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All the Books!

All the Backlist! January 4, 2019

All the Books!

Book Riot

Fiction, Arts, Society & Culture, Books

4.6 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 January 2019

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

This week, Liberty discusses a few great older books, including Slumberland. This episode is sponsored by the Read Harder journal from Book Riot. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or Apple Podcasts and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books discussed on the show: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston So Big by Edna Ferber East of Eden by John Steinbeck The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison Asymmetry by Lisa Halliday The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey Die Hard: The Ultimate Visual History by James Mottram and David S. Cohen Slumberland by Paul Beatty Little Women by Louisa May Alcott March Sisters: On Life, Death, and Little Women by Kate Bolick, CArmen Maria Machado, Jane Smiley, and Jenny Zhang Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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

0:35.0

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

0:39.0

This is episode 78 and today I'm going to talk about a few great titles related to the

0:43.9

week's new releases and more. So I just started off the new year by

0:49.0

completely lying I will not be talking about books related to the week's new

0:52.3

releases because there weren't any new releases.

0:54.1

So it wasn't really my fault that I lied.

0:56.5

So I'm going to just pick whatever to talk about because that's basically what I do anyway.

1:02.3

But before I do that, I want to tell you about the

1:04.1

Read Harder Journal. Created by Book Riot, this smartly designed reading log consists of

1:08.5

entry pages to record stats, impressions, and reviews of each book you read.

1:12.8

Evenly interspersed among these entry pages are 12 challenges inspired by Book Riot's annual

1:17.3

Read Harder Initiative, which began in 2015 to encourage readers to pick up past over books, try out new genres, and choose titles from a wider range of voices and perspectives.

1:27.0

Indulge your inner book nerd and read a book about books.

1:30.0

Get a new perspective on current events by reading a book written by an immigrant.

1:34.0

Find a hidden gem by reading a book published by an independent press and so much more.

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