dean Bakopoulos

In the Country by Mia Alvar

Broken Monsters by Lauren Beukes

Charlie Martz and Other Stories: The Unpublished Stories by Elmore Leonard

Grey: Fifty Shades of Grey as Told by Christian by E L James

What we’re reading:

Don’t Suck, Don’t Die: Giving Up Vic Chesnutt by Kristin Hersh

Dear Mr. You by Mary-Louise Parker

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New releases, June 9, 2015 Jun 09, 2015

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss A Perfect Crime, The Magician’s Land, The Sunken Cathedral, and more new releases. This episode is sponsored by ProjectEd and the Book Riot summer reading box.

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Books discussed on the show:

A Perfect Crime by A Yi

People Who Eat Darkness: The True Story of a Young Woman Who Vanished from the Streets of Tokyo–and the Evil That Swallowed Her Up by Richard Lloyd Perry

Red : A History of the Redhead by Jacky Colliss Harvey

The Sunken Cathedral by Kate Walbert

The Magician’s Land by Lev Grossman

The Girls from Corona del Mar by Rufi Thorpe

Something Must Be Done About Prince Edward County: A Family, a Virginia Town, a Civil Rights Battle by Kristen Green

Reading Lives #28: Liberty Hardy

What we’re reading:

The Witches: Salem, 1692 by Stacy Schiff

Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke

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New releases, June 2, 2015 Jun 02, 2015

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Bellweather Rhapsody, Saint Mazie, Land Where I Flee, and more new releases.

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Books discussed on the show:

Bellweather Rhapsody by Kate Racculia

Saint Mazie by Jami Attenberg

Land Where I Flee by Prajwal Parajuly

The Vacationers by Emma Straub

Glory O’Brien’s History of the Future by A. S. King

Naked at Lunch: A Reluctant Nudist’s Adventures in the Clothing-Optional World by Mark Haskell Smith

The Nakeds by Lisa Glatt

Summer reading recommendations

What we’re reading:

Topless Cellist: The Improbable Life of Charlotte Moorman by Joan Rothfuss

Bright Lines by Tanwi Nandini Islam

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New releases, May 26, 2015 May 26, 2015

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Our Souls at Night, The Water Knife, Tiny Pretty Things, and more new releases.

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Books discussed on the show:

Our Souls at Night by Kent Haruf

Extraordinary Means by Robyn Schneider

Gumption: Relighting the Torch of Freedom with America’s Gutsiest Troublemakers by Nick Offerman

Mayumi and the Sea of Happiness by Jennifer Tseng

Delancey: A Man, a Woman, a Restaurant, a Marriage by Molly Wizenberg

Kissing in America by Margo Rabb

Tiny Pretty Things by Sona Charaipotra and Dhonielle Clayton

The Water Knife by Paolo Bacigalupi

The Amazing Hamweenie Escapes! by Patty Bowman

What we’re reading:

Nigerians in Space by Deji Bryce Olukotun

Rising Strong by Brené Brown

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New releases, May 19, 2015 May 19, 2015

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Uprooted, Mislaid, The Gracekeepers, and more new releases.

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Books discussed on the show:

Uprooted by Naomi Novik

Mislaid by Nell Zink

Scarlett Undercover by Jennifer Latham

Lifted by the Great Nothing by Karim Dimechkie

Leaving Orbit: Notes from the Last Days of American Spaceflight by Margaret Lazarus Dean

The Gracekeepers by Kirsty Logan

The Life and Death of Sophie Stark by Anna North

Irrationally Yours: On Missing Socks, Pickup Lines, and Other Existential Puzzles by Dan Ariely

What we’re reading:

Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town by Jon Krakauer

Scrapper by Matt Bell

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New releases, May 12, 2015 May 12, 2015

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Luckiest Girl Alive, Nimona, The Book of Aron, and more new releases.

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Books discussed in the show:

Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll

Nimona by Noelle Stevenson

Almost Crimson by Dasha Kelly

Bourbon Empire: The Past and Future of America’s Whiskey by Reid Mitenbuler

How to Start a Fire by Lisa Lutz

Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng

The Book of Aron by Jim Shepard

Cut Me Loose: Sin and Salvation After My Ultra-Orthodox Girlhood

What we’re reading:

Juba! by Walter Dean Meyers

Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life by Emily Nagoski Ph.D.

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Preview May 08, 2015

Liberty and Rebecca introduce Book Riot's newest podcast All the Books!. Hosted by Liberty and guests, All the Books! is a weekly show of recommendations and discussions about the most interesting and exciting new book releases.

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