meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
All the Books!

New Releases and More for August 21, 2018

All the Books!

Book Riot

Fiction, Arts, Society & Culture, Books

4.6 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 21 August 2018

⏱️ 48 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

This week, Liberty and María Cristina discuss Small Animals, Tragedy Plus Time, Underbug, and more great books. This episode was sponsored by Google Play, Impostor’s Lure, and Bombas. And don’t forget to enter to win 16 books from the Recommended podcast! And check out the new Read Harder Journal. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or iTunes and never miss a 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. For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. Books discussed on the show: The Black God’s Drums by P. Djèlí Clark Sanpaku by Kate Gavino The Stars Now Unclaimed (The Universe After) by Drew Williams Tragedy Plus Time: A Tragi-comic Memoir by Adam Cayton-Holland Whiskey When We’re Dry by John Larison Small Animals: Parenthood in the Age of Fear by Kim Brooks Ball Lightning by Cixin Liu, Joel Martinsen (translator) Underbug: An Obsessive Tale of Termites and Technology by Lisa Margonelli What we’re reading: Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy: The Story of Little Women and Why It Still Matters by Anne Boyd Rioux Born to Be Posthumous: The Eccentric Life and Mysterious Genius of Edward Gorey by Mark Dery Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

This episode is brought to you by Meta for Work.

0:02.6

It's not just sci-fi anymore.

0:04.4

Virtual and mixed reality are transforming how business works.

0:07.6

Architects can use mixed reality to walk through buildings that aren't even built yet.

0:11.5

People from around the world can meet up in more

0:13.1

immersive ways, working shoulder to shoulder in virtual spaces to get real work done.

0:17.7

And all sorts of professionals are getting hands-on training and safer, more cost-effective

0:21.6

virtual environments.

0:23.0

Meta for work. Work smarter, closer, safer, together.

0:27.0

Visit for work.metta.com to learn more.

0:30.0

Support for today's show comes from Google Play.

0:33.0

Did you know that you can now download and listen to audio books on Google Play?

0:36.0

That's right. With Hands Free Listening using Google Assistant or Chromecast,

0:40.0

you can enjoy thousands of titles Ale la cart, no subscription necessary.

0:43.6

There's even a multi- device integration across the Google ecosystem.

0:47.4

And for a limited time you can get $10 off your first book

0:50.2

by visiting G.co slash play slash all the books. That's G.co.co. G.co. slash all the books.

0:54.0

That's G.co slash play slash all the books.

0:57.0

Find your story with audio books on Google Play. You're listening to all the books, a weekly show of recommendations and

1:14.6

enthusiasm regarding the week's new book releases. This is episode 172 and

1:19.0

today we are talking about books being released on August 21st, 2018 and more.

1:24.1

I'm Liberty Hardy, here is Maria Christina Garcia Lynch

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Book Riot, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Book Riot and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.