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This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss books from 2024 that make great gifts, including The Backyard Bird Chronicles, Magical/Realism, Bodega Bakes, 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 up to date with the world of books and reading with Today in Books, Book Riot's daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Our editors offer commentary, context, and the occasional clap-back to keep you informed and entertained. Visit bookriot.com/todayinbooks to subscribe for free, or become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year and get unlimited access to members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies knowing you are supporting independent media.This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.Books Discussed On the Show:The Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy TanMagical/Realism: Essays on Music, Memory, Fantasy, and Borders by Vanessa Angelica VillarealEverything Under a Mushroom by Ruth Krauss, Margaret TomesA Pinecone! By Helen YoonThe Baby Who Stayed Awake Forever by Sandra SalsburyBodega Bakes: Recipes for Sweets and Treats Inspired by My Corner Store by Paola VelezA History of Ghosts, Spirits and the Supernatural by DKYou Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World by Ada LimonVegan Mob: Vegan BBQ and Soul Food by Toriano Gordon, Korsha WilsonMissing Witches: Recovering the True Histories of Feminist Magic by Risa Dickens, Amy TorokThere's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension by Hanif AbdurraqibBe Ready When the Luck Happens: A Memoir by Ina GartenThe Greatest Nobodies of History: Minor Characters from Major Moments by Adrian BlissThe Little Witch's Oracle Deck: Symbols, Spells, and Rituals for the Young Witch by Ariel Kusby, Olga Baumert Horror for Weenies: Everything You Need to Know About the Films You're Too Scared to Watch by Emily C. HughesPeculiar Baking: A Practical Guide to Strange Confections by Nikk AlcarazAtlas Obscura: Wild Life: An Explorer's Guide to the World's Living Wonders by Atlas Obscura Food to Die For: Recipes and Stories from America's Most Legendary Haunted Places by Amy Bruni, Julie TremaineFor a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Liberty talks about a couple of amazing books related to the week’s new releases!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 up to date with the world of books and reading with Today in Books, Book Riot's daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Our editors offer commentary, context, and the occasional clap-back to keep you informed and entertained. Visit bookriot.com/todayinbooks to subscribe for free, or become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year and get unlimited access to members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies knowing you are supporting independent media.This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.Books DiscussedNuts and Bolts: Seven Small Inventions That Changed the World in a Big Way by Roma AgrawalBury Me Deep by Megan AbbottI See You've Called in Dead by John Kenney Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Liberty and Emily discuss Is She Really Going Out with Him?, The Last King of California, The City and Its Uncertain Walls, 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 up to date with the world of books and reading with Today in Books, Book Riot's daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Our editors offer commentary, context, and the occasional clap-back to keep you informed and entertained. Visit bookriot.com/todayinbooks to subscribe for free, or become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year and get unlimited access to members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies knowing you are supporting independent media.This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.Books Discussed On the Show:The Last King of California by Jordan HarperIs She Really Going Out with Him? by Sophie Cousens The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World by Robin Wall Kimmerer, John Burgoyne (Illustrator)In Want of a Suspect by Tirzah PriceThe City and Its Uncertain Walls by Haruki Murakami, Philip Gabriel (translator)Sundown in San Ojuela by M.M. OlivasCher: The Memoir, Part One by CherThe Trunk by Kim Ryeo-ryeongDarkly by Marisha PesslHotel Lucky Seven by Kōtarō Isaka, Brian Bergstrom (translator)Cats of the World by Hannah Shaw and Andrew MarttilaDeath of the Author by Nnedi OkoraforWake Up and Open Your Eyes by Clay ChapmanFor a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Trisha recommends two books that are creative, entertaining, and maybe even escapist.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 up to date with the world of books and reading with Today in Books, Book Riot's daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Our editors offer commentary, context, and the occasional clap-back to keep you informed and entertained. Visit bookriot.com/todayinbooks to subscribe for free, or become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year and get unlimited access to members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies knowing you are supporting independent media.This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.Books DiscussedConsort of Fire by Kit RochaThe Belle of Belgrave Square by Mimi Matthews Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss Beanie the Bansheenie, Cabinet of Curiosities, The Magnificent Ruins, 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 up to date with the world of books and reading with Today in Books, Book Riot's daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Our editors offer commentary, context, and the occasional clap-back to keep you informed and entertained. Visit bookriot.com/todayinbooks to subscribe for free, or become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year and get unlimited access to members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies knowing you are supporting independent media.This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.Books Discussed On the Show:Beanie the Bansheenie by Eoin Colfer, Steve McCarthyCabinet of Curiosities: A Historical Tour of the Unbelievable, the Unsettling, and the Bizarre by Aaron MahnkeThe Love Interest by Helen ComerfordThe Magnificent Ruins by Nayantara Roy She's Always Hungry: Stories by Eliza Clark Thorns, Lust, and Glory: The Betrayal of Anne Boleyn by Estelle ParanqueToto by A.J. HackwithFortune's Kiss by Amber Clement The Husbands by Holly GramazioThe Wedding People by Alison ElspachAnne Boleyn & Elizabeth I: The Mother and Daughter Who Forever Changed British History by Tracy Borman You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World by Ada Limón ​​When We Make It by Elisabet Velasquez A Pinecone! by Helen YoonCheck, Please! by Ngozi Ukazu Phoebe and Her Unicorn by Dana SimpsonWonder Cat Kyuu-chan by Sasami Nitori Delicious in Dungeon by Ryoko Kui, Taylor Engel (translator)For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Vanessa discusses some books that she meant to recommend in October! She shares two ghost stories and a witchy book for fall reading and beyond: one middle grade, one YA, and one adult.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 up to date with the world of books and reading with Today in Books, Book Riot's daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Our editors offer commentary, context, and the occasional clap-back to keep you informed and entertained. Visit bookriot.com/todayinbooks to subscribe for free, or become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year and get unlimited access to members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies knowing you are supporting independent media.This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.Books DiscussedOphie's Ghosts by Justina IrelandThe Taking of Jake Livingston by Ryan DouglassWeyward by Emilia Hart Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Liberty and Danika discuss The Improvisers, Jamaica Ginger and Other Concoctions, The Teller of Small Fortunes, 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 up to date with the world of books and reading with Today in Books, Book Riot's daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Our editors offer commentary, context, and the occasional clap-back to keep you informed and entertained. Visit bookriot.com/todayinbooks to subscribe for free, or become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year and get unlimited access to members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies knowing you are supporting independent media.This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.Books Discussed On the Show:The Improvisers: A Murder and Magic Novel by Nicole GloverJamaica Ginger and Other Concoctions by Nalo HopkinsonThe First Cat in Space and the Wrath of the Paperclip by Mac Barnett and Shawn HarrisLonely Planet Hidden Libraries: The World's Most Unusual Book Depositories by DC HelmuthPony Confidential by Christina LynchThe Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie LeongBox Office Poison: Hollywood's Story in a Century of Flops by Tim RobeyAll the Painted Stars by Emma DennyFor a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Danika recommends two of their favorite queer YA horror 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.This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.Books DiscussedInto the Light by Mark OshiroAnger is a Gift by Mark OshiroWhat Stalks Among Us by Sarah Hollowell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Liberty is sick so the regular Tuesday episode of All the Books will be coming late this week. In the meantime, here is a recent episode of the Book Riot podcast to tide you over. In it, Jeff O'Neal and Rebecca Schinksy play a round of Author Buy/Sell/Hold, in which we wonder if authors were like stocks, which would be buying, holding, or selling? Hope you enjoy it. If you do, subscribe to the Book Riot Podcast.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.This October, Tailored Book Recommendations is giving away a pair of Beats Fit Pro headphones! TBR is the perfect way to take the guesswork out of finding your next favorite read. To get started with TBR, just fill out a quick survey about your reading likes and dislikes, and we’ll pair you with a professional book nerd— aka bibliologist— who uses their bookish knowledge to match you with three books they think you’ll dig. You can sign up to receive your recommendations via email or have your bibliologist’s picks delivered right to your door as either hardcovers or paperbacks.And if you sign up or gift TBR in the month of October, you’ll be automatically entered to win a pair of Beats Fit Pro headphones! Current TBR subscribers also have a chance to win by purchasing a drop-in round of recommendations in October. Sign up today at mytbr.co Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Liberty talks about a couple of amazing books related to the week’s new releases!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.This October, Tailored Book Recommendations is giving away a pair of Beats Fit Pro headphones! TBR is the perfect way to take the guesswork out of finding your next favorite read. To get started with TBR, just fill out a quick survey about your reading likes and dislikes, and we’ll pair you with a professional book nerd— aka bibliologist— who uses their bookish knowledge to match you with three books they think you’ll dig. You can sign up to receive your recommendations via email or have your bibliologist’s picks delivered right to your door as either hardcovers or paperbacks.And if you sign up or gift TBR in the month of October, you’ll be automatically entered to win a pair of Beats Fit Pro headphones! Current TBR subscribers also have a chance to win by purchasing a drop-in round of recommendations in October. Sign up today at mytbr.coThis content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.Books DiscussedBrothers by Alex Van HalenShot in the Heart by Mikal GilmoreGetting Mother's Body by Suzan-Lori ParksAnywhere You Run by Wanda M. MorrisNo Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthyThe Dog of the South by Charles PortisHandling Sin by Michael MaloneStrange Houses by Uketsu, Jim Rion (translator)Gnome and Rat by Lauren Stohler Grumpy Monkey School Stinks! by Suzanne Lang, Max Lang Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices