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This week, Liberty and Emily discuss Hungerstone, I Got Abducted By Aliens and Now I'm Trapped in a Rom-Com, The Girl You Know, 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.A new year means a new Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons. To get recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. All Access subscribers get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. You can become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year to get unlimited access to all members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies of knowing you are supporting independent media. To join, visit bookriot.com/readharder.This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.Books Discussed On the Show:I Got Abducted By Aliens and Now I'm Trapped in a Rom-Com by Kimberly LemmingHungerstone by Kat DunnDream State by Eric PuchnerThe Girl You Know by Elle Gonzales RoseUpon a Starlit Tide by Kell WoodsThe Garden by Nick NewmanPseudoscience: An Amusing History of Crackpot Ideas and Why We Love Them by Lydia Kang, Nate PedersenYours, Eventually by Nura MaznaviThe Year of the Witching by Alexis HendersonThe Queen of the Night by Alexander CheeDept. of Speculation by Jenny OffillDungeon Crawler Carl by Matt DinnimanThe Return by Rachel HendersonThe Chain by Adrian McKintyLast Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda LoGideon the Ninth by Tamsyn MuirFor a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Sharifah talks about a couple of books she loves that are both collections — one nonfiction and one fiction.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.A new year means a new Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons. To get recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. All Access subscribers get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. You can become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year to get unlimited access to all members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies of knowing you are supporting independent media. To join, visit bookriot.com/readharder.This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.Books DiscussedThe Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha PhilyawPlease Don't Sit on My Bed in Your Outside Clothes by Phoebe Robinson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss Little Mysteries, Original Sins, (S)kin, 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.A new year means a new Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons. To get recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. All Access subscribers get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. You can become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year to get unlimited access to all members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies of knowing you are supporting independent media. To join, visit bookriot.com/readharder.This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.Books Discussed On the Show:Little Mysteries: Nine Miniature Puzzles to Confuse, Enthrall, and Delight by Sara GranDead in the Frame by Stephen Spotswood Alligator Tears: A Memoir in Essays by Edgar GomezOriginal Sins: The (Mis)education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism by Eve L. EwingStone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood(S)kin by Ibi ZoboiOne Message Remains by Premee MohamedThe Crimson Road by A.G. SlatterFor 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 books she loves that are 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.A new year means a new Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons. To get recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. All Access subscribers get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. You can become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year to get unlimited access to all members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies of knowing you are supporting independent media. To join, visit bookriot.com/readharder.This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.Books DiscussedFreakslaw by Jane FlettDisquiet by Julia LeighOne Piece by Eiichiro OdaKing of Ashes by S. A. Cosby Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Liberty and Danika discuss Victorian Psycho, Reading the Waves, The Black Fantastic, 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.A new year means a new Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons. To get recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. All Access subscribers get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. You can become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year to get unlimited access to all members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies of knowing you are supporting independent media. To join, visit bookriot.com/readharder.This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.Books Discussed On the Show:Victorian Psycho by Virginia FeitoReading the Waves: A Memoir by Lidia YuknavitchPure Innocent Fun: Essays by Ira Madison IIIThe Black Fantastic: 20 Afrofuturist Stories edited by andré m. carringtonBibliophobia: A Memoir by Sarah ChihayaA Tropical Rebel Gets the Duke by Adriana HerreraListen to Your Sister by Neena VielThe Lamb by Lucy RoseMutual Interest by Olivia Wolfgang-SmithFor 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 a couple of romances that are great for both experienced and new romance readers.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.A new year means a new Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons. To get recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. All Access subscribers get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. You can become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year to get unlimited access to all members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies of knowing you are supporting independent media. To join, visit bookriot.com/readharder.This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.Books DiscussedThe Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels by India HoltonLunar New Year Love Story by Gene Luen Yang and LeUyen Pham Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss Old Soul, Syme's Letter Writer, From These Roots, 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.A new year means a new Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons. To get recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. All Access subscribers get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. You can become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year to get unlimited access to all members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies of knowing you are supporting independent media. To join, visit bookriot.com/readharder.This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.Books Discussed On the Show:Old Soul by Susan BarkerSyme's Letter Writer: A Guide to Modern Correspondence About (Almost) Every Imaginable Subject of Daily Life, with Odes to Desktop Ephemera and Selected Letters of Famous Writers by Rachel SymeTartufo by Kira Jane Buxton From These Roots: My Fight with Harvard to Reclaim My Legacy by Tamara LanierWe Could Be Rats by Emily Austin Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People by Imani PerryBat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng by Kylie Lee BakerBlob: A Love Story by Maggie SuFor 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 recommends a work of Gothic science fiction she's been meaning to read for almost two decades and a work of Latin music history that's not (just) about Justin Bieber.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.A new year means a new Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons. To get recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. All Access subscribers get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. You can become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year to get unlimited access to all members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies of knowing you are supporting independent media. To join, visit bookriot.com/readharder.This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.Books DiscussedNever Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroNever Let Me Go review from The GuardianDecoding Despacito: An Oral History of Latin Music by Leila Cobo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Liberty and Emily discuss The Rainfall Market, The Broposal, We Do Not Part, 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.A new year means a new Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons. To get recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. All Access subscribers get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. You can become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year to get unlimited access to all members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies of knowing you are supporting independent media. To join, visit bookriot.com/readharder.This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.Books Discussed On the Show:The Rainfall Market by You Yeong-Gwang, Slin Jung (translator)The Broposal by Sonora ReyesDark Laboratory: On Columbus, the Caribbean, and the Origins of the Climate Crisis by Tao Leigh GoffeThe Sun Won’t Come Out Tomorrow: The Dark History of American Orphanhood by Kristen MartinWe Do Not Part by Han Kang, Paige Aniyah Morris (translator)The Favorites by Layne FargoA Crack in Everything: How Black Holes Came in from the Cold and Took Cosmic Centre Stage by Marcus ChownWitchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady HendrixFor a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today, Danika recommends a couple of their favorite sapphic fantasy reads of last year.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.A new year means a new Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons. To get recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. All Access subscribers get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. You can become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year to get unlimited access to all members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies of knowing you are supporting independent media. To join, visit bookriot.com/readharder.This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.Books DiscussedThe Jasmine Throne by Tasha SuriShe Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-ChanThe Unbroken by C. L. ClarkCan’t Spell Treason Without Tea by Rebecca Thorne Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices