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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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Nov 24, 2017 • 12min
All the Backlist! November 24, 2017
This week, Liberty discusses All Families are Psychotic, Everything I Never Told You, Banvard’s Folly, and more great older books.This week’s episode is sponsored by Tru & Nelle: A Christmas Tale by G. Neri. And don’t forget, we’re giving away $500 to spend at the bookstore of your choice! Click here to enter!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:All Families are Psychotic by Douglas CouplandWe Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley JacksonVanessa & Her Sister by Priya PramarThe Cement Garden by Ian McEwanJosie & Jack by Kelly BraffettEverything I Never Told You by Celeste NgWant Not by Jonathan MilesBlood & Ivy: The 1849 Murder That Scandalized Harvard by Paul CollinsBanvard’s Folly: Thirteen Tales of People Who Didn’t Change the World by Paul CollinsSixpence House: Lost in a Town of Books by Paul CollinsMurder of the Century by Paul CollinsDuel with the Devil by Paul Collins Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 21, 2017 • 39min
New Releases and More for November 21, 2017
This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss A Kind of Freedom, Altered Traits, Spoils, and more books.This episode was sponsored by Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader, ThirdLove, and PRH Audio.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:A Kind of Freedom by Margaret Wilkerson SextonAltered Traits: Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain, and Body by Daniel Goleman and Richard J. DavidsonWhen: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing by Daniel H. PinkSpoils by Brian Van ReetFrankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed SaadawiI Hear She’s a Real Bitch by Jen AggYou Bring the Distant Near by Mitali PerkinsCall Me by Your Name by André AcimanVacationland: True Stories from Painful Beaches by John HodgmanThe Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South by Michael W. TwittyWhat we’re reading this week:The World Only Spins Forward: The Ascent of Angels in America by Isaac Butler and Dan KoisChina Rich Girlfriend by Kevin Kwan Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 17, 2017 • 12min
All the Backlist! November 17, 2017
This week, Liberty discusses The ABC Murders, A Study in Scarlet Women, The Ice House, and more great older books.This week’s episode is sponsored by The Hanging Girl by Eileen Cook.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 ChristieSix Four by Hideo Yokoyama (Author), Jonathan Lloyd-Davies (Translator)Bury Me Deep by Megan AbbottHeartsick by Chelsea CainA Study in Scarlet Women by Sherry ThomasUnder the Beetle’s Cellar by Mary Willis WalkerThe Ice House by Minette WaltersAffinity by Sarah WatersConfessions by Kanae MinatoA Simple Plan by Scott SmithThe Executioner’s Song by Norman MailerShot in the Heart by Mikal Gilmore Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 14, 2017 • 43min
New Releases and More for November 14, 2017
This week, Liberty and Jenn discuss The City of Brass, Into the Drowning Deep, The Wild Book, and more books.This episode was sponsored by ThirdLove, Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader, and Creature of Will & Temper.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:The City of Brass by S. A. ChakrabortyFuture Home of the Living God: A Novel by Louise ErdrichShirtless Bear-Fighter Volume 1 by by Jody LeHeup (Author), Sebastian Girner (Author), Nil Vendrell (Artist), Mike Spicer (Artist), Andrew Robinson (Artist)Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance by Ruth Emmie LangThe Book of Resting Places: A Personal History of Where We Lay the Dead by Thomas Mira y LopezMother of All Pigs by Malu HalasaInto the Drowning Deep by Mira GrantThe Wild Book (Yonder) by Juan Villoro (Author), Lawrence Schimel (Translator)Whichwood by Tahereh MafiWhat we’re reading:Everything Is Horrible and Wonderful: A Tragicomic Memoir of Genius, Heroin, Love, and Loss by Stephanie Wittels Wachs Autonomous by Annalee Newitz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 10, 2017 • 13min
All the Backlist! November 10, 2017
This week, Liberty discusses Mycroft Holmes, Curse of the Narrows, Christine Falls, and more great older books.This week’s episode is sponsored by Weregirl and Chimera by C.D. Bell.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:Bonfire by Krysten RitterThe Gun Seller by Hugh LaurieMycroft Holmes by Kareem Abdul-JabarPostcards from the Edge by Carrie FisherThe Great Halifax Explosion by John BaconCurse of the Narrows by Laura MacdonaldSpineless by Julie BerwaldPreparing the Ghost by Matthew FrankMrs. Osmond by John BanvilleChristine Falls by Benjamin BlackAll Those Explosions Were Someone Else’s Fault by James Alan GardnerSoon I Will Be Invincible by Austin GrossmanJade City by Fonda LeePrizzi’s Honor by Richard Condon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 7, 2017 • 40min
New Releases and More for November 7, 2017
This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Buzz, Madonna in a Fur Coat, Bonfire, and more books.This episode was sponsored by Renegades and Pinball Wizard.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:Bonfire by Krysten RitterSpineless: The Science of Jellyfish and the Art of Growing a Backbone by Juli BerwaldWonder Valley by Ivy PochodaBuzz: The Stimulating History of the Sex Toy by Hallie LiebermanMadonna in a Fur Coat by Sabahattin Ali (Author), Ureen Freely (Translator), Alexander Dawe (Translator)Goodbye, Vitamin by Rachel KhongThey Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us by Hanif Willis-AbdurraqibObama: An Intimate Portrait by Pete SouzaWhat we’re reading:The Trauma Cleaner by Sarah KranosteinMeditation for Fidgety Skeptics by Dan Harris Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 3, 2017 • 12min
All the Backlist! November 3, 2017
This week, Liberty discusses Glaciers, We the Animals, Tell the Wolves I’m Home, 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:Glaciers by Alexis M. SmithWe the Animals by Justin TorresThe Cheese Monkeys by Chip KiddKalpa Imperial: The Greatest Empire That Never Was by Angélica Gorodischer, Ursula K. LeGuin (Translator)Fourth of July Creek by Smith HendersonPurple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieThe Gone-Away World by Nick HarkawayTell The Wolves I’m Home by Carol Rifka BruntThe Martian Chronicles by Ray BradburyOreo by Fran RossThe Last Adventure of Constance Verity by A. Lee Martinez Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 31, 2017 • 42min
New Releases and More for October 31, 2017
This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Beasts Made of Night, Everything is Awful, The Tea Dragon Society, and more books.This episode was sponsored by A Selfie as Big as the Ritz: Stories and Warby Parker.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:The Tea Dragon Society by Katie O’NeillThe King Is Always Above the People: Stories by Daniel AlarcónMudbound by Hillary JordanEverything Is Awful: And Other Observations by Matt BellassaiBeasts Made of Night by Tochi OnyebuchiThe Written World: The Power of Stories to Shape People, History, Civilization by Martin PuchnerUnbury Carol by Josh MalermanThe Female Persuasion by Meg WolitzerWhat we’re reading:How to Write an Autobiographical Novel: Essays by Alexander CheeTeachings on Love by Thich Nhat Hanh Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 27, 2017 • 11min
All the Backlist! October 27, 2017
This week, Liberty discusses Cloud Atlas, Here Comes the Sun, The Snow Queen, 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:Strange Weather by Joe HillRain: A Natural and Cultural History by Cynthia BarnettBrolliology: A History of the Umbrella in Life and Literature by Marion RankineCloud Atlas by David MitchellHere Comes the Sun by Nicole Dennis-BennSnow Crash by Neal StephensonGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussShadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafonFather of the Rain by Lily KingSnowblind by Christopher GoldenThe Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel WilkersonThe Monkey’s Raincoat by Robert CraisThe Snow Queen by Joan D. VingeDeath in the Clouds by Agatha ChristieHow to Survive a Sharknado by Andrew ShafferThe Brief History of the Dead by Kevin Brockmeier Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 24, 2017 • 44min
New Releases and More for October 24, 2017
This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Long Way Down, The River of Consciousness, Ghosts of the Tsunami, and more books.This episode was sponsored by ThirdLove and Turtles All the Way Down.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:Long Way Down by Jason ReynoldsThe River of Consciousness by Oliver SacksRuby and Olivia by Rachel HawkinsSmitten Kitchen Every Day by Deb PerelmanGhosts of the Tsunami: Death and Life in Japan’s Disaster Zone by Richard Lloyd ParryOn Living by Kerry EganAn American Family: A Memoir of Hope and Sacrifice by Khizr KhanWhat we’re reading:Death in the Air: The True Story of a Serial Killer, the Great London Smog, and the Strangling of a City by Kate Winkler DawsonSilence: In the Age of Noise by Erling Kagge, Becky L. Crook (Translator) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices