Liberty isn’t feeling well this week, so we’re switching things up while she gets some much-needed rest. Instead of our regular show, today you get to hear the most recent episode of First Edition, Book Riot’s newest podcast, hosted by Book Riot CEO and co-founder Jeff O’Neal, where he and Rebecca Schinsky discuss the October "It Book" Knockout Round! Plus, a special mini-roundup of notable celebrity memoirs coming out this fall.

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Discussed in this episode:

Brooklyn Crime Novel by Jonathan Lethem

Going Infinite by Michael Lewis

Hidden Potential by Adam Grant

Blackouts by Justin Torres

Family Meal by Bryan Washington

A Man of Two Faces by Viet Thanh Nguyen

Extremely Online by Taylor Lorenz

Roman Stories by Jhumpa Lahiri

America Fantastica by Tim O'Brien

Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward

How to Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair

Worthy by Jada Pinkett Smith

Being Henry by Henry Winkler

My Name is Barbra by Barbra Streisand

Making It So by Patrick Stewart

The Woman in Me by Britney Spears

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