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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. 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 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

This week, Liberty discusses a few great nonfiction books. This week’s episode was sponsored by American Street by Ibi Zoboi. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or Apple Podcasts 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. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. 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: 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

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. 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: 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 Planetfal

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. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or Apple Podcasts 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. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone

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. 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. 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. 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: 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 Extr

This week, Liberty discusses The Bluest Eye, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, The Eyes of the Dragon, and more great older books. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or Apple Podcasts 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. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Liberty and Amanda discuss Dread Nation, Meaty, The Oracle Year, and more great books. This episode was sponsored by So Delicious, Munmun by Jesse Andrews, and The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind by Barbara K. Lipska. 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: 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:

This week, Liberty discusses Untwine, Hausfrau, Pym, and more great older books. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or Apple Podcasts 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. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Hurts to Love You, Emergency Contact, Improvement, and more great books. This episode was sponsored by So Delicious, All the Women in My Family Sing, and What the Night Sings by Vesper Stamper. 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: 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 Nov

This week, Liberty discusses The Earthquake Bird, The Color Purple, Let the Right One In, and more great older books. This week’s episode was sponsored by Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Odeyemi. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or Apple Podcasts 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. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Liberty and Jenn discuss The Astonishing Color of After, The Heart Forger, Stray City, and more great books. This episode was sponsored by So Delicious, ThirdLove, and She Caused a Riot by Hannah Jewell. 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. Trigger warning for discussion of suicide in the first title at the 3:25 mark. 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 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 St

This week, Liberty discusses Pobby and Dingan, Darling Jim, Eve Out of Her Ruins, and more great older books. This week’s episode was sponsored by The Wicked Deep by Shea Ernshaw. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or Apple Podcasts 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. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Not My White Savior, Anatomy of a Miracle, Let Me Lie, and more great books. This episode was sponsored by Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney and The Merry Spinster: Tales of Everyday Horror by Mallory Ortberg. Sign up for Book Riot Insiders here. 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. Trigger warning for discussion of suicide in the third title at the 12:14 mark. 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: 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

This week, Liberty discusses The Hidden Life of Trees, The People in the Trees, The Wild Trees, and more great older books. This week’s episode was sponsored by Bring Out the Dog: Stories by Will Mackin. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or Apple Podcasts 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. 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 F

This week, Liberty and Amanda discuss Children of Blood and Bone, Whiskey & Ribbons, Girls Burn Brighter, and more great books. This episode was sponsored by Beneath the Surface by Lynn Blackburn and Restore Me by Tahereh Mafi. 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: 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 Th

This week, Liberty discusses The Black Count, The Noble Hustle, Autobiography of a Face, and more great older books. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or Apple Podcasts 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. 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

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. This episode was sponsored by Dreadful Young Girls and Other Stories by Kelly Barnhill 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: 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 H

This week, Liberty discusses The Bloody Chamber, All Aunt Hagar’s Children, The Three Button Trick, and more great older books. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or Apple Podcasts 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. 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 W

This week, Liberty and Jenn discuss Sunburn, Bingo Love, Dreadful Young Ladies, and more great books. This episode was sponsored by The Birthday Girl by Sue Fortin and Oliver Loving by Stefan Merrill Block. 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: 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