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Votes for Women! May 12, 2020

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This week Alice and Kim talk about sister suffragettes, Scandinavian mysteries, and pirates.

This episode is sponsored by A Quick & Easy Guide to They Them Pronouns from Oni Press, In Good Hands by Stephanie MacKendrick from KCP Loft, and Lit Stitch: 25 Cross-Stitch Patterns for Book Lovers, made by Book Riot and Abrams.

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Nonfiction News

Becoming is a Netflix documentary! [VIDEO]

Pulitzer Prize winners

History
Winner: “Sweet Taste of Liberty: A True Story of Slavery and Restitution in America,” by W. Caleb McDaniel
Biography
Winner: “Sontag: Her Life and Work,” by Benjamin Moser
General Nonfiction
Winner: “The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America,” by Greg Grandin
Winner: “The Undying: Pain, Vulnerability, Mortality, Medicine, Art, Time, Dreams, Data, Exhaustion, Cancer, and Care,” by Anne Boyer

USA Today: “New book to tell Harry and Meghan’s ‘real’ story (and defend them from critics)”

New Books

Scandinavian Noir: In Pursuit of a Mystery by Wendy Lesser

Enemy of All Mankind: A True Story of Piracy, Power, and History’s First Global Manhunt by Steven Johnson

Biography of Resistance: The Epic Battle Between People and Pathogens by Muhammad H. Zaman

Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World by Vivek H Murthy M.D.

Votes for Women!

Why They Marched: Untold Stories of the Women Who Fought for the Right to Vote by Susan Ware

Votes for Women!: American Suffragists and the Battle for the Ballot by Winifred Conkling

African American Women in the Struggle for the Vote, 1850-1920 by Rosalyn Terborg-Penn

The Woman’s Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote by Elaine F. Weiss

Bonus reads:
Princess of the Hither Isles: A Black Suffragist’s Story from the Jim Crow South by Adele Logan Alexander
The Myth of Seneca Falls by Lisa Tetrault
Funding Feminism: Monied Women, Philanthropy, and the Women’s Movement, 1870-1967 by Joan Marie Johnson

Reading Now

KIM: Open Book by Jessica Simpson (audiobook)
ALICE: Absolute Monarchs: A History of the Papacy by John Julius Norwich

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For Reading After Marathoning Apr 28, 2020

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This week Alice and Kim talk books to read after you finishing marathoning shows like Tiger King and The Office, plus some of the best new releases from April.

This episode is sponsored by Book Riot's TBR, Flatiron Books, publisher of Sigh, Gone by Phuc Tran, and Book Riot Insiders, the digital hangout spot for the Book Riot community.

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Nonfiction News

Hollwood Reporter: "Connie Britton, HBO Max Team for 'All the Single Ladies' Doc"

New Books

What We Carry by Maya Shanbhag Lang

Good Morning, Destroyer of Men's Souls by Nina Renata Aron

The Compton Cowboys by Walter Thompson-Hernandez

Becoming Kim Jong Un by Jung H. Pak

Earth Almanac by Ted Williams

No Justice in the Shadows byAlina Das

The Golden Flea by Michael Rips

Reading After Marathoning

The Tribe of Tiger by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

No Beast So Fierce by Dane Huckelbridge

The Office by Andy Greene

Cubed by Nikil Saval

The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan

Angela Davis: An Autobiography by Angela Y. Davis

Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions by Gloria Steinem

When Everything Changed by Gail Collins

Homicide by David Simon

Forensics by Val McDermid

Reading Now

A Field Guide to Awkward Silences by Alexandra Petri

In the Woods by Tana French

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Earth Day Reads Apr 14, 2020

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This week Alice and Kim talk new releases, Earth Day reads and more from the world of nonfiction.

This episode is sponsored by Libro.fm, Book Riot Insiders, and TBR.

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Nonfiction News

Newsmaker: Stacey Abrams

The Pulitzer Prize announcements are postponed.

New Books

American Harvest by Marie Mutsuki Mockett

In the Waves: My Quest to Solve the Mystery of a Civil War Submarine by Rachel Lance

Why Fish Don’t Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life by Lulu Miller

Dancing at the Pity Party: A Dead Mom Graphic Memoir by Tyler Feder

Why We Swim by Bonnie Tsui

Alice Quick Mentions: The Broken Heart of America: St. Louis and the Violent History of the United States by Walter Johnson
The Address Book: What Street Addresses Reveal About Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power by Deirdre Mask

Kim Quick Mentions:
Joy at Work: Organizing Your Professional Life by Marie Kondo, Scott Sonenshein
More than Ready: Be Strong and Be You…and Other Lessons for Women of Color on the Rise by Cecilia Muñoz

Earth Day

The Story of More: How We Got to Climate Change and Where to Go From Here by Hope Jahren

The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate – Discoveries from a Secret World by Peter Wohlleben

H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald

Inconspicuous Consumption: The Environmental Impact You Don’t Know You Have by Tatiana Schlossberg

Reading Now

KIM: Writers and Lovers by Lily King

ALICE: Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

CONCLUSION

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Quarantine Reads Mar 31, 2020

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This week Alice and Kim talk quarantine reads, the inside scoop on royalty, and America’s youngest sommelier.

This episode is sponsored by Libro.fm and Book Riot’s TBR.

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Follow Up

COVID-19 Updates from the Bookish World

Nonfiction News

Woody Allen's book somehow still got published.

New Books

Shorter: Work Better, Smarter, and Less—Here's How by Alex Soojung-Kim Pang

The Office: The Untold Story of the Greatest Sitcom of the 2000s: An Oral History by Andy Greene

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

Lady in Waiting: My Extraordinary Life in the Shadow of the Crown by Anne Glenconner

Wine Girl: The Obstacles, Humiliations, and Triumphs of America's Youngest Sommelier by Victoria James

Rebel Cinderella: From Rags to Riches to Radical, the Epic Journey of Rose Pastor Stokes by Adam Hochschild

My Sister: How One Sibling's Transition Changed Us Both by Selenis and Marizol Leyva

Quarantine Reads

Obama Administration memoirs
KIM: The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir by Samantha Power

West Wingers: Stories from the Dream Chasers, Change Makers, and Hope Creators Inside the Obama White House by Gautam Raghavan

Comedic memoirs:
ALICE: Agorafabulous!: Dispatches from My Bedroom by Sara Benincasa

Everything’s Trash, But It’s Okay by Phoebe Robinson

A long book I’ve been putting off reading
KIM: The Recovering: Intoxication and Its Aftermath by Leslie Jamison

ALICE: Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared M. Diamond

A book about how I feel right now
KIM: How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy by Jenny Odell

Reading Now

KIM: American Spy by Lauren Wilkerson

ALICE: The Garlic Papers: A Small Garlic Farm in the Age of Global Vampires by Stanley Crawford

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Snake Math! Mar 17, 2020

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This week Alice and Kim talk about women in Congress, crossword puzzles, and two scary subjects, snakes and math!

This episode is sponsored by TBR: Tailored Book Recommendations and Libro.FM.

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Nonfiction News

NPR: “Publisher Drops Woody Allen’s Book After Ronan Farrow Objects, Employees Walk Out”

New Books

The Firsts: The Inside Story of the Women Reshaping Congress by Jennifer Steinhauer

A History of Islam in 21 Women by Hossein Kamaly

Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi

Thinking Inside the Box : Adventures with Crosswords and the Puzzling People Who Can’t Live Without Them by Adrienne Raphel

Snake Math!

Book Riot has “20 of the Best Snake Books for Every Reader”?

Book Riot: 3 Math Books for Pi Day

How to Bake Pi: An Edible Exploration of the Mathematics of Mathematics by Eugenia Cheng

The Book of Snakes: A Life-Size Guide to Six Hundred Species from around the World by Mark O’Shea

Naked Statistics: Stripping the Dread from the Data by Charles Wheelan

Serpent’s Tale: Snakes in Folklore and Literature ed. By Gregory McNamee

Reading Now

A Murderous Relation by Deanna Raybourn

The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold

The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui

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International Women's Day, Revisited Mar 03, 2020

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This week Alice and Kim talk about popular self-help books, admit to sometimes reading fiction, and revisit one of their favorite podcast topics, books to celebrate International Women’s Day!

This episode is sponsored by Spirit Run by Noé Álvarez, on sale now from Catapult and Libro.fm.

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Black History Month Reads Feb 18, 2020

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This week Alice and Kim talk Black History Month nonfiction reads for your TBR shelf.

This episode is sponsored by Random House and the Book Riot Read Harder Challenge.

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Nonfiction News

The Guardian: “Whitechapel mural will celebrate the lives of Jack the Ripper’s victims”

New Books

Broken Faith: Inside the Word of Faith Fellowship, One of America’s Most Dangerous Cults by Mitch Weiss, Holbrook Mohr

The Scientist and the Spy: A True Story of China, the FBI, and Industrial Espionage by Mara Hvistendahl

A Map Is Only One Story: Twenty Writers on Immigration, Family, and the Meaning of Home, ed. By Nicole Chung, Menshah Demary

Children of the Land by Marcelo Hernandez Castillo

18 Tiny Deaths: The Untold Story of Frances Glessner Lee and the Invention of Modern Forensics by Bruce Goldfarb

Black History Month

Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Brittany Cooper

A Black Women’s History of the United States by Daina Ramey Berry and Kali Nicole Gross

Black Man in a White Coat: A Doctor’s Reflections on Race and Medicine by Damon Tweedy

Black Is the Body: Stories from My Grandmother’s Time, My Mother’s Time, and Mine by Emily Bernard

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

Reading Now

KIM: The Great Pretender: The Undercover Mission That Changed Our Understanding of Madness by Susannah Cahalan
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Perez

ALICE: Medieval Bodies: Life, Death and Art in the Middle Ages by Jack Hartnell

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50 Books for 50 Episodes Feb 04, 2020

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This week Alice and Kim highlight 50 awesome nonfiction books to celebrate their 50th episode!

This episode is sponsored by Get Booked from Book Riot, Me and White Supremacy from Sourcebooks, and Book Riot Insiders.

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Books Mentioned

Bad Blood by John Carreyrou

Building a Life Worth Living by Marsha M. Linehan

The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown

Unfollow by Megan Roper Phelps

The Art of Choosing by Sheena Iyengar

A Woman’s Crusade by Mary Walton

The Great Beanie Baby Bubble by Zac Bissonnette

Meaty by Samantha Irby

The Poisoner’s Handbook by Deborah Blum

Moonbound by Jonathan Fetter-Vorm

Without You There Is No Us by Suki Kim

Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit

Stiff by Mary Roach

Spare Parts by Joshua Davis

Word Freak by Stefan Fatsis

King Mob by Christopher Hibbert

When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi

The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean

Educated by Tara Westover

My Squirrel Days by Ellie Kemper

Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell

Portage by Sue Leaf

White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo

My Own Devices by Dessa

All You Can Ever Know by Nicole Chung

The Distraction Addiction by Alex Soojung-Kim Pang

Crash Override by Zoe Quinn

How Star Wars Conquered the Universe by Chris Taylor

The Last Black Unicorn by Tiffany Haddish

The Power of Meaning by Emily Esfahani Smith

Never Caught by Erica Armstrong Dunbar

The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee

They Can’t Kill Us All by Wesley Lowery

From the Corner of the Oval by Beck Dorey-Stein

American Heiress by Jeffrey Toobin

Good Talk by Mira Jacob

Political Tribes by Amy Chua

The Empathy Exams by Leslie Jamison

Amateur by Thomas Page McBee

Knocking on Heaven’s Door by Katy Butler

We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Leaving Orbit by Margaret Lazarus Dean

The Ridiculous Race by Steve Hely and Vali Chandrasekaran

Five Days at Memorial by Sheri Fink

Mayflower by Nathaniel Philbrick

Another Day in the Death of America by Gary Younge

I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara

This Life is In Your Hands by Melissa Coleman

The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert

Reset by Ellen Pao

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Classic Hollywood Scandals Jan 21, 2020

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This week Alice and Kim talk classic Hollywood scandals and history, with some nonfiction picks to help you dive into the backstage world of 20th century film.

This episode is sponsored by Fights by Joel Christian McGill, Book Riot’s Read Harder 2020 Challenge, and Novel Gazing, Book Riot’s new literary fiction podcast.

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NONFICTION NEWS

The Hill: “New Stacey Abrams book to focus on voting rights”

NEW BOOKS

The Third Rainbow Girl: The Long Life of a Double Murder in Appalachia by Emma Copley Eisenberg

The Magical Language of Others by E.J. Koh

Bubble in the Sun: The Florida Boom of the 1920s and How It Brought on the Great Depression by Christopher Knowlton

Uncanny Valley: A Memoir by Anna Wiener

CLASSIC HOLLYWOOD SCANDALS

The Queens of Animation: The Untold Story of the Women Who Transformed the World of Disney and Made Cinematic History by Nathalia Holt