This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss There There, Stalking God, The Great Believers, and more of their favorite books of 2018 so far.

This episode was sponsored by Google Play, The Real Lolita by Sarah Weinman, and The 7 ½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton.

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Books discussed on the show:

There There by Tommy Orange

Fire Sermon by Jamie Quatro

I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death by Maggie O’Farrell

Stalking God: My Unorthodox Search for Something to Believe In by Anjali Kumar

How To Write an Autobiographical Novel: Essays by Alexander Chee

Buttermilk Graffiti: A Chef’s Journey to Discover America’s New Melting-Pot Cuisine by Edward Lee

The Parking Lot Attendant by Nafkote Tamirat

Florida: Stories by Lauren Groff

All the Names They Used for God by Anjali Sachdeva

Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Brittney Cooper

Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover

The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai

The Which Way Tree by Elizabeth Crook

The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory

Front Desk by Kelly Yang

From the Corner of the Oval: A Memoir by Beck Dorey-Stein

What we’re reading:

A Dash of Dragon (The Mystic Cooking Chronicles) by Heidi Lang and Kati Bartkowski

Deep Creek: Finding Hope in the High Country by Pam Houston

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