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This week, Liberty and Danika discuss Heap Earth Upon It, Good People, Queen of Faces, and more! Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and never miss a book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. Keep track of new releases with Book Riot's New Release Index, now included with an All Access membership. Click here to get started today! Books Discussed On the Show: Heap Earth Upon It by Chloe Michelle Howarth How to Kill a Guy in Ten Dates by Shailee Thompson Queen of Faces by Petra Lord Carnival Fantástico by Angela Montoya Wake Now in the Fire: A Graphic Novel by Jarrett Dapier and AJ Dungo Lovely Recipe by Myra Rose Nino I'm So Happy You're Here: A Celebration of Library Joy by Mychal Threets, illustrated by Lorraine Nam The Remarkable Life of Reed Peggram by Ethelene Whitmire Superfan by Jenny Tinghui Zhang Good People by Patmeena Sabit The Hospital at the End of the World by Justin C. Key A Stage Set for Villains by Shannon J. Spann  Apparently, Sir Cameron Needs to Die: In Which Many Dangerous and Homosexual Things Happen by Greer Stothers Nightshade and Oak by Molly O'Neill The Exes by Leodora Darlington Super Nintendo: The Game-Changing Company That Unlocked the Power of Play by Keza MacDonald Twelve Months by Jim Butcher  Half His Age by Jeanette McCurdy Mother Mary Comes to Me by Arundhati Roy James by Percival Everett For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Vanessa discusses a book with a buzzy film adaptation attached and a YA graphic novel that remains (too) relevant to current events. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. Keep track of new releases with Book Riot's New Release Index, now included with All Access membership. Click here to get started today! Books Discussed: Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell So, How's the Hamnet Adaptation? (Book Riot Podcast) Latina Superheroes: Jalisco & Santa (Volume 1) by Kayden Phoenix This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss Burn Down Master’s House, Vigil, Fair Game, and more! Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. Keep track of new releases with Book Riot's New Release Index, now included with an All Access membership. Click here to get started today! Books Discussed On the Show: I Identify as Blind: A Brazen Celebration of Disability Culture, Identity, and Power by Lachi with Tim Vandehey Black Public Joy: No Permit or Permission Required by Jay Pitter Burn Down Master’s House by Clay Cane Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts by Rebecca Hall, Hugo Martínez Fair Game: Trans Athletes and the Future of Sports by Ellie Roscher and Anna Baeth He/She/They: How We Talk about Gender and Why It Matters by Schuyler Bailar The Other Olympians: Fascism, Queerness, and the Making of Modern Sports by Michael Waters Currencies of Cruelty: Slavery, Freak Shows, and the Performance Archive by Danielle Bainbridge Forever for the Culture: Notes from the New Black Digital Arts Renaissance by Steven Underwood Mattering: The Secret to a Life of Deep Connection and Purpose by Jennifer Breheny Wallace A Beast Slinks Towards Beijing by Alice Evelyn Yang The Bone Setter’s Daughter by Amy Tan Vigil by George Saunders    I Don't Know What You Know Me From: Confessions of a Co-Star by Judy Greer The Seven Daughters of Dupree by Nikesha Elise Williams  Escape! by Stephen Fishbach     Sister Svangerd and the Not Quite Dead by K. J. Parker   Rooting Interest: An 831 Stories Romance by Cat Disabato   The Ghost Network by Catie Disabato Big Fan by Alexandra Romanoff Black Dahlia: Murder, Monsters, and Madness in Midcentury Hollywood by William J Mann  Dear Debbie by Freida McFadden  The Big M: 13 Writers Take Back the Story of Menopause by Lidia Yuknavitch To Ride a Rising Storm (Nampeshiweisit, #2) by Moniquill Blackgoose Paper Cut by Rachel Taff For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Danika talks about three of their most anticipated sapphic horror books of 2026. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and never miss a book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. Keep track of new releases with Book Riot's New Release Index, now included with All Access membership. Click here to get started today! Books Discussed: Spoiled Milk by Avery Curran Bone of My Bone by Johanna van Veen Doe by Rebecca Barrow I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me by Jamison Shea This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Liberty and Emily discuss Half His Age, Football, The Elsewhere Express, and more! Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and never miss a book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. Keep track of new releases with Book Riot's New Release Index, now included with an All Access membership. Click here to get started today! 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 For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Sharifah talks about a couple of page-turners to kick off a great year of reading! Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and never miss a book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. Keep track of new releases with Book Riot's New Release Index, now included with All Access membership. Click here to get started today! Books Discussed: The God of the Woods by Liz Moore Cursed Daughters by Oyinkan Braithwaite This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss The Moon Without Stars, Anatomy of an Alibi, Graceless Heart, and more! Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and never miss a book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. Keep track of new releases with Book Riot's New Release Index, now included with an All Access membership. Click here to get started today! Books Discussed On the Show: The Moon Without Stars by Chanel Miller Graceless Heart by Isabel Ibañez The Magic of Untamed Hearts by Raquel Vasquez Gilliland A Tale of Plagues and Perfumes by Jake Halpern, Peter Kujawinski Darkrooms by Rebecca Hannigan The Last of Earth by Deepa Anappara The Queer Thing About Sin by Harry Tanner Is This a Cry for Help? by Emily Austin  Scavengers by Kathleen Boland Lost Lambs by Madeline Cash Anatomy of an Alibi by Ashley Elston This Is Where the Serpent Lives by Daniyal Mueenuddin Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage by Belle Burden Dandelion Is Dead by Rosie Storey Godfall by Van Jensen The Hitch by Sara Levine Fire Sword and Sea by Vanessa Riley A Midnight Pastry Shop Called Hwawoldang by Lee Onhwa, Slin Jung (translator) Woman Down by Colleen Hoove For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Liberty talks about several books that are in her orbit right now! Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and never miss a book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. Keep track of new releases with Book Riot's New Release Index, now included with All Access membership. Click here to get started today! Books Discussed: Assassin's Apprentice (The Farseer Trilogy) by Robin Hobb  Postmortem (Kay Scarpetta) by Patricia Cornwell  Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosely  The List of Suspicious Things by Jennie Godfrey  The White Octopus Hotel by Alexandra Bell Babylon, South Dakota by Tom Lin The Flower Bearers by Rachel Eliza Griffiths  Football by Chuck Klosterman  The Caretaker by Marcus Kliewer  One Leg on Earth by 'Pemi Aguda  The Constant Rabbit by Jasper Fforde The Eyes Are the Best Part by Monika Kim This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Liberty and Danika discuss Call Me Ishmaelle, Meet the Newmans, The Starseekers, and more great books! Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and never miss a book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. Keep track of new releases with Book Riot's New Release Index, now included with an All Access membership. Click here to get started today! End of Year Reads: Women's Hotel by Daniel M. Lavery Christmas at the Women's Hotel by Daniel M. Lavery Kindred Dragons by Sarah Mensinga Woodworking by Emily St. James  These Heathens by Mia McKenzie Junie by Erin Crosby Eckstine More Weight: A Salem Story by Ben Wickey The Lamb by Lucy Rose  Hannibal Lecter: A Life by Brian Raftery Discipline by Larissa Pham Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

All the Books! is taking a holiday break, so we wanted to take this opportunity to reflect on some of the books we were most excited to read in 2025 (and some of them did indeed make our favorite books of the year lists!). In this rerun episode, Liberty and Patricia discuss books coming in 2025 they're excited about, including Down in the Sea of Angels, Tartufo, Flirting Lessons, and more! Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and never miss a book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. Books Discussed On the Show: Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor Flirting Lessons by Jasmine Guillory We Could Be Rats by Emily Austin Down in the Sea of Angels by Khan Wong Old Soul by Susan Barker Lessons in Magic and Disaster by Charlie Jane Anders Tartufo by Kira Jane Buxton   In Open Contempt: Confronting White Supremacy in Art and Public Space by Irvin Weathersby Jr. Little Mysteries: Nine Miniature Puzzles to Confuse, Enthrall, and Delight by Sara Gran  The Portable Feminist Reader edited by Roxane Gay Accidents Happen: Stories by F.H. Batacan Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz  The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones Paper Doll: Notes from a Late Bloomer by Dylan Mulvaney  The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Hartnett  Calling In: How to Start Making Change with Those You'd Rather Cancel by Loretta J Ross Harmattan Season by Tochi Onyebuchi We Need Your Art: Stop Messing Around and Make Something by Amie McNee Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab Marsha: The Joy and Defiance of Marsha P. Johnson by Tourmaline For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices