This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss some of their favorite debut books of 2015, including Lightless, Bright Lines, and The Shore.

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Books discussed on the show:

Lightless by C. A. Higgins

Bright Lines by Tanwi Nandini Islam

Dryland by Sara Jaffe

Single, Carefree, Mellow: Stories by Katherine Heiny

The Star Side of Bird Hill by Naomi Jackson

Speak by Louisa Hall

The Shore by Sara Taylor

Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho

The Last Days of Video by Jeremy Hawkins

Hammer Head: The Making of a Carpenter by Nina MacLaughlin

What we’re reading:

American Housewife: Stories by Helen Ellis

If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo

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