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This week, Liberty and Kelly discuss The Death of Vivek Oji, The Black Kids, True Story, and more great books.This episode was sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, the digital hangout spot for the Book Riot community; Henry Holt and Co. and The Eighth Detective by Alex Pavesi; and Being Lolita: A Memoir by Alisson Wood.Pick up an All the Books! 200th episode commemorative item here.Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, iTunes, or Spotify and never miss a beat 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.For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website.BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:Wandering in Strange Lands: A Daughter of the Great Migration Reclaims Her Roots by Morgan JerkinsThe Black Kids by Christina Hammonds ReedHarrow the Ninth by Tamsyn MuirThe Girl and the Ghost by Hanna AlkafLeonard and Hungry Paul by Ronan HessionA Mind Spread Out on the Ground by Alicia ElliottLobizona: A Novel (Wolves of No World Book 1) by Romina GarberThe Disaster Tourist by Yun Ko-Eun, Lizzie Buehler (translator)Life of a Klansman: A Family History with White Supremacy by Edward BallMigrations by Charlotte McConaghy The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke EmeziFangirls: Scenes from Modern Music Culture by Hannah EwensTrue Story by Kate Reed PettyCaste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel WilkersonLuster: A Novel by Raven Leilani A Furious Sky: The Five-Hundred-Year History of America’s Hurricanes by Eric Jay DolinWHAT WE’RE READING:Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot by Mikki KendallCamp Murderface by Saundra Mitchell and Josh BerkThe Black Cabinet: The Untold Story of African Americans and Politics During the Age of Roosevelt by Jill Watts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Tirzah talks about two great backlist books, including books about complicated families with LGBTQ+ characters.This episode is sponsored by The Chronicles of Now podcast from Pushkin Industries.Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher and never miss a beat 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 Discussed on the Show:It’s Not Like It’s a Secret by Misa SugiuraThis Time Will Be Different by Misa SugiuraThe Lotterys Plus One by Emma DonoghueThe Lotterys More or Less by Emma DonoghueThe Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss This Is My America, The Silence of the White City, I Kissed Alice, and more great books.This episode was sponsored by The Chronicles of Now podcast from Pushkin Industries; Malorie, the thrilling sequel to Bird Box, from New York Times bestselling author Josh Malerman; and Best Fiends.Pick up an All the Books! 200th episode commemorative item here.Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, iTunes, or Spotify and never miss a beat 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.For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website.BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:Let’s Never Talk About This Again: A Memoir by Sara Faith AltermanStranger Things: Into the Fire by Jody Houser, Ryan Kelly, Le Beau Underwood, Triona Farrell, and Nate PiekosThe Silence of the White City by Eva García SáenzThis Is My America by Kim JohnsonIt Is Wood, It Is Stone: A Novel by Gabriella Burnham  Quintessence by Jess RedmanHis & Hers by Alice FeeneyI Kissed Alice by Anna Birch and Victoria YingWHAT WE’RE READING:The Butterfly Lampshade by Aimee BenderThe Survivors by Jane Harper Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Patricia talks about a couple great backlist titles, including one title she’s gifted multiple times!This episode is sponsored by “With the Bark Off: Conversations from the LBJ Presidential Library!”Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher and never miss a beat 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 discussed on the show:Brave, Not Perfect: How Celebrating Imperfection Helps You Live Your Best, Most Joyful Life by Reshma SaujaniOctavia Butler’s Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Damian Duffy and John Jennings Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Liberty and Tirzah discuss Hamnet, 10 Things I Hate About Pinky, He Started It, and more great books.This episode was sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, the digital hangout spot for the Book Riot community; Saga Press, the publisher of award-winning speculative fiction from authors like Stephen Graham Jones, Ursula K. Le Guin, Ken Liu, and Rebecca Roanhorse; and Ritual.Pick up an All the Books! 200th episode commemorative item here.Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, iTunes, or Spotify and never miss a beat 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.For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website.BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:Hamnet: A novel by Maggie O’Farrell The Pull of the Stars: A Novel by Emma Donoghue He Started It by Samantha DowningThe Year of the Witching by Alexis HendersonThe Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist by Adrian TomineThe Mysterious Messenger by Gilbert FordThe Perfect Father: The True Story of Chris Watts, His All-American Family, and a Shocking Murder by John GlattThe Unidentified: Mythical Monsters, Alien Encounters, and Our Obsession with the Unexplained by Colin Dickey10 Things I Hate about Pinky by Sandhya MenonWHAT WE’RE READING:The Good Turn by Dervla McTiernanSing Backwards and Weep by Mark Lanegan Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Tirzah talks about two great backlist books, including two books about missing sisters.This episode is sponsored by Flatiron Books, publisher of Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust.Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher and never miss a beat 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 Discussed on the Show:Searching for Sylvie Lee by Jean KwokOne Came Home by Amy TimberlakeTrue Grit by Charles Portis Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss Utopia Avenue, The Extraordinaries, Running, and more great books.This episode was sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, the digital hangout spot for the Book Riot community; Flatiron Books, publisher of Blacktop Wasteland by S.A. Cosby; and Size Zero by Abigail Mangin.Pick up an All the Books! 200th episode commemorative item here.Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, iTunes, or Spotify and never miss a beat 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.For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website.BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham JonesThe Extraordinaries by T.J. KluneUtopia Avenue by David MitchellRunning by Natalia SylvesterDevil’s Ballast by Meg CaddyWell-Behaved Indian Women by Saumya DaveThe King of Confidence: A Tale of Utopian Dreamers, Frontier Schemers, True Believers, False Prophets, and the Murder of an American Monarch by Miles HarveyA Sweet Mess by Jayci LeeWHAT WE’RE READING:The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. KluneCursed Objects: Strange but True Stories of the World’s Most Infamous Items by J. W. OckerA Unified Theory of Cats on the Internet by E.J. White Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Patricia talks about a couple great nonfiction backlist titles, including one title that blew her mind!This episode is sponsored by Flatiron Books, publishers of Mirage by Somaiya Daud!Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher and never miss a beat 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 discussed on the show:How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective edited by Keeanga-Yamahtta TaylorKiss Number 8 by Colleen AF Venable & Ellen T. CrenshawMarcella’s Italian Kitchen by Marcella HazanThe Perfect Cookie: Your Ultimate Guide to Foolproof Cookies, Brownies & Bars from America’s Test Kitchen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Liberty and Kelly discuss The Cold Vanish, The Voting Booth, Want, and more great books.This episode was sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, the digital hangout spot for the Book Riot community; TBR, Book Riot’s subscription service offering Tailored Book Recommendations for readers of all stripes; and Ecco Books and The Son of Good Fortune by Lysley Tenorio.Pick up an All the Books! 200th episode commemorative item here.Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, iTunes, or Spotify and never miss a beat 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.For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website.BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:The Cold Vanish: Seeking the Missing in North America’s Wildlands by Jon BillmanInto the Streets: A Young Person’s Visual History of Protest in the United States by Marke BieschkeThe Color of Air: A Novel by Gail TsukiyamaThe Voting Booth by Brandy ColbertWant: A Novel by Lynn Steger StrongThe Sirens of Mars: Searching for Life on Another World by Sarah Stewart JohnsonBurn Our Bodies Down by Rory PowerDisability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century by Alice WongWHAT WE’RE READING:My Eyes Are Up Here by Laura ZimmermannLeave the World Behind: A Novel by Rumaan Alam Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss Mexican Gothic, Forest of Souls, Action Park, and more great books.This episode was sponsored by Hey YA, Book Riot’s own podcast about all things young adult lit; Best Fiends; and Size Zero by Abigail Mangin.Pick up an All the Books! 200th episode commemorative item here.Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, iTunes, or Spotify and never miss a beat 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.For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website.BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-GarciaThe Girl and the Witch’s Garden by Erin BowmanAction Park: Fast Times, Wild Rides, and the Untold Story of America’s Most Dangerous Amusement Park by Andy Mulvihill, Jake RossenForest of Souls by Lori M. LeeTake a Hint, Dani Brown: A Novel (The Brown Sisters) by Talia HibbertThe Angel of the Crows by Katherine AddisonSex and Vanity: A Novel by Kevin KwanEverything Is an Emergency: An OCD Story in Words & Pictures by Jason Adam KatzensteinThe Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water by Zen ChoWHAT WE’RE READING:A Quick & Easy Guide to Queer & Trans Identities by Mady G & J.R. ZuckerbergThe Mystery of Mrs. Christie by Marie Benedict Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices