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🗓️ 21 October 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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This week, Liberty and Emily discuss When They Burned the Butterfly, This is a Safe Space, Balancing Act, and more great books! 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. Ready for a cozy, bookish autumn? Let Tailored Book Recommendations help you find your next favorite read with handpicked suggestions from professional book nerds. Get started today from just $18! Books Discussed On the Show: When They Burned the Butterfly by Wen-yi Lee This is a Safe Space by Lucinda Berry This Is the Only Kingdom by Jaquira Díaz Balancing Act by Paula Chase Damaged People: A Memoir of Fathers and Sons by Joe McGinniss Jr. The Graceview Patient by Caitlin Starling The Lost Reliquary (Divine Thrall Book 1) by Lyndsay Ely The Unveiling by Quan Barry 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	Have you ever had the urge to sneak behind the cordoned off areas of a museum?
0:05.8	Or roam the halls after closing time?
0:08.7	The Smithsonian's flagship podcast, Side Door, will sneak you behind the scenes of the world's largest museum and research complex.
0:17.6	Come learn about the ghosts that supposedly walk the museum halls after dark.
0:21.6	How a train robbery gave rise to criminal forensics, why leeches are actually the coolest thing ever, and how to get away with murder in the Arctic.
0:30.6	Maybe.
0:31.6	You'll discover stories of history, science, art, and culture you won't find in a display case.
0:42.2	You can listen to Side Door wherever you get your podcasts, or find us online at sI.edu slash Side Door.
0:45.1	Music You're listening to all the books, a weekly show of recommendations and enthusiasm regarding the week's new book releases.
1:06.6	Today we are talking about books being released on October 21st, 2025, and more.
1:12.0	I'm Liberty Hardy, here with Emily Martin, and we're coming to you from bookbriot.com.
1:16.8	Emily, hello.
1:18.5	Hello.
1:20.4	So, you're in California.
1:25.0	I'm in California.
1:25.7	Greetings from Napa.
1:31.4	I am here for work, so don't get too excited. I haven't been wine tasting or anything like that. But maybe today, today I have a day off.
1:37.6	So maybe I'll drink some wine today and then get toasty right before I have to fly home.
1:43.5	But yeah, I've just been hanging out and working and reading a lot.
1:49.0	So that's good.
1:50.2	Here we are.
1:51.7	That's exciting.
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