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Books for Bibliophiles Aug 06, 2019

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This week Alice and Kim talk books for book lovers, Anna the fake heiress, and one of the most astounding women in the Roman world.

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Follow Up

-Moon podcast Moonrise

NEW BOOKS

My Friend Anna: The True Story of a Fake Heiress by Rachel DeLoache Williams

The Pretty One: On Life, Pop Culture, Disability, and Other Reasons to Fall in Love With Me by Keah Brown

Our Women on the Ground: Essays by Arab Women Reporting from the Arab World by Zahra Hankir

Girl on the Block: A True Story of Coming of Age Behind the Counter by Jessica Wragg

God Land: A Story of Faith, Loss, and Renewal in Middle America by Lyz Lenz

Agrippina: The Most Extraordinary Woman of the Roman World by Emma Southon

Gross Anatomy: A Field Guide to Loving Your Body, Warts and All by Mara Altman

BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS

In honor of National Book Lover’s Day on August 9

What We See When We Read by Peter Mendelsund

Black Ink: Literary Legends on the Peril, Power, and Pleasure of Reading Writing, ed. by Stephanie Stokes Oliver

Book Love by Debbie Tung

Bibliophile: An Illustrated Miscellany by Jane Mount

My Life with Bob: Flawed Heroine Keeps Book of Books, Plot Ensues by Pamela Paul

READING NOW

KIM: The World’s Fastest Man: The Extraordinary Life of Major Taylorby Michael Kramish

ALICE: American Heiress by Jeffrey Toobin

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Not Throwing Away Our Moonshot Jul 23, 2019

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This week Alice and Kim talk about the Space Race, recommend books to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the moon landing, and laugh at moon conspiracy theories.

This episode is sponsored by Pre Loved Podcast, Becoming Superman by J. Michael Straczynski and Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss by Margaret Renkl.

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NEW BOOKS

The Weil Conjectures by Karen Olsson

They Called Us Enemy by George Takei

Beneath the Tamarind Tree by Isha Sesay

In the Valleys of the Noble Beyond by John Zada

THE MOON

Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly

Moonbound by Jonathan Fetter-Vorm

American Moonshot by Douglas Brinkley

Galaxy Girls by Libby Jackson

Apollo’s Legacy by Roger D. Launius

Destination Moon by Richard Maurer

READING NOW

For the Love of Books by Graham Tarrant

If All the Seas Were Ink by Ilana Kurshan

The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean

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YA Nonfiction, or "Nonfiction for Busy Adults" Jul 09, 2019

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This week Alice and Kim talk assassins, night witches, and the serial killer who was almost impossible to catch.

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Follow Up

John Oliver did a segment on climbing Mount Everest and how the “expedition industry has devalued a once-historic achievement” and also made it a lot more dangerous.

New Books

Broken Places & Outer Spaces: Finding Creativity in the Unexpected by Nnedi Okorafor

Reading Behind Bars: A Memoir of Literature, Law, and Life as a Prison Librarian by Jill Grunenwald

The Patient Assassin: A True Tale of Massacre, Revenge, and India’s Quest for Independence by Anita Anand

American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century by Maureen Callahan

Three Women by Lisa Taddeo

Outspoken: Why Women’s Voices Get Silenced and How to Set Them Freeby Veronica Rueckert

Young Adult Nonfiction

Chasing Lincoln’s Killer by James L. Swanson

We Say #NeverAgain: Reporting by the Parkland Student Journalists, edited by Melissa Falkowski and Eric Garner

Roses and Radicals: The Epic Story of How American Women Won the Right to Vote by Susan Zimet

A Thousand Sisters: The Heroic Airwomen of the Soviet Union in World War II by Elizabeth Wein

Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson

Reading Now

ALICE: Love Thy Neighbor: A Muslim Doctor’s Struggle for Home in Rural America by Ayaz Virji

KIM: Rough Magic by Laura Palmer

Leaving the Witness by Amber Scorah

CONCLUSION

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#34 Ahoy, We Sail the Sea of Books Jun 25, 2019

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This week Alice and Kim talk ridiculously long subtitles and books about the ocean, from the science of jellyfish to the true story of the mutiny on the HMS Bounty.

This episode is sponsored by Libro.fm audiobooks, Amazon Publishing, and Book Riot Insiders.

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FOLLOW UP

Washington Post: “Book subtitles are getting ridiculously long. What is going on?”

NEW BOOKS

For the Love of Books by Graham Tarrant

The Weather Machine by Andrew Blum

A Death in the Rainforest by Don Kulick

More Than Enough by Elaine Welteroth

I Like to Watch by Emily Nussbaum

NATIONAL OCEANS MONTH

Spineless by Juli Berwald

The Bounty by Caroline Alexander

Fisherman’s Blues by Anna Badkhen

Poseidon’s Steed by Helen Scales

Hawaiki Rising by Dr. Sam Low

READING NOW

Exit West by Mohsin Hamid

A Woman of No Importance by Sonia Purnell

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#33 Pride Reads! Jun 11, 2019

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This week Alice and Kim talk about witches, Jehovah’s Witnesses, fungus-inspired crime, and what nonfiction to read for Pride Month.

This episode is sponsored by All the Books, The Collected Schizophreniasby Esmé Weijun Wang, and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, publishers of Reckoning: The Epic Battle Against Sexual Abuse and Harassment by Linda Hirshman.

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Follow Up

KIM: Slow Burn podcast is doing a series on The Queen by Josh Levin (one of the editor’s behind Slow Burn)

New Books

Leaving the Witness: Exiting a Religion and Finding a Life by Amber Scorah

Waking the Witch: Reflections on Women, Magic, and Power by Pam Grossman

This Land Is Our Land: An Immigrant’s Manifesto by Suketu Mehta

The Truffle Underground: A Tale of Mystery, Mayhem, and Manipulation in the Shadowy Market of the World’s Most Expensive Fungus by Ryan Jacobs

Naturally Tan: A Memoir by Tan France

Formation: A Woman’s Memoir of Stepping Out of Line by Ryan Leigh Dostie

Grace Will Lead Us Home: The Charleston Church Massacre and the Hard, Inspiring Journey to Forgiveness by Jennifer Berry Hawes

The Last Pirate of New York: A Ghost Ship, a Killer, and the Birth of a Gangster Nation by Rich Cohen

Blonde Rattlesnake: Burmah Adams, Tom White, and the 1933 Crime Spree That Terrorized Los Angeles by Julia Bricklin

Mamaskatch: A Cree Coming of Age by Darrel J. McLeod

Bottle of Lies: The Inside Story of the Generic Drug Boom by Katherine Eban

Pride Month

Real Queer America: LGBT Stories from Red States by Samantha Allen

Native Country of the Heart: A Memoir by Cherrie Moraga

Prairie Silence: A Memoir by Melanie Hoffert

The Pink Triangle: The Nazi War Against Homosexuals by Richard Plant

We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir by Samra Habib

Indecent Advances: A Hidden History of True Crime and Prejudice Before Stonewall by James Polchin

The Stonewall Riots: Coming Out in the Streets by Gayle E Pitman

Reading Now

KIM: Small Fry by Lisa Brennan-Jobs

ALICE: The Disappearing Spoon by Sam Kean

CONCLUSION

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#32 Our Favorite Nonfiction of the Year (So Far) May 28, 2019

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This week Kim and guest host Liberty Hardy talk new books and their favorite nonfiction of the year so far.

This episode is sponsored by Book Riot and Audible.

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NEW BOOKS

Sorry I’m Late, I Didn’t Want to Come: One Introvert’s Year of Saying Yesby Jessica Pan

The Queen: The Forgotten Life Behind an American Myth by Josh Levin

From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home by Tembi Locke

Sisters and Rebels: A Struggle for the Soul of America by Jacquelyn Dowd Hall

FAVORITE NONFICTION OF THE YEAR SO FAR

Notes from a Young Black Chef by Kwame Onwuachi, Joshua David Stein

Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee by Casey Cep

Parkland: Birth of a Movement by Dave Cullen

Rough Magic: Riding the World’s Loneliest Horse Race by Lara Prior-Palmer

Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations by Mira Jacob

The Sakura Obsession: The Incredible Story of the Plant Hunter Who Saved Japan’s Cherry Blossoms by Naoko Abe

The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays by Esmé Weijun Wang

Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Irelandby Patrick Radden Keefe

READING NOW

Southern Lady Code: Essays by Helen Ellis

The Library of the Unwritten by by A. J. Hackwith (October 1)

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#31 Francophile Bonanza May 14, 2019

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This week Alice and Kim talk about Soviet spy cats, French history, and Harper Lee and a murder trial.

This episode is sponsored by Kawaii Craft Life by Sosae Caetano and Dennis Caetano and Book Riot’s TBR. Check out Book Riot Insiders for the inside scoop!

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New Books

Rough Magic: Riding the World’s Loneliest Horse Race by Lara Prior-Palmer

Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia by Sabrina Strings

The Unspeakable Mind: Stories of Trauma and Healing from the Frontlines of PTSD Science by Shaili Jain

Nuking the Moon: And Other Intelligence Schemes and Military Plots Left on the Drawing Board by Vince Houghton

Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee by Casey Cep

The Theft of a Decade: How the Baby Boomers Stole the Millennials’ Economic Future by Joseph C. Sternberg

The Endeavour: The Ship That Changed the World by Peter Moore

The Shadow King: The Life and Death of Henry VI by Lauren Johnson

No Visible Bruises by Rachel Louise Synder

The Castle on Sunset by Shawn Levy

Nonfiction About France

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

La Belle France: A Short History by Alistair Horne

The Widow Clicquot: The Story of a Champagne Empire and the Woman Who Ruled It by Tilar J Mazzeo

Veuve Clicquot Podcast

The Little Pleasures of Paris by Leslie Jonath

Reading Now

KIM: Becoming by Michelle Obama (audiobook)

ALICE: Mad Enchantment: Claude Monet and the Painting of the Water Lilies by Ross King

CONCLUSION

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#30 May the Fourth Be With You Apr 30, 2019

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This week Alice and Kim talk about spelling bee horror stories, why you should read about ancient scrolls, and nonfiction to read if you love (or even just sort of like) Star Wars.

This episode is sponsored by Libro.fm and TBR, Book Riot’s new subscription service offering tailored book recommendations for readers of all stripes.

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FOLLOW UP

Independent Bookstore Day

Notes From a Young Black Chef by Kwame Onwuachi

New York Times: “A Young Chef, and a Stunning Comeback”

Good Talk by Mira Jacob

My Favorite Murder podcast

NEW BOOKS

The Regency Years by Robert Morrison

Beeline by Shalini Shankar

Breaking the Bee documentary

The Da Vinci Legacy by Jean Pierre Isbouts and Christopher Brown

Magical Realism for Nonbelievers by Anika Fajardo

The Role of the Scroll by Thomas Forrest Kelly

Fall and Rise by Mitchell Zuckoff

MAY THE FOURTH BE WITH YOU

How Star Wars Conquered the Universe by Chris Taylor

The Making of Star Wars by J.W. Rinzler

The World According to Star Wars by Cass R. Sunstein

Wishful Drinking and The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher

I Am C-3PO by Anthony Daniels and J.J. Abrams (November 4, 2019)

Star Wars Meets the Eras of Feminism by Valerie Estelle Frankel

READING NOW

Without Precedent by Joel Richard Paul

The Electric Woman by Tessa Fontaine

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#29 Death and Taxes! Apr 16, 2019

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This week Alice and Kim talk about the guy who got Capone, a chef who got his start selling candy on the subway, and the first people to stand up to the KKK.

This episode is sponsored by libro.fm, First Degree from Nimbus Publishing, and The Five from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

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Follow Up

My Own Devices by Dessa

Tell Me How it Ends by Valeria Luiselli

Kate McKinnon is also going to play Elizabeth Holmes for a Hulu adaptation

Kidlit These Days

New Books

Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb

Lotharingia: A Personal History of Europe’s Lost Country by Simon Winder

The Beneficiary: Fortune, Misfortune, and the Story of My Father by Janny Scott