New Releases and More for January 20, 2026

This week, Liberty and Emily discuss Half His Age, Football, The Elsewhere Express, and more!

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Books Discussed On the Show:

George Falls Through Time by Ryan Collett

I Don't Wish You Well by Jumata Emill

Half His Age by Jennette McCurdy

Next Level Love by Shameez Patel

The Elsewhere Express by Samantha Sotto Yambao

A Black Queer History of the United States by C. Riley Snorton, Darius Bost

Departure(s) by Julian Barnes

The Flower Bearers: A Memoir by Rachel Eliza Griffiths

Discipline by Larissa Pham

How to Commit a Postcolonial Murder by Nina McConigley

Cry Havoc by Rebecca Wait

Nine Goblins: A Tale of Low Fantasy and High Mischief by T. Kingfisher

Football by Chuck Klosterman

Crux by Gabriel Tallent

All the Little Houses by May Cobb

My Husband's Wife by Alice Feeney

Eating Ashes by Brenda Navarro, Megan McDowell (translator)

The Poet Empress by Shen Tao

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