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.

This is episode 44, and today I'm going to talk about a few great titles related to the week's new releases and more.

So hello!

Once again, that is a big lie. I'm not going to talk about books related to new releases.

I'm going to talk about whatever I want because I'm on vacation.

But first I want to remind you that we are giving away 15 books here at Book Riot, 15 of the best

new mysteries of the year so far. If you would like to win these you can go to

book right.com slash mystery giveaway to enter you do that by May 9th and somebody's

gonna get all these books and I also want to tell you about today's sponsor which is the

Folio Society edition of Richard Matheson's I am legend my favorite vampire book

illustrated by Dave McKeene and introduced by Joe Hill so if if you've never read I am legend, it's so fantastic.

If you're thinking of the Will Smith movie,

just don't, like the only thing they have in common really

are vampires.

It's so good.

It's very small, and you can read it in like a second. It's fantastic.

Or you could read this edition. The Folio Society has just published a stunning new edition.

It's seven color images and four black and white section opening spreads and they're created by

award-winning illustrator Dave McKeen. You probably know his stuff. He works with Neil Gaiman all the time and

acclaimed horror novelist Joe Hill who you probably know he writes stuff all the time he has provided an

introduction examining the impact that this novel of unrelenting menace has on

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