All the Books! New Releases and More for September 8, 2026
This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss Wickhills, Switzy, Black Arts, and more great books!
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Books Discussed On the Show:
Wickhills by Premee Mohamed
Dear Mothership: Poems by Marcus Wicker
Where I'm From: A Poetic Journey Across Five Continents—A Memoir by Ebony Walden
Pardon Our French: The Parisian Way to a Happier Life by Alex Durand and Tom Carles
Songs My Mother Taught Me: Why the Artist Must Take Sides by Saul Williams
The Art of Fighting: The Transformative Power of Conflict by Priya Parker
Black Arts: Stories by Megan Giddings
Switzy by Emma Cline
Taipei Story by R. F. Kuang
The Pirate Queen by Ariel Lawhon
Of Sorcery and Science by Mike Chen
Traitors' Nest by Frances Hardinge
An Empire in the Clouds by Ai Jiang
Cemetery Boys: Espíritu by Aiden Thomas
Detective Beans and the Map of Mystery by Li Chen
Queenie Is Working on It by Candice Carty-Williams
The Passing of the Dragon and Other Stories by Ken Liu
Witches of Cambridge by Alice Hoffman
What We're Reading:
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
More: Sexual Fantasies by Anonymous collected by Gillian Anderson
Craftfulness: Mend Yourself by Making Things by Arzu Tahsin and Rosemary Davidson
Acid Green Velvet by Grace Krilanovich
Olive: Lost in Inner Space by Vero Cazot, Lucy Mazel
Paperbacks:
Middle Spoon by Alejandro Varela
We Love You, Bunny by Mona Awad
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai
The Secret of Secrets by Dan Brown
A Guardian and a Thief by Megha Majumdar
Bestsellers:
The Poison Daughter by Sheila Masterson
Brain Damage by Freida McFadden
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad
Taiwan Travelogue by Yang Shuang-zi, Lin King (translator)
Triage by Claudia Rankine
Links:
Survivor by Octavia Butler returns to print.
The Most Dangerous Games by MrBeast and James Patterson
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