All the Books! is a weekly show of recommendations and enthusiasm regarding the week's new book releases.
All the Backlist! February 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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2/23/2024 • 12 minutes, 57 seconds
New Releases and More for February 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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2/20/2024 • 41 minutes, 50 seconds
All the Backlist! February 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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2/16/2024 • 13 minutes, 36 seconds
New Releases and More for February 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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2/13/2024 • 40 minutes, 58 seconds
All The Backlist! February 9, 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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2/9/2024 • 11 minutes, 21 seconds
New Releases and More for February 6, 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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2/6/2024 • 42 minutes, 34 seconds
All the Backlist! February 2, 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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2/2/2024 • 12 minutes, 10 seconds
New Releases and More for January 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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1/30/2024 • 43 minutes, 54 seconds
All the Backlist! January 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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1/26/2024 • 12 minutes, 29 seconds
New Releases and More for January 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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1/23/2024 • 36 minutes, 46 seconds
All the Backlist! January 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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1/19/2024 • 11 minutes, 25 seconds
New Releases and More for January 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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1/16/2024 • 38 minutes, 41 seconds
All the Backlist! January 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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1/12/2024 • 11 minutes, 7 seconds
New Releases and More for January 9, 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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1/9/2024 • 44 minutes, 53 seconds
All The Backlist! January 5, 2024
Kelly shares two excellent memoirs that unfold through the lens of sea creatures and American utopian experiments.
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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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1/5/2024 • 10 minutes, 23 seconds
Happy New Year from All the Books!
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
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1/2/2024 • 3 minutes, 54 seconds
Rerun: All the Backlist! December 23, 2022
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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12/29/2023 • 11 minutes, 31 seconds
Rerun: Exciting 2023 Book Releases
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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12/26/2023 • 53 minutes, 18 seconds
All the Backlist! December 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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12/22/2023 • 14 minutes, 12 seconds
Our Favorite Fiction Books of 2023: December 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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12/19/2023 • 55 minutes, 17 seconds
All the Backlist! December 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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12/15/2023 • 10 minutes, 14 seconds
Our Favorite Nonfiction Books of 2023: December 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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12/12/2023 • 42 minutes, 51 seconds
All the Backlist! December 8, 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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12/8/2023 • 13 minutes, 23 seconds
New Releases and More for December 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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12/5/2023 • 47 minutes, 14 seconds
All the Backlist! December 1, 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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12/1/2023 • 10 minutes, 54 seconds
Exciting 2024 Book Releases: November 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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11/28/2023 • 47 minutes, 46 seconds
All The Backlist! November 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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11/24/2023 • 10 minutes, 47 seconds
Great Books for Giving: November 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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11/21/2023 • 51 minutes, 32 seconds
All the Backlist! November 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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11/17/2023 • 14 minutes, 47 seconds
New Releases and More for November 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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11/14/2023 • 52 minutes, 3 seconds
All the Backlist! November 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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11/10/2023 • 9 minutes, 41 seconds
New Releases and More for November 7, 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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11/7/2023 • 39 minutes, 8 seconds
All the Backlist! November 3, 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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11/3/2023 • 13 minutes, 1 second
New Releases and More for October 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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10/31/2023 • 42 minutes, 23 seconds
All the Backlist! October 27, 2023
For this last week of October, Vanessa recommends three spooky season reads that aren't too scary.
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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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10/27/2023 • 16 minutes, 1 second
New Releases and More for October 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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10/24/2023 • 44 minutes, 49 seconds
All The Backlist! October 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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10/20/2023 • 11 minutes, 44 seconds
Guest Post: October 2023 "It Book" Knockout Round
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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10/17/2023 • 53 minutes
All the Backlist! October 13, 2023
This week, Danika recommends a couple of sapphic vampire books perfect for autumnal reading.
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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
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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10/13/2023 • 12 minutes
New Releases and More for October 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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10/10/2023 • 41 minutes, 58 seconds
All the Backlist! October 6, 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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10/6/2023 • 10 minutes, 35 seconds
New Releases and More for October 3, 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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10/3/2023 • 42 minutes, 32 seconds
All The Backlist! September 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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9/29/2023 • 12 minutes, 36 seconds
New Releases and More for September 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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Book Riot's editorial team is writing for casual and power readers alike over at The Deep Dive! During the month of September, all new free subscribers will be entered to win Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler, plus 5 mystery books from The Deep Dive. To enter, simply start a free subscription to The Deep Dive. No payment method required!
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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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9/26/2023 • 45 minutes, 36 seconds
All the Backlist! September 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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9/22/2023 • 13 minutes, 2 seconds
New Releases and More for September 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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9/19/2023 • 52 minutes, 53 seconds
All The Backlist! September 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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9/15/2023 • 11 minutes, 20 seconds
New Releases and More for September 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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9/12/2023 • 45 minutes, 56 seconds
All the Backlist! September 8, 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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9/8/2023 • 13 minutes, 28 seconds
New Releases and More for September 5, 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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9/5/2023 • 51 minutes, 48 seconds
All the Backlist! September 1, 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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9/1/2023 • 10 minutes, 41 seconds
New Releases and More for August 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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8/29/2023 • 37 minutes, 45 seconds
All The Backlist! August 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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8/25/2023 • 13 minutes, 29 seconds
New Releases and More for August 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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8/22/2023 • 40 minutes, 3 seconds
All the Backlist! August 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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8/18/2023 • 14 minutes, 16 seconds
New Releases and More for August 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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8/15/2023 • 34 minutes, 56 seconds
All The Backlist: August 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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8/11/2023 • 14 minutes, 6 seconds
New Releases and More for August 8, 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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8/8/2023 • 43 minutes, 31 seconds
All The Backlist: August 4, 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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8/4/2023 • 13 minutes, 55 seconds
New Releases and More for August 1, 2023
This week, Liberty and Danika discuss Tom Lake, The Narrow, Family Lore, and more great books.
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8/1/2023 • 44 minutes, 54 seconds
All the Backlist! July 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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7/28/2023 • 10 minutes, 54 seconds
New Releases and More for July 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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7/25/2023 • 47 minutes, 51 seconds
All the Backlist! July 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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7/21/2023 • 14 minutes, 17 seconds
New Releases and More for July 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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7/18/2023 • 48 minutes, 21 seconds
All the Backlist! July 4, 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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7/14/2023 • 16 minutes, 48 seconds
New Releases and More for July 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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7/11/2023 • 45 minutes, 42 seconds
All The Backlist! July 7, 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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7/7/2023 • 9 minutes, 36 seconds
All the Backlist! June 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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6/30/2023 • 14 minutes, 35 seconds
New Releases and More for June 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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6/27/2023 • 48 minutes, 8 seconds
All the Backlist! June 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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6/23/2023 • 10 minutes, 45 seconds
New Releases and More for June 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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6/20/2023 • 44 minutes, 29 seconds
All the Backlist! June 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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6/16/2023 • 13 minutes, 26 seconds
New Releases and More for June 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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6/13/2023 • 41 minutes, 42 seconds
All the Backlist! June 9, 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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6/9/2023 • 14 minutes, 10 seconds
New Releases and More for June 6, 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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6/6/2023 • 47 minutes, 44 seconds
All The Backlist! June 2, 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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6/2/2023 • 8 minutes, 55 seconds
New Releases and More for 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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5/30/2023 • 46 minutes, 20 seconds
All the Backlist! 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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5/26/2023 • 15 minutes, 18 seconds
New Releases and More for 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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5/23/2023 • 42 minutes, 43 seconds
All the Backlist! 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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5/19/2023 • 10 minutes, 23 seconds
New Releases and More for 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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5/16/2023 • 44 minutes, 21 seconds
All the Backlist! 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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5/12/2023 • 12 minutes, 43 seconds
New Releases and More for May 9, 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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5/9/2023 • 54 minutes, 7 seconds
All The Backlist! May 5, 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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5/5/2023 • 14 minutes, 58 seconds
New Releases and More for May 2, 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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5/2/2023 • 42 minutes, 12 seconds
All The Backlist! April 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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4/28/2023 • 11 minutes, 11 seconds
New Releases and More for April 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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4/25/2023 • 39 minutes, 35 seconds
All the Backlist! April 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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4/21/2023 • 18 minutes
New Releases and More for April 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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4/18/2023 • 39 minutes, 39 seconds
All the Backlist! April 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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4/14/2023 • 12 minutes
New Releases and More for April 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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4/11/2023 • 46 minutes, 31 seconds
All the Backlist! April 7, 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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4/7/2023 • 12 minutes, 3 seconds
New Releases and More for April 4, 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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4/4/2023 • 45 minutes, 6 seconds
All the Backlist! March 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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3/31/2023 • 15 minutes, 20 seconds
New Releases and More for March 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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3/28/2023 • 44 minutes, 14 seconds
All the Backlist! March 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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3/24/2023 • 16 minutes
New Releases and More for March 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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3/21/2023 • 50 minutes, 53 seconds
All The Backlist! March 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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3/17/2023 • 11 minutes, 27 seconds
New Releases and More for March 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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3/14/2023 • 51 minutes, 49 seconds
All the Backlist! March 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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3/10/2023 • 15 minutes, 41 seconds
New Releases and More for March 7, 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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3/7/2023 • 43 minutes, 20 seconds
All The Backlist! March 3, 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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3/3/2023 • 12 minutes, 51 seconds
New Releases and More for February 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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2/28/2023 • 53 minutes, 25 seconds
All the Backlist: February 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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2/24/2023 • 13 minutes, 11 seconds
New Releases and More for February 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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2/21/2023 • 44 minutes, 43 seconds
All The Backlist: February 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 Sky by 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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2/17/2023 • 13 minutes, 19 seconds
New Releases and More for February 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
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2/14/2023 • 49 minutes, 10 seconds
All the Backlist! February 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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2/10/2023 • 16 minutes, 59 seconds
New Releases and More for February 7, 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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2/7/2023 • 53 minutes, 46 seconds
All the Backlist! February 3, 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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2/3/2023 • 12 minutes, 28 seconds
New Releases and More for January 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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1/31/2023 • 48 minutes, 37 seconds
All the Backlist! January 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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1/27/2023 • 11 minutes, 22 seconds
New Releases and More for January 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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1/24/2023 • 52 minutes, 3 seconds
All the Backlist: January 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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1/20/2023 • 12 minutes, 30 seconds
New Releases and More for January 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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1/17/2023 • 51 minutes, 42 seconds
All The Backlist: January 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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1/13/2023 • 14 minutes, 10 seconds
New Releases and More for January 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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1/10/2023 • 45 minutes, 49 seconds
All the Backlist: January 6, 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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1/6/2023 • 13 minutes, 39 seconds
New Releases and More for January 3, 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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1/3/2023 • 48 minutes, 22 seconds
All the Backlist! December 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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12/30/2022 • 12 minutes, 48 seconds
Exciting 2023 Book Releases: 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
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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12/27/2022 • 54 minutes, 50 seconds
All the Backlist! 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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12/23/2022 • 12 minutes, 7 seconds
Our Favorite Nonfiction Books of 2022: December 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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12/20/2022 • 58 minutes, 4 seconds
All the Backlist: December 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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12/16/2022 • 14 minutes, 11 seconds
Our Favorite Novels of 2022: December 13, 2022 [UPDATED]
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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12/13/2022 • 57 minutes, 40 seconds
All the Backlist! December 9, 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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12/9/2022 • 13 minutes, 32 seconds
New Releases and More for December of 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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12/6/2022 • 50 minutes, 31 seconds
All The Backlist! December 2, 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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12/2/2022 • 13 minutes, 31 seconds
New Releases and More for November 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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11/29/2022 • 42 minutes, 45 seconds
All the Backlist! November 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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11/25/2022 • 15 minutes, 57 seconds
Great Books for Giving: November 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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11/22/2022 • 54 minutes, 53 seconds
All the Backlist! November 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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11/18/2022 • 12 minutes, 7 seconds
New Releases and More for November 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
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Even Greater Mistakes: Stories by Charlie Jane Anders
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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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11/15/2022 • 48 minutes, 41 seconds
All the Backlist! November 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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11/11/2022 • 11 minutes, 23 seconds
New Releases and More for November 8, 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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11/8/2022 • 48 minutes, 18 seconds
All the Backlist! November 4, 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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11/4/2022 • 13 minutes, 57 seconds
New Releases and More for November 1, 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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11/1/2022 • 47 minutes, 32 seconds
All the Backlist: October 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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10/28/2022 • 15 minutes, 27 seconds
New Releases and More for October 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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10/25/2022 • 46 minutes, 35 seconds
All The Backlist: October 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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10/21/2022 • 13 minutes, 50 seconds
New Releases and More for October 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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10/18/2022 • 48 minutes, 54 seconds
All the Backlist! October 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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10/14/2022 • 14 minutes, 31 seconds
New Releases and More for October 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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10/11/2022 • 50 minutes, 35 seconds
All the Backlist! October 7, 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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10/7/2022 • 12 minutes, 44 seconds
New Releases and More for October 4, 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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10/4/2022 • 48 minutes, 11 seconds
All the Backlist! September 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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9/30/2022 • 13 minutes, 17 seconds
New Releases and More for September 27, 2022
This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss Leech, House of Hunger, Everything Is OK, and more great books.
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9/27/2022 • 45 minutes, 53 seconds
All the Backlist! September 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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9/23/2022 • 11 minutes, 35 seconds
New Releases and More for September 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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9/20/2022 • 45 minutes, 3 seconds
All the Backlist: September 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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9/16/2022 • 16 minutes, 15 seconds
New Releases and More for September 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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9/13/2022 • 54 minutes, 35 seconds
All The Backlist: September 9, 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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9/9/2022 • 14 minutes, 27 seconds
New Releases and More for September 6, 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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9/6/2022 • 53 minutes, 16 seconds
All the Backlist! September 2, 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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9/2/2022 • 11 minutes, 32 seconds
New Releases and More for August 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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8/30/2022 • 54 minutes, 5 seconds
All the Backlist! August 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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8/26/2022 • 15 minutes, 26 seconds
New Releases and More for August 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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8/23/2022 • 48 minutes, 7 seconds
All the Backlist! August 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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8/19/2022 • 13 minutes, 2 seconds
New Releases and More for August 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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8/16/2022 • 49 minutes, 17 seconds
All the Backlist! August 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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8/12/2022 • 11 minutes, 33 seconds
New Releases and More for August 9, 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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8/9/2022 • 56 minutes, 35 seconds
All The Backlist: August 5, 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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8/5/2022 • 15 minutes, 42 seconds
New Releases and More for August 2, 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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8/2/2022 • 52 minutes, 39 seconds
All The Backlist! July 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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7/29/2022 • 11 minutes, 37 seconds
New Releases and More for July 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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7/26/2022 • 49 minutes, 52 seconds
All the Backlist! July 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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7/22/2022 • 14 minutes, 4 seconds
New Releases and More for July 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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7/19/2022 • 55 minutes, 5 seconds
All the Backlist! July 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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7/15/2022 • 11 minutes, 57 seconds
New Releases and More for July 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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7/12/2022 • 57 minutes, 54 seconds
All the Backlist! July 8, 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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7/8/2022 • 9 minutes, 11 seconds
New Releases and More for July 5, 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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7/5/2022 • 48 minutes, 31 seconds
All the Backlist! July 1, 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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7/1/2022 • 13 minutes, 35 seconds
New Releases and More for June 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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6/28/2022 • 51 minutes, 1 second
All The Backlist: June 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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6/24/2022 • 9 minutes, 45 seconds
New Releases and More for June 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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6/21/2022 • 51 minutes, 44 seconds
All The Backlist: June 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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6/17/2022 • 12 minutes, 43 seconds
New Releases and More for June 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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6/14/2022 • 52 minutes, 43 seconds
All The Backlist: June 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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6/10/2022 • 10 minutes, 52 seconds
New Releases and More for June 7, 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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6/7/2022 • 53 minutes, 13 seconds
All the Backlist! June 3, 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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6/3/2022 • 14 minutes, 34 seconds
New Releases and More for 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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5/31/2022 • 46 minutes, 38 seconds
All the Backlist! 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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5/27/2022 • 12 minutes, 12 seconds
New Releases and More for 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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5/24/2022 • 49 minutes, 39 seconds
All the Backlist! 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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5/20/2022 • 14 minutes, 19 seconds
New Releases and More for 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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5/17/2022 • 45 minutes, 37 seconds
All the Backlist! 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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5/13/2022 • 13 minutes, 26 seconds
New Releases and More for 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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5/10/2022 • 43 minutes, 37 seconds
All the Backlist! May 6, 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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5/6/2022 • 11 minutes, 4 seconds
New Releases and More for May 3, 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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5/3/2022 • 54 minutes, 54 seconds
All The Backlist! April 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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4/29/2022 • 12 minutes, 47 seconds
New Releases and More for April 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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4/26/2022 • 56 minutes, 44 seconds
All The Backlist! April 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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4/22/2022 • 11 minutes, 7 seconds
New Releases and More for April 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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4/19/2022 • 44 minutes, 20 seconds
All the Backlist! April 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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4/15/2022 • 14 minutes, 30 seconds
New Releases and More for April 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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4/12/2022 • 44 minutes, 29 seconds
All the Backlist! April 8, 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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4/8/2022 • 13 minutes, 31 seconds
New Releases and More for April 5, 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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4/5/2022 • 55 minutes, 50 seconds
All the Backlist! April 1, 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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4/1/2022 • 12 minutes, 1 second
New Releases and More for March 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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3/29/2022 • 55 minutes, 46 seconds
All the Backlist! March 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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3/25/2022 • 11 minutes, 36 seconds
New Releases and More for March 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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3/22/2022 • 44 minutes, 42 seconds
All the Backlist! March 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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3/18/2022 • 12 minutes, 16 seconds
New Releases and More for March 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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3/15/2022 • 46 minutes, 49 seconds
All the Backlist! March 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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3/11/2022 • 13 minutes
New Releases and More for March 8, 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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3/8/2022 • 52 minutes, 10 seconds
All the Backlist! March 4, 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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3/4/2022 • 12 minutes, 1 second
New Releases and More for March 1, 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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3/1/2022 • 50 minutes, 45 seconds
All the Backlist! February 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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2/25/2022 • 12 minutes, 10 seconds
New Releases and More for February 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 Story by 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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2/22/2022 • 46 minutes, 37 seconds
All the Backlist! February 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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2/18/2022 • 12 minutes, 17 seconds
New Releases and More for February 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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2/15/2022 • 51 minutes, 3 seconds
All the Backlist! February 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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2/11/2022 • 13 minutes, 15 seconds
New Releases and More for February 8, 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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2/8/2022 • 48 minutes, 41 seconds
All the Backlist! February 4, 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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2/4/2022 • 13 minutes, 30 seconds
New Releases and More for February 1, 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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2/1/2022 • 47 minutes, 35 seconds
All the Backlist! January 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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1/28/2022 • 11 minutes, 31 seconds
New Releases and More for January 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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1/25/2022 • 48 minutes, 51 seconds
All the Backlist! January 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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1/21/2022 • 12 minutes, 39 seconds
New Releases and More for January 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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1/18/2022 • 49 minutes, 44 seconds
All the Backlist! January 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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1/14/2022 • 15 minutes, 31 seconds
New Releases and More for January 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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1/11/2022 • 42 minutes, 31 seconds
All the Backlist! January 7, 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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1/7/2022 • 12 minutes, 36 seconds
New Releases and More for January 4, 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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1/4/2022 • 43 minutes, 13 seconds
Our Favorite Nonfiction of 2021: December 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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12/21/2021 • 52 minutes, 36 seconds
All the Backlist! December 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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12/17/2021 • 14 minutes, 12 seconds
Our Favorite Novels of 2021: December 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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12/14/2021 • 1 hour, 9 minutes, 47 seconds
All the Backlist! December 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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12/10/2021 • 12 minutes, 21 seconds
Great December Book Releases: December 7, 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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12/7/2021 • 40 minutes, 33 seconds
All the Backlist! December 3, 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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12/3/2021 • 11 minutes
Exciting 2022 Book Releases: November 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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11/30/2021 • 56 minutes, 46 seconds
All the Backlist! November 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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11/26/2021 • 14 minutes, 19 seconds
Great Books for Giving: November 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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11/23/2021 • 50 minutes, 37 seconds
All the Backlist! November 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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11/19/2021 • 16 minutes, 56 seconds
New Releases and More for November 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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11/16/2021 • 46 minutes, 27 seconds
All the Backlist! November 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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11/12/2021 • 12 minutes, 29 seconds
New Releases and More for November 9, 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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11/9/2021 • 47 minutes, 14 seconds
All the Backlist! November 5, 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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11/5/2021 • 11 minutes, 24 seconds
DUNE: Adaptation Nation, Episode 1
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
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11/4/2021 • 1 hour, 39 minutes, 49 seconds
New Releases and More for November 2, 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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11/2/2021 • 45 minutes, 1 second
All the Backlist! October 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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10/29/2021 • 12 minutes, 54 seconds
New Releases and More for October 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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10/26/2021 • 43 minutes, 3 seconds
All the Backlist! October 22, 2021
This week, Tirzah recommends two great backlist titles that will probably creep you out!
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Books Discussed:
When No One is Watching by Alyssa Cole
The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones
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10/22/2021 • 15 minutes, 23 seconds
New Releases and More for October 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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10/19/2021 • 48 minutes, 9 seconds
All the Backlist! October 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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10/15/2021 • 13 minutes, 17 seconds
New Releases and More for October 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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10/12/2021 • 46 minutes, 13 seconds
All the Backlist! October 8, 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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10/8/2021 • 14 minutes, 26 seconds
New Releases and More for October 5, 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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10/5/2021 • 54 minutes, 19 seconds
All the Backlist! October 1, 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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10/1/2021 • 13 minutes, 9 seconds
New Releases and More for September 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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9/28/2021 • 53 minutes, 32 seconds
All the Backlist! September 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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9/24/2021 • 15 minutes, 4 seconds
New Releases and More for September 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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9/21/2021 • 52 minutes, 46 seconds
All the Backlist! September 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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9/17/2021 • 12 minutes, 34 seconds
New Releases and More for September 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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9/14/2021 • 47 minutes, 25 seconds
All the Backlist! September 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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9/10/2021 • 11 minutes, 36 seconds
New Releases and More for September 7, 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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9/7/2021 • 47 minutes, 3 seconds
All the Backlist! September 3, 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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9/3/2021 • 14 minutes, 18 seconds
New Releases and More for August 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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8/31/2021 • 47 minutes, 59 seconds
All the Backlist! August 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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8/27/2021 • 14 minutes, 21 seconds
New Releases and More for August 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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8/24/2021 • 42 minutes, 22 seconds
All the Backlist! August 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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8/20/2021 • 11 minutes, 24 seconds
New Releases and More for August 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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8/17/2021 • 42 minutes, 55 seconds
All the Backlist! August 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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8/13/2021 • 12 minutes, 45 seconds
New Releases and More for August 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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8/10/2021 • 37 minutes, 52 seconds
All the Backlist! August 6, 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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8/6/2021 • 12 minutes, 22 seconds
New Releases and More for August 3, 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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8/3/2021 • 43 minutes, 7 seconds
All the Backlist! July 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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7/30/2021 • 14 minutes, 36 seconds
New Releases and More for July 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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7/27/2021 • 49 minutes, 47 seconds
All the Backlist! July 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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7/23/2021 • 13 minutes, 31 seconds
New Releases and More for July 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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7/20/2021 • 47 minutes, 9 seconds
All the Backlist! July 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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7/16/2021 • 11 minutes, 10 seconds
New Releases and More for July 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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7/13/2021 • 44 minutes, 33 seconds
All the Backlist! July 9, 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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7/9/2021 • 10 minutes, 59 seconds
New Releases and More for July 6, 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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7/6/2021 • 46 minutes, 26 seconds
All the Backlist! July 2, 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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7/2/2021 • 12 minutes, 12 seconds
New Releases and More for June 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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6/29/2021 • 49 minutes, 52 seconds
All the Backlist! June 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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6/25/2021 • 10 minutes, 6 seconds
New Releases and More for June 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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6/22/2021 • 45 minutes, 35 seconds
All the Backlist! June 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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6/18/2021 • 11 minutes, 47 seconds
New Releases and More for June 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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6/15/2021 • 50 minutes, 30 seconds
All the Backlist! June 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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6/11/2021 • 11 minutes, 1 second
New Releases and More for June 8, 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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6/8/2021 • 48 minutes, 1 second
All the Backlist! June 4, 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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6/4/2021 • 14 minutes, 43 seconds
New Releases and More for June 1, 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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6/1/2021 • 48 minutes, 12 seconds
All the Backlist! 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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5/28/2021 • 11 minutes, 24 seconds
New Releases and More for 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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5/25/2021 • 44 minutes, 5 seconds
All the Backlist! 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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5/21/2021 • 10 minutes, 13 seconds
New Releases and More for 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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5/18/2021 • 49 minutes, 42 seconds
All the Backlist! 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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5/14/2021 • 11 minutes, 38 seconds
New Releases and More for 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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5/11/2021 • 46 minutes, 4 seconds
All the Backlist! May 7, 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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5/7/2021 • 13 minutes, 43 seconds
New Releases and More for May 4, 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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5/4/2021 • 46 minutes, 41 seconds
All the Backlist! April 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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4/30/2021 • 10 minutes, 35 seconds
New Releases and More for April 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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4/27/2021 • 54 minutes, 10 seconds
All the Backlist! April 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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4/23/2021 • 12 minutes, 49 seconds
New Releases and More for April 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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4/20/2021 • 49 minutes, 57 seconds
All the Backlist! April 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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4/16/2021 • 9 minutes, 49 seconds
New Releases and More for April 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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4/13/2021 • 46 minutes, 16 seconds
All the Backlist! April 9, 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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4/9/2021 • 15 minutes, 41 seconds
New Releases and More for April 6, 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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4/6/2021 • 42 minutes, 58 seconds
All the Backlist! April 2, 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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4/2/2021 • 11 minutes, 5 seconds
New Releases and More for March 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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3/30/2021 • 40 minutes, 34 seconds
All the Backlist! March 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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3/26/2021 • 9 minutes, 19 seconds
New Releases and More for March 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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3/23/2021 • 47 minutes, 29 seconds
All the Backlist! March 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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3/19/2021 • 10 minutes, 6 seconds
New Releases and More for March 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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3/16/2021 • 58 minutes, 25 seconds
All the Backlist! March 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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3/12/2021 • 14 minutes, 11 seconds
New Releases and More for March 9, 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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3/9/2021 • 59 minutes, 59 seconds
All the Backlist! March 5, 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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3/5/2021 • 10 minutes, 20 seconds
New Releases and More for March 2, 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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3/2/2021 • 53 minutes, 19 seconds
All the Backlist! February 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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2/26/2021 • 14 minutes, 4 seconds
New Releases and More for February 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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2/23/2021 • 39 minutes, 35 seconds
All the Backlist! February 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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2/19/2021 • 12 minutes, 13 seconds
New Releases and More for February 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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2/16/2021 • 46 minutes, 13 seconds
All the Backlist! February 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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2/12/2021 • 14 minutes, 47 seconds
New Releases and More for February 9, 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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2/9/2021 • 51 minutes, 48 seconds
All the Backlist! February 5, 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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2/5/2021 • 11 minutes, 58 seconds
New Releases and More for February 2, 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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2/2/2021 • 49 minutes, 16 seconds
All the Backlist! January 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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1/29/2021 • 11 minutes, 10 seconds
New Releases and More for January 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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1/26/2021 • 40 minutes, 39 seconds
All the Backlist! January 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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1/22/2021 • 11 minutes, 21 seconds
New Releases and More for January 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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1/19/2021 • 49 minutes, 50 seconds
All the Backlist! January 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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1/15/2021 • 13 minutes, 28 seconds
New Releases and More for January 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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1/12/2021 • 48 minutes, 57 seconds
All the Backlist! January 8, 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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1/8/2021 • 10 minutes, 21 seconds
New Releases and More for January 5, 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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1/5/2021 • 44 minutes, 13 seconds
Our Most Anticipated Releases of 2021
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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12/22/2020 • 40 minutes, 31 seconds
All the Backlist! December 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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12/18/2020 • 14 minutes, 44 seconds
Our Favorite Books of 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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12/15/2020 • 52 minutes, 53 seconds
All the Backlist! December 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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12/11/2020 • 12 minutes, 13 seconds
The Best Books of December 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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12/8/2020 • 41 minutes
All the Backlist! December 4, 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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12/4/2020 • 14 minutes, 4 seconds
Great Books for Giving: December 1, 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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12/1/2020 • 40 minutes, 47 seconds
All the Backlist! November 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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11/27/2020 • 10 minutes, 28 seconds
New Releases and More for November 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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11/24/2020 • 43 minutes, 35 seconds
All the Backlist! November 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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11/20/2020 • 12 minutes, 25 seconds
New Releases and More for November 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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11/17/2020 • 46 minutes, 21 seconds
All the Backlist! November 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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11/13/2020 • 10 minutes, 45 seconds
New Releases and More for November 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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11/10/2020 • 42 minutes, 27 seconds
All the Backlist! November 6, 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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11/6/2020 • 13 minutes, 16 seconds
New Releases and More for November 3, 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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11/3/2020 • 48 minutes, 47 seconds
All the Backlist! October 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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10/30/2020 • 11 minutes, 43 seconds
New Releases and More for October 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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10/27/2020 • 40 minutes, 22 seconds
All the Backlist! October 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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10/23/2020 • 10 minutes, 32 seconds
New Releases and More for October 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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10/20/2020 • 47 minutes, 48 seconds
All the Backlist! October 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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10/16/2020 • 10 minutes, 55 seconds
New Releases and More for October 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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10/13/2020 • 44 minutes, 31 seconds
All the Backlist! October 9, 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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10/9/2020 • 9 minutes, 57 seconds
New Releases and More for October 6, 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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10/6/2020 • 49 minutes, 17 seconds
All the Backlist! October 2, 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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10/2/2020 • 12 minutes, 25 seconds
New Releases And More For September 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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9/29/2020 • 38 minutes, 19 seconds
All the Backlist! September 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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9/25/2020 • 9 minutes, 34 seconds
New Releases and More for September 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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9/22/2020 • 39 minutes, 4 seconds
All the Backlist! September 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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9/18/2020 • 10 minutes, 50 seconds
New Releases and More for September 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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9/15/2020 • 47 minutes, 23 seconds
All the Backlist! September 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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9/11/2020 • 9 minutes, 47 seconds
New Releases and More for September 8, 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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9/8/2020 • 49 minutes, 53 seconds
All the Backlist! September 4, 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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9/4/2020 • 12 minutes, 3 seconds
New Releases and More for September 1, 2020
This week, Liberty and Danika discuss Transcendent Kingdom, We Are Not Free, Mill Town, and more great books.
This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, the digital hangout spot for the Book Riot community, Size Zero by Abigail Mangin, and Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan’s THE HOLLOW ONES.
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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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9/1/2020 • 48 minutes, 47 seconds
All the Backlist! August 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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8/28/2020 • 11 minutes, 44 seconds
New Releases and More for August 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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8/25/2020 • 35 minutes, 54 seconds
All the Backlist! August 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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8/21/2020 • 11 minutes, 44 seconds
New Releases and More for August 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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8/18/2020 • 46 minutes, 15 seconds
All the Backlist! August 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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8/14/2020 • 10 minutes, 39 seconds
New Releases and More for August 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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8/11/2020 • 40 minutes, 37 seconds
All the Backlist! August 7, 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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8/7/2020 • 12 minutes, 46 seconds
New Releases and More for August 4, 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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8/4/2020 • 32 minutes, 38 seconds
All the Backlist! July 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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7/31/2020 • 9 minutes, 40 seconds
New Releases and More for July 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 Fire by 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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7/28/2020 • 36 minutes, 2 seconds
All the Backlist! July 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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7/24/2020 • 12 minutes, 3 seconds
New Releases and More for July 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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7/21/2020 • 51 minutes, 24 seconds
All the Backlist! July 17, 2020
This week, Tirzah talks about two great backlist books, including two books about missing sisters.
This episode is sponsored by Flatiron Books, publisher of Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust.
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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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7/17/2020 • 10 minutes, 52 seconds
New Releases and More for July 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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7/14/2020 • 42 minutes, 8 seconds
All the Backlist! July 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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7/10/2020 • 12 minutes, 8 seconds
New Releases and More for July 7, 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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7/7/2020 • 50 minutes, 13 seconds
New Releases and More for June 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 Identities by Mady G & J.R. Zuckerberg
The Mystery of Mrs. Christie by Marie Benedict
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6/30/2020 • 47 minutes, 8 seconds
All the Backlist! June 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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6/26/2020 • 12 minutes, 35 seconds
Anti-Racist and Pride Reading Recs
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 Identities by Mady G & J.R. Zuckerberg
Gender: A Graphic Guide by Meg-John Barker
Interlibrary Loan by Gene Wolfe
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6/23/2020 • 42 minutes, 2 seconds
All the Backlist! June 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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6/19/2020 • 13 minutes, 12 seconds
New Releases and More for June 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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6/16/2020 • 47 minutes, 38 seconds
All the Backlist! June 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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6/12/2020 • 10 minutes, 36 seconds
New Releases and More for June 9, 2020
This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss Pizza Girl, The Boyfriend Project, The Distant Dead, and more great books.
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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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6/9/2020 • 42 minutes, 49 seconds
All the Backlist! June 5, 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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6/5/2020 • 12 minutes, 9 seconds
New Releases and More for June 2, 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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6/2/2020 • 44 minutes, 19 seconds
All the Backlist! 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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5/29/2020 • 11 minutes, 46 seconds
New Releases and More for 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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5/26/2020 • 37 minutes, 55 seconds
All the Backlist! 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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5/22/2020 • 12 minutes, 16 seconds
Updated: New Releases and More for 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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5/19/2020 • 48 minutes, 42 seconds
All the Backlist! 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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5/15/2020 • 12 minutes, 34 seconds
New Releases and More for 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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5/12/2020 • 46 minutes, 5 seconds
All the Backlist! May 8, 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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5/8/2020 • 12 minutes, 2 seconds
New Releases and More for May 5, 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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5/5/2020 • 52 minutes, 7 seconds
All the Backlist! May 1, 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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5/1/2020 • 11 minutes, 27 seconds
New Releases and More for April 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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4/28/2020 • 42 minutes, 6 seconds
All The Backlist! April 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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4/24/2020 • 11 minutes, 50 seconds
New Releases and More for April 21, 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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4/22/2020 • 46 minutes, 28 seconds
All the Backlist! April 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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4/17/2020 • 12 minutes, 51 seconds
New Releases and More for April 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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4/14/2020 • 45 minutes, 49 seconds
All the Backlist! April 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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4/10/2020 • 10 minutes, 27 seconds
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4/8/2020 • 1 minute, 51 seconds
New Releases and More for April 7, 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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4/7/2020 • 47 minutes, 57 seconds
All the Backlist! April 3, 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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4/3/2020 • 11 minutes, 42 seconds
New Releases and More for March 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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3/31/2020 • 38 minutes, 56 seconds
All the Backlist! March 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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3/27/2020 • 12 minutes, 20 seconds
New Releases and More for March 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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3/24/2020 • 44 minutes, 29 seconds
All the Backlist! March 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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3/20/2020 • 11 minutes, 55 seconds
New Releases and More for March 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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3/17/2020 • 51 minutes, 43 seconds
All the Backlist! March 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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3/13/2020 • 14 minutes, 13 seconds
New Releases and More for March 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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3/10/2020 • 44 minutes, 29 seconds
All the Backlist! March 6, 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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3/6/2020 • 12 minutes, 29 seconds
New Releases and More for March 3, 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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3/3/2020 • 43 minutes, 30 seconds
All the Backlist! February 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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2/28/2020 • 10 minutes, 45 seconds
New Releases and More for February 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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2/25/2020 • 43 minutes, 50 seconds
All the Backlist! February 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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2/21/2020 • 11 minutes, 8 seconds
New Releases and More for February 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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2/18/2020 • 40 minutes, 51 seconds
All The Backlist! February 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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2/14/2020 • 9 minutes, 52 seconds
New Releases and More for February 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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2/11/2020 • 45 minutes, 49 seconds
All the Backlist! February 7, 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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2/7/2020 • 12 minutes, 28 seconds
New Releases and More for February 4, 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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2/4/2020 • 42 minutes, 34 seconds
All the Backlist! January 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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1/31/2020 • 12 minutes, 42 seconds
New Releases and More for January 28, 2020
This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss Interior Chinatown, Becoming a Man, How to Build a Heart, and more great books.
This episode was sponsored by Novel Gazing, Book Riot’s new literary fiction podcast; Hanover Square Press and The Lost Book of Adana Moreau: A Novel by Michael Zapata; and Don’t Read the Comments by Eric Smith.
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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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1/28/2020 • 34 minutes, 43 seconds
All the Backlist! January 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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1/24/2020 • 12 minutes, 9 seconds
New Releases and More for January 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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1/21/2020 • 57 minutes, 19 seconds
All the Backlist! January 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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1/17/2020 • 11 minutes, 39 seconds
New Releases and More for January 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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1/14/2020 • 38 minutes, 30 seconds
All the Backlist! January 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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1/10/2020 • 14 minutes, 32 seconds
New Releases and More for January 7, 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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1/7/2020 • 40 minutes, 9 seconds
All the Backlist! January 3, 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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1/3/2020 • 7 minutes, 51 seconds
Our Most Anticipated Releases of 2020
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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12/24/2019 • 36 minutes, 43 seconds
All the Backlist! December 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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12/20/2019 • 8 minutes, 55 seconds
Our Favorite Fiction of 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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12/17/2019 • 50 minutes, 28 seconds
All the Backlist! December 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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12/13/2019 • 11 minutes, 30 seconds
Our Favorite Nonfiction of 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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12/10/2019 • 47 minutes, 44 seconds
All the Backlist! December 6, 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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12/6/2019 • 10 minutes, 11 seconds
New Releases and More for December 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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12/3/2019 • 37 minutes, 11 seconds
All the Backlist! November 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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11/29/2019 • 14 minutes, 4 seconds
Great Books for Giving: November 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.
This episode was sponsored Yale University Press and Fabulous Monsters by Alberto Manguel, Bombas, and Eye for Eye by J.K. Franko.
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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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11/26/2019 • 44 minutes, 30 seconds
All the Backlist! November 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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11/22/2019 • 10 minutes, 38 seconds
New Releases and More for November 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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11/19/2019 • 44 minutes, 30 seconds
All the Backlist! November 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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11/15/2019 • 12 minutes, 3 seconds
New Releases and More for November 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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11/12/2019 • 31 minutes, 49 seconds
All the Backlist! November 8, 2019
This week, Liberty discusses two great older books, including Unwind.
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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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11/8/2019 • 13 minutes, 14 seconds
New Releases and More for November 5, 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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11/7/2019 • 46 minutes, 34 seconds
All the Backlist! November 1, 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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11/1/2019 • 15 minutes, 27 seconds
New Releases and More for October 29, 2019
This week, Liberty and Jenn discuss Nothing to See Here, The Cheffe, Sisters of the Vast Black, and more great 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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10/29/2019 • 56 minutes, 11 seconds
All the Backlist! October 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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10/25/2019 • 15 minutes, 35 seconds
New Releases and More for October 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.
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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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10/22/2019 • 45 minutes, 36 seconds
All the Backlist! October 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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10/18/2019 • 11 minutes, 25 seconds
BONUS: All the Books! Listener Questions and Answers!
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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10/16/2019 • 22 minutes, 55 seconds
New Releases and More for October 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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10/15/2019 • 53 minutes, 20 seconds
All the Backlist! October 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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10/11/2019 • 14 minutes, 48 seconds
New Releases and More for October 8, 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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10/8/2019 • 35 minutes, 19 seconds
All the Backlist! October 4, 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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10/4/2019 • 11 minutes, 32 seconds
New Releases and More for October 1, 2019
This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Royal Holiday, The Good Luck Girls, A Tall History of Sugar, and more great books.
This episode was sponsored Lost at the Smithsonian with Aasif Mandvi; Imaginary Friend by Stephen Chbosky; and Rebel by Marie Lu, with Fierce Reads.
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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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10/1/2019 • 41 minutes, 21 seconds
All the Backlist! September 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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9/27/2019 • 13 minutes, 8 seconds
New Releases and More for September 24, 2019
This week, Liberty and Sharifah discuss The Water Dancer, The Dutch House, The Shadow King, and more great books.
This episode was sponsored Book Riot’s giveaway of the best mysteries and thrillers of the year so far; Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing and Slay by Brittney Morris; and Bombas.
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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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9/24/2019 • 45 minutes, 49 seconds
All the Backlist! September 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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9/20/2019 • 14 minutes, 20 seconds
New Releases and More for September 17, 2019
This week, Liberty and María Cristina discuss Chilling Effect, Bloodlust & Bonnets, Red at the Bone, and more great books.
This episode was sponsored by the Hot and Bothered Podcast; Dear Haiti, Love Alaine by Maika and Maritza Moulite; and ThirdLove.
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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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9/17/2019 • 45 minutes, 50 seconds
All the Backlist! September 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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9/13/2019 • 12 minutes, 19 seconds
New Releases and More for September 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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9/10/2019 • 42 minutes, 15 seconds
All the Backlist! September 6, 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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9/6/2019 • 9 minutes, 57 seconds
New Releases and More for September 3, 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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9/3/2019 • 44 minutes, 6 seconds
All the Backlist! August 30, 2019
This week, Liberty discusses two great older books, including The Incarnations.
This episode is sponsored by sponsored by Little, Brown and Company, publishers of Circe by Madeline Miller.
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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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8/30/2019 • 13 minutes
New Releases and More for August 27, 2019
This week, Liberty and Tirzah discuss Pumpkinhead, Wonton Terror, Last Ones Left Alive, and more great books.
This episode was sponsored by Chase Darkness with Me by Billy Jensen and Bombas.
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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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8/27/2019 • 39 minutes, 6 seconds
All the Backlist! August 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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8/23/2019 • 12 minutes, 46 seconds
New Releases and More for August 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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8/20/2019 • 45 minutes, 7 seconds
All the Backlist! August 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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8/16/2019 • 10 minutes, 42 seconds
New Releases and More for August 13, 2019
This week, Liberty and Kelly discuss gods with a little g, The Memory Police, The Yellow House, and more great books.
This episode was sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, Flatiron Books, publishers of Thirteen by Steve Cavanagh, and Ritual.
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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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8/13/2019 • 34 minutes, 28 seconds
All the Backlist! August 9, 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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8/9/2019 • 11 minutes, 38 seconds
New Releases and More for August 6, 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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8/6/2019 • 34 minutes, 44 seconds
All the Backlist! August 2, 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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8/2/2019 • 13 minutes, 14 seconds
New Releases and More for July 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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7/30/2019 • 42 minutes, 50 seconds
All the Backlist! July 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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7/26/2019 • 11 minutes, 3 seconds
New Releases and More for July 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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7/23/2019 • 46 minutes, 2 seconds
All the Backlist: Taking This Week Off
We're taking off this week for All the Backlist; happy reading and we'll be back next week!
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7/19/2019 • 1 minute
New Releases and More for July 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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7/16/2019 • 49 minutes, 11 seconds
All the Backlist! July 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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7/12/2019 • 16 minutes, 9 seconds
New Releases and More for July 9, 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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7/9/2019 • 45 minutes, 5 seconds
All the Backlist! July 5, 2019
This week, Liberty discusses a few great older books, including Cane River.
This episode is sponsored by Quirk Books and We Sold Our Souls by Grady Hendrix.
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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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7/5/2019 • 11 minutes, 33 seconds
New Releases and More for July 2, 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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7/2/2019 • 42 minutes, 54 seconds
All the Backlist! June 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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6/28/2019 • 11 minutes, 42 seconds
New Releases and More for June 25, 2019
This week, Liberty and Rincey discuss The Gone Dead, Evvie Drake Starts Over, Big Sky, and more great books.
This episode was sponsored by Libro.fm, The Daughters of Temperance Hobbs by Katherine Howe, and FabFitFun.
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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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6/25/2019 • 50 minutes, 1 second
All the Backlist! June 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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6/21/2019 • 11 minutes, 25 seconds
New Releases and More for June 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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6/18/2019 • 46 minutes, 7 seconds
All the Backlist! June 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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6/14/2019 • 11 minutes, 16 seconds
New Releases and More for June 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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6/11/2019 • 34 minutes, 14 seconds
New Releases and More for June 4, 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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6/4/2019 • 39 minutes, 38 seconds
All the Backlist! 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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5/31/2019 • 13 minutes, 20 seconds
New Releases and More for 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.
This episode was sponsored by FabFitFun and the audiobook of Birthday by Meredith Russo.
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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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5/28/2019 • 42 minutes, 5 seconds
All the Backlist! May 24, 2019
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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5/24/2019 • 13 minutes, 44 seconds
New Releases and More for 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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5/21/2019 • 50 minutes, 20 seconds
All the Backlist! May 17, 2019
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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5/17/2019 • 10 minutes, 58 seconds
New Releases and More for May 14, 2019
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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5/14/2019 • 39 minutes, 49 seconds
All the Backlist! 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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5/10/2019 • 13 minutes, 39 seconds
New Releases and More for May 7, 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, and The 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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5/7/2019 • 38 minutes, 29 seconds
All the Backlist! May 3, 2019
This week, Liberty discusses a few great older books, including The Unseen World.
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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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5/3/2019 • 14 minutes, 48 seconds
New Releases and More for April 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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4/30/2019 • 38 minutes, 50 seconds
New Releases and More for April 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.
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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4/23/2019 • 36 minutes, 44 seconds
All the Backlist! April 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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4/19/2019 • 14 minutes, 11 seconds
New Releases and More for April 16, 2019
This week, Liberty and María Cristina discuss Miracle Creek, The Binding, Alice’s Island, and more great books.
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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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4/16/2019 • 37 minutes, 6 seconds
All the Backlist! April 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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4/12/2019 • 10 minutes, 12 seconds
New Releases and More for April 9, 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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4/9/2019 • 30 minutes, 12 seconds
All the Backlist! April 5, 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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4/5/2019 • 12 minutes, 6 seconds
New Releases and More for April 2, 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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4/2/2019 • 44 minutes, 39 seconds
All the Backlist! March 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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3/29/2019 • 11 minutes, 27 seconds
New Releases and More for March 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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3/26/2019 • 42 minutes, 49 seconds
All the Backlist! March 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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3/22/2019 • 13 minutes, 41 seconds
New Releases and More for March 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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3/19/2019 • 39 minutes, 49 seconds
All the Backlist! March 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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3/15/2019 • 14 minutes, 12 seconds
New Releases and More for March 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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3/12/2019 • 37 minutes, 4 seconds
All the Backlist! March 8, 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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3/8/2019 • 12 minutes, 43 seconds
New Releases and More for March 5, 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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3/5/2019 • 44 minutes, 8 seconds
All the Backlist! March 1, 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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3/1/2019 • 14 minutes, 14 seconds
New Releases and More for February 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.
This episode was sponsored by Audible, Blinkist, and The Night Tiger by Yangtze Choo, out now from Flatiron 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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2/26/2019 • 46 minutes, 12 seconds
All the Backlist! February 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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2/22/2019 • 12 minutes, 9 seconds
New Releases and More for February 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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2/19/2019 • 34 minutes, 24 seconds
All the Backlist! February 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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2/15/2019 • 11 minutes, 48 seconds
New Releases and More for February 12, 2019
This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Lost Children Archive, The Book of Delights, Early Riser, and more great books.
This episode was sponsored by TBR, Book Riot’s new subscription service offering tailored book recommendations for readers of all stripes, ThirdLove, and 99 Percent Mine by Sally Thorne.
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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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2/12/2019 • 35 minutes, 35 seconds
All the Backlist! February 8, 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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2/8/2019 • 12 minutes, 1 second
New Releases and More for February 5, 2019
This week, Liberty and Kelly discuss Bowlaway, Black Leopard, Red Wolf, On the Come Up, and more great books.
This episode was sponsored by TBR, Book Riot’s new subscription service offering tailored book recommendations for readers of all stripes, and I Am Yours: A Shared Memoir by Reema Zaman, from Amberjack Publishing..
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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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2/5/2019 • 30 minutes, 13 seconds
All the Backlist! February 1, 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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2/1/2019 • 11 minutes, 57 seconds
New Releases and More for January 29, 2019
This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss We Cast a Shadow, Deep Creek, Notes on a Nervous Planet, and more great books.
This episode was sponsored by the Read Harder Journal, Flare Up by Shannon Stacey, and Doubleday, publishers of The Plotters by Un-su Kim.
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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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1/29/2019 • 29 minutes, 33 seconds
All the Backlist! January 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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1/25/2019 • 11 minutes, 43 seconds
New Releases and More for January 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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1/22/2019 • 34 minutes, 54 seconds
All the Backlist! January 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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1/18/2019 • 10 minutes, 34 seconds
New Releases and More for January 15, 2019
This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss No Exit, Thick, The Far Field, and more great books.
This episode was sponsored by the Read Harder Journal, Warby Parker, and As Long As We Both Shall Live by JoAnn Cheney.
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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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1/15/2019 • 38 minutes, 30 seconds
All the Backlist! January 11, 2019
This week, Liberty discusses a few great older books, including The Earthquake Bird.
This episode is sponsored by the Read Harder journal from Book Riot and Avon Kiss Con Weekend Affair.
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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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1/11/2019 • 11 minutes, 29 seconds
New Releases and More for January 8, 2019
This week, Liberty and Jenn discuss Mouthful of Birds, Slayer, An Orchestra of Minorities, and more great books.
This episode was sponsored by the Read Harder Journal, Just Once by Lori Handeland, and The Only Woman in the Room by Marie Benedict.
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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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1/8/2019 • 38 minutes, 45 seconds
All the Backlist! January 4, 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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1/4/2019 • 12 minutes, 44 seconds
All the Backlist! December 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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12/21/2018 • 11 minutes, 4 seconds
Favorite Books of 2018, Part 2
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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12/18/2018 • 32 minutes, 34 seconds
All the Backlist! December 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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12/14/2018 • 11 minutes, 57 seconds
Favorite Books of 2018, Part 1
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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12/11/2018 • 29 minutes, 8 seconds
All the Backlist! December 7, 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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12/7/2018 • 11 minutes, 42 seconds
Best Of December 2018 (Plus Winter and Christmas Kids Books)
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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12/4/2018 • 42 minutes
All the Backlist! November 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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11/30/2018 • 11 minutes, 37 seconds
Anticipated New Books of 2019 Preview Show
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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11/27/2018 • 30 minutes, 17 seconds
All the Backlist! November 23, 2018
This week, Liberty discusses a few great older books, including Ask the Passengers.
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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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11/23/2018 • 11 minutes, 12 seconds
New Releases and More for November 20, 2018
This week, Liberty and María Cristina discuss Watersnakes, My Sister, the Serial Killer, Newcomer, and more great books.
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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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11/20/2018 • 40 minutes, 12 seconds
All the Backlist! November 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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11/16/2018 • 9 minutes, 32 seconds
New Releases and More for November 13, 2018
This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Crave, Insurrecto, A Ladder to the Sky, and more great books.
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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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11/13/2018 • 39 minutes, 1 second
All the Backlist! November 9, 2018
This week, Liberty discusses a few great older books, including The Night Guest.
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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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11/9/2018 • 10 minutes, 24 seconds
New Releases and More for November 6, 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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11/6/2018 • 39 minutes, 10 seconds
All the Backlist! November 2, 2018
This week, Liberty discusses a few great older books, including Marriage of a Thousand Lies.
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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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11/2/2018 • 9 minutes, 53 seconds
New Releases and More for October 30, 2018
This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss The Proposal, Family Trust, Jack of Hearts (and Other Parts), and more great books.
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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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10/30/2018 • 48 minutes, 11 seconds
All the Backlist! October 26, 2018
This week, Liberty discusses a few great older books, including Observatory Mansions.
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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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10/26/2018 • 10 minutes, 31 seconds
New Releases and More for October 23, 2018
This week, Liberty and María Cristina discuss Little, Marilla of Green Gables, Friday Black, and more great books.
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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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10/23/2018 • 39 minutes, 56 seconds
All the Backlist! October 19, 2018
This week, Liberty discusses a few great older books, including The Woman in White.
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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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10/19/2018 • 11 minutes, 40 seconds
New Releases and More for October 16, 2018
This week, Liberty and Jenn discuss Heavy, A Very Large Expanse of Sea, The Library Book, and more great books.
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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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10/16/2018 • 43 minutes, 14 seconds
All the Backlist! October 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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10/12/2018 • 10 minutes, 10 seconds
New Releases and More for October 9, 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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10/9/2018 • 40 minutes, 23 seconds
All the Backlist! October 5, 2018
This week, Liberty discusses a few great older books, including Mrs. Queen Takes the Train.
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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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10/5/2018 • 9 minutes, 11 seconds
New Releases and More for October 2, 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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10/2/2018 • 34 minutes, 35 seconds
All the Backlist! September 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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9/28/2018 • 11 minutes, 6 seconds
New Releases and More for September 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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9/25/2018 • 45 minutes, 25 seconds
All the Backlist! September 21, 2018
This week, Liberty discusses a few great older books, including On Such a Full Sea.
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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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9/21/2018 • 8 minutes, 43 seconds
New Releases and More for September 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.
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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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9/18/2018 • 26 minutes, 25 seconds
All the Backlist! September 14, 2018
This week, Liberty discusses a few great older books, including The Leavers.
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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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9/14/2018 • 8 minutes, 51 seconds
New Releases and More for September 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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9/11/2018 • 38 minutes, 44 seconds
All the Backlist! September 7, 2018
This week, Liberty discusses a few great older books, including We the Animals.
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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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9/7/2018 • 11 minutes, 15 seconds
New Releases and More for September 4, 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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9/4/2018 • 40 minutes, 15 seconds
All the Backlist! August 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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8/31/2018 • 11 minutes, 45 seconds
New Releases and More for August 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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8/28/2018 • 39 minutes, 33 seconds
All the Backlist! August 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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8/24/2018 • 12 minutes, 22 seconds
New Releases and More for August 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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8/21/2018 • 47 minutes, 58 seconds
All the Backlist! August 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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8/17/2018 • 8 minutes, 33 seconds
New Releases and More for August 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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8/14/2018 • 41 minutes, 27 seconds
All the Backlist! August 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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8/10/2018 • 14 minutes, 4 seconds
New Releases and More for August 7, 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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8/7/2018 • 40 minutes, 27 seconds
All the Backlist! August 3, 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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8/3/2018 • 10 minutes, 20 seconds
New Releases and More for July 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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7/31/2018 • 27 minutes, 32 seconds
All the Backlist! July 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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7/27/2018 • 9 minutes, 30 seconds
New Releases and More for July 24, 2018
This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss I Can’t Date Jesus, A Noise Downstairs, Killing It, and more great books.
This episode was sponsored by Recommended, Bombas, and How To Love a Jamaican: Stories by Alexia Arthurs.
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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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7/24/2018 • 38 minutes, 3 seconds
All the Backlist! July 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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7/20/2018 • 11 minutes, 6 seconds
New Releases and More for July 17, 2018
This week, Liberty and Amanda discuss The Mere Wife, What We Were Promised, Bad Blood, and more great books.
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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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7/17/2018 • 39 minutes, 5 seconds
All the Backlist! July 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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7/13/2018 • 10 minutes, 57 seconds
New Releases and More for July 10, 2018
This week, Liberty and Jenn discuss Spinning Silver, Indianapolis, An Ocean of Minutes, and more great books.
This episode was sponsored by Bombas and Our Kind of Cruelty by Araminta Hall.
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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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7/10/2018 • 42 minutes, 23 seconds
All the Backlist! July 6, 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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7/6/2018 • 9 minutes, 55 seconds
New Releases and More for July 3, 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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7/3/2018 • 31 minutes, 11 seconds
All the Backlist! June 29, 2018
This week, Liberty discusses No Word from Gurb, The Quick, and more great older books.
This week’s episode was sponsored by Penguin Random House Audio.
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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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6/29/2018 • 11 minutes, 45 seconds
New Releases and More for June 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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6/26/2018 • 38 minutes, 18 seconds
All the Backlist! June 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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6/22/2018 • 12 minutes, 23 seconds
New Releases and More for June 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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6/19/2018 • 43 minutes, 17 seconds
All the Backlist! June 15, 2018
This week, Liberty discusses Relief Map, A Tale for the Time Being, and more great older books.
This week’s episode was sponsored by Flatiron Books and Legendary (A Caraval Novel) by Stephanie Garber.
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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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6/15/2018 • 12 minutes, 17 seconds
New Releases and More for June 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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6/12/2018 • 37 minutes, 26 seconds
All the Backlist! June 8, 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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6/8/2018 • 12 minutes, 37 seconds
New Releases and More for June 5, 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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6/5/2018 • 38 minutes, 30 seconds
All the Backlist! June 1, 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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6/1/2018 • 10 minutes, 37 seconds
New Releases and More for 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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5/29/2018 • 40 minutes, 10 seconds
All the Backlist! 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 Decade by 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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5/25/2018 • 12 minutes, 55 seconds
New Releases and More for 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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5/22/2018 • 57 minutes, 46 seconds
All the Backlist! 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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5/18/2018 • 13 minutes, 4 seconds
New Releases and More for 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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Trigger warning for discussion of suicide starting around 29:00.
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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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5/15/2018 • 37 minutes, 31 seconds
All the Backlist! 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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5/11/2018 • 10 minutes, 9 seconds
Catch Up With Recommended Season 1!
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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5/10/2018 • 2 minutes, 4 seconds
New Releases and More for May 8, 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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Trigger warning for discussion of suicide starting around 3:45.
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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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5/8/2018 • 38 minutes, 39 seconds
All the Backlist! May 4, 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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5/4/2018 • 13 minutes, 18 seconds
New Releases and More for May 1, 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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5/1/2018 • 41 minutes, 36 seconds
All the Backlist! April 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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4/27/2018 • 13 minutes, 38 seconds
New Releases and More for April 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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4/24/2018 • 41 minutes, 7 seconds
New Releases and More for April 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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4/17/2018 • 42 minutes, 20 seconds
All the Backlist! April 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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4/13/2018 • 11 minutes, 31 seconds
New Releases and More for April 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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4/10/2018 • 34 minutes, 59 seconds
All the Backlist! April 6, 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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4/6/2018 • 11 minutes, 1 second
New Releases and More for April 3, 2018
This week, Liberty and Amanda discuss Dread Nation, Meaty, The Oracle Year, and more great books.
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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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4/3/2018 • 36 minutes, 7 seconds
All the Backlist! March 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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3/30/2018 • 10 minutes, 49 seconds
New Releases and More for March 27, 2018
This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Hurts to Love You, Emergency Contact, Improvement, and more great books.
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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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3/27/2018 • 38 minutes, 14 seconds
All the Backlist! March 23, 2018
This week, Liberty discusses The Earthquake Bird, The Color Purple, Let the Right One In, and more great older books.
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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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3/23/2018 • 12 minutes
New Releases and More for March 20, 2018
This week, Liberty and Jenn discuss The Astonishing Color of After, The Heart Forger, Stray City, and more great books.
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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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3/20/2018 • 36 minutes, 51 seconds
All the Backlist! March 16, 2018
This week, Liberty discusses Pobby and Dingan, Darling Jim, Eve Out of Her Ruins, and more great older books.
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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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3/16/2018 • 12 minutes, 52 seconds
New Releases and More for March 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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3/13/2018 • 37 minutes, 34 seconds
All the Backlist! March 9, 2018
This week, Liberty discusses The Hidden Life of Trees, The People in the Trees, The Wild Trees, and more great older books.
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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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3/9/2018 • 9 minutes, 48 seconds
New Releases and More for March 6, 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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3/6/2018 • 35 minutes, 7 seconds
All the Backlist! March 2, 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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3/2/2018 • 14 minutes, 27 seconds
New Releases and More for February 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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2/27/2018 • 36 minutes, 25 seconds
All the Backlist! February 23, 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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2/26/2018 • 11 minutes, 30 seconds
New Releases and More for February 20, 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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2/26/2018 • 34 minutes, 24 seconds
New Releases and More for February 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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2/13/2018 • 30 minutes, 27 seconds
All the Backlist! February 9, 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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2/9/2018 • 9 minutes, 11 seconds
New Releases and More for February 6, 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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2/6/2018 • 39 minutes, 34 seconds
All the Backlist! February 2, 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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2/2/2018 • 13 minutes, 3 seconds
New Releases and More for January 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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1/30/2018 • 34 minutes, 47 seconds
All the Backlist! January 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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1/26/2018 • 8 minutes, 49 seconds
New Releases and More for January 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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1/23/2018 • 37 minutes, 18 seconds
All the Backlist! January 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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1/19/2018 • 13 minutes, 8 seconds
New Releases and More for January 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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1/16/2018 • 42 minutes, 41 seconds
All the Backlist! January 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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1/12/2018 • 9 minutes, 21 seconds
New Releases and More for January 9, 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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1/9/2018 • 38 minutes, 47 seconds
All the Backlist! January 5, 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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1/5/2018 • 10 minutes, 1 second
2018 New Release Preview Show
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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1/2/2018 • 35 minutes, 55 seconds
All the Backlist! December 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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12/22/2017 • 11 minutes, 20 seconds
Our Favorite Books of 2017, Part 2
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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12/19/2017 • 30 minutes, 38 seconds
All the Backlist! December 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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12/15/2017 • 9 minutes, 58 seconds
Our Favorite Books of 2017, Part 1
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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12/12/2017 • 34 minutes, 13 seconds
All the Backlist! December 8, 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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12/8/2017 • 8 minutes, 41 seconds
New Releases and More for December 5, 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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12/5/2017 • 38 minutes, 49 seconds
All the Backlist! December 1, 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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12/2/2017 • 11 minutes, 43 seconds
New Releases and More for November 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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11/28/2017 • 40 minutes, 19 seconds
All the Backlist! November 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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11/24/2017 • 11 minutes, 53 seconds
New Releases and More for November 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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11/21/2017 • 39 minutes, 10 seconds
All the Backlist! November 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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11/17/2017 • 11 minutes, 40 seconds
New Releases and More for November 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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11/14/2017 • 42 minutes, 42 seconds
All the Backlist! November 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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11/10/2017 • 12 minutes, 41 seconds
New Releases and More for November 7, 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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11/7/2017 • 39 minutes, 58 seconds
All the Backlist! November 3, 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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11/3/2017 • 12 minutes, 19 seconds
New Releases and More for October 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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10/31/2017 • 42 minutes, 2 seconds
All the Backlist! October 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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10/27/2017 • 11 minutes, 22 seconds
New Releases and More for October 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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10/24/2017 • 44 minutes, 24 seconds
All the Backlist! October 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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10/20/2017 • 11 minutes, 34 seconds
New Releases and More for October 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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10/17/2017 • 35 minutes, 23 seconds
All the Backlist! October 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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10/13/2017 • 11 minutes, 40 seconds
New Releases and More for October 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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10/10/2017 • 39 minutes, 2 seconds
All the Backlist! October 6, 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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10/6/2017 • 11 minutes, 23 seconds
New Releases and More for October 3, 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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10/3/2017 • 37 minutes, 58 seconds
All the Backlist! September 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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9/29/2017 • 13 minutes, 1 second
New Releases and More for September 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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9/26/2017 • 39 minutes, 46 seconds
All the Backlist! September 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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9/22/2017 • 11 minutes, 32 seconds
New Releases and More for September 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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9/19/2017 • 46 minutes, 26 seconds
All the Backlist! September 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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9/15/2017 • 11 minutes, 53 seconds
New Releases and More for September 12, 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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9/13/2017 • 46 minutes, 30 seconds
All the Backlist! September 8, 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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9/8/2017 • 12 minutes, 24 seconds
New Releases and More for September 5, 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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9/5/2017 • 32 minutes, 12 seconds
All the Backlist! September 1, 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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9/1/2017 • 11 minutes, 57 seconds
New Releases and More for August 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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8/29/2017 • 40 minutes, 44 seconds
All the Backlist! August 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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8/25/2017 • 14 minutes, 2 seconds
New Releases and More for August 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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8/22/2017 • 41 minutes, 36 seconds
All the Backlist! August 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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8/18/2017 • 11 minutes, 50 seconds
New Releases and More for August 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
Runtime by S.B. Divya
The Futilitarians: Our Year of Thinking, Drinking, Grieving, and Reading by Anne Gisleson
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8/15/2017 • 32 minutes, 9 seconds
All the Backlist! August 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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8/11/2017 • 13 minutes, 39 seconds
Fall Preview Show, August 8, 2017
This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss upcoming fall books, including Little Fires Everywhere, What Happened, and Sing, Unburied, Sing.
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8/8/2017 • 38 minutes, 18 seconds
All the Backlist! August 4, 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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8/4/2017 • 12 minutes
New Releases and More for August 1, 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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8/1/2017 • 39 minutes, 48 seconds
All the Backlist! July 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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7/28/2017 • 12 minutes, 6 seconds
New Releases and More for July 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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7/25/2017 • 41 minutes, 27 seconds
All the Backlist! July 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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7/21/2017 • 10 minutes, 57 seconds
New Releases and More for July 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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7/18/2017 • 38 minutes, 10 seconds
All the Backlist! July 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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7/14/2017 • 11 minutes, 55 seconds
New Releases and More for July 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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7/11/2017 • 40 minutes, 4 seconds
All the Backlist! July 7, 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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7/7/2017 • 13 minutes, 19 seconds
New Releases and More for July 4, 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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7/4/2017 • 48 minutes, 33 seconds
All the Backlist! June 30, 2017
This week, Liberty discusses When Breath Becomes Air, The Soldier’s Scoundrel, Ella Minnow Pea, and more great older books.
This episode was sponsored by Cheater’s Regret by Rachel Van Dyken.
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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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6/30/2017 • 12 minutes, 36 seconds
New Releases and More for June 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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6/27/2017 • 43 minutes, 22 seconds
All the Backlist! June 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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6/23/2017 • 10 minutes, 53 seconds
Best of 2017 Halftime Show
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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6/20/2017 • 43 minutes, 42 seconds
New Releases and More for June 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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6/13/2017 • 41 minutes, 17 seconds
New Releases and More for June 6, 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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6/6/2017 • 34 minutes, 40 seconds
New Releases and More for 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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5/30/2017 • 40 minutes, 59 seconds
New Releases and More for 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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5/23/2017 • 39 minutes, 41 seconds
New Releases and More for 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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5/16/2017 • 39 minutes, 29 seconds
New Releases and More for May 9, 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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5/9/2017 • 38 minutes, 54 seconds
New Releases and More for May 2, 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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5/2/2017 • 43 minutes, 32 seconds
New Releases and More for April 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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4/25/2017 • 41 minutes, 30 seconds
New Releases and More for April 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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4/18/2017 • 46 minutes, 20 seconds
New Releases and More for April 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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4/11/2017 • 38 minutes, 25 seconds
New Releases and More for April 4, 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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4/4/2017 • 44 minutes, 13 seconds
New Releases and More for March 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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3/28/2017 • 49 minutes, 56 seconds
New Releases and More for March 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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3/21/2017 • 40 minutes, 26 seconds
New Releases and More for March 14, 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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3/13/2017 • 42 minutes, 2 seconds
New Releases and More for March 7, 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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3/7/2017 • 39 minutes, 39 seconds
New Releases and More for February 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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2/28/2017 • 35 minutes, 39 seconds
New Releases and More for February 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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2/21/2017 • 37 minutes, 31 seconds
New Releases and More for February 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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2/14/2017 • 39 minutes, 51 seconds
New Releases and More for February 7, 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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2/7/2017 • 40 minutes, 26 seconds
New Releases and More for January 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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1/31/2017 • 30 minutes, 56 seconds
New Releases and More for January 24, 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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1/25/2017 • 32 minutes, 55 seconds
New Releases and More for January 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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1/17/2017 • 36 minutes, 44 seconds
New Releases and More for January 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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1/10/2017 • 35 minutes, 20 seconds
New Releases and More for January 3, 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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1/3/2017 • 36 minutes, 57 seconds
Anticipated Books of 2017
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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12/27/2016 • 36 minutes, 46 seconds
Favorite Nonfiction of 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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12/20/2016 • 41 minutes, 16 seconds
Favorite Novels of 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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12/13/2016 • 45 minutes, 9 seconds
New Releases and More for December 6, 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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12/6/2016 • 35 minutes, 33 seconds
New Releases and More for November 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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11/29/2016 • 41 minutes, 44 seconds
New Releases and More for November 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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11/22/2016 • 41 minutes, 39 seconds
New Releases and More for November 15, 2016, Live from BRL
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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11/16/2016 • 51 minutes, 32 seconds
New Releases and More for November 8, 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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11/8/2016 • 39 minutes, 22 seconds
New Releases and More for November 1, 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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11/1/2016 • 36 minutes, 50 seconds
New Releases and More for October 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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10/25/2016 • 39 minutes
Recommendations for the 2016 Read Harder Challenge
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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10/20/2016 • 36 minutes
New Releases and More for October 18, 2016
This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss His Bloody Project, IQ, American Housewife, and more books.
This show has been sponsored by ThirdLove, Wonder Women:
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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10/18/2016 • 35 minutes, 16 seconds
New Releases and More for October 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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10/11/2016 • 42 minutes, 34 seconds
New Releases and More for October 4, 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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10/4/2016 • 46 minutes, 40 seconds
New Releases and More for September 27, 2016
This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss A Change of Heart, Darling Days, Big Magic, and more books.
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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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9/27/2016 • 41 minutes, 44 seconds
New Releases and More for September 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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9/20/2016 • 33 minutes, 33 seconds
New Releases and More for September 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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9/13/2016 • 41 minutes, 45 seconds
New Releases and More for September 6, 2016
This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss The Story of a Brief Marriage, Mischling, Hidden Figures, and more 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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9/6/2016 • 39 minutes, 42 seconds
Fall 2016 Preview Show, Aug. 30, 2016
This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss I’m Judging You, The Mothers, Children of the New World, and more books.
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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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8/30/2016 • 38 minutes, 12 seconds
New Releases and More for August 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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8/23/2016 • 40 minutes, 16 seconds
Bookish Whatever for August 16, 2016
This week, Liberty and Rebecca have a heat-induced bookish discussion about One-in-a-Million Boy, Geek Love, Golden Years, and more.
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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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8/16/2016 • 42 minutes, 56 seconds
New Releases for August 9, 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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8/9/2016 • 38 minutes, 47 seconds
New Releases for August 2, 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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8/2/2016 • 40 minutes, 39 seconds
New Releases for July 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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7/26/2016 • 35 minutes, 41 seconds
New Releases for July 19, 2016
This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss This Must Be the Place, The Inseparables, Monstress, and more new releases.
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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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7/19/2016 • 44 minutes, 13 seconds
New Releases for July 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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7/12/2016 • 33 minutes, 20 seconds
New Releases for July 5, 2016
This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss The Wolf Road, Here Comes the Sun, Listen to Me, and more new releases.
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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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7/5/2016 • 37 minutes, 58 seconds
New Releases for June 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.
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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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6/28/2016 • 37 minutes, 12 seconds
Best Books of 2016 Halftime Show
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.
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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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6/21/2016 • 34 minutes, 2 seconds
New Releases for June 14, 2016
This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Sons and Daughters of Ease and Plenty, Grace, Before the Feast, and more new releases.
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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 Thief by Tiffany Reisz
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6/14/2016 • 36 minutes, 38 seconds
New Releases for June 7, 2016
This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Last Call at the Nightshade Lounge, Homegoing, Marrow Island, and more 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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6/7/2016 • 38 minutes, 19 seconds
New Releases for May 31, 2016
This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss The Hour of Land, Before the Fall, Modern Lovers, and more 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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5/31/2016 • 43 minutes, 46 seconds
New Releases for May 24, 2016
This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Sweetbitter, How to Make White People Laugh, The Queue, and more new releases.
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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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5/24/2016 • 43 minutes, 25 seconds
New Releases for May 17, 2016
This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Girls on Fire, Shrill, The Fireman, and more 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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5/17/2016 • 37 minutes, 34 seconds
New Releases for May 10, 2016
This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Mongrels, The High Places, The Loney, and more 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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5/9/2016 • 33 minutes, 57 seconds
New Releases for May 3, 2016
This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss The Yoga of Max’s Discontent, Sweet Lamb of Heaven, and Imagine Me Gone, and more 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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5/3/2016 • 43 minutes, 6 seconds
New Releases for April 26, 2016
This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Sleeping Giants, Real Artists Have Day Jobs, and Panther, and more 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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4/26/2016 • 40 minutes, 59 seconds
New Releases for April 19, 2016
This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu, Into the Black, and The Lie Tree, and more new releases.
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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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4/19/2016 • 40 minutes, 12 seconds
New Releases for April 12, 2016
This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss The Regional Office is Under Attack!, A Murder in Time, and Vexation Lullaby, and more 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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4/12/2016 • 34 minutes, 49 seconds
New Releases for April 5, 2016
This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Kill ‘Em and Leave, I Will Find You, Dodgers, and more new releases.
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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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4/5/2016 • 39 minutes, 41 seconds
New Releases for March 29, 2016
This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Relief Map, Girls & Sex, The Little Red Chairs, and more 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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3/29/2016 • 42 minutes, 24 seconds
New Releases for March 22, 2016
This week, Liberty and special guest Amanda Nelson discuss Rush Oh!, Jane Steele, Confessions, and more 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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3/22/2016 • 39 minutes, 24 seconds
New Releases for March 15, 2016
This week, Liberty and and special guest Jenn Northington discuss Margaret the First, The Winged Histories, The Throwback Special, and more 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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3/15/2016 • 37 minutes, 57 seconds
New Releases for March 8, 2016
This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss High Dive, Burn Baby Burn, We Love You, Charlie Freeman, and more 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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3/8/2016 • 33 minutes, 20 seconds
New Releases for March 1, 2016
This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Black Apple, The Art of Risk, Don’t Let My Baby Do Rodeo, and more 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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3/1/2016 • 37 minutes, 43 seconds
New Releases for Feb. 23, 2016
This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Version Control, Unicorns vs. Goblins, Flight of Dreams, and more 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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2/23/2016 • 34 minutes, 22 seconds
New Releases for Feb. 16, 2016
This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss And After Many Days, The Silence of the Sea, The Widow, and more 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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2/16/2016 • 31 minutes, 42 seconds
New Releases for Feb. 9, 2016
This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss My Father, the Pornographer, Incarceration Nations, Private Citizens, and more 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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2/9/2016 • 39 minutes, 39 seconds
New Releases for Feb. 2, 2016
This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss The Queen of the Night, Beasts & Children, The Vegetarian, and more 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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2/2/2016 • 38 minutes, 20 seconds
New Releases for Jan. 26, 2016
This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss The Unfinished World and Other Stories, All the Birds in the Sky, Good on Paper, and more 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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1/26/2016 • 33 minutes, 33 seconds
New Releases for Jan. 19, 2016
This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss The Portable Veblen, The Road to Little Dribbling, The Narrow Door, and more 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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1/19/2016 • 33 minutes, 7 seconds
New Releases for 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, and more 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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1/12/2016 • 33 minutes, 13 seconds
New Releases for Jan. 5, 2016
This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Mr. Splitfoot, The Gun, Only Love Can Break Your Heart, and more 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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1/5/2016 • 30 minutes, 28 seconds
2016 Preview Show, 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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12/29/2015 • 35 minutes, 45 seconds
Best Fiction of 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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12/22/2015 • 39 minutes, 41 seconds
Best Fiction of 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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12/15/2015 • 38 minutes, 1 second
Best Debuts of 2015, Dec. 8, 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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12/8/2015 • 40 minutes, 24 seconds
December releases, Dec. 1, 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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12/1/2015 • 37 minutes, 1 second
Books We're Thankful For, 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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11/24/2015 • 44 minutes, 9 seconds
Dysfunctional Families, 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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11/17/2015 • 36 minutes, 6 seconds
New Releases for Nov. 10, 2015
This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Our Spoons Came from Woolworths, Dear Mr. You, The Mad Feast, and more 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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11/10/2015 • 41 minutes
New Releases for Nov. 3, 2015
This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss The Girl Who Could Not Dream, The Heart You Carry Home, Twain and Stanley Enter Paradise, and more 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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11/3/2015 • 37 minutes, 7 seconds
New Releases for Oct. 27, 2015
This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss The Witches: Salem 1692, Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl, Slade House, and more new releases.
This episode was sponsored by A Blossom of Bright Light by Suzanne Chazin, Trigger Warning: Short Fiction and Disturbances by Neil Gaiman and FabFitFun.
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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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10/27/2015 • 39 minutes, 1 second
New Releases for Oct. 20, 2015
This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss The Mark and the Void, Lafayette in the Somewhat United States, Speed Kings, and more 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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10/20/2015 • 35 minutes, 56 seconds
New Releases for Oct. 13, 2015
This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Calf, Thirteen Ways of Looking, Mrs. Engels, and more 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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10/13/2015 • 35 minutes, 22 seconds
New releases, October 6, 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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10/6/2015 • 35 minutes, 55 seconds
New releases, September 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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9/29/2015 • 43 minutes, 46 seconds
New releases, September 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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9/22/2015 • 45 minutes, 19 seconds
New releases, September 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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9/15/2015 • 40 minutes, 18 seconds
New releases, September 8, 2015
This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss This is Your Life, Harriet Chance, Negroland: A Memoir, and more books.
This episode was sponsored by Lizard Radio by Pat Schmatz, Honor Girl by Maggie Thrash, and Baba Yaga’s Assistant by Marika McCoola and Emily Carroll.
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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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9/8/2015 • 36 minutes, 11 seconds
New releases, September 1, 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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9/1/2015 • 35 minutes, 6 seconds
New releases, August 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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8/25/2015 • 38 minutes, 53 seconds
Introducing: Get Booked!
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!
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8/20/2015 • 10 minutes, 26 seconds
New releases, August 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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8/18/2015 • 36 minutes, 29 seconds
New releases, August 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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8/11/2015 • 35 minutes, 57 seconds
New releases, August 4, 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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8/4/2015 • 38 minutes, 1 second
New releases, July 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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7/28/2015 • 34 minutes, 7 seconds
New releases, July 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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7/21/2015 • 36 minutes, 21 seconds
New releases, July 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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7/14/2015 • 35 minutes, 29 seconds
New releases, July 7, 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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7/7/2015 • 38 minutes, 19 seconds
Best Books of 2015 Halftime Show
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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6/30/2015 • 34 minutes, 7 seconds
New releases, June 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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6/23/2015 • 30 minutes, 48 seconds
New releases, June 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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6/16/2015 • 33 minutes, 9 seconds
New releases, June 9, 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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6/9/2015 • 33 minutes, 28 seconds
New releases, June 2, 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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6/2/2015 • 34 minutes, 6 seconds
New releases, 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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5/26/2015 • 31 minutes, 25 seconds
New releases, 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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5/19/2015 • 28 minutes, 40 seconds
New releases, 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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5/12/2015 • 33 minutes, 38 seconds
Preview
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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