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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. 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: 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

This week, Liberty and Amanda discuss Calypso, From Twinkle, with Love, and more great books. This episode was sponsored by Penguin Random House Audio and Annotated. 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: 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

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. 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 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. 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: 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 McCracke

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. 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: 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 Sha

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. 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 starting around 29:00. 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: 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. 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: 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. 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 starting around 3:45. 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 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 Bullwi

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. 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 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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