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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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May 25, 2018 • 13min
All the Backlist! May 25, 2018
This week, Liberty discusses The ABC Murders, The Gun, and more great older books.This week’s episode was sponsored by The Optimistic Decade by Heather Abel.Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or Apple Podcasts 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:The ABC Murders by Agatha ChristieFrom Twinkle, with Love by Sandhya MenonWhen Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya MenonAmerican Hippo by Sarah GaileyRiver of Teeth by Sarah GaileyCult X by Fuminori NakamuraThe Gun by Fuminori NakamuraAll the Ever Afters by Danielle TellerThe Woodcutter by Kate DanleyThe Veldt by Ray BradburyA Rose for Emily by William FaulknerThe Man Who Returned by Edmond Hamilton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 22, 2018 • 58min
New Releases and More for May 22, 2018
This week, Liberty, Rebecca, Amanda, and Jenn discuss Anger is a Gift, MEM, and more great books. And answer listener questions!This episode was sponsored by Campaign Widows by Aimee Agresti and Furyborn by Claire Legrand.Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or iTunes 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:Anger is a Gift by Mark OshiroThe Ensemble by Aja GabelLittle Fish by Casey PlettMEM by Bethany C. MorrowSpeak by Laurie Halse AndersonThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsHoles by Louis SacharPhoebe and Her Unicorn by Dana SimpsonTiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl StrayedMen Explain Things to Me by Rebecca SolnitEloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Brittney CooperThe Giant’s House by Elizabeth McCrackenNinefox Gambit by Yoon Ha LeeOne Good Earl Deserves A Lover by Sarah MacLeanThe Sparrow by Mary Doria RussellWhat we’re reading this week:Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture edited by Roxane GayCalypso by David SedarisArmistice by Lara Elena DonnellySingled Out: How Two Million Women Survived without Men After the First World War by Virginia NicholsonThe Wicked King by Holly Black Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 18, 2018 • 13min
All the Backlist! May 18, 2018
This week, Liberty discusses Go with Me, The Story of a Brief Marriage, and more great older books.This week’s episode was sponsored by Geekerella by Ashley Poston.Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or Apple Podcasts 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:So Lucky by Nicola GriffithTin Man by Sarah WinmanThe Driest Season by Meghan KennyCannery Row by John SteinbeckSweet Thursday by John SteinbeckThe Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValleProdigies by Angélica Gorodischer Go with Me by Castle Freeman, Jr.The Black Tides of Heaven by JY YangThe Red Threads of Fortune by JY YangThe Descent of Monsters by JY YangThe Story of a Brief Marriage by Anuk ArudpragasmThere There by Tommy OrangeBabyteeth Vol. 1 by Donny Cates and Garry BrownDark Fang Volume 1: Earth Calling by Miles Gunter and Kelsey ShannonAquicorn Cove by Kate O’NeillSwing Volume 1 by Matt Hawkins and Jennie Cheung Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 15, 2018 • 38min
New Releases and More for May 15, 2018
This week, Liberty and Jenn discuss Jonny Appleseed, So Lucky, Tin Man, and more great books.This episode was sponsored by To Kill a Kingdom by Alexandra Christo and Recommended Season 2.Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or iTunes and never miss a beat book.Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news.Trigger warning for discussion of suicide starting around 29:00.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:So Lucky by Nicola GriffithHappy Cactus: Cacti, Succulents, and More by DKTin Man by Sarah WinmanThe Crossing by Jason MottThe Storm: A Novel by Arif AnwarThe Queen of Sorrow: Book Three of The Queens of Renthia by Sarah Beth DurstThe Driest Season by Meghan KennyJonny Appleseed by Joshua Whitehead Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 11, 2018 • 10min
All the Backlist! May 11, 2018
This week, Liberty discusses Almost Crimson, Vow of Celibacy, and more great older books.This week’s episode was sponsored by Flatiron Books and The Fact of a Body by Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich.Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or Apple Podcasts 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:Belly Up: Stories by Rita BullwinkelMotherfucking Sharks by Brian Allen CarrAlmost Crimson by Dasha KellyAlice + Freda Forever: A Murder in Memphis by Alexis CoeA Twenty Minute Silence Followed by Applause by Shawn WenVow of Celibacy by Erin JudgeFrankenstein by Mary Shelley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 10, 2018 • 2min
Catch Up With Recommended Season 1!
Recommended is back! Season 2 will start on May 16, so there’s no time like the present to catch up with Season 1. Get more details and subscribe at bookriot.com/recommended or on the podcatcher of your choice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 8, 2018 • 39min
New Releases and More for May 8, 2018
This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss That Kind of Mother, Undead Girl Gang, Belly Up, and more great books.This episode was sponsored by ThirdLove and Wicked River by Jenny Milchman.Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or iTunes and never miss a beat book.Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news.Trigger warning for discussion of suicide starting around 3:45.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 Girl and the Grove by Eric SmithUndead Girl Gang by Lily AndersonThat Kind of Mother by Rumaan AlamOur Kind of Cruelty by Araminta HallText Me When You Get Home: The Evolution and Triumph of Modern Female Friendship by Kayleen SchaeferI Find Your Lack of Faith Disturbing: Star Wars and the Triumph of Geek Culture by A. D. JamesonYoung Jane Young by Gabrielle ZevinBelly Up: Stories by Rita BullwinkelDo Not Become Alarmed by Maile MeloyWhat we’re reading this week:Bad Man by Dathan AuerbachI’ll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman’s Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 4, 2018 • 13min
All the Backlist! May 4, 2018
This week, Liberty discusses The Age of Miracles, Nevermoor, and more great older books.This week’s episode was sponsored by the Folio Society edition of I Am Legend by Richard Matheson.Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or Apple Podcasts 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:The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson WalkerThe Dreamers: A Novel by Karen Thompson WalkerTell the Wolves I’m Home by Carol Rifka BruntNevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica TownsendAru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani ChokshiFrankenstein by Mary ShelleyPurrder She Wrote: A Cat Cafe Mystery by Cate Conte Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 1, 2018 • 42min
New Releases and More for May 1, 2018
This week, Liberty and Amanda discuss What You Want To See, A Lucky Man, The Electric Woman, and more great books.This episode was sponsored by Reading Women, Warby Parker, and The Black Witch by Laurie Forest.Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or iTunes 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:What You Want to See by Kristen LepionkaThe Electric Woman: A Memoir in Death-Defying Acts by Tessa FontaineThe Lonely Witness by William BoyleSong of Blood & Stone: Earthsinger Chronicles, Book One by L. PenelopeMr. Flood’s Last Resort by Jess KiddThe Very Worst Missionary: A Memoir or Whatever by Jamie WrightA Lucky Man: Stories by Jamel BrinkleyHeavy Vinyl by Carly Usdin, Nina Vakueva (Illustrator)What we’re reading this week:The Leper Spy: The Story of an Unlikely Hero of World War II by Ben MontgomeryEast of Eden by John SteinbeckThe Dreamers by Karen Thompson Walker Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 27, 2018 • 14min
All the Backlist! April 27, 2018
This week, Liberty discusses a few great nonfiction books.This week’s episode was sponsored by American Street by Ibi Zoboi.Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or Apple Podcasts 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:I’ll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman’s Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamaraThe Real Lolita: The Kidnapping of Sally Horner and the Novel That Scandalized the World by Sarah WeinmanThe Poet and the Murderer by Simon WorrallSpectacle: The Astonishing Life of Ota Benga by Pamela NewkirkThe Skies Belong to Us: Love and Terror in the Golden Age of Hijacking by Brendan I. KoernerThe Mixtape of My Life: A Do-It-Yourself Music Memoir by Robert K. Elder Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices