This week, Liberty discusses The Black Count, The Noble Hustle, Autobiography of a Face, and more great older books.

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Books discussed on the show:

I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara

The Cadaver King and The Country Dentist by Radley Balko and Tucker Carrington

Five-Finger Discount by Helene Stapinski

The Black Count by Tom Reiss

The Noble Hustle by Colson Whitehead

Autobiography of a Face by Lucy Grealy

Truth and Beauty by Ann Patchett

Full-Body Burden by Kristen Iversen

Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee

Another Bullshit Night in Suck City by Nick Flynn

James Tiptree Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon by Julia Phillips

Hammer Head by Nina MacLaughlin

Clandestine in Chile by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

The Skies Belong to Us by Brendan Koerner

Dipper and Mabel’s Guide to Mystery by Rob Renzetti and Shane Houghton

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