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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. This show has been sponsored by Book Riot Live, PrepDish and FabFitFun. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or iTunes and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 11, 201642 min

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. This show has been sponsored by A Change of Heart by Sonali Dev, The Other Einstein by Marie Benedict and ThirdLove. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or iTunes and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 4, 201646 min

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. This show has been sponsored by What the Dickens?!: Distinctly Dickensian Words and How to Use Them by Bryan Kozlowski and ThirdLove. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or iTunes and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sep 27, 201641 min

New Releases and More for September 20, 2016

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Three Dark Crowns, The Bestseller Code, Mooncop, and more books. This show has been sponsored by ThirdLove and The Female of the Species by Mindy McGinnis. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or iTunes and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sep 20, 201633 min

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. This show has been sponsored by ThirdLove and Penguin Random House Audio. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or iTunes and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sep 13, 201641 min

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. This episode has been sponsored by Shadow Falling by Rebecca Zanetti, ThirdLove, and Future Shock by Elizabeth Briggs. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or iTunes and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sep 6, 201639 min

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. This episode was sponsored by Spontaneous by Aaron Harmer and The Call by by Peadar O’Guilin. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or iTunes and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 30, 201638 min

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. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or iTunes and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 23, 201640 min

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. This episode was sponsored by Book Riot Live, The Edge of the Light by Elizabeth George, and ThirdLove. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or iTunes and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 16, 201642 min

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. This episode was sponsored by ThirdLove, Penguin Random House Audio, and Book Riot Live. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or iTunes and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 9, 201638 min

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. This episode was sponsored by Every Library and Book Riot Live. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or iTunes and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 2, 201640 min

New Releases for July 26, 2016

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss The Unseen World, Good as Gone, Gemini, and more new releases. This episode was sponsored by Every Library, You Will Know Me by Megan Abbott, and ThirdLove. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or iTunes and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 26, 201635 min

New Releases for July 19, 2016

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss This Must Be the Place, The Inseparables, Monstress, and more new releases. This episode was sponsored by Pinhole Press, ThirdLove, and Invasion of the Tearling by Erika Johansen. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or iTunes and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 19, 201644 min

New Releases for July 12, 2016

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss The Devourers, Heartbreaker, Siracusa, and more new releases. This episode was sponsored by ThirdLove, What the Dead Want from EpicReads, and Book Riot Live. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or iTunes and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 12, 201633 min

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. This episode was sponsored by All In by Simona Ahrnstedt, Book of the Month, and Dream Jumper by Greg Grunberg and Lucas Turnbloom. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or iTunes and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 5, 201637 min

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. This episode was sponsored by ThirdLove and This Calls for a Drink!: The Best Wines and Beers to Pair with Every Situation by Diane McMartin Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or iTunes and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 28, 201637 min

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. This episode was sponsored by ThirdLove, We Were Never Here by Jennifer Gilmore, and Sober Stick Figure: A Memoir by Amber Tozer. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or iTunes and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 21, 201634 min

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. This episode was sponsored by ThirdLove, TryAudioBooks.com, and Read Me Like a Book by Liz Kessler. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or iTunes and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 14, 201636 min

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. This episode was sponsored by ThirdLove, Audible.com, and Book Riot Live. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or iTunes and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 7, 201638 min

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. This episode was sponsored by ThirdLove, Rook by Sharon Cameron, and Book Riot Live. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or iTunes and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 31, 201643 min

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. This episode was sponsored by Send Me Swooning, Smoke by Dan Vyleta, and ThirdLove. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or iTunes and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 24, 201643 min

New Releases for May 17, 2016

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Girls on Fire, Shrill, The Fireman, and more new releases. This episode was sponsored by Penguin Random House Audio and Send Me Swooning. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or iTunes and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 17, 201637 min

New Releases for May 10, 2016

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Mongrels, The High Places, The Loney, and more new releases. This episode was sponsored by A Robot in the Garden by Deborah Install, The Square Root of Summer by Harriet Reuter Hapgood, and Book of the Month. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or iTunes and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 9, 201633 min

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. This episode was sponsored by ThirdLove, The Killing Forest by Sara Blaedel, and Book of the Month. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or iTunes and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 3, 201643 min

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. This episode was sponsored by Send Me Swooning and the Book Riot store. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or iTunes and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 26, 201640 min

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. This episode was sponsored Open Road Media’s Margery Sharp e-books and Book Riot Live. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or iTunes and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. 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) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 19, 201640 min

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. This episode was sponsored by the Book of the Month Club, Penguin Random House Audio, and Send Me Swooning. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or iTunes and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 12, 201634 min

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. This episode was sponsored by ThirdLove, The Nutmeg Tree by Margery Sharp, and Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or iTunes and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 5, 201639 min

New Releases for March 29, 2016

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Relief Map, Girls & Sex, The Little Red Chairs, and more new releases. This episode was sponsored by ThirdLove, Burn Baby Burn by Meg Medina, and Audible.com. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or iTunes and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 29, 201642 min

New Releases for March 22, 2016

This week, Liberty and special guest Amanda Nelson discuss Rush Oh!, Jane Steele, Confessions, and more new releases. This episode was sponsored by ThirdLove, Viceland, andFabFitFun. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or iTunes and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 22, 201639 min

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. This episode was sponsored by FabFitFun and Viceland, a new channel from Vice. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or iTunes and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 15, 201637 min

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. This episode was sponsored by FabFitFun and Viceland, a new channel from Vice. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or iTunes and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 8, 201633 min

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. This episode was sponsored by FabFitFun and Viceland, a new channel from Vice, launching February 29. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or iTunes and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 1, 201637 min

New Releases for Feb. 23, 2016

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Version Control, Unicorns vs. Goblins, Flight of Dreams, and more new releases. This episode was sponsored by FabFitFun and Viceland, a new channel from Vice, launching February 29. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or iTunes and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 23, 201634 min

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. This episode was sponsored by Third Love and The Daylight Marriage by Heidi Pitlor. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or iTunes and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 16, 201631 min

New Releases for Feb. 9, 2016

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss My Father, the Pornographer, Incarceration Nations, Private Citizens, and more new releases. This episode was sponsored by Third Love and Descent by Tim Johnston. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or iTunes and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 9, 201639 min

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. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or iTunes and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 2, 201638 min

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. This episode was sponsored by Feverborn by Karen Marie Moning and Third Love. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or iTunes and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 26, 201633 min

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. This episode was sponsored by Feverborn by Karen Marie Moning and Third Love. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or iTunes and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 19, 201633 min

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. This episode was sponsored by This Is Where It Ends by Marieke Nijkamp and Third Love. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or iTunes and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 12, 201633 min

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. This episode was sponsored by The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend by Katarina Bivald and FabFitFun. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or iTunes and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. 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) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 5, 201630 min

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. This episode was sponsored by FabFitFun and Penguin Random House Audio. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or iTunes and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 29, 201535 min

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. This episode was sponsored by the DK Holiday Gift Generator and FabFitFun. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or iTunes and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 22, 201539 min

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. This episode was sponsored by FabFitFun and the Book Riot Store. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or iTunes and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 15, 201538 min

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. This episode was sponsored by Mack Weldon, the DK Holiday Gift Generator, and the Book Riot Store. And sign up here for notifications about Book Riot Live 2016! Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or iTunes and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 8, 201540 min

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. This episode was sponsored by Coal River by Ellen Marie Wiseman, Penguin Random House Audio, and the Book Riot Store. And sign up here for notifications about Book Riot Live 2016! Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or iTunes and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 1, 201537 min

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. This episode was sponsored by Book Riot’s Best of 2015 box. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or iTunes and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 24, 201544 min

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. This episode was sponsored by the Book Riot Quarterly Box. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or iTunes and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 17, 201536 min

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! This episode was sponsored by I Gift YA. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or iTunes and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 10, 201541 min

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. This episode was sponsored by A Blossom of Bright Light by Suzanne Chazin and Penguin Random House Audio and FabFitFun. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or iTunes and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. 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.) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 3, 201537 min