This week, Liberty discusses a few great older books, including Slumberland.

This episode is sponsored by the Read Harder journal from Book Riot.

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Books discussed on the show:

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

So Big by Edna Ferber

East of Eden by John Steinbeck

The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison

Asymmetry by Lisa Halliday

The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey

Die Hard: The Ultimate Visual History by James Mottram and David S. Cohen

Slumberland by Paul Beatty

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

March Sisters: On Life, Death, and Little Women by Kate Bolick, CArmen Maria Machado, Jane Smiley, and Jenny Zhang

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