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All the Books! is a weekly show of recommendations and enthusiasm regarding the week’s new book releases.

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All the Backlist! May 24, 2019 May 24, 2019

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This week, Liberty discusses a few great older books, including The Star Side of Bird Hill.

This episode is sponsored by Living Lies by Natalie Walters and Revell Books, a Division of Baker Publishing Group.

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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

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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

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This week, Liberty discusses a few great older books, including We Need New Names.

This episode is sponsored by We Hunt the Flame by Hafsah Faizal and Fierce Reads.

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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

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This week, Liberty and Kelly discuss The Den, There’s Something about Sweetie, Lanny, and more great books.

This episode was sponsored by Amazon Kindle Unlimited, Lost In You by Lauren Dane , and ThirdLove.

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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

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This week, Liberty discusses a few great older books, including Hotel World.

This episode is sponsored by Shadow Mountain Publishing and Waiting for Fitz by Spencer Hyde.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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This week, Liberty and Tirzah discuss Storm of Locusts, Ragged Alice, Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl, and more great books.

This episode was sponsored by Amazon Kindle Unlimited, Ritual Vitamins, and FabFitFun.

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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

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This week, Liberty discusses a few great older books, including Green Island.

This episode is sponsored by Mike Mignola’s Hellboy.

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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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