This week, Liberty discusses The Name of the Star, Lagoon, Kushiel’s Dart, and more great older books.

This episode was sponsored by The Girl on the Velvet Swing by Simon Baatz.

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Books discussed on the show:

Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson

The Name of the Star (Shades of London) by Maureen Johnson

Red Clocks by Leni Zumas

The Listeners by Leni Zumas

Treacherous Curse (A Veronica Speedwell Mystery) by Deanna Raybourn

A Curious Beginning by Deanna Raybourn

Binti: The Night Masquerade by Nnedi Okorafor

Lagoon by Nnedi Okorafor

The Largesse of the Sea Maiden: Stories by Denis Johnson

Nobody Move by Denis Johnson

Body Full of Stars: Female Rage and My Passage into Motherhood by Molly Caro May

After Birth by Elisa Albert

Where the Line Bleeds by Jesmyn Ward

Kushiel’s Dart by Jacqueline Carey

The Book of M by Peng Sheperd

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