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All the Books!

All the Backlist! July 7, 2017

All the Books!

Book Riot

Fiction, Arts, Society & Culture, Books

4.6 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 July 2017

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

This week, Liberty discusses The Moor’s Account, The Dog Stars, Saint Maybe, and more great older books. This episode was sponsored by The Widow Nash by Jamie Harrison. 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: Made for Love by Alissa Nutting Tampa by Alissa Nutting Florida Frenzy by Harry Crews The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession by Susan Orlean LaBrava by Elmore Leonard Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America by Gilbert King The Moor’s Account by Laila Lalami An Oath of Dogs by Wendy Wagner Lives of the Monster Dogs by Kristin Bakis The Dog Stars by Peter Heller White Dog Fell From the Sky by Eleanor Morse Heart of a Dog by Mikhail Bulgakov, Mirra Ginsburg (Translator) Queen of Bebop: The Musical Lives of Sarah Vaughn by Elaine M. Hayes Kill ‘Em and Leave: Searching for James Brown and the American Soul by James McBride Shakey: Neil Young’s Biography by Jimmy McDonough Redemption Song: The Ballad of Joe Strummer by Chris Salewicz Queen in 3D by Brian May Rat Girl: A Memoir by Kristin Hersh The Last Cowboys of San Geronimo by Ian Stansel The Untold by Courtney Collins Warlock by Oakley Hall True Grit by Charles Portis The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry Saint Maybe by Anne Tyler Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

At your work Christmas do, not feeling the cannerbays.

0:04.0

Why not get a pick me up with McDonald's limited edition chicken Big Mac

0:08.0

with two deliciously crispy chicken paties,

0:10.0

our iconic Big Mac sauce and Gertens or not.

0:14.6

Only available till the 3rd of January.

0:18.1

So from 11 a.m. subject to availability. You're listening to all the backlists, 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 3, and today I'm going to talk about a few great titles related to the week's new releases and more.

0:45.0

So hello! I hope everyone had a great weekend. I'm just going to brag. I certainly did. I got a lot of reading done which means great titles that you'll be hearing about in the future on all the books and then great backlist titles in the future future.

1:00.6

So let's just get started because all I want to do is talk about books besides

1:04.5

read books. That's like my favorite thing to do. So I'm going to tell you about today's

1:08.0

sponsor because I am so excited. It's one of my favorite books of 2017 and it is the Widow Nash by Jamie Harrison.

1:17.6

You may have heard me make word solid about it a few weeks ago in all the books.

1:21.5

I can't seem to use my words correctly when I talk about it.

1:25.1

They just go all wibbly, wobbly, and I just want to squeal and wave my muffin arms.

1:29.4

It's so, so good. I can't tell you that I compare it to Edith Wharton meets Deadwood. It's sort of like that with a little less profanity.

1:39.0

I'm going to read you a blurb from Molly Gillespie at Joseph Beth booksellers and you'll see why I call

1:46.2

it that. Molly says, Jamie Harrison's compelling debut is a Gothic mystery plunked down in the

1:52.1

Western frontier.

1:53.4

When Delcy Remley's father misplaces the profits of a mine sale,

1:57.0

she is held captive by her ex-fiancĂŠ and father's business partner

2:00.5

until the missing fortune can be recovered.

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