This week, Liberty and Tirzah discuss The Rib King, Last Night at the Telegraph Club, Remote Control, and more great books. 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 book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. This post contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, Book Riot may earn a commission. BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW: The Rib King: A Novel by Ladee Hubbard Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo Remote Control by Nnedi Okorafor  Amari and the Night Brothers by B. B. Alston Knock Knock by Anders Roslund   This Will Be Funny Someday by Katie Henry Floaters: Poems by Martín Espada Winterkeep by Kristin Cashore The Album of Dr. Moreau by Daryl Gregory WHAT WE’RE READING: The Survivors by Jane Harper The Hidden Palace: A Tale of the Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker MORE BOOKS OUT THIS WEEK: Have I Ever Told You Black Lives Matter by Shani King Pianos and Flowers: Brief Encounters of the Romantic Kind by Alexander McCall Smith  Bad Medicine: Catching New York’s Deadliest Pill Pusher by Charlotte Bismuth Homo Irrealis: Essays by André Aciman  Faust, Part One : A New Translation with Illustrations by Johann Wolfgang van Goethe, Zsuzsanna Ozsváth (translator) The Forever Sea by Joshua Phillip Johnson From the Moon I Watched Her by Emily English Medley Cast in Firelight by Dana Swift Maafa by Harmony Holiday The Plague Cycle: The Unending War Between Humanity and Infectious Disease by Charles Kenny Wench by Maxine Kaplan     Harnessing Grief: A Mother’s Quest for Meaning and Miracles by Maria J. Kefalas Enjoy the View by Sarah Morgenthaler Before She Disappeared: A Novel by Lisa Gardner The Conjure-Man Dies by Rudolph Fisher The City of Tears by Kate Mosse Your Corner Dark by Desmond Hall The Comeback: A Figure Skating Novel by E. L. Shen Ambitious Girl by Meena Harris and Marissa Valdez The Mask of Mirrors by M. A. Carrick Happy Singles Day by Ann Marie Walker The Black Panther Party: A Graphic Novel History by David F. Walker, Marcus Kwame Anderson With Her Fist Raised: Dorothy Pitman Hughes and the Transformative Power of Black Community Activism by Laura L. Lovett Hall of Smoke by H. M. Long Girl on the Line by Faith Gardner The Crown in Crisis: Countdown to the Abdication by Alexander Larman  The World Turned Upside Down: A History of the Chinese Cultural Revolution by Yang Jisheng, Stacy Mosher (translator), Guo Jian (translator)   Shipped by Angie Hockman  A Brief History of Artificial Intelligence: What It Is, Where We Are, and Where We Are Going by Michael Wooldridge  Wider Than the Sky by Katherine Field Rothschild Sonic Boom: The Impossible Rise of Warner Bros. Records, from Hendrix to Fleetwood Mac to Madonna to Prince by Peter Ames Carlin  The Broken Spine (A Beloved Bookroom Mystery Book 1) by Dorothy St. James  Craft in the Real World: Rethinking Fiction Writing and Workshopping by Matthew Salesses Eagle Down: The Last Special Forces Fighting the Forever War by Jessica Donati  The Doctors Blackwell: How Two Pioneering Sisters Brought Medicine to Women and Women to Medicine by Janice P. Nimura  Borderlands Curanderos: The Worlds of Santa Teresa Urrea and Don Pedrito Jaramillo by Jennifer Koshatka Seman Shiver by Allie Reynolds A House at the Bottom of a Lake by Josh Malerman Sanctuary: A Memoir by Emily Rapp Black The Divines: A Novel by Ellie Eaton The Merciful by Jon Sealy  Reel Bay: A Cinematic Essay by Jana Larson Trio by William Boyd The African Lookbook: A Visual History of 100 Years of African Women by Catherine E. McKinley The Lives of Lucian Freud: Fame, 1968-2011 by William Feaver At the Edge of the Haight by Katherine Seligman Playing with Fire by April Henry If I Tell You the Truth by Jasmin Kaur Pity Party by Kathleen Lane A Complicated Love Story Set in Space by Shaun David Hutchinson From Here to There: Inventions That Changed the Way the World Moves by Vivian Kirkfield and Gilbert Ford My Grandmother’s Braid by Alina Bronsky, Tim Mohr (translator)  Last Orgy of the Divine Hermit by Mark Leyner Infinitum: An Afrofuturist Tale by Tim Fielder We Free the Stars (Sands of Arawiya) by Hafsah Faizal  Aftershock: A Novel by T.J. Mitchell, Judy Melinek Coming Out Stories: Personal Experiences of Coming Out from Across the LGBTQ+ Spectrum edited by Emma Goswell and Sam Walker See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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E294: New Releases and More for January 19, 2021

This week, Tirzah discusses two great YA fantasy backlist books! Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher and never miss a book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. This post contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, Book Riot may earn a commission. Books Discussed: Huntress by Malinda Lo Graceling by Kristin Cashore Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo Ash by Malinda Lo Winterkeep by Kristin Cashore See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

293.5: All the Backlist! January 15, 2021

This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss Yellow Wife, Summerwater, The House on Vesper Sands, and more great books. 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. BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW: What Could Be Saved by Liese O’Halloran Schwarz The Ruthless Lady’s Guide to Wizardry by C. M. Waggoner We Shall Sing a Song into the Deep by Andrew Kelly Stewart Yellow Wife: A Novel by Sadeqa Johnson You’ll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Stories About Racism by Amber Ruffin, Lacey Lamar Summerwater: A Novel by Sarah Moss  The House on Vesper Sands by Paraic O’Donnell  Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas That Old Country Music: Stories by Kevin Barry The Revolution According to Raymundo Mata by Gina Apostol  Reconstruction: Stories by Alaya Dawn Johnson A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life by George Saunders  The Beautiful Struggle: YA Edition by Ta-Nehisi Coates Tales From the Hinterland by Melissa Albert  The Dangers of Smoking in Bed: Stories by Mariana Enriquez, Megan McDowell (translator) Detransition, Baby: A Novel by Torrey Peters  The Center of Everything: A Novel by Jamie Harrison  Hades, Argentina: A Novel by Daniel Loedel  Across the Green Grass Fields by Seanan McGuire One of the Good Ones by Maika Moulite and Maritza Moulite  WHAT WE’RE READING: Marion Lane and the Midnight Murder by T.A. Willberg The Secret to Superhuman Strength by Alison Bechdel  MORE BOOKS OUT THIS WEEK: Run to Win: Lessons in Leadership for Women Changing the World by Stephanie Schriock, Christina Reynolds Nine Days: The Race to Save Martin Luther King Jr.’s Life and Win the 1960 Election by Paul Kendrick and Stephen Kendrick Into the Heartless Wood by Joanna Ruth Meyer God of Nothingness: Poems by Mark Wunderlich Siri, Who Am I? A Novel by Sam Tschida Sleep Well, My Lady by Kwei Quartey Overnight Code: The Life of Raye Montague, the Woman Who Revolutionized Naval Engineering by Paige Bowers, David Montague Murder in Canaryville: The True Story Behind a Cold Case and a Chicago Cover-Up by Jeff Coen You Have a Match: A Novel by Emma Lord  City of the Plague God by Sarwat Chadda Lana’s War: A Novel by Anita Abriel  The Last Garden in England by Julia Kelly  The Theory of Flight by Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu Divine Justice by Joanne Hichens Dog Flowers: A Memoir by Danielle Geller  Pee Wees: Confessions of a Hockey Parent by Rich Cohen  American Daughter: A Memoir by Stephanie Thornton Plymale, Elissa Wald People Like Her by Ellery Lloyd When Brains Dream: Exploring the Science and Mystery of Sleep by Antonio Zadra and Robert Stickgold Shine Until Tomorrow by Carla Malden Every Single Lie by Rachel Vincent Stella Díaz Dreams Big by Angela Dominguez A Vow So Bold and Deadly by Brigid Kemmerer Alone by Megan E. Freeman  Goldibooks and the Wee Bear by Troy Wilson and Edwardian Taylor Bevelations: Lessons from a Mutha, Auntie, Bestie by Bevy Smith Life Among the Terranauts by Caitlin Horrocks Gone to the Woods: Surviving a Lost Childhood by Gary Paulsen The Meet-Cute Project by Rhiannon Richardson Before the Ruins: A Novel by Victoria Gosling The Effort by Claire Holroyde  Waiting for the Night Song by Julie Carrick Dalton  The Captive: A Novel by Fiona King Foster The Brass Queen by Elizabeth Chatsworth The Perfect Guests by Emma Rous Walking with Ghosts by Gabriel Byrne The Frozen Crown: A Novel by Greta Kelly Deep into the Dark by P. J. Tracy  Dear Miss Kopp (Kopp Sisters) by Amy Stewart and Michelle Tessler Surrender the Dead: A Novel by John Burley Pedro’s Theory: Reimagining the Promised Land by Marcos Gonsalez The Secret Life of Dorothy Soames: A Memoir by Justine Cowan Many Points of Me by Caroline Gertler We Found a Monster by Kirk Scroggs The Inland Sea: A Novel by Madeleine Watts The Ambassador of Nowhere Texas by Kimberly Willis Holt The Children’s Blizzard: A Novel by Melanie Benjamin Our Italian Summer by Jennifer Probst  The Historians: A Novel by Cecilia Ekbäck The Tool & the Butterflies by Dmitry Lipskerov, Reilly Costigan-Humes (translator) The Animal Rescue Agency #1: Case File: Little Claws by Eliot Schrefer The Children’s Train: A Novel by Viola Ardone, Clarissa Botsford (translator) Adventures and Misadventures of the Extraordinary and Admirable Joan Orpí, Conquistador and Founder of New Catalonia by Max Besora, Mara Faye Lethem (translator) Clues to the Universe by Christina Li Chlorine Sky by Mahogany L. Brown Aftershocks: A Memoir by Nadia Owusu Find Me in Havana: A Novel by Serena Burdick Troubled: The Failed Promise of America’s Behavioral Treatment Programs by Kenneth R. Rosen  The Lost Manuscript: A Novel by Cathy Bonidan Useless Miracle by Barry Schechter W-3 by Bette Howland  Bravey: Chasing Dreams, Befriending Pain, and Other Big Ideas by Alexi Pappas and Maya Rudolph The Charmed Wife by Olga Grushin The Nightmare Thief by Nicole Lesperance Angel of Greenwood by Randi Pink Fucked at Birth: Recalibrating the American Dream for the 2020s by Dale Maharidge Julian Bond’s Time to Teach: A History of the Southern Civil Rights Movement by Julian Bond Many Points of Me by Caroline Gertler  The Ocean House: Stories by Mary-Beth Hughes The Lost Boys by Faye Kellerman Sloth and Smell the Roses by Hello!Lucky The Other Mother: A Novel by Matthew Dicks  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

E293: New Releases and More for January 12, 2021

This week, Patricia talks about a couple backlist titles including some short stories by one of sci-fi’s greatest authors! 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. Books discussed on the show: Bloodchild and Other Stories by Octavia E. Butler The Deep & Dark Blue by Niki Smith See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

292.5: All the Backlist! January 8, 2021

This week, Liberty and Danika discuss Outlawed, The Heiress, Black Buck, and more great books. 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. BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW: Outlawed by Anna North The Heiress: The Revelations of Anne de Bourgh by Molly Greeley Picnic In the Ruins by Todd Robert Petersen After the Rain by Nnedi Okorafor, John Jennings, David Brame (Illustrator)  Black Buck by Mateo Askaripour Goldie Vance: The Hocus-Pocus Hoax by Lilliam Rivera and Brittney Williams To Be Honest by Michael Leviton Be Dazzled by Ryan La Sala  Happily Ever Afters by Elise Bryant  WHAT WE’RE READING: Savage Beard of She Dwarf by Kyle Latino My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones MORE BOOKS OUT THIS WEEK: The Prophets by Robert Jones, Jr.  The Eagles of Heart Mountain: A True Story of Football, Incarceration, and Resistance in World War II America by Bradford Pearson  Every Body: An Honest and Open Look at Sex from Every Angle by Julia Rothman  Spring Stinks (Mother Bruce Series) by Ryan T. Higgins West End Girls: A Novel by Jenny Colgan Featherhood: A Memoir of Two Fathers and a Magpie by Charlie Gilmour  Single and Forced to Mingle: A Guide for (Nearly) Any Socially Awkward Situation by Melissa Croce Night Bird Calling by Cathy Gohlke  Social Chemistry: Decoding the Patterns of Human Connection by Marissa King The Push by Ashley Audrain Love Songs for Skeptics: A Novel by Christina Pishiris The Art of Falling: A Novel by Danielle McLaughlin  Pickard County Atlas: A Novel by Chris Harding Thornton  White Feminism: From the Suffragettes to Influencers and Who They Leave Behind by Koa Beck Better Luck Next Time: A Novel by Julia Claiborne Johnson  Peacemaker by Joseph Bruchac Not My Boy by Kelly Simmons  The Life I’m In by Sharon G. Flake The Quantum Weirdness of the Almost-Kiss by Amy Noelle Parks The Shadow by Melanie Raabe, Imogen Taylor (translator) Root Magic by Eden Royce Roman and Jewel by Dana L. Davis  Siege of Rage and Ruin (The Wells of Sorcery Trilogy Book 3) by Django Wexler  The Hearing Trumpet by Leonora Carrington, Olga Tokarczuk Glimpsed by G.F. Miller  The Awakening of Malcolm X by Ilyasah Shabazz, Tiffany D. Jackson City of Schemes (A Counterfeit Lady Novel Book 4) by Victoria Thompson  The Trouble with Good Ideas by Amanda Panitch Bone Canyon (Eve Ronin Book 2) by Lee Goldberg  A Deadly Fortune: A Novel by Stacie Murphy The Sea Gate by Jane Johnson Baseball’s Leading Lady: Effa Manley and the Rise and Fall of the Negro Leagues by Andrea Williams Beginners: The Joy and Transformative Power of Lifelong Learning by Tom Vanderbilt  Crown of Bones by A.K. Wilder Lore by Alexandra Bracken  When You Look Like Us by Pamela N. Harris The Fortunate Ones by Ed Tarkington The Sea in Winter by Christine Day Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do Is Healthy and Rewarding by Daniel Lieberman   Slash And Burn by Claudia Hernández, Julia Sanches (translator) Our Darkest Night: A Novel of Italy and the Second World War by Jennifer Robson The Night Lake: A Young Priest Maps the Topography of Grief by Liz Tichenor S.O.S.: Society of Substitutes #1: The Great Escape by Alan Katz, Alex Lopez  Unsolaced: Along the Way to All That Is by Gretel Ehrlich Here Lies a Father by Mckenzie Cassidy Persephone Station by Stina Leicht The Wife Upstairs: A Novel by Rachel Hawkins  A Crooked Tree by Una Mannion Driven: The Race to Create the Autonomous Car by Alex Davies Influence by Sara Shepard and Lilia Buckingham I Just Wanted to Save My Family by Stéphan Pélissier and Adriana Hunter  A Lie Someone Told You About Yourself by Peter Ho Davies Stay Safe (Kathryn A. Morton Prize in Poetry) by Emma Hine The Portrait: A Novel by Ilaria Bernardini Unplugged by Gordon Korman The Butterfly House by Katrine Engberg One of the Good Ones by Maika Moulite and Maritza Moulite The Truth of Yoga: A Comprehensive Guide to Yoga’s History, Texts, Philosophy, and Practices by Daniel Simpson Eyes That Kiss in the Corners by Joanna Ho and Dung Ho See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

E292: New Releases and More for January 5, 2021

This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss some of their most anticipated books of 2021, including The Rib King, Dial A for Aunties, and Harlem Shuffle. Pick up an All the Books! T-shirt 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. BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW: The Rib King by Ladee Hubbard Victories Greater Than Death by Charlie Jane Anders We Could Be Heroes by Mike Chen The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna Two Truths and a Lie: A Murder, a Private Investigator, and Her Search for Justice by Ellen McGarrahan Kink: Stories edited by R.O. Kwon and Garth Greenwell Yolk by Mary H.K. Choi Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto In the Quick by Kate Hope Day Remote Control by Nnedi Okorafor We Are Satellites by Sarah Pinsker Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon Damnation Spring by Ash Davidson Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself by Nedra Glover Tawwab Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead Broken in the Best Possible Way by Jenny Lawson WHAT WE’RE READING: Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko Star Eater by Kerstin Hall  MORE BOOKS OUT THE REST OF THE YEAR: Wound from the Mouth of a Wound by torrin a. greathouse Crystal Clear: Reflections on Extraordinary Talismans for Everyday Life by Jaya Saxena In Case You Get Hit by a Bus: A Plan to Organize Your Life Now for When You’re Not Around Later by Abby Schneiderman, Adam Seifer, Gene Newman Curls by Ruth Forman, Geneva Bowers (Illustrator) Marion Lane and the Midnight Murder: A Novel by T.A. Willberg The Chanel Sisters: A Novel by Judithe Little Pretty Little Wife: A Novel by Darby Kane This One Wild and Precious Life: The Path Back to Connection in a Fractured World by Sarah Wilson  Bait and Witch by Angela M. Sanders Ten Rules for Faking It by Sophie Sullivan  The War Widow (A Billie Walker Novel) by Tara Moss A Wicked Yarn (A Craft Fair Knitters Mystery Book 1) by Emmie Caldwell  The Wrong Family: A Novel by Tarryn Fisher  Wrong Alibi by Christina Dodd A Spy in the Struggle by Aya de León  The Mystery of Mrs. Christie by Marie Benedict I Used to Have a Plan: But Life Had Other Ideas by Alessandra Olanow From Archie to Zack by Vincent Kirsch The Best of Michael Marshall Smith by Michael Marshall Smith See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

E291: Our Most Anticipated Releases of 2021

This week, Tirzah talks about two great holiday backlist books! 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. Books Discussed: Royal Holiday by Jasmine Guillory My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories edited by Stephanie Perkins See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

E290: 290.5: All the Backlist! December 18, 2020

This week, Liberty and Tirzah discuss some of their favorite books of 2020, including The Orchard, Blacktop Wasteland, and World of Wonders. Pick up an All the Books! T-shirt 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. BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW: The Orchard by David Hopen The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments by Aimee Nezhukumatathil Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust Ring Shout by by P. Djèlí Clark The Third Rainbow Girl: The Long Life of a Double Murder in Appalachia by Emma Copley-Eisenberg The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett Blacktop Wasteland by S.A. Crosby None Shall Sleep by Ellie Marney When No One is Watching by Alyssa Cole Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu Something to Talk About by Meryl Wilsner We Keep the Dead Close: A Murder at Harvard and a Half Century of Silence by Becky Cooper The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell From the Desk of Zoe Washington by Janae Marks WHAT WE’RE READING: In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren The Album of Dr. Moreau by Daryl Gregory MORE BOOKS OUT THIS WEEK: The Last to See Her by Courtney Evan Tate  Truth, Lies, and Second Dates by MaryJanice Davidson  This Is How We Fly by Anna Meriano I Came As a Shadow: An Autobiography by John Thompson  For Better or Cursed (The Babysitters Coven) by Kate M. Williams   The Moon Book: Lunar Magic to Change Your Life by Sarah Faith Gottesdiener Revolutions of All Colors: A Novel (Veterans Writing Award) by Dewaine Farria The Ancient Hours by Michael Bible See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

E390: Our Favorite Books of 2020

This week, Patricia talks about a couple backlist titles including a graphic memoir that became an award-winning musical! Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher and never miss a book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. Books discussed on the show: Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel Goldie Vance, Vol 1 by Hope Larson, Brittney Williams, & Sarah Stern Books mentioned on the show: Are You My Mother?: A Comic Drama by Alison Bechdel See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

289.5: All the Backlist! December 11, 2020

This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss their favorite books of December 2020, including Marion Lane and the Midnight Murder, A Curse of Roses, and Red Hands. 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 book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW: Marion Lane and the Midnight Murder: A Novel by T.A. Willberg A Curse of Roses by Diana Pinguicha Red Hands by Christopher Golden Yoga Where You Are by Kat Heagberg and Dianne Bondy Revolutions of All Colors (Veterans Writing Award) by Dewaine Farria A Certain Hunger by Chelsea G. Summers The Mystery of Mrs. Christie by Marie Benedict Survival of the Thickest by Michelle Buteau  WHAT WE’RE READING: Hercule Poirot’s Christmas by Agatha Christie The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris MORE BOOKS OUT THIS WEEK: Cheeky: A Head-to-Toe Memoir by Ariella Elovic The Particulars of Peter: Dance Lessons, DNA Tests, and Other Excuses to Hang Out with My Perfect Dog by Kelly Conaboy  Peach Blossom Paradise by Ge Fei, Canaan Morse (translator) Mozart: The Reign of Love by Jan Swafford Bag Man: The Wild Crimes, Audacious Cover-Up, and Spectacular Downfall of a Brazen Crook in the White House by Rachel Maddow, Michael Yarvitz  Take It Back: A Novel by Kia Abdullah  When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain (The Singing Hills Cycle Book 2) by Nghi Vo  Escaping Eleven by Jerri Chisholm The Valancourt Book of World Horror Stories edited by James D. Jenkins and Ryan Cagle Girl Gurl Grrrl: On Womanhood and Belonging in the Age of Black Girl Magic by Kenya Hunt The System: A Novel by Ryan Gattis D (A Tale of Two Worlds): A Novel by Michel Faber  The Butterfly Effect: A Novel by Rachel McKenny  The Invention of Medicine: From Homer to Hippocrates by Robin Lane Fox Snowdrift (An Embla Nyström Investigation) by Helene Tursten, Marlaine Delargy (translator) Crosshairs: A Novel by Catherine Hernandez The Dead Season (A Shana Merchant Novel Book 2) by Tessa Wegert  Desert Oracle: Volume 1: Strange True Tales from the American Southwest by Ken Layne  They Don’t Need to Understand: Stories of Hope, Fear, Family, Life, and Never Giving In by Andy Biersack Ferdinand, The Man with the Kind Heart: A Novel by Irmgard Keun and Michael Hofmann A Universe of Wishes: A We Need Diverse Books Anthology by Dhonielle Clayton  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

E289: The Best Books of December 2020

This week, Tirzah talks about two books featuring women who decide to radically change their lives, and find love along the way! 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. Books Recommended: The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

288.5: All the Backlist! December 4, 2020

This week, Liberty and Danika discuss great books that make great gifts, including The Art of Ramona Quimby, The Savage Beard of She Dwarf, and Eat a Peach. 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 book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW: The Art of Ramona Quimby: Sixty-Five Years of Illustrations from Beverly Cleary’s Beloved Books by Anna Katz  (Author), Annie Barrows (Contributor), Jacqueline Rogers (Contributor) Nothing Much Happens: Cozy and Calming Stories to Soothe Your Mind and Help You Sleep by Kathryn Nicolai Eat a Peach: A Memoir by David Chang  Homecoming Tales: 15 Inspiring Stories from Old Friends Senior Dog Sanctuary Rainbow Revolution by Magnus Hastings  Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer [New hardcover edition] Chinatown Pretty: Fashion and Wisdom from Chinatown’s Most Stylish Seniors by Andria Lo and Valerie Luu  Living Lively: 80 Plant-Based Recipes to Activate Your Power and Feed Your Potential by Haile Thomas Flower: Exploring the World in Bloom by Phaidon Editors The Savage Beard of She Dwarf by Kyle Latino Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz by Erik Larson We Are Water Protectors written by Carole Lindstrom and illustrated by Michaela Goade Black Futures by Kimberly Drew and Jenna Wortham  I Am Every Good Thing by Derrick Barnes and Gordon C. James The New Sotheby’s Wine Encyclopedia by Tom Stevenson  All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson Reclaimed Rust: The Four-Wheeled Creations of James Hetfield by James Hetfield  Beyond the Gender Binary (Pocket Change Collective) written by Alok Vad-Menen and illustrated Ashley Lukashevsky  WHAT WE’RE READING: This is How We Fly by Anna Meriano Francis Bacon: Revelations by Mark Stevens and Annalyn Swan BOOKS OUT THIS WEEK: Fishing for Dinosaurs and Other Stories by Joe R. Lansdale  Princess Floralinda and the Forty-Flight Tower by Tamsyn Muir Comes a Pale Rider by Caitlín R. Kiernan Passing the Baton: Black Women Track Stars and American Identity (Sport and Society) by Cat M. Ariail Bone Chase by Weston Ochse Under a Gilded Moon: A Novel by Joy Jordan-Lake  Love Poems for the Office by John Kenney This Time Next Year by Sophie Cousens  Ruth Bader Ginsburg: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations by Melville House We Hear Voices by Evie Green The Good Girls by Claire Eliza Bartlett The Bitterwine Oath by Hannah West     Ordesa: A Novel by Manuel Vilas, Andrea Rosenberg (translator) Heiress Apparently (Daughters of the Dynasty) by Diana Ma Never After: The Thirteenth Fairy (The Chronicles of Never After) by Melissa de la Cruz Belgrade Noir edited by Milorad Ivanovic  The Age of Wood: Our Most Useful Material and the Construction of Civilization by Roland Ennos The Love Curse of Melody McIntyre by Robin Talley  The Game: A Digital Turning Point by Alessandro Baricco, Clarissa Botsford (translator) Black Futures by Kimberly Drew and Jenna Wortham A Wolf for a Spell by Karah Sutton The Wicked Hour by Alice Blachard Call of Vultures by Kate Kessler How to Fail at Flirting by Denise Williams Barack Before Obama: Life Before the Presidency by David Katz  Shed No Tears: A Novel (Cat Kinsella) by Caz Frear  The Arctic Fury: A Novel by Greer Macallister  Happiness Becomes You: A Guide to Changing Your Life for Good by Tina Turner  Accra Noir (Akashic Noir) by Nana-Ama Danquah The Lies You Told by Harriet Tyce An Outsider’s Guide to Humans: What Science Taught Me About What We Do and Who We Are by Camilla Pang PhD Big Girl, Small Town by Michelle Gallen All The Young Men by Ruth Coker Burks and Kevin Carr O’Leary Finding My Voice by Marie Myung-Ok Lee Wild Minds: The Artists and Rivalries That Inspired the Golden Age of Animation by Reid Mitenbuler The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person by Frederick Joseph A Curse of Roses by Diana Pinguicha  King of the Rising (Islands of Blood and Storm Book 2) by Kacen Callender  Admission by Julie Buxbaum The Blade Between: A Novel by Sam J. Miller The Ballad of Ami Miles by Kristy Dallas Alley How to Catch a Queen by Alyssa Cole The Chicken Sisters by KJ Dell’Antonia Perestroika in Paris: A novel by Jane Smiley Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America by Ijeoma Oluo A Sky Beyond the Storm (An Ember in the Ashes Book 4) by Sabaa Tahir Rest and Be Thankful by Emma Glass Dark, Salt, Clear: The Life of a Fishing Town by Lamorna Ash The Opium Prince by Jasmine Aimaq Ambergris: City of Saints and Madmen; Shriek: An Afterword; Finch by Jeff VanderMeer  Girl Giant and the Monkey King by Van Hoang See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

E288: Great Books for Giving: December 1, 2020

This week, Patricia talks about a couple great backlist titles including a book like nothing she’s ever read! 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. Books discussed on the show: Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Brittney Cooper Pet by Akwaeke Emezi Books mentioned on the show: The Perfect Cookie: Your Ultimate Guide to Foolproof Cookies, Brownies, and Bars by America’s Test Kitchen See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

287.5: All the Backlist! November 27, 2020

This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss Barely Functional Adult, Ruinsong, Escape Pod, and more great books. This episode is sponsored by TBR, Book Riot’s subscription service offering reading recommendations personalized to your reading life; Sips By; and Spellbreaker by Charlie N. Holmberg. 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. BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW: Princess Floralinda and the Forty-Flight Tower by Tamsyn Muir Barely Functional Adult: It’ll All Make Sense Eventually by Meichi Ng What Cats Want: An illustrated guide for truly understanding your cat by Dr. Yuki Hattori  Escape Pod: The Science Fiction Anthology edited by Mur Lafferty & S.B. Divya Ruinsong by Julia Ember Once Upon a Time I Lived on Mars: Space, Exploration, and Life on Earth by Kate Greene Seance Tea Party by Reimena Yee Beetle & the Hollowbones by Aliza Layne What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Fat by Aubrey Gordon, creator of Your Fat Friend WHAT WE’RE READING: Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America by Ijeoma Oluo Meet Me in Another Life by Catriona Silvey MORE BOOKS OUT THIS WEEK: There’s Only One Danny Garvey by David F. Ross Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline The Thirty Names of Night by Zeyn Joukhadar Stuff You Should Know: An Incomplete Compendium of Mostly Interesting Things by Josh Clark and Chuck Bryant All Lara’s Wars by Wojciech Jagielski, Antonia Lloyd-Jones (translator) I Remember Everything: Life Lessons from Dawson’s Creek by Erin Hensley, Julia Callahan, Jillian Barthold War Lord: A Novel (Saxon Tales) by Bernard Cornwell Water, Wasted by Alex Branson In Search of a Name: A Novel by Marjolijn van Heemstra The Diplomat’s Wife: A Novel by Pam Jenoff  Dark Tides: A Novel by Philippa Gregory  Not Necessarily Rocket Science: A Beginner’s Guide to Life in the Space Age by Kellie Gerardi  Memory Rose into Threshold Speech: The Collected Earlier Poetry: A Bilingual Edition by Paul Celan, Pierre Joris (translator) Feline Philosophy: Cats and the Meaning of Life by John Gray  How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories by Holly Black   Carving Out a Humanity : Race, Rights, and Redemption by Janet Dewart Bell, Vincent Southerland Tomorrow Will Be Better: A Novel by Betty Smith   Fishing for Dinosaurs and Other Stories by Joe R. Lansdale  Comes a Pale Rider by Caitlín R. Kiernan Passing the Baton: Black Women Track Stars and American Identity (Sport and Society) by Cat M. Ariail See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

E287: New Releases and More for November 24, 2020

This week, Tirzah talks about two great backlist memoirs that have connections to Thanksgiving! This episode is sponsored by KidsBuzz . 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. Books Discussed: In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Macahdo The Rules Do Not Apply by Ariel Levy See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

286.5: All the Backlist! November 20, 2020

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