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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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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

Apr 24, 2018 • 41min
New Releases and More for April 24, 2018
This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Sky in the Deep, The Girl Who Smiled Beads, An American Marriage, and more great books.This episode was sponsored by How To Write an Autobiographical Novel by Alexander Chee and So Delicious.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:Be Prepared by Vera BrosgolWest Winging It: An Un-presidential Memoir by Pat CunnaneWest by Carys DaviesThe Recovering: Intoxication and Its Aftermath by Leslie JamisonThe Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After by Clemantine Wamariya and Elizabeth WeilAn American Marriage by Tayari JonesSky in the Deep by Adrienne YoungForest Bathing: How Trees Can Help You Find Health and Happiness by Dr. Qing LiWhat we’re reading this week:Belly Up by Rita BullwinkelGirls Burn Brighter by Shobha Rao Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 17, 2018 • 42min
New Releases and More for April 17, 2018
This week, Liberty and Jenn discuss How To Write an Autobiographical Novel, Before Mars, Acid West, and more great books.This episode was sponsored by So Delicious, Circe by Madeline Miller, and We Own the Sky by Luke Allnutt.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:How to Write an Autobiographical Novel: Essays by Alexander CheeNot So Stories edited by David Thomas MooreAcid West: Essays by Joshua WheelerDisoriental by Négar Djavadi, Tina Kover (Translator)Every Other Weekend by Zulema Renee SummerfieldPearls on a Branch: Oral Tales by Najla Jraissaty Khoury, Inea Bushnaq (Translator)Air Traffic: A Memoir of Ambition and Manhood in America by Gregory PardloBefore Mars (A Planetfall Novel) by Emma NewmanWhat we’re reading this week:Little by Edward CareyThe Sky is Yours by Chandler Klang Smith Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 13, 2018 • 12min
All the Backlist! April 13, 2018
This week, Liberty discusses The Prey of Gods, The Color of Magic, Red Dwarf, and more great older books.This week’s episode was sponsored by Bas Bleu: Books & Gifts for Avid Readers.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 Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsSpace Opera by Catherynne M. ValenteRed Dwarf: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers by Grant NaylorThe Prey of Gods by Nicky DraydenThe Eyre Affair by Jasper FfordeTo Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie WillisHow To Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles YuThe Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky ChambersThe Color of Magic by Terry PratchettAnother Fine Myth by Robert AsprinLast Chance to See by Douglas Adams Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 10, 2018 • 35min
New Releases and More for April 10, 2018
This week, Liberty and Amanda discuss Circe, Indian Horse, Anna Karenina, and more great books.This episode was sponsored by So Delicious, ThirdLove, and School for Psychics by K.C. Archer.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 stalking and abuse at 1:52.Trigger warning for discussion of rape and graphic violence at 11:00.Trigger warning for distressing content at 17:05.Trigger warning for discussion of racism and substance abuse at 25:12.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:You All Grow Up and Leave Me: A Memoir of Teenage Obsession by Piper WeissJurassic Park by Michael CrichtonCirce by Madeline MillerThe Underground Railroad by Colson WhiteheadThe Trauma Cleaner: One Woman’s Extraordinary Life in the Business of Death, Decay, and Disaster by Sarah KrasnosteinAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyIndian Horse: A Novel by Richard WagameseI Await the Devil’s Coming by Mary MacLaneWhat we’re reading this week:A Conjuring of Light: A Novel (Shades of Magic) by V. E. SchwabRock Manning Goes for Broke by Charlie Jane Anders Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 6, 2018 • 11min
All the Backlist! April 6, 2018
This week, Liberty discusses The Bluest Eye, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, The Eyes of the Dragon, and more great older books.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:Eye Level: Poems by Jenny XieWade In the Water: Poems by Tracy K. SmithBreath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge DanticatThe Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen KingTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonSmoke Gets in Your Eyes by Caitlin DoughtyThe Bluest Eye by Toni MorrisonBaby Monkey, Private Eye by Brian Selznick and David SerlinLittle by Edward CareyThe Iremonger Trilogy by Edward Carey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 3, 2018 • 36min
New Releases and More for April 3, 2018
This week, Liberty and Amanda discuss Dread Nation, Meaty, The Oracle Year, and more great books.This episode was sponsored by So Delicious, Munmun by Jesse Andrews, and The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind by Barbara K. Lipska.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:Meaty: Essays by Samantha IrbyMake Trouble: Standing Up, Speaking Out, and Finding the Courage to Lead–My Life Story by Cecile Richards The Oracle Year: A Novel by Charles Soule Waiting for Tomorrow: A Novel by Nathacha AppanahDread Nation by Justina Ireland The Recovering: Intoxication and Its Aftermath by Leslie Jamison The Female Persuasion by Meg Wolitzer Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison What we’re reading this week:Hot and Badgered by Shelley LaurenstonThe Beauty by Aliya WhiteleySick: A Memoir by Porochista Khakpour Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 30, 2018 • 11min
All the Backlist! March 30, 2018
This week, Liberty discusses Untwine, Hausfrau, Pym, and more great older books.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:Improvement by Joan SilberAsymmetry by Lisa HallidaySeraphina by Rachel HartmanHausfrau by Jill Alexander EssbaumPym by Mat JohnsonChristodora by Tim MurphyDuplex by Kathryn DavisUntwine by Edwidge DanticatTwins by Marcy DermanskyHalf Life by Shelley Jackson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 27, 2018 • 38min
New Releases and More for March 27, 2018
This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Hurts to Love You, Emergency Contact, Improvement, and more great books.This episode was sponsored by So Delicious, All the Women in My Family Sing, and What the Night Sings by Vesper Stamper.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:Emergency Contact by Mary H. K. ChoiHurts to Love You: Forbidden Hearts by Alisha RaiImprovement by Joan SilberKilling It: An Education by Camas DavisAll Out: The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens throughout the Ages by Saundra MitchellFeel Free: Essays by Zadie SmithAsymmetry by Lisa HallidayOdd Girl Out: My Extraordinary Autistic Life by Laura JamesWhat we’re reading this week:Spinning Silver by Naomi NovikTemper by Nicky DraydenPhysical Disobedience: An Unruly Guide to Health and Stamina for the Modern Feminist by Sarah Hays Coomer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 23, 2018 • 12min
All the Backlist! March 23, 2018
This week, Liberty discusses The Earthquake Bird, The Color Purple, Let the Right One In, and more great older books.This week’s episode was sponsored by Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Odeyemi.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 Earthquake Bird by Susanna JonesThe 25th Hour by David BenioffThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerA Prayer for Owen Meany by John IrvingFingersmith by Sarah WatersThe Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon by David GrannLet the Right One In by John Ajvide LindqvistDevil in a Blue Dress by Walter MosleyThe Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles by Julie Andrews Edwards Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices