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All the Books! is a weekly show of recommendations and enthusiasm regarding the week's new book releases.
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Jul 8, 2025 • 49min
New Releases and More for July 8, 2025
This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss A Marriage at Sea, The Frozen People, The Game is Afoot, and more great books!
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Books Discussed On the Show:
A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck by Sophie Elmhirst
The Frozen People by Elly Griffiths
The Carpool Detectives: A True Story of Four Moms, Two Bodies, and One Mysterious Cold Case by Chuck Hogan
The Game Is Afoot by Elise Bryant
Monsters and Other Tales of Humanity by Carla E. Dash
Curandera by Irenosen Okojie
Culpability by Bruce Holsinger
The Myth Maker by Alie Dumas-Heidt
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Jul 1, 2025 • 43min
New Releases and More for July 1, 2025
This week, Liberty and Danika discuss The Original, History Lessons, Tusk Love, and more great books!
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Books Discussed On the Show:
I Want to Burn This Place Down: Essays by Maris Kreizman
The Original by Nell Stevens
History Lessons by Zoe B. Wallbrook
Tusk Love by Thea Guanzon
Wanting by Claire Jia
Hot Girls with Balls by Benedict Nguyen
Blood in the Water by Tiffany D. Jackson
Coffeeshop in an Alternate Universe by C.B. Lee
Can You Solve the Murder?: An Interactive Crime Novel by Antony Johnston Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 27, 2025 • 13min
All the (More!) Books! June 27, 2025
This week, Liberty talks about a few books that are on her radar, plus what she's reading now!
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Books Discussed:
The Whyte Python World Tour by Travis Kennedy
Hell's Heart by Alexis Hall
All the World Can Hold by Jung Yun
The Bookshop Below by Georgia Summers
The Fake Ghost by Nuzo Onoh
Yes, I'm That Guy: The Rough-and-Tumble Life of a Character Actor by William Sanderson, Ray Richmond Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 24, 2025 • 35min
New Releases and More for June 24, 2025
This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss The Compound, Misbehaving at the Crossroads, The Last Sweet Bite, and more great books!
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Books Discussed On the Show:
The Compound by Aisling Rawle
Misbehaving at the Crossroads: Essays & Writings by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers
The Ex-Girlfriend Murder Club by Gloria Chao
The Last Sweet Bite: Stories and Recipes of Culinary Heritage Lost and Found by Michael Shaikh
Spooky Science: Dissecting the Mysteries of Ghosts, Cryptids, Aliens, and Other Oddities by Meagan Ankney, Paige Miller
The Brain at Rest: How the Art and Science of Doing Nothing Can Improve Your Life by Joseph Jebelli, PhD
Rest is Resistance by Tricia Hersey
Rest Easy by Ximena Vengoechea
Gentle by Courtney Carver
Bored and Brilliant by Manoush Zomorodi
El Dorado Drive by Megan Abbott
As You Wish by Leesa Cross-Smith
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Jun 20, 2025 • 13min
All the (More!) Books! June 20, 2025
This week, Trisha recommends some of her favorite epistolary novels.
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Books Discussed:
The Examiner by Janice Hallett
Violeta by Isabel Allende
Lady Susan by Jane Austen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 17, 2025 • 41min
New Releases and More for June 17, 2025
This week, Liberty and Emily discuss I Gave You Eyes and You Looked Toward Darkness, How to Dodge a Cannonball, Sounds Like Love, and more great books!
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Books Discussed On the Show:
I Gave You Eyes and You Looked Toward Darkness by Irene Solà
How to Dodge a Cannonball by Dennard Dayle
Murder Takes a Vacation by Laura Lippman
Sounds Like Love by Ashley Poston
These Heathens by Mia McKenzie
UnWorld by Jayson Greene
The Poppy Fields by Nikki Erlick
Toni at Random: The Iconic Writer's Legendary Editorship by Dana A. Williams
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Jun 13, 2025 • 12min
All the (More!) Books! June 13, 2025
This week Vanessa recommends a few of her favorite queer Latine books.
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Books Discussed:
¡Hola Papi!: How to Come Out in a Walmart Parking Lot and Other Life Lessons by John Paul Brammer
A Lot Like Adios by Alexis Daria
Mangos and Mistletoe by Adriana Herrera Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 10, 2025 • 49min
New Releases and More for June 10, 2025
This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil, A Murder for Miss Hortense, A Rare Find, and more great books!
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Stumped on a great gift this Father's Day? Tailored Book Recommendations brings a personalized touch to any reading list with books hand-picked by professional book nerds. With over 150,000 book recommendations under our belt, we’ve got the chops to find the right read for your loved one this Father’s Day. Plus, with a simple checkout process and the ability to schedule the welcome email, gift-giving has never been easier. Gift TBR today starting at just $18!
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Books Discussed On the Show:
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab
A Murder for Miss Hortense by Mel Pennant
King of Ashes by S. A. Cosby
A Rare Find by Joanna Lowell
Palm Meridian by Grace Flahive
Latina Superheroes by Kayden Phoenix
The Mind Electric: A Neurologist on the Strangeness and Wonder of Our Brains by Pria Anand
A Most Puzzling Murder by Bianca Marais
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Jun 6, 2025 • 55min
The Beach Read Episode
Jeff is joined by Book Riot editors Danika Ellis and Erica Ezeifedi to talk about what makes a beach read, beach reads picks, and memorable beach reading moments.
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Discussed in this Episode:
The Book Riot Live at Powell's July 9th: The Best Books of the Year (so far)
The Best Beach Reads of All Time
The Hey YA Podcast
Book Riot's In the Club, In Reading Color, and Our Queerest Shelves Newsletters
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Jun 6, 2025 • 15min
All the (More!) Books! June 6, 2025
This week, Danika talks about five excellent queer beach reads.
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Books Discussed:
The Pairing by Casey McQuiston
Hot Dog Girl by Jennifer Dugan
This is What it Feels Like by Rebecca Barrow
Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree
Falling In Love With Hominids by Nalo Hopkinson
Links Mentioned:
The Best Beach Reads of All Time
9 of My Favorite Queer Beach Reads Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices