You're listening to all the backlist, a weekly show about books that are not new.

I'm your host, Liberty Hardy, and I'm little in the middle, but I've got much backlist.

Today is April 18th, 2025, and for this week's episode, I'm going to talk about a couple

of great backlist titles related to the week's new releases.

Hello, friends.

I think this might be the most esoteric selection I've picked, possibly. They don't really go together at all, and that's

okay. They're all pretty great. So that is what they have in common. And, you know, I love backlist.

I try to fit in as much as I can, which is not a lot lately, but, you know, I'm still, like,

when I say backlist, I mean, I want to read books and I haven't read that came out years ago and fit those in still. I'm working on it,

but I have a couple of great books to tell you about today. Before I do that, we're going to hear

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