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All the (More!) Books! January 9, 2026

All the Books!

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Fiction, Arts, Books, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 9 January 2026

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

This week, Liberty talks about several books that are in her orbit right now! Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and never miss a book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. Keep track of new releases with Book Riot's New Release Index, now included with All Access membership. Click here to get started today! Books Discussed: Assassin's Apprentice (The Farseer Trilogy) by Robin Hobb  Postmortem (Kay Scarpetta) by Patricia Cornwell  Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosely  The List of Suspicious Things by Jennie Godfrey  The White Octopus Hotel by Alexandra Bell Babylon, South Dakota by Tom Lin The Flower Bearers by Rachel Eliza Griffiths  Football by Chuck Klosterman  The Caretaker by Marcus Kliewer  One Leg on Earth by 'Pemi Aguda  The Constant Rabbit by Jasper Fforde The Eyes Are the Best Part by Monika Kim This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

You're listening to All The More Books, a weekly show about everything books.

0:14.5

I'm your host, Liberty Hardy. And today is January 9th, 2026. For this week's episode, I'm going to talk about several books that are in my orbit right now.

0:23.7

So, hello, my friends.

0:25.3

I hope you are cramming as many books as you possibly can into your brains.

0:30.3

It's been like nine days in the year, but it's been a pretty good reading year so far.

0:34.4

I've been enjoying it.

0:36.0

I didn't set any reading goals for myself this year.

0:38.7

I have set them in the last few years and failed spectacularly. So I'm going back to my old

0:43.1

standby, which is just to read as much as possible, which is a pretty easy goal, you know,

0:48.8

because you can always do it. Whatever it is at the end of the year, that's what you did.

0:52.9

So I'm feeling pretty good about that.

0:55.8

I do have like one other. Well, I don't know if it's like a reading goal, but like interest.

1:00.3

And I'm going to tell you about it. But first, we're going to hear from a sponsor.

1:06.0

This episode is sponsored by Cozy Earth. This year, I'm getting really intentional about resetting my home,

1:12.0

especially my evening routine, because that five to nine window is the part of the day that really

1:16.3

matters to me. I've been building this little nightly ritual with Cozy Earth, and honestly,

1:21.1

it's becoming my favorite part of the day. I start with a bubble bath. Obviously, I'm reading a

1:25.7

great book, and then I wrap up in one of their

1:28.0

lux bath towels, which are so unbelievably soft, but they also dry you off really quickly. After that,

1:34.6

I slip into cozy earth's bamboo stretch-knit pajamas, which are the kind of comfort that feels effortless

1:40.1

and still looks put together. And then there's the bedding. Climbing into fresh, luxurious

1:46.0

sheets at the end of the night makes my entire space feel calmer. It's the easiest way to signal to my

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