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All the Books!

All the Backlist! September 7, 2018

All the Books!

Book Riot

Fiction, Arts, Society & Culture, Books

4.6 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 September 2018

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

This week, Liberty discusses a few great older books, including We the Animals. This week’s episode was sponsored by And the Ocean Was Our Sky by Patrick Ness. 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: The Blue Girl by Laurie Foos Agent Zigzag: A True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love, and Betrayal by Ben Macintyre We the Animals by Justine Torres The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters White Tears by Hari Kunzru Nightmare Alley by William Lindsay Gresham Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:31.6

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

0:35.6

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

0:40.0

This is episode 62, and today I'm going to talk about a few great titles related to the week's new releases and more.

0:46.0

So hello, happy first backlist of fall, I believe.

0:51.0

First backlist episode of fall and it's 90 degrees here because that's

0:56.8

fall weather I mean I know it's technically not really fall yet but once it's

1:01.0

September it feels like it should start to cool off.

1:03.5

I have some great books to tell you about today, but before I do that, I want to tell you

1:07.3

about our sponsor. This episode was sponsored by, and the ocean was our sky, by Patrick Ness. With Harpoon strapped to their backs, the proud

1:16.3

whales of Bathsheba's pod live for the hunt fighting in the ongoing war

1:19.9

against the world of men. When they attack a ship bobbing on the surface of the

1:23.8

abyss they expect to find easy prey. Instead they find the trail of a myth, a

1:28.8

monster, and perhaps the devil himself. From number one New York Times best-selling author Patrick Ness

1:34.7

comes a richly illustrated and lyrical tale,

1:37.1

one that asks heroin questions about power, loyalty,

1:39.8

obsession, and the monsters we make of others.

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