All The Backlist! July 7, 2023

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🗓️ 7 July 2023

⏱️ 11 minutes

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This week, Kelly talks about two darkly funny works of literary fiction for fans of Yellowface and Mona Awad. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher and never miss a book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. What do S.A. Cosby, Khaled Hosseini, Sarah Bakewell, and Yahdon Israel have in common? They've been guests on Book Riot's newest podcast, First Edition where BookRiot.com co-founder Jeff O'Neal explores the wide bookish world. Subscribe to hear them and stay to hear Book Riot's editors pick the "it" book of the month. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Bunny by Mona Awad All's Well by Mona Awad Yellowface by R.F. Kuang Disorientation by Elaine Hseih Chou One's Company by Ashley Hutson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to All the Backlist, a weekly showbub books that are not new.
0:15.3	I'm your host Kelly Jensen and this is the July 7, 2023 edition.
0:19.8	This week I am offering up two books that I've recently read that are perfect for readers
0:24.6	who are curious about Litfic, but may not consider themselves Litfic fans, and they're
0:30.6	also for readers who like things that are a little weird, a little off-kilter, and a lot
0:35.2	thought-provoking.
0:36.6	Both of these books have that Mona Award vibe to them, so if you like, bunny, or all's
0:42.6	well, you'll be into these as well.
0:45.0	I'll note that the first one that I'm going to talk about has major yellow face vibes
0:49.8	as well, so if you loved that bestseller like me, you'll want to pick that one up as
0:54.6	well.
0:55.6	Before diving in, what do Essay Cosby, Khalid Hussini, Sarah Bigwell, and Yadrin Israel
1:02.7	Heaven Common?
1:04.1	They've been guests on BookRides newest podcast first edition, where BookRides.com founder
1:09.4	Jeff O'Neill explores the wide bookish world.
1:12.3	Subscribe to hear them and stay to hear BookRides editors pick the it book of the month.
1:17.4	To subscribe, search first edition in your podcast player of choice.
1:24.8	Today's episode is brought to you by Penguin Teen.
1:28.5	All it took was one night in one bad decision for 15-year-old Violeta Chin Samuels' life
1:33.2	to go off the rails.
1:35.0	After driving drunk and causing the accident that kills her little sister, Violeta is incarcerated.
1:40.4	Under the juvenile justice system, her fate lies in the hands of those she's wronged
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