This week, Liberty discusses a few great older books, including The Country of Ice Cream Star.

This episode is sponsored by Penguin Random House and the Lymond Chronicles from Dorothy Dunnett.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Stand by Stephen King

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.

Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice

The Children of Men by P.D. James

The Country of Ice Cream Star by Sandra Newman

The Book of M by Peng Shepherd

American War by Omar El Akkad

The Salt Line by Holly Goddard Jones

Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid

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