This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss The Collapsing Empire, Our Short History, Midnight in America, and more books.

This episode was sponsored by ThirdLove, Penguin Random House Audio, and Caraval.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi

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 and Lauren Oyler

Midnight in America: Darkness, Sleep, and Dreams during the Civil War by Jonathan W. White

Our Short History by Lauren Grodstein

The Idiot by Elif Batuman

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