All the Books!

This week, Liberty discusses When Breath Becomes Air, The Soldier’s Scoundrel, Ella Minnow Pea, and more great older books.

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Books discussed on the show:

Amatka by Karin Tidbeck

Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters by Mark Dunn

84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff

Spoonbenders by Daryl Gregory

We Are All Completely Fine by Daryl Gregory

Afterparty by Daryl Gregory

My Glory Was I Had Such Friends: A Memoir by Amy Silverstein

Wave by Sonali Deraniyagala

When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi 

The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee

The Magpie Lord by KJ Charles

The Day of the Duchess by Sarah MacLean

Forbidden by Beverly Jenkins

The Soldier’s Scoundrel by Cat Sebastian

The Secret History of Jane Eyre: How Charlotte Bronte Wrote Her Masterpiece by John Pfordresher

The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde

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This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss The Windfall, My Glory Was I Had Such Friends, The Sisters Chase, and more books.

This episode was sponsored by Talenti, ThirdLove, and The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Windfall by Diksha Basu

Too Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud: The Rise and Reign of the Unruly Woman by Anne Helen Petersen

The Sisters Chase by Sarah Healy

My Glory Was I Had Such Friends: A Memoir by Amy Silverstein

The Birdwatcher by William Shaw

The Day of the Duchess: Scandal & Scoundrel, Book III by Sarah MacLean

Dry Bones in the Valley /Fateful Mornings: A Henry Farrell Novel by Tom Bouman

Infomocracy by Malka Older

What we’re reading:

Spineless: The Science of Jellyfish and the Art of Growing a Backbone by Juli Berwald

In the Days of Rain: A Daughter, a Father, a Cult by Rebecca Stott

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This week, Liberty discusses The Good House, Ada’s Algorithm, Getting Mother’s Body, and more great older books.

This episode was sponsored by Grace from Counterpoint Press.

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Books discussed on the show:

Mapping the Interior by Stephen Graham Jones

The Elementals by Michael McDowell

The Good House by Tananarive Due

House of Leaves by Mark Danielewski

The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell

Wieland: or, The Transformation by Charles Brockden Brown

The Dead Girls of Hysteria Hall by Katie Alender

The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter by Theodora Goss

The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage by Sydney Padua

Ada’s Algorithm: How Lord Byron’s Daughter Ada Lovelace Launched the Digital Age by James Essinger

The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey

Getting Mother’s Body by Suzan Lori-Parks

A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for Books by Nicholas Basbanes

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This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss some of their favorite books of 2017 so far, including Pachinko, Hunger, and Chemistry.

This episode was sponsored by Talenti, A Dark So Deadly, and Harmony.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Animators by Kayla Rae Whitaker

The Wanderers by Meg Howrey

American War by Omar El Akkad

Chemistry by Weike Wang

The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir by Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich

Idaho by Emily Ruskovich

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

Who Thought This Was a Good Idea?: And Other Questions You Should Have Answers to When You Work in the White House by Alyssa Mastromonaco

Double Bind: Women on Ambition by edited Robin Romm

Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay

What we’re reading:

The Power by Naomi Alderman

My Glory Was I Had Such Friends: A Memoir by Amy Silverstein

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This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss The Prey of Gods, Hunger, The Widow Nash, and more books.

This episode was sponsored by ThirdLove, Blackout, and The Possible.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Prey of Gods by Nicky Drayden

Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay

Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death and Jazz Chickens by Eddie Izzard

Guidebook to Relative Strangers: Journeys into Race, Motherhood, and History by Camille T. Dungy

The Widow Nash by Jamie Harrison

Surpassing Certainty: What My Twenties Taught Me by Janet Mock

Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore by Matthew Sullivan

You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me: A Memoir by Sherman Alexie

What we’re reading:

Rise of the Jumbies by Tracey Baptiste

The Day of the Duchess: Scandal & Scoundrel, Book III by Sarah MacLean

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This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss She Rides Shotgun, The Art of Living, Magpie Murders, and more books.

This episode was sponsored by Amazon Kindle, Violet Grenade, and Book Riot Insiders.

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Books discussed on the show:

She Rides Shotgun: A Novel Jordan Harper

Perennials by Mandy Berman

The Refrigerator Monologues by Catherynne M. Valente, Annie Wu (Illustrator)

Disasters in the First World: Stories by Olivia Clare

Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz

The Art of Living: Peace and Freedom in the Here and Now by Thich Nhat Hanh

Stephen Florida by Gabe Habash

The Ministry of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy

Do Not Become Alarmed by Maile Meloy

The Gypsy Moth Summer by Julia Fierro

Dear Cyborgs by Eugene Lim

Tash Hearts Tolstoy by Kathryn Ormsbee

The Long Haul: A Trucker’s Tales of Life on the Road by Finn Murphy

The Answers by Catherine Lacey

Vulgar Tongues: An Alternative History of English Slang by Max Décharné

What we’re reading:

The Ninth Hour by Alice McDermott

Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore by Matthew Sullivan

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This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss When Dimple Met Rishi, We Are Never Meeting in Real Life, The White Road, and more books.

This episode was sponsored by Amazon Kindle, OwlCrate, and Violet Grenade.

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Books discussed on the show:

When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon

We Are Never Meeting in Real Life.: Essays by Samantha Irby

Eliza and Her Monsters by Francesca Zappia

The Girl With the Make-Believe Husband by Julia Quinn

The White Road by Sarah Lotz

Theft by Finding: Diaries (1977-2002) by David Sedaris

Jesus’ Son by Denis Johnson

Modern Lovers by Emma Straub

In the Country We Love: My Family Divided by Diane Guerrero

What we’re reading:

Dune by Frank Herbert

The Art of Living: Peace and Freedom in the Here and Now by Thich Nhat Hahn

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This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Black Mad Wheel, Chemistry, Augustown, and more books.

This episode was sponsored by Amazon Kindle, ThirdLove, and OwlCrate.

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Books discussed on the show:

Black Mad Wheel by Josh Malerman

Standard Deviation by Katherine Heiny

The Long Drop by Denise Mina

Chemistry by Weike Wang

Augustown by Kei Miller

Careful: A User’s Guide to Our Injury-Prone Minds by Steve Casner

The Best Land Under Heaven: The Donner Party in the Age of Manifest Destiny by Michael Wallis

Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong-and the New Research That’s Rewriting the Story by Angela Saini

What we’re reading:

The Fortune Teller by Gwendolyn Womack

We Are Never Meeting in Real Life.: Essays by Samantha Irby

The Sport of Kings by C.E. Morgan

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This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss The Push, York: The Shadow Cipher, An Awkward Age, and more books for dads and grads.

This episode was sponsored by Amazon Kindle, The Battlemage, and Grand Central Publishing’s instant book club sweepstakes.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Skies Belong to Us: Love and Terror in the Golden Age of Hijacking by Brendan I. Koerner

The Awkward Age by Francesca Segal

York: The Shadow Cipher by Laura Ruby

The Push: A Climber’s Journey of Endurance, Risk, and Going Beyond Limits by Tommy Caldwell

Atlas Obscura: An Explorer’s Guide to the World’s Hidden Wonders by Joshua Foer, Dylan Thuras, and Elle Morton

How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles Yu

Exit West by Mohsin Hamid

Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person by Shonda Rhimes

What we’re reading:

The Stars Are Legion by Kameron Hurley

Goat Song: A Seasonal Life, a Short History of Herding, and the Art of Making Cheese by Brad Kessler

The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova Bailey

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This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Lives of the Monster Dogs, Ramona Blue, Binti, and more.

This episode was sponsored by Talenti, ThirdLove, Woman No. 17 and Grand Central Publishing’s instant book club sweepstakes.

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Books discussed on the show:

Lives of the Monster Dogs by Kirsten Bakis

Saints for All Occasions by J. Courtney Sullivan

Man of the Year: A Memoir by Lou Cove

Ramona Blue by Julie Murphy

Binti and Binti: Home by Nnedi Okorafor

Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson

Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy by Sheryl Sandberg and Adam M. Grant Ph.D.

What we’re reading:

Fresh Complaint: Stories by Jeffrey Eugenides

This Must Be the Place by Maggie O’Farrell

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