This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss Old Soul, Syme's Letter Writer, From These Roots, and more great books!

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Old Soul by Susan Barker

Syme's Letter Writer: A Guide to Modern Correspondence About (Almost) Every Imaginable Subject of Daily Life, with Odes to Desktop Ephemera and Selected Letters of Famous Writers by Rachel Syme

Tartufo by Kira Jane Buxton 

From These Roots: My Fight with Harvard to Reclaim My Legacy by Tamara Lanier

We Could Be Rats by Emily Austin 

Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People by Imani Perry

Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng by Kylie Lee Baker

Blob: A Love Story by Maggie Su

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This week, Vanessa recommends a work of Gothic science fiction she's been meaning to read for almost two decades and a work of Latin music history that's not (just) about Justin Bieber.

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Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

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Decoding Despacito: An Oral History of Latin Music by Leila Cobo

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This week, Liberty and Emily discuss The Rainfall Market, The Broposal, We Do Not Part, and more great books!

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The Rainfall Market by You Yeong-Gwang, Slin Jung (translator)

The Broposal by Sonora Reyes

Dark Laboratory: On Columbus, the Caribbean, and the Origins of the Climate Crisis by Tao Leigh Goffe

The Sun Won’t Come Out Tomorrow: The Dark History of American Orphanhood by Kristen Martin

We Do Not Part by Han Kang, Paige Aniyah Morris (translator)

The Favorites by Layne Fargo

A Crack in Everything: How Black Holes Came in from the Cold and Took Cosmic Centre Stage by Marcus Chown

Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix

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Today, Danika recommends a couple of their favorite sapphic fantasy reads of last year.

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The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri

She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan

The Unbroken by C. L. Clark

Can’t Spell Treason Without Tea by Rebecca Thorne

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This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss Death of the Author, The Last Room on the Left, Chickenpox, and more great books!

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Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor 

The Last Room on the Left by Leah Konen

Chickenpox by Remy Lai 

Everything is Poison by Joy McCullough

The In-Between Bookstore by Edward Underhill

Isaac’s Song by Daniel Black

Strange Pictures by Uketsu, Jim Rion (translator) 

The Queen’s Spade by Sarah Raughley

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This week, Sharifah shares two SF/F reads, both on the darker side of the genre.

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The Murders of Molly Southbourne by Tade Thompson

The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean

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This week, Liberty and Danika discuss Homeseeking, Single Player, The Three Lives of Cate Kay, and more great books!

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Homeseeking by Karissa Chen

Single Player by Tara Tai

The Last Bookstore on Earth by Lily Braun-Arnold 

The Three Lives of Cate Kay by Kate Fagan

The Capital of Dreams by Heather O'Neill 

Darkmotherland by Samrat Upadhyay

Mothers and Sons by Adam Haslett

The Devourer by Alison Ames

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We're taking a break this holiday week, so we thought we'd share this rerun from last year where Liberty and Patricia discuss upcoming 2024 book releases they're excited to read, including The Book of Love, Little Rot, The Husbands, and more great books!

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My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Vol. 2 by Emil Ferris

The Book of Love by Kelly Link

Dinner on Monster Island: Essays by Tania De Rozario

The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown

Reclaiming UGLY! : A Radically Joyful Guide to Unlearn Oppression and Uplift, Glorify, and Love Yourself by Vanessa Rochelle Lewis

The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden

Be a Revolution: How Everyday People Are Fighting Oppression and Changing the World—and How You Can, Too by Ijeoma Oluo 

Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange 

Come Together: The Science (and Art!) of Creating Lasting Sexual Connections by Emily Nagoski, Ph.D.

The Husbands by Holly Gramazio

Who's Afraid of Gender? by Judith Butler

A Better World by Sarah Langan

Disability Intimacy: Essays on Love, Care, and Desire edited by Alice Wong 

The Dead Cat Tail Assassins by P. Djèlí Clark

We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance by Kellie Carter Jackson

The Stardust Grail by Yume Kitasei 

Little Rot by Akwaeke Emezi

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We're taking some time off this holiday week, so we thought we'd share with you the final episode of our SFF Yeah podcast in which several staff members of Book Riot share some excellent speculative, science fiction, and fantasy backlist recommendations.

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The Monk and Robot books by Becky Chambers

Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho

The Tiffany Aching series by Terry Pratchett

The Prey of Gods by Nicky Drayden

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki

Everfair by Nisi Shawl

Her Majesty's Royal Coven by Juno Dawson

A Master of Djinn (Dead Djinn Universe) by P. Djèlí Clark

Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko

Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan

The Martian and Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

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This week, Liberty talks about a couple of wonderful books that are great for the end of the year!

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The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce

The Book of Delights: Essays by Ross Gay

The Baby Dragon Cafe by A. T. Qureshi

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