This week, Liberty and Danika discuss some of their favorite books of the year, including The Dead Cat Tail Assassins, The Pairing, Five-Star Stranger, and more!

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Books Discussed On the Show:

The Dead Cat Tail Assassins by P. Djèlí Clark

The Pairing by Casey McQuiston

Death at Morning House by Maureen Johnson

Five-Star Stranger by Kat Tang

The Friend Zone Experiment by Zen Cho

The Unmothers by Leslie J. Anderson

The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore by Evan Friss

The Truth According to Ember by Danica Nava

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