You are listening to all the more books, a weekly show about books, some of which we think maybe you should read more of.

Sometimes they're old. Sometimes they're new. This week, they're mostly new. But again,

as always, they're all books. I'm Trescia, your host for the week. And this episode is airing on June

26th, 20206, which means if you are listening to it on the day it comes out, we are exactly

six months from Boxing Day, which means we're almost six months away from 2026, and we're almost halfway through. No, wait, we're almost six months away from 2027, we're almost halfway through 2026. It's good to know that even in June, we can get the years wrong. I don't know how that feels to you. Maybe you feel like we've been in this year forever. Maybe you feel like it's been sailing right by, or maybe like most people,

it depends on the day. That's how it feels for me. Anyway, since we are at the midpoint of the

year, I thought it might be a good time to tell you about some of my favorite releases of

26 so far, because, you know, obviously you don't have enough best books of the year lists in your

brain yet, so I'm going to

contribute. I will tell you about an adventure romance. I will tell you about a nonfiction book

that includes chapters on everything from darts to crossword puzzles to Steely Dan. And then I will give

a quick shout out to a contemporary fiction book that may not be shelved with contemporary

fiction books in your bookstore or library. We will do it all in just a quick shout out to a contemporary fiction book that may not be shelved with contemporary fiction

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