This week, Liberty discusses Memento Mori, Uprooted, Six Four, and more great older books.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert

Uprooted by Naomi Novik

Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik

Harriet Wolf’s Seventh Book of Wonders by Julianna Baggott

Black Fortunes: The Story of the First Six African Americans Who Escaped Slavery and Became Millionaires by Shomari Wills

The Strange Career of William Ellis: The Texas Slave Who Became a Mexican Millionaire by Karl Jacoby

Memento Mori by Muriel Spark

Lord of California by Andrew Valencia

The Sound of Gravel by Ruth Wariner

The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory

How I Became a Famous Novelist by Steve Hely

The Grave’s a Fine and Private Place by Alan Bradley

Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear

Six Four by Hideo Yokoyama

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