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🗓️ 27 January 2026

⏱️ 46 minutes

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This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss Burn Down Master’s House, Vigil, Fair Game, and more! Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and never miss a beat 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 an All Access membership. Click here to get started today! Books Discussed On the Show: I Identify as Blind: A Brazen Celebration of Disability Culture, Identity, and Power by Lachi with Tim Vandehey Black Public Joy: No Permit or Permission Required by Jay Pitter Burn Down Master’s House by Clay Cane Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts by Rebecca Hall, Hugo Martínez Fair Game: Trans Athletes and the Future of Sports by Ellie Roscher and Anna Baeth He/She/They: How We Talk about Gender and Why It Matters by Schuyler Bailar The Other Olympians: Fascism, Queerness, and the Making of Modern Sports by Michael Waters Currencies of Cruelty: Slavery, Freak Shows, and the Performance Archive by Danielle Bainbridge Forever for the Culture: Notes from the New Black Digital Arts Renaissance by Steven Underwood Mattering: The Secret to a Life of Deep Connection and Purpose by Jennifer Breheny Wallace A Beast Slinks Towards Beijing by Alice Evelyn Yang The Bone Setter’s Daughter by Amy Tan Vigil by George Saunders I Don't Know What You Know Me From: Confessions of a Co-Star by Judy Greer The Seven Daughters of Dupree by Nikesha Elise Williams Escape! by Stephen Fishbach Sister Svangerd and the Not Quite Dead by K. J. Parker Rooting Interest: An 831 Stories Romance by Cat Disabato The Ghost Network by Catie Disabato Big Fan by Alexandra Romanoff Black Dahlia: Murder, Monsters, and Madness in Midcentury Hollywood by William J Mann Dear Debbie by Freida McFadden The Big M: 13 Writers Take Back the Story of Menopause by Lidia Yuknavitch To Ride a Rising Storm (Nampeshiweisit, #2) by Moniquill Blackgoose Paper Cut by Rachel Taff For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. 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	To be or not to be.
0:02.8	Right now we're offering a range of incentives across Audi models.
0:06.5	That is the...
0:07.5	But only until the 28th of February.
0:10.0	The...
0:10.7	Um...
0:12.0	So stop whatever you're doing.
0:14.4	Um... I'll be right back.
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0:47.8	You're listening to O the Books, a weekly show of recommendations and enthusiasm regarding the week's new book releases, and more.
0:55.3	Today is January 27, 26. I'm Liberty Hardy, here with Patricia Elsie Tuttle, and we're coming to you from bookbriott.com. Patricia, hello. Hey, Liberty. Happy New Year, I guess. It's my first show of the year,
1:03.1	so. Yeah, it's your first show in like two months. Amazing. That's true. I got December off.
1:08.8	Yeah. Yeah. Well, you might be surprised to learn that this is a podcast about books now.
1:14.4	Oh. Let me talk about books. And we're going to talk. I have a book that I got that I just started reading that I'm so excited about. But before I tell you, I want you to just quickly tell me about something that you were excited about that I know you wanted to tell me.
1:29.6	Yes, I finally got to watch Murder Bot Diaries.
1:35.0	You know, we visited my dad recently and he's been waiting to watch it and we sat and we went through like the whole mini series through the weekend. I thought
1:46.3	they did a really good job. Of course, I always love the books better, but I've read the books. My
1:51.4	dad's read the books. My wife's read the books. And so it was really great watching it with people
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