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Jeff is joined by Book Riot editors Danika Ellis and Erica Ezeifedi to talk about what makes a beach read, beach reads picks, and memorable beach reading moments. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. Sign up for the Book Riot Podcast Newsletter and follow the show on Instagram and Bluesky. Get more industry news with our Today in Books daily newsletter. Tailored Book Recommendations has the chops to find the right read for your loved one this Father’s Day. Gift TBR today starting at just $18! Check out Strong Sense of Place wherever you get your podcasts, or visit strongsenseofplace.com Discussed in this Episode: The Book Riot Live at Powell's July 9th: The Best Books of the Year (so far) The Best Beach Reads of All Time The Hey YA Podcast Book Riot's In the Club, In Reading Color, and Our Queerest Shelves Newsletters Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 6 June 2025

This week, Danika talks about five excellent queer beach reads. 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. Ready to level up your reading life? Become a Book Riot All Access member and explore our full library of members-only content, including must-reads, deep dives, and reading challenge recommendations. For a limited time, the first 50 new All Access annual members get a FREE copy of Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz courtesy of Tor Publishing! Join Book Riot All Access to level up your reading life and claim your free copy of Automatic Noodle. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed: The Pairing by Casey McQuiston Hot Dog Girl by Jennifer Dugan This is What it Feels Like by Rebecca Barrow Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree Falling In Love With Hominids by Nalo Hopkinson Links Mentioned: The Best Beach Reads of All Time 9 of My Favorite Queer Beach Reads Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 6 June 2025

This week, Liberty and Danika discuss Ten Incarnations of Rebellion, Charlottesville, Cosmic Love at the Multiverse Hair Salon, 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. Stumped on a great gift this Father's Day? Tailored Book Recommendations brings a personalized touch to any reading list with books hand-picked by professional book nerds. With over 150,000 book recommendations under our belt, we’ve got the chops to find the right read for your loved one this Father’s Day. Plus, with a simple checkout process and the ability to schedule the welcome email, gift-giving has never been easier. Gift TBR today starting at just $18! Check out Strong Sense of Place wherever you get your podcasts, or visit strongsenseofplace.com This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed On the Show: Charlottesville: An American Story by Deborah Baker Ten Incarnations of Rebellion by Vaishnavi Patel Flashlight by Susan Choi Cosmic Love at the Multiverse Hair Salon by Annie Mare A Language of Limbs by Dylin Hardcastle Beast by Richard Van Camp The Spinach King: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty by John Seabrook Of Monsters and Mainframes by Barbara Truelove Sister, Butcher, Sister by KD Aldyn Meet Me at the Crossroads by Megan Giddings The Catch by Yrsa Daley-Ward For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 3 June 2025

This week, Sharifah talks about a couple of excellent recent reads! 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 to level up your reading life? Become a Book Riot All Access member and explore our full library of members-only content, including must-reads, deep dives, and reading challenge recommendations. For a limited time, the first 50 new All Access annual members get a FREE copy of Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz courtesy of Tor Publishing! Join Book Riot All Access to level up your reading life and claim your free copy of Automatic Noodle. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed: Swift River by Essie Chambers Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism by Sarah Wynn-Williams Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 30 May 2025

This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss Amplitudes, Lu and Ren’s Guide to Geozoology, Harmattan Season, 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 to level up your reading life? Become a Book Riot All Access member and explore our full library of members-only content, including must-reads, deep dives, and reading challenge recommendations. For a limited time, the first 50 new All Access annual members get a FREE copy of Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz courtesy of Tor Publishing! Join Book Riot All Access to level up your reading life and claim your free copy of Automatic Noodle. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed On the Show: The Grimoire Grammar School Parent Teacher Association by Caitlin Rozakis Amplitudes: Stories of Queer and Trans Futurity by Lee Mandelo Lu and Ren’s Guide to Geozoology: A Graphic Novel by Angela Hsieh Harmattan Season by Tochi Onyebuchi The South by Tash Aw Forest Euphoria: The Abounding Queerness of Nature by Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian Titan of the Stars by E.K. Johnston Acception, Vol. 1 by Coco Ouwerkwerk aka Colourbee For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 27 May 2025

This week, Liberty talks about several books she recently acquired, plus what she's reading 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. Ready to level up your reading life? Become a Book Riot All Access member and explore our full library of members-only content, including must-reads, deep dives, and reading challenge recommendations. For a limited time, the first 50 new All Access annual members get a FREE copy of Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz courtesy of Tor Publishing! Join Book Riot All Access to level up your reading life and claim your free copy of Automatic Noodle. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed: L.A. Coroner: Thomas Noguchi and Death in Hollywood by Anne Soon Choi The Peepshow: The Murders at Rillington Place by Kate Summerscale   Nimona: 10th Anniversary Limited Edition by N.D. Stevenson The Girl Who Trod on a Loaf by Kathryn Davis  Feeding Ghosts: A Graphic Memoir by Tessa Hulls The Crayon Stub by Marcus Cutler  Meowdle: 75 Feline Crime Puzzles to Solve Using Logic, Skill and the Power of Catnip by Dr. Gareth Moore and Laura Jayne Ayres Hole in the Sky by Daniel H. Wilson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 23 May 2025

This week, Liberty and Emily discuss Spent, Erased, The Starving Saints, and more great books! Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and never miss a Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. Ready to level up your reading life? Become a Book Riot All Access member and explore our full library of members-only content, including must-reads, deep dives, and reading challenge recommendations. For a limited time, the first 50 new All Access annual members get a FREE copy of Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz courtesy of Tor Publishing! Join Book Riot All Access to level up your reading life and claim your free copy of Automatic Noodle. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed On the Show: Spent: A Comic Novel by Alison Bechdel The Education of Kia Greer by Alanna Bennett The True Happiness Company: How a Girl Like Me Falls for a Cult Like That by Veena Dinavahi Erased: What American Patriarchy Has Hidden From Us by Anna Malaika Tubbs Aftertaste by Daria Lavelle The Starving Saints by Caitlin Starling The Book of Records by Madeleine Thien The Ascent by Allison Buccola For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 20 May 2025

This week, Trisha recommends some non-fiction that feels...of the moment. 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 to level up your reading life? Become a Book Riot All Access member and explore our full library of members-only content, including must-reads, deep dives, and reading challenge recommendations. For a limited time, the first 50 new All Access annual members get a FREE copy of Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz courtesy of Tor Publishing! Join Book Riot All Access to level up your reading life and claim your free copy of Automatic Noodle. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed: On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder and illustrated by Nora Krug The Impossible Will Take a Little While edited by Paul Rogat Loeb The Selected Works of Audre Lorde by Audre Lorde, edited by Roxane Gay United by Cory Booker Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 16 May 2025

This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss The Emperor of Gladness, Death in the Cards, So Many Stars, 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 to level up your reading life? Become a Book Riot All Access member and explore our full library of members-only content, including must-reads, deep dives, and reading challenge recommendations. For a limited time, the first 50 new All Access annual members get a FREE copy of Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz courtesy of Tor Publishing! Join Book Riot All Access to level up your reading life and claim your free copy of Automatic Noodle. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed On the Show: The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong Death in the Cards by Mia P. Manansala Portalmania: Stories by Debbie Urbanski So Many Stars: An Oral History of Trans, Nonbinary, Genderqueer, and Two-Spirit People of Color by Caro de Robertis The Dark Maestro by Brendan Slocumb The Intermediaries by Brandy Schillace The Incandescent by Emily Tesh The Labyrinth House Murders by Yukito Ayatsuji, Ho-Ling Wong (translator) For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 13 May 2025

This week, Vanessa recommends two mysteries she's recently enjoyed: a historical mystery series starter and a cozy with an irresistible aunty sleuth. 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. Trust your reading list to the experts at Tailored Book Recommendations! The professional book nerds (aka bibliologists) at TBR have recommended over 160,000 books to readers of all kinds. Let TBR match you with your next favorite read! Simply fill out a quick survey about what you want more of in your reading life, and your bibliologist will scour their bookish knowledge to find three reads they think you’ll love. Choose from receiving just the recommendations via email, or opt to have paperbacks or hardcovers delivered right to your door. Get started for only $18 at mytbr.co! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed: Fortune Favors the Dead (Parker and Pentecost #1) by Stephen Spotswood Dead in the Frame (Parker and Pentecost #5) by Stephen Spotswood Detective Aunty by Uzma Jalaluddin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 9 May 2025

This week, Liberty and Danika discuss Sympathy for Wild Girls, Kiss Me, Maybe, Foreign Fruit: A Personal History of the Orange, 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 to level up your reading life? Become a Book Riot All Access member and explore our full library of members-only content, including must-reads, deep dives, and reading challenge recommendations. For a limited time, the first 50 new All Access annual members get a FREE copy of Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz courtesy of Tor Publishing! Join Book Riot All Access to level up your reading life and claim your free copy of Automatic Noodle. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed On the Show: Sympathy for Wild Girls: Stories by Demree McGhee The Names by Florence Knapp Kiss Me, Maybe by Gabriella Gamez Foreign Fruit: A Personal History of the Orange by Katie Goh Old School Indian by Aaron John Curtis The Adventures of Mary Darling by Pat Murphy The Rebel's Guide to Pride by Matthew Hubbard For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 6 May 2025

This week, Danika discusses the best and worst books to read in one sitting or for a readathon. 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. Trust your reading list to the experts at Tailored Book Recommendations! The professional book nerds (aka bibliologists) at TBR have recommended over 160,000 books to readers of all kinds. Let TBR match you with your next favorite read! Simply fill out a quick survey about what you want more of in your reading life, and your bibliologist will scour their bookish knowledge to find three reads they think you’ll love. Choose from receiving just the recommendations via email, or opt to have paperbacks or hardcovers delivered right to your door. Get started for only $18 at mytbr.co! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed: What Stalks Among Us by Sarah Hollowell Circle of Magic by Tamora Pierce The Singing Hills Cycle by Nghi Vo The Worldbreaker Saga by Kameron Hurley Green Fuse Burning by Tiffany Morris Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 2 May 2025

This week, Liberty and Jeff discuss The Road to Tender Hearts, This American Woman, Girl on Girl, and more great books! 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. Trust your reading list to the experts at Tailored Book Recommendations! The professional book nerds (aka bibliologists) at TBR have recommended over 160,000 books to readers of all kinds. Let TBR match you with your next favorite read! Simply fill out a quick survey about what you want more of in your reading life, and your bibliologist will scour their bookish knowledge to find three reads they think you’ll love. Choose from receiving just the recommendations via email, or opt to have paperbacks or hardcovers delivered right to your door. Get started for only $18 at mytbr.co! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed On the Show: The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Hartnett This American Woman: A One-In-A-Billion Memoir by Zarna Garg Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng by Kylie Lee Baker Girl on Girl: How Pop Culture Turned a Generation of Women Against Themselves by Sophie Gilbert The Accidentals: Stories by Guadalupe Nettel, Rosalind Harvey (translators)  Exit Zero: Stories by Marie-Helene Bertino The Sea Gives Up the Dead: Stories by Molly Olguín Strangers in the Land: Exclusion, Belonging, and the Epic Story of the Chinese in America by Michael Luo For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 29 April 2025

This week, Sharifah introduces All the (More!) Books and talks about a couple of recent reads that are perfect for book clubs! 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. Trust your reading list to the experts at Tailored Book Recommendations! The professional book nerds (aka bibliologists) at TBR have recommended over 160,000 books to readers of all kinds. Let TBR match you with your next favorite read! Simply fill out a quick survey about what you want more of in your reading life, and your bibliologist will scour their bookish knowledge to find three reads they think you’ll love. Choose from receiving just the recommendations via email, or opt to have paperbacks or hardcovers delivered right to your door. Get started for only $18 at mytbr.co! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Harlem Rhapsody by Victoria Christopher Murray Good Dirt by Charmaine Wilkerson Mules and Men by Zora Neale Hurston Black Magic: Black Magic, Religion and the African American Conjuring Tradition by Yvonne P. Chireau Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 25 April 2025

This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss Great Big Beautiful Life, Down in the Sea of Angels, Change the Recipe, 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. Trust your reading list to the experts at Tailored Book Recommendations! The professional book nerds (aka bibliologists) at TBR have recommended over 160,000 books to readers of all kinds. Let TBR match you with your next favorite read! Simply fill out a quick survey about what you want more of in your reading life, and your bibliologist will scour their bookish knowledge to find three reads they think you’ll love. Choose from receiving just the recommendations via email, or opt to have paperbacks or hardcovers delivered right to your door. Get started for only $18 at mytbr.co! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed On the Show: Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry Down in the Sea of Angels by Khan Wong  Don't Cause Trouble by Arree Chung  The Book of Alchemy: A Creative Practice for an Inspired Life by Suleika Jaouad  Eat the Ones You Love by Sarah Maria Griffin  Change the Recipe: Because You Can't Build a Better World Without Breaking Some Eggs by José Andrés with Richard Wolffe  On Muscle: The Stuff That Moves Us and Why It Matters by Bonnie Tsui  Accidentally on Purpose by Kristen Kish For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 22 April 2025

This week, Liberty talks about a couple of great older books she loves, plus two she's excited to read! 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. Trust your reading list to the experts at Tailored Book Recommendations! The professional book nerds (aka bibliologists) at TBR have recommended over 160,000 books to readers of all kinds. Let TBR match you with your next favorite read! Simply fill out a quick survey about what you want more of in your reading life, and your bibliologist will scour their bookish knowledge to find three reads they think you’ll love. Choose from receiving just the recommendations via email, or opt to have paperbacks or hardcovers delivered right to your door. Get started for only $18 at mytbr.co! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Being Dead by Jim Crace  Parachute Kids by Betty C. Tang The Spectacle by Anna Barrington  One Piece, Vol. 1: Romance Dawn by Eiichiro Oda A Cat from Our World and the Forgotten Witch Vol. 1 by Hiro Kashiwaba Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 18 April 2025

This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss The Seven O'Clock Club, The Influencers, Murder by Cheesecake, 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. Trust your reading list to the experts at Tailored Book Recommendations! The professional book nerds (aka bibliologists) at TBR have recommended over 160,000 books to readers of all kinds. Let TBR match you with your next favorite read! Simply fill out a quick survey about what you want more of in your reading life, and your bibliologist will scour their bookish knowledge to find three reads they think you’ll love. Choose from receiving just the recommendations via email, or opt to have paperbacks or hardcovers delivered right to your door. Get started for only $18 at mytbr.co! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed On the Show: The Seven O'Clock Club by Amelia Ireland The Influencers by Anna-Marie McLemore When the Harvest Comes by Denne Michele Norris The Forgotten Summer of Seneca by Camryn Garrett Book Curses by Eleanor Baker Six Days in Bombay by Alka Joshi Fish Tales by Nettie Jones Toni at Random: The Iconic Writer's Legendary Editorship by Dana A. Williams That's What She Said by Eleanor Pilcher Murder by Cheesecake (Golden Girls #1) by Rachel Ekstrom Courage For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 15 April 2025

This week Trisha recommends a few picture books that will give your brain a spring break. 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. Trust your reading list to the experts at Tailored Book Recommendations! The professional book nerds (aka bibliologists) at TBR have recommended over 160,000 books to readers of all kinds. Let TBR match you with your next favorite read! Simply fill out a quick survey about what you want more of in your reading life, and your bibliologist will scour their bookish knowledge to find three reads they think you’ll love. Choose from receiving just the recommendations via email, or opt to have paperbacks or hardcovers delivered right to your door. Get started for only $18 at mytbr.co! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Big by Vashti Harrison The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend by Dan Santat The Book with No Pictures by B.J. Novak The One Thing You’d Save by Linda Sue Park, illustrated by Robert Sae-Heng Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 11 April 2025

This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss Sky Daddy, Murder as Gulls Nest, The 10, 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. Trust your reading list to the experts at Tailored Book Recommendations! The professional book nerds (aka bibliologists) at TBR have recommended over 160,000 books to readers of all kinds. Let TBR match you with your next favorite read! Simply fill out a quick survey about what you want more of in your reading life, and your bibliologist will scour their bookish knowledge to find three reads they think you’ll love. Choose from receiving just the recommendations via email, or opt to have paperbacks or hardcovers delivered right to your door. Get started for only $18 at mytbr.co! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed On the Show: Sky Daddy by Kate Folk  Murder at Gulls Nest by Jess Kidd Big Chief by Jon Hickey Coven by Soman Soman Chainani and Joel Gennari The 10: A Memoir of Family and the Open Road by E.A. Hanks A Proposal to Die For by Molly Harper Audition by Katie Kitamura Happy Land by Dolen Perkins-Valdez For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 8 April 2025

This week, Vanessa recommends a hilarious and heartwarming road trip romance and a cookbook she's been actively excited to cook from. 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. Trust your reading list to the experts at Tailored Book Recommendations! The professional book nerds (aka bibliologists) at TBR have recommended over 160,000 books to readers of all kinds. Let TBR match you with your next favorite read! Simply fill out a quick survey about what you want more of in your reading life, and your bibliologist will scour their bookish knowledge to find three reads they think you’ll love. Choose from receiving just the recommendations via email, or opt to have paperbacks or hardcovers delivered right to your door. Get started for only $18 at mytbr.co! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed The Road Trip by Beth O'Leary Peaceful Kitchen: More than 100 Cozy Plant-Based Recipes to Comfort the Body and Nourish the Soul by Catherine Perez Catherine Perez @plantbasedrd on TikTok and Instagram Taylor Grasso @simplyhealthyrd on TikTok and Instagram Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 4 April 2025

This week, Liberty and Danika discuss Gifted & Talented, Messy Perfect, Direct Descendant, and more great books! 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. Trust your reading list to the experts at Tailored Book Recommendations! The professional book nerds (aka bibliologists) at TBR have recommended over 160,000 books to readers of all kinds. Let TBR match you with your next favorite read! Simply fill out a quick survey about what you want more of in your reading life, and your bibliologist will scour their bookish knowledge to find three reads they think you’ll love. Choose from receiving just the recommendations via email, or opt to have paperbacks or hardcovers delivered right to your door. Get started for only $18 at mytbr.co! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed On the Show: Gifted & Talented by Olivie Blake A/S/L by Jeanne Thornton Small Ceremonies by Kyle Edwards Messy Perfect by Tanya Boteju Freakslaw by Jane Flett  Direct Descendant by Tanya Huff Any Trope but You by Victoria Lavine The Ephemera Collector by Stacy Nathaniel Jackson For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 1 April 2025

Today, Danika recommends a few trans graphic novels to read for the 2025 Trans Rights Readathon. 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. Trust your reading list to the experts at Tailored Book Recommendations! The professional book nerds (aka bibliologists) at TBR have recommended over 160,000 books to readers of all kinds. Let TBR match you with your next favorite read! Simply fill out a quick survey about what you want more of in your reading life, and your bibliologist will scour their bookish knowledge to find three reads they think you’ll love. Choose from receiving just the recommendations via email, or opt to have paperbacks or hardcovers delivered right to your door. Get started for only $18 at mytbr.co! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Stone Fruit by Lee Lai The Tea Dragon Society and A Song for You and I by K. O'Neill Boys Weekend by Mattie Lubchansky Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 28 March 2025

This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss When the Moon Hits Your Eye, Blazing Eye Sees All, The Portable Feminist Reader, 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. Trust your reading list to the experts at Tailored Book Recommendations! The professional book nerds (aka bibliologists) at TBR have recommended over 160,000 books to readers of all kinds. Let TBR match you with your next favorite read! Simply fill out a quick survey about what you want more of in your reading life, and your bibliologist will scour their bookish knowledge to find three reads they think you’ll love. Choose from receiving just the recommendations via email, or opt to have paperbacks or hardcovers delivered right to your door. Get started for only $18 at mytbr.co! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed On the Show: When the Moon Hits Your Eye by John Scalzi Blazing Eye Sees All: Love Has Won, False Prophets, and the Fever Dream of the American New Age by Leah Sottile Garbage Town by Ravi Gupta The Portable Feminist Reader edited by Roxane Gay The Keeper of Lonely Spirits by E.M. Anderson Black. Fat. Femme: Revealing the Power of Visibly Queer Voices in Media and Learning to Love Yourself by Jonathan P. Higgins, Ed.D Tilt by Emma Pattee Bearsuit Turtle Makes a Friend by Bob Shea Elphie: A Wicked Childhood by Gregory Maguire  There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension by Hanif Abdurraqib For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 25 March 2025

This week, Sharifah talks about two very different and excellent books she recommends — a memoir about grieving during the pandemic and a novella about a killer mannequin. 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. Trust your reading list to the experts at Tailored Book Recommendations! The professional book nerds (aka bibliologists) at TBR have recommended over 160,000 books to readers of all kinds. Let TBR match you with your next favorite read! Simply fill out a quick survey about what you want more of in your reading life, and your bibliologist will scour their bookish knowledge to find three reads they think you’ll love. Choose from receiving just the recommendations via email, or opt to have paperbacks or hardcovers delivered right to your door. Get started for only $18 at mytbr.co! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed A Living Remedy by Nicole Chung Night of the Mannequins by Stephen Graham Jones Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 21 March 2025

This week, Liberty and Emily discuss Murder by Memory, I'll Love You Forever, Animal Instinct, 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. Trust your reading list to the experts at Tailored Book Recommendations! The professional book nerds (aka bibliologists) at TBR have recommended over 160,000 books to readers of all kinds. Let TBR match you with your next favorite read! Simply fill out a quick survey about what you want more of in your reading life, and your bibliologist will scour their bookish knowledge to find three reads they think you’ll love. Choose from receiving just the recommendations via email, or opt to have paperbacks or hardcovers delivered right to your door. Get started for only $18 at mytbr.co! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed On the Show: Murder by Memory by Olivia Waite Animal Instinct by Amy Shearn The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones I'll Love You Forever: Notes from a K-Pop Fan by Giaae Kwon Stop Me If You've Heard This One by Kristen Arnett Counterattacks at Thirty by Won-pyung Sohn, Sean Lin Halbert (translator) The Story She Left Behind by Patti Callahan Henry Serial Killer Support Group by Saratoga Schaefer For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 18 March 2025

This week, Liberty talks about a couple of great older books she loves, plus two she's excited to read! 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. Trust your reading list to the experts at Tailored Book Recommendations! The professional book nerds (aka bibliologists) at TBR have recommended over 160,000 books to readers of all kinds. Let TBR match you with your next favorite read! Simply fill out a quick survey about what you want more of in your reading life, and your bibliologist will scour their bookish knowledge to find three reads they think you’ll love. Choose from receiving just the recommendations via email, or opt to have paperbacks or hardcovers delivered right to your door. Get started for only $18 at mytbr.co! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed A Twenty Minute Silence Followed by Applause by Shawn Wen When the Wind Blows by Raymond Briggs Will There Ever Be Another You by Patricia Lockwood  The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 14 March 2025

This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss Accidents Happen, Malinalli, The Man Nobody Killed, 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. Trust your reading list to the experts at Tailored Book Recommendations! The professional book nerds (aka bibliologists) at TBR have recommended over 160,000 books to readers of all kinds. Let TBR match you with your next favorite read! Simply fill out a quick survey about what you want more of in your reading life, and your bibliologist will scour their bookish knowledge to find three reads they think you’ll love. Choose from receiving just the recommendations via email, or opt to have paperbacks or hardcovers delivered right to your door. Get started for only $18 at mytbr.co! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed On the Show: Accidents Happen and Other Stories by F.H. Batacan Malinalli by Veronica Chapa The Man Nobody Killed: Life, Death, and Art in Michael Stewart's New York by Elon Green  Vanishing Daughters by Cynthia Pelayo  The Trouble Up North by Travis Mulhauser Queens of Crime by Roseanna Limoncelli Mrs. Christie at the Mystery Guild Library by Amanda Chapman Love and Other Paradoxes by Catriona Silvey  The Baby Who Stayed Awake Forever by Sandra Salsbury Goddess Complex by Sanjena Sathian For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 11 March 2025

This week, Trisha talks about nonfiction books focused on different cultural topics — beauty and tech — written by journalists/podcasters. 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. Trust your reading list to the experts at Tailored Book Recommendations! The professional book nerds (aka bibliologists) at TBR have recommended over 160,000 books to readers of all kinds. Let TBR match you with your next favorite read! Simply fill out a quick survey about what you want more of in your reading life, and your bibliologist will scour their bookish knowledge to find three reads they think you’ll love. Choose from receiving just the recommendations via email, or opt to have paperbacks or hardcovers delivered right to your door. Get started for only $18 at mytbr.co! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Flawless: Lessons in Looks and Culture from the K-Beauty Capital by Elise Hu Burn Book: A Tech Love Story by Kara Swisher Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 7 March 2025

This week, Liberty and Danika discuss The River Has Roots, Love Points to You, Tea You at the Altar, 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. Trust your reading list to the experts at Tailored Book Recommendations! The professional book nerds (aka bibliologists) at TBR have recommended over 160,000 books to readers of all kinds. Let TBR match you with your next favorite read! Simply fill out a quick survey about what you want more of in your reading life, and your bibliologist will scour their bookish knowledge to find three reads they think you’ll love. Choose from receiving just the recommendations via email, or opt to have paperbacks or hardcovers delivered right to your door. Get started for only $18 at mytbr.co! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed On the Show: The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar Love Points to You by Alice Lin Saving Five: A Memoir of Hope by Amanda Nguyen Tea You at the Altar by Rebecca Thorne The Unworthy by Agustina Bazterrica, Sarah Moses (translator) Woodworking by Emily St. James Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall They Bloom at Night by Trang Thanh Tran For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 4 March 2025

This week, Vanessa recommends two books by authors with new books out this week: a delightful caper involving a mysterious wooden duck, and a genre-bending nonfiction read for fans of true crime and beautiful prose. 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. Trust your reading list to the experts at Tailored Book Recommendations! The professional book nerds (aka bibliologists) at TBR have recommended over 160,000 books to readers of all kinds. Let TBR match you with your next favorite read! Simply fill out a quick survey about what you want more of in your reading life, and your bibliologist will scour their bookish knowledge to find three reads they think you’ll love. Choose from receiving just the recommendations via email, or opt to have paperbacks or hardcovers delivered right to your door. Get started for only $18 at mytbr.co! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Flying Solo by Linda Holmes Back After This by Linda Holmes Liliana's Invincible Summer by Cristina Rivera Garza Death Takes Me by Cristina Rivera Garza - to be discussed on the Book Riot Podcast in early March! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 28 February 2025

This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss Greenteeth, On Her Terms, One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This, 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. A new year means a new Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons. To get recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. All Access subscribers get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. You can become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year to get unlimited access to all members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies of knowing you are supporting independent media. To join, visit bookriot.com/readharder. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed On the Show: Greenteeth by Molly O'Neill On Her Terms by Amy Spalding Soma by Fernando Llor and Carles Dalmau One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad Death Takes Me by Cristina Rivera Garza, Robin Myers and Sarah Booker (translators)  When the Earth Was Green: Plants, Animals, and Evolution's Greatest Romance by Riley Black The Strange Case of Jane O. by Karen Thompson Walker All the Parts We Exile by Roza Nozari For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 25 February 2025

This week, Danika recommends a stack of queer graphic novels. 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. A new year means a new Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons. To get recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. All Access subscribers get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. You can become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year to get unlimited access to all members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies of knowing you are supporting independent media. To join, visit bookriot.com/readharder. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Soft by Jane Mai The Ojja-Wojja by Magdalene Visaggio and Jenn St-Onge I Shall Never Fall in Love by Hari Conner The Pale Queen by Ethan M. Aldridge Boyfriends, Volume One by refrainbow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 21 February 2025

This week, Liberty and Emily discuss Hungerstone, I Got Abducted By Aliens and Now I'm Trapped in a Rom-Com, The Girl You Know, 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. A new year means a new Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons. To get recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. All Access subscribers get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. You can become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year to get unlimited access to all members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies of knowing you are supporting independent media. To join, visit bookriot.com/readharder. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed On the Show: I Got Abducted By Aliens and Now I'm Trapped in a Rom-Com by Kimberly Lemming Hungerstone by Kat Dunn Dream State by Eric Puchner The Girl You Know by Elle Gonzales Rose Upon a Starlit Tide by Kell Woods The Garden by Nick Newman Pseudoscience: An Amusing History of Crackpot Ideas and Why We Love Them by Lydia Kang, Nate Pedersen Yours, Eventually by Nura Maznavi The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson The Queen of the Night by Alexander Chee Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman The Return by Rachel Henderson The Chain by Adrian McKinty Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 18 February 2025

This week, Sharifah talks about a couple of books she loves that are both collections — one nonfiction and one fiction. 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. A new year means a new Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons. To get recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. All Access subscribers get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. You can become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year to get unlimited access to all members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies of knowing you are supporting independent media. To join, visit bookriot.com/readharder. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw Please Don't Sit on My Bed in Your Outside Clothes by Phoebe Robinson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 14 February 2025

This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss Little Mysteries, Original Sins, (S)kin, 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. A new year means a new Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons. To get recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. All Access subscribers get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. You can become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year to get unlimited access to all members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies of knowing you are supporting independent media. To join, visit bookriot.com/readharder. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed On the Show: Little Mysteries: Nine Miniature Puzzles to Confuse, Enthrall, and Delight by Sara Gran Dead in the Frame by Stephen Spotswood  Alligator Tears: A Memoir in Essays by Edgar Gomez Original Sins: The (Mis)education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism by Eve L. Ewing Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood (S)kin by Ibi Zoboi One Message Remains by Premee Mohamed The Crimson Road by A.G. Slatter For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 11 February 2025

This week, Liberty talks about a couple of books she loves that are related to the week's new releases! 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. A new year means a new Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons. To get recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. All Access subscribers get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. You can become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year to get unlimited access to all members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies of knowing you are supporting independent media. To join, visit bookriot.com/readharder. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Freakslaw by Jane Flett Disquiet by Julia Leigh One Piece by Eiichiro Oda King of Ashes by S. A. Cosby Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 7 February 2025

This week, Liberty and Danika discuss Victorian Psycho, Reading the Waves, The Black Fantastic, 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. A new year means a new Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons. To get recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. All Access subscribers get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. You can become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year to get unlimited access to all members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies of knowing you are supporting independent media. To join, visit bookriot.com/readharder. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed On the Show: Victorian Psycho by Virginia Feito Reading the Waves: A Memoir by Lidia Yuknavitch Pure Innocent Fun: Essays by Ira Madison III The Black Fantastic: 20 Afrofuturist Stories edited by andré m. carrington Bibliophobia: A Memoir by Sarah Chihaya A Tropical Rebel Gets the Duke by Adriana Herrera Listen to Your Sister by Neena Viel The Lamb by Lucy Rose Mutual Interest by Olivia Wolfgang-Smith For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 4 February 2025

This week, Trisha recommends a couple of romances that are great for both experienced and new romance readers. 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. A new year means a new Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons. To get recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. All Access subscribers get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. You can become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year to get unlimited access to all members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies of knowing you are supporting independent media. To join, visit bookriot.com/readharder. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels by India Holton Lunar New Year Love Story by Gene Luen Yang and LeUyen Pham Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 31 January 2025

This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss Old Soul, Syme's Letter Writer, From These Roots, 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. A new year means a new Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons. To get recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. All Access subscribers get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. You can become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year to get unlimited access to all members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies of knowing you are supporting independent media. To join, visit bookriot.com/readharder. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed On the Show: Old Soul by Susan Barker Syme's Letter Writer: A Guide to Modern Correspondence About (Almost) Every Imaginable Subject of Daily Life, with Odes to Desktop Ephemera and Selected Letters of Famous Writers by Rachel Syme Tartufo by Kira Jane Buxton  From These Roots: My Fight with Harvard to Reclaim My Legacy by Tamara Lanier We Could Be Rats by Emily Austin  Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People by Imani Perry Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng by Kylie Lee Baker Blob: A Love Story by Maggie Su For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 28 January 2025

This week, Vanessa recommends a work of Gothic science fiction she's been meaning to read for almost two decades and a work of Latin music history that's not (just) about Justin Bieber. 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. A new year means a new Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons. To get recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. All Access subscribers get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. You can become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year to get unlimited access to all members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies of knowing you are supporting independent media. To join, visit bookriot.com/readharder. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro Never Let Me Go review from The Guardian Decoding Despacito: An Oral History of Latin Music by Leila Cobo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 24 January 2025

This week, Liberty and Emily discuss The Rainfall Market, The Broposal, We Do Not Part, 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. A new year means a new Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons. To get recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. All Access subscribers get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. You can become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year to get unlimited access to all members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies of knowing you are supporting independent media. To join, visit bookriot.com/readharder. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed On the Show: The Rainfall Market by You Yeong-Gwang, Slin Jung (translator) The Broposal by Sonora Reyes Dark Laboratory: On Columbus, the Caribbean, and the Origins of the Climate Crisis by Tao Leigh Goffe The Sun Won’t Come Out Tomorrow: The Dark History of American Orphanhood by Kristen Martin We Do Not Part by Han Kang, Paige Aniyah Morris (translator) The Favorites by Layne Fargo A Crack in Everything: How Black Holes Came in from the Cold and Took Cosmic Centre Stage by Marcus Chown Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 21 January 2025

Today, Danika recommends a couple of their favorite sapphic fantasy reads of last year. 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. A new year means a new Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons. To get recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. All Access subscribers get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. You can become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year to get unlimited access to all members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies of knowing you are supporting independent media. To join, visit bookriot.com/readharder. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan The Unbroken by C. L. Clark Can’t Spell Treason Without Tea by Rebecca Thorne Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 17 January 2025

This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss Death of the Author, The Last Room on the Left, Chickenpox, 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. A new year means a new Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons. To get recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. All Access subscribers get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. You can become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year to get unlimited access to all members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies of knowing you are supporting independent media. To join, visit bookriot.com/readharder. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed On the Show: Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor  The Last Room on the Left by Leah Konen Chickenpox by Remy Lai  Everything is Poison by Joy McCullough The In-Between Bookstore by Edward Underhill Isaac’s Song by Daniel Black Strange Pictures by Uketsu, Jim Rion (translator)  The Queen’s Spade by Sarah Raughley For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 14 January 2025

This week, Sharifah shares two SF/F reads, both on the darker side of the genre. 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. A new year means a new Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons. To get recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. All Access subscribers get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. You can become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year to get unlimited access to all members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies of knowing you are supporting independent media. To join, visit bookriot.com/readharder. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed The Murders of Molly Southbourne by Tade Thompson The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 10 January 2025

This week, Liberty and Danika discuss Homeseeking, Single Player, The Three Lives of Cate Kay, 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. A new year means a new Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons. To get recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. All Access subscribers get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. You can become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year to get unlimited access to all members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies of knowing you are supporting independent media. To join, visit bookriot.com/readharder. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed On the Show: Homeseeking by Karissa Chen Single Player by Tara Tai The Last Bookstore on Earth by Lily Braun-Arnold  The Three Lives of Cate Kay by Kate Fagan The Capital of Dreams by Heather O'Neill  Darkmotherland by Samrat Upadhyay Mothers and Sons by Adam Haslett The Devourer by Alison Ames For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 7 January 2025

We're taking a break this holiday week, so we thought we'd share this rerun from last year where Liberty and Patricia discuss upcoming 2024 book releases they're excited to read, including The Book of Love, Little Rot, The Husbands, 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. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed On the Show: My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Vol. 2 by Emil Ferris The Book of Love by Kelly Link Dinner on Monster Island: Essays by Tania De Rozario The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown Reclaiming UGLY! : A Radically Joyful Guide to Unlearn Oppression and Uplift, Glorify, and Love Yourself by Vanessa Rochelle Lewis The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden Be a Revolution: How Everyday People Are Fighting Oppression and Changing the World—and How You Can, Too by Ijeoma Oluo  Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange  Come Together: The Science (and Art!) of Creating Lasting Sexual Connections by Emily Nagoski, Ph.D. The Husbands by Holly Gramazio Who's Afraid of Gender? by Judith Butler A Better World by Sarah Langan Disability Intimacy: Essays on Love, Care, and Desire edited by Alice Wong  The Dead Cat Tail Assassins by P. Djèlí Clark We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance by Kellie Carter Jackson The Stardust Grail by Yume Kitasei  Little Rot by Akwaeke Emezi For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 3 January 2025

We're taking some time off this holiday week, so we thought we'd share with you the final episode of our SFF Yeah podcast in which several staff members of Book Riot share some excellent speculative, science fiction, and fantasy backlist recommendations. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed The Monk and Robot books by Becky Chambers Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho The Tiffany Aching series by Terry Pratchett The Prey of Gods by Nicky Drayden The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki Everfair by Nisi Shawl Her Majesty's Royal Coven by Juno Dawson A Master of Djinn (Dead Djinn Universe) by P. Djèlí Clark Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan The Martian and Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 27 December 2024

This week, Liberty talks about a couple of wonderful books that are great for the end of the year! 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. At Tailored Book Recommendations, we’ve recommended over 150,000 books to readers of every type. And we’ve got good news— TBR makes a novel gift for the book lover on your list! All your gift recipient has to do is fill out a survey about their reading likes and dislikes, and our expert bibliologists will use their bookish knowledge to round up three personalized recommendations for reads we think they’ll love. Whether they’re a mystery maven, a historical fiction fanatic, or a contemporary connoisseur, we’ve got the chops to match the book lover in your life with their next favorite read. And it only takes a few clicks to gift TBR! Simply head to mytbr.co/gift to get started. You can even schedule the delivery of the welcome email, which means no more waiting on gifts to arrive last minute. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce The Book of Delights: Essays by Ross Gay The Baby Dragon Cafe by A. T. Qureshi Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 20 December 2024

This week, Liberty and Emily discuss their favorite books of 2024, including Come and Get It, Beautyland, Headshot, 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. At Tailored Book Recommendations, we’ve recommended over 150,000 books to readers of every type. And we’ve got good news— TBR makes a novel gift for the book lover on your list! All your gift recipient has to do is fill out a survey about their reading likes and dislikes, and our expert bibliologists will use their bookish knowledge to round up three personalized recommendations for reads we think they’ll love. Whether they’re a mystery maven, a historical fiction fanatic, or a contemporary connoisseur, we’ve got the chops to match the book lover in your life with their next favorite read. And it only takes a few clicks to gift TBR! Simply head to mytbr.co/gift to get started. You can even schedule the delivery of the welcome email, which means no more waiting on gifts to arrive last minute. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed On the Show: Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar  Come and Get It by Kiley Reid Interesting Facts about Space by Emily R. Austin  Diavola by Jennifer Thorne Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino Funny Story by Emily Henry Headshot by Rita Bullwinkel  I Was A Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones Weirdo by Tony Weaver Jr., with Jes and Cin Wibowo  Detective Beans: and the Case of the Missing Hat by Li Chen Horror Movie by Paul Tremblay Mouth: Stories by Puloma Ghosh The Eyes Are the Best Part by Monika Kim Women and Children First by Alina Grabowski  Roland Rogers Isn’t Dead Yet by Samantha Allen Rainbow Black by Maggie Thrash Ruin Road by Lamar Giles For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 17 December 2024

This week, to balance out the intensity of holiday cheer, Trisha recommends books in which Death is a main character. 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. At Tailored Book Recommendations, we’ve recommended over 150,000 books to readers of every type. And we’ve got good news— TBR makes a novel gift for the book lover on your list! All your gift recipient has to do is fill out a survey about their reading likes and dislikes, and our expert bibliologists will use their bookish knowledge to round up three personalized recommendations for reads we think they’ll love. Whether they’re a mystery maven, a historical fiction fanatic, or a contemporary connoisseur, we’ve got the chops to match the book lover in your life with their next favorite read. And it only takes a few clicks to gift TBR! Simply head to mytbr.co/gift to get started. You can even schedule the delivery of the welcome email, which means no more waiting on gifts to arrive last minute. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Masters of Death by Olivie Blake Molly Molloy and the Angel of Death by Maria Vale Death Wins a Goldfish by Brian Rea Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 13 December 2024