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Books Discussed

Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger

The Lost Story by Meg Shaffer

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Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe

Welcome to Murder Week by Karen Dukess

Undercover Latina by Aya de León

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Books Discussed On the Show:

The Singing Hills Cycle by Nghi Vo

I’ll Be the One by Lyla Lee

Dear Wendy by Ann Zhao

The Insiders by Mark Oshiro

Several People Are Typing by Calvin Kasulke

How To Lose a Goblin in Ten Days by Jessie Sylva

Brigands and Breadknives by Travis Baldree

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Books Discussed

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

Becoming by Michelle Obama

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Books Discussed

A Trade of Blood: An Ana and Din Mystery by Robert Jackson Bennett 

The Rib King by Ladee Hubbard

Waiting for the Night Song by Julie Carrick Dalton

Mystery James Returns from the Grave by Ally Russell

Victorious (Villains Book 3) by V.E. Schwab

The Scarlet Ball by Nghi Vo

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Books Discussed:

A Resistance of Witches by Morgan Ryan

A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna

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Books Discussed

Very Dangerous Things by Lauren Muñoz

Witchlings by Claribel Ortega

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Books Discussed On the Show:

That's What Friends Are For by Wade Rouse

The Primrose Murder Society by Stacy Hackney

Just Friends by Haley Pham

Star Shipped by Cat Sebastian

When I Was Death by Alexis Henderson

Black as Diamond by U.M. Agoawike

Good Woman: A Reckoning by Savala Nolan

The Valley of Vengeful Ghosts by Kim Fu

Strange Buildings by Uketsu, Jim Rion (translator)

Medium Rare by A. Natasha Joukovsky 

Night Night Fawn by Jordy Rosenberg 

200 Monas by Jan Saenz

Wait for Me by Amy Jo Burns

River of Bones and Other Stories by Rebecca Roanhorse

You with the Sad Eyes: A Memoir by Christina Applegate

Want to Know a Secret? by Freida McFadden

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Books Discussed:

Work to Do by Jules Wernersbach (April 7)

The Lost Daughter Of Sparta by Felicia Day & Rowan McColl (March 17)

Koharu and Minato: Happy Life with My Girlfriend Vol. 1 by Hyaluron & Daruma (April 14)

Olivia Gray Will Not Fade Away by Ciera Burch (March 17)

Hell's Heart by Alexis Hall (March 26)

The Celestial Seas by T.A. Chan (March 31)

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Books Discussed On the Show:

Trans Pleasure: On Gender Liberation and Sexual Freedom by Brandon Andrew Robinson

The Writer’s Room: The Hidden Worlds That Shape the Books We Love by Katie da Cunha Lewin

Unread: A Memoir of Learning (and Loving) to Read on TikTok by Oliver James

All About Allergies: Everything You Need to Know About Asthma, Food Allergies, Hay Fever, and More by Zachary Rubin, MD

I Didn't Want to Either: Transforming Therapy from Daunting to Doable by Cody Qureshi

Get Home Safe: A Guide to Self-Defense and Building Our Collective Power by Rana Abdelhamid

Weavingshaw by Heba Al-Wasity

The Death of Trotsky: The True Story of the Plot to Kill Stalin’s Greatest Enemy by Josh Ireland 

Kin by Tayari Jones

Brawler: Stories by Lauren Groff 

Cleopatra by Saara El-Arifi

The Red Winter by Cameron Sullivan

It's Never Too Late: A Memoir by Marla Gibbs

What We're Reading:

Saoirse by Charleen Hurtubise

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

The Year's Best Sports Writing 2025 by Hanif Abdurraqib with Glenn Stout

Wisdom Corner by David Heska Wanbli Weiden

The Occidental Book of the Dead by T. Geronimo Johnson

Still Life by Louise Penny

Paperbacks:

Hungerstone by Kat Dunn

Kindling by Traci Chee

The Strange Case of Jane O. by Karen Thompson Walker

Bestsellers:

The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters by Priya Parker

Dear Debbie by Freida McFadden

Stolen in Death by J.D. Robb

Links:

Partita by Barbara Kingsolver

Death by Christmas Cake by Nicole Glover

The Goodfolke Family by Roshani Chokshi

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Books Discussed:

The Seven Daughters of Dupree by Nikesha Elise Williams

Caste: The Origins of our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson

The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson

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Books Discussed On the Show:

They Call Her Regret by Chanelle Desamours

Murder Will Out by Jennifer K. Breedlove

The Obake Code by Makana Yamamoto

Citizenship: Notes on an American Myth by Daisy Hernández

A Sociopath's Guide to a Successful Marriage by MK Oliver

Cleaner by Jess Shannon

Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter by Heather Fawcett 

Bloodfire, Baby by Eirinie Carson

I'm Not the Only Murderer in My Retirement Home by Fergus Craig

On Morrison by Namwali Serpell

Evil Genius by Claire Oshetsky 

A Hymn to Life: Shame Has to Change Sides by Gisèle Pelicot, Natasha Lehrer and Ruth Diver (translators)

So Old, So Young by Grant Ginder 

Bad Asians by Lillian Li

Her Last Breath by Taylor Adams

Leaving Home: A Memoir in Full Colour by Mark Haddon

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Books Discussed:

Weavingshaw by Heba Al-Wasity

Cave Mountain: A Disappearance and a Reckoning in the Ozarks by Benjamin Hale 

A Fishboy Named Sashimi by Dan Santat

Recipes for an Unexpected Afterlife by Deston J. Munden

Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan

Keep It Beautiful: Inside the Funkyverse of Shock G and Digital Underground by Alexis Wolfe Mbassa, Gregory E. Jacobs

The Book of Chuck by LaToya Watkins

Acid Green Velvet by Grace Krilanovich 

Ply by Hernan Diaz 

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Books Discussed On the Show:

Out of the Loop: A Mystery by Katie Siegel

A Slow and Secret Poison by Carmella Lowkis

Dead First by Johnny Compton

Maria the Wanted by V. Castro

Trad Wife by Saratoga Schaefer

Muscles & Monsters by Ashley Bennett

To the Death by Andrea Tang

Mountain Upside Down by Sara Ryan

Operation Bounce House by Matt Dinniman 

The Midnight Taxi by Yosha Gunasekera

Strange Animals by Jarod K. Anderson

Everyday Movement by Gigi L. Leung, Jennifer Feeley (translator)

Frog: And Other Essays by Anne Fadiman

The Body by Bethany C. Morrow

Warning Signs by Tracy Sierra

This Is Not About Us: Fiction by Allegra Goodman

I Hope You Find What You're Looking For by Bsrat Mezghebe

The Last Kings of Hollywood: Coppola, Lucas, Spielberg—and the Battle for the Soul of American Cinema by Paul Fischer

Eradication: A Fable by Jonathan Miles

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Books Discussed:

Game Changer and Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid

His Convenient Husband by Robin Covington

Out On the Ice and Unexpected Goals by Kelly Farmer

Futbolista by Jonny Garza Villa

Luke and Billy Finally Get a Clue by Cat Sebastian

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Books Discussed On the Show:

Heap Earth Upon It by Chloe Michelle Howarth

How to Kill a Guy in Ten Dates by Shailee Thompson

Queen of Faces by Petra Lord

Carnival Fantástico by Angela Montoya

Wake Now in the Fire: A Graphic Novel by Jarrett Dapier and AJ Dungo

Lovely Recipe by Myra Rose Nino

I'm So Happy You're Here: A Celebration of Library Joy by Mychal Threets, illustrated by Lorraine Nam

The Remarkable Life of Reed Peggram by Ethelene Whitmire

Superfan by Jenny Tinghui Zhang

Good People by Patmeena Sabit

The Hospital at the End of the World by Justin C. Key

A Stage Set for Villains by Shannon J. Spann 

Apparently, Sir Cameron Needs to Die: In Which Many Dangerous and Homosexual Things Happen by Greer Stothers

Nightshade and Oak by Molly O'Neill

The Exes by Leodora Darlington

Super Nintendo: The Game-Changing Company That Unlocked the Power of Play by Keza MacDonald

Twelve Months by Jim Butcher 

Half His Age by Jeanette McCurdy

Mother Mary Comes to Me by Arundhati Roy

James by Percival Everett

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Books Discussed:

Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell

So, How's the Hamnet Adaptation? (Book Riot Podcast)

Latina Superheroes: Jalisco & Santa (Volume 1) by Kayden Phoenix

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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

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Books Discussed:

Spoiled Milk by Avery Curran

Bone of My Bone by Johanna van Veen

Doe by Rebecca Barrow

I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me by Jamison Shea

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Books Discussed On the Show:

George Falls Through Time by Ryan Collett

I Don't Wish You Well by Jumata Emill

Half His Age by Jennette McCurdy

Next Level Love by Shameez Patel

The Elsewhere Express by Samantha Sotto Yambao

A Black Queer History of the United States by C. Riley Snorton, Darius Bost

Departure(s) by Julian Barnes

The Flower Bearers: A Memoir by Rachel Eliza Griffiths

Discipline by Larissa Pham

How to Commit a Postcolonial Murder by Nina McConigley

Cry Havoc by Rebecca Wait

Nine Goblins: A Tale of Low Fantasy and High Mischief by T. Kingfisher

Football by Chuck Klosterman

Crux by Gabriel Tallent

All the Little Houses by May Cobb

My Husband's Wife by Alice Feeney

Eating Ashes by Brenda Navarro, Megan McDowell (translator)

The Poet Empress by Shen Tao

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Books Discussed:

The God of the Woods by Liz Moore

Cursed Daughters by Oyinkan Braithwaite

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Books Discussed On the Show:

The Moon Without Stars by Chanel Miller

Graceless Heart by Isabel Ibañez

The Magic of Untamed Hearts by Raquel Vasquez Gilliland

A Tale of Plagues and Perfumes by Jake Halpern, Peter Kujawinski

Darkrooms by Rebecca Hannigan

The Last of Earth by Deepa Anappara

The Queer Thing About Sin by Harry Tanner

Is This a Cry for Help? by Emily Austin 

Scavengers by Kathleen Boland

Lost Lambs by Madeline Cash

Anatomy of an Alibi by Ashley Elston

This Is Where the Serpent Lives by Daniyal Mueenuddin

Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage by Belle Burden

Dandelion Is Dead by Rosie Storey

Godfall by Van Jensen

The Hitch by Sara Levine

Fire Sword and Sea by Vanessa Riley

A Midnight Pastry Shop Called Hwawoldang by Lee Onhwa, Slin Jung (translator)

Woman Down by Colleen Hoove

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Books Discussed:

Assassin's Apprentice (The Farseer Trilogy) by Robin Hobb 

Postmortem (Kay Scarpetta) by Patricia Cornwell 

Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosely 

The List of Suspicious Things by Jennie Godfrey 

The White Octopus Hotel by Alexandra Bell

Babylon, South Dakota by Tom Lin

The Flower Bearers by Rachel Eliza Griffiths 

Football by Chuck Klosterman 

The Caretaker by Marcus Kliewer 

One Leg on Earth by 'Pemi Aguda 

The Constant Rabbit by Jasper Fforde

The Eyes Are the Best Part by Monika Kim

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End of Year Reads:

Women's Hotel by Daniel M. Lavery

Christmas at the Women's Hotel by Daniel M. Lavery

Kindred Dragons by Sarah Mensinga

Woodworking by Emily St. James 

These Heathens by Mia McKenzie

Junie by Erin Crosby Eckstine

More Weight: A Salem Story by Ben Wickey

The Lamb by Lucy Rose 

Hannibal Lecter: A Life by Brian Raftery

Discipline by Larissa Pham

Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers

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Books Discussed:

Deacon King Kong by James McBride

All Systems Red by Martha Wells

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Books Discussed On the Show:

Is This a Cry for Help? by Emily Austin (Atria, January 13)

Heartstopper: Volume 6 by Alice Oseman (Graphix, July 7)

Brawler: Stories by Lauren Groff (Riverhead Books, February 24)

Molka by Monika Kim (Erewhon Books, April 28)

All the World Can Hold by Jung Yun (37 Ink, March 10)

The Body by Bethany C. Morrow (Tor Nightfire, Feb 10)

Whidbey by T Kira Madden (Mariner Books, March 10)

The Secret World of Briar Rose by Cindy Pham (Kokila, June 2)

Japanese Gothic by Kylie Lee Baker (Hanover Square Press, April 21)

Half His Age by Jennette McCurdy (Ballantine Book, January 20)

The Girl with a Thousand Faces by Sunyi Dean (Tor Books, May 5)

The Caretaker by Marcus Kliewer (1201 Books, April 21)

Canon by Paige Lewis (Viking, May 19)

Breakout by Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, and Nicola Yoon (Quill Tree Books, June 2)

Tata by Valérie Perrin, Hildegarde Serle (translator) (Europa, June 23)

Devil Inside by Clay McLeod Chapman (MIRA, August 11)

What We're Reading:

Crafting for Sinners by Jenny Kiefer

Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz

The Lamb by Lucy Rose

Cool Machine (The Harlem Trilogy) by Colson Whitehead

More Books Out This Week:

The Uninvited by Nancy Banks

The Snowman Code by Simon Stephenson, Reggie Brown

The Opportunist by Tarryn Fisher

Dig Me a Grave: The Inside Story of the Serial Killer Who Seduced the South by Richard A. Harpootlian, Shaun Assael

Love in Plane Sight by Lauren Connolly

The Once and Future Queen by Paula Lafferty

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Books Discussed:

Mona’s Eyes by Thomas Schlesser, Hildegarde Serle (translator)

History Lessons by Zoe B. Wallbrook

What the River Knows by Isabel Ibañez

Verity Vox and the Curse of Foxfire by Don Martin

Witches of Honeysuckle House by Liz Parker

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Books Discussed On the Show:

The Curse of the Cole Women by Marielle Thompson

There’s Always Next Year by George M. Johnson and Leah Johnson

The Jaguars Roar by Micheliny Verunschk, Juliana Barbassa (translator)

Every Day I Read: 53 Ways to Get Closer to Books by Hwang Bo-reum and Shanna Tan

Scarlet Morning by N.D. Stevenson

The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Hartnett

Angel Down by Daniel Kraus

Old Soul by Susan Barker

The Bewitching by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

The Wilderness by Angela Flournoy

The Macabre by Kosoko Jackson

Queer Enlightenments by Dr. Anthony Delaney

All the (More!) Books! December 5, 2025

What We're Reading:

Joy to the Girls by Alyson Derrick and Rachael Lippincott

Mona's Eyes by Thomas Schlessler

History Lessons by Zoe B. Wallbrook

Verity Vox and the Curse of Foxfire by Don Martin

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Books Discussed:

The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson

Those Beyond the Wall by Micaiah Johnson

Skye Falling by Mia McKenzie

The Summer We Got Free by Mia McKenzie

These Heathens by Mia McKenzie

Sympathy for Wild Girls: Stories by Demree McGhee

I Shall Never Fall In Love by Hari Conner

The Salvage by Anbara Salam

To the Moon and Back by Eliana Ramage

Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Awakened by A.E. Osworth

This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone

The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar

House of Beth by Kerry Cullen

Spent: A Comic Novel by Alison Bechdel

Ten Incarnations of Rebellion by Vaishnavi Patel

The Original by Nell Stevens

Lu and Ren’s Guide to Geozoology by Angela Hsieh

The Tea Dragon Society by K. O'Neill

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Books Discussed

The Warmth of Other Suns: The Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson

One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad

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Books Discussed On the Show:

A Literary Letter for Every Day of the Year by Liz Ison 

Bibliophile Advent Calendar for Booklovers by Jane Mount

Expensive Basketball by Shea Serrano

Good Things: Recipes and Rituals to Share with People You Love: A Cookbook by Samin Nosrat

Puzzle Mania!: Wordle, Connections, Spelling Bee, Minis and More! by The New York Times Games

The Portable Feminist Reader by Roxane Gay

Art Heist: 50 Artworks You Will Never See by Susie Hodge

Six Seasons of Pasta: A New Way with Everyone's Favorite Food by Joshua McFadden with Martha Holmberg

Around the World in 80 Birds by Mike Unwin, Ryuto Miyake

Recipes from the American South by Michael W Twitty

How Comics Are Made: A Visual History from the Drawing Board to the Printed Page by Glenn Fleishman

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

The Mind Electric: A Neurologist on the Strangeness and Wonder of Our Brains by Pria Anand

The Year's Best Sports Writing 2025 by Hanif Abdurraqib

The New Book: Poems, Letters, Blurbs, and Things by Nikki Giovanni

Black-Owned: The Revolutionary Life of the Black Bookstore by Char Adams

Prose to the People: A Celebration of Black Bookstores by Katie Mitchell

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Books Discussed:

The Crèche Keeper's Guild by Ware Wilkins, Faith Anthony 

The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye by Sonny Liew

Cat Nap by Brian Lees

Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid

To the Moon and Back by Eliana Ramage

Recipes for an Unexpected Afterlife by Deston J. Munden

Hunger and Thirst by Claire Fuller 

Pendergast: The Beginning by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child 

Down Came the Spiders by Ally Russell

Banned: How I Squandered an All-Star NBA Career Before Finding My Redemption by Michael Ray Richardson

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Books Discussed On the Show:

The Cuffing Game by Lyla Lee

Beasts of the Sea by Iida Turpeinen, David Hackston (translator)

The Ferryman and His Wife by Frode Grytten, Alison McCullough (translator)

I, Medusa by Ayana Gray

Blank Space: A Cultural History of the Twenty-First Century by W. David Marx

And Then There Was You by Sophie Cousens

The Villa, Once Beloved by Victor Manibo

I’ll Make A Spectacle of You by Beatrice Winifred Iker

Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng by Kylie Lee Baker

I'll Find You Where the Timeline Ends by Kylie Lee Baker

Hungerstone by Kat Dunn

Who Counted the Corpses: Vlad Dracula and History by James M. Donovan

The Raven Scholar (Eternal Path Trilogy, #1) by Antonia Hodgson

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The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year by Ally Carter

The Remaking of Corbin Wale by Roan Parrish

Merry Inkmas by Talia Hibbert

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Books Discussed On the Show:

The White Hot by Quiara Alegria Hudes

Stolen Crown: Treachery, Deceit, and the Death of the Tudor Dynasty by Tracy Borman

Brigands & Breadknives (Legends & Lattes) by Travis Baldree

Somebody Is Walking on Your Grave: My Cemetery by Mariana Enriquez, translated by Megan McDowell

The Land in Winter by Andrew Miller

The Botanist’s Assistant by Peggy Townsend

The Lost by Sarah Beth Durst

The Marriage Narrative by Claire Kann

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Books Discussed:

The English Masterpiece by Katherine Reay

Montgomery Bonbon: Murder at the Museum by Alasdair Beckett-King with illustrations by Claire Powell

Loot by Tania James

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Books Discussed On the Show:

Palaver by Bryan Washington

Beautiful Brutal Bodies by Linda Cheng

Flat Earth by Anika Jade Levy

Black-Owned: The Revolutionary Life of the Black Bookstore by Char Adams

Cursed Daughters by Oyinkan Braithwaite

Her One Regret by Donna Freitas

The House Saphir by Marissa Meyer 

Son of the Morning by Akwaeke Emezi

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Books Discussed:

We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, edited by Carmen Maria Machado

When I Arrived at the Castle by E. M. Carroll

Through the Woods by E. M. Carroll

The Low, Low Woods by Carmen Maria Machado, DaNi, and Tamra Bonvillain

Eat the Rich by Sarah Gailey, Pius Bak, and Roman Titov

House of Beth by Kerry Cullen

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Books Discussed On the Show:

The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow

An Unlikely Coven by AM Kvita

Night Chef by Mika Song

Craftland: In Search of Lost Arts and Disappearing Trades by James Fox

The Devil Is a Southpaw by Brandon Hobson

Reaping What She Sows: How Women Are Rebuilding Our Broken Food System by Nancy Matsumoto

Lincoln's Ghost: Houdini's War on Spiritualism and the Dark Conspiracy Against the American Presidency by Brad Ricca

The Anthony Bourdain Reader: New, Classic, and Rediscovered Writing edited by Kimberly Witherspoon

Mystery James Digs Her Own Grave by Ally Russell

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Books Discussed:

Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century by Kim Fu

Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

The Lost Girls of Camp Forevermore by Kim Fu

The Valley of Vengeful Ghosts by Kim Fu

Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

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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

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Books Discussed:

The Vanishing Place by Zoë Rankin 

Molka by Monika Kim

Heartland: A Forgotten Place, an Impossible Dream, and the Miracle of Larry Bird by Keith O'Brien

​​Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark

Mystery James Digs Her Own Grave by Ally Russell

The Dire Days of Willowweep Manor by Shaenon K. Garrity and Christopher Baldwin

The Keeper by Tana French

Villain by Natalie Zina Walschots

Hannibal Lecter: A Life by Brian Raftery

Kin by Tayari Jones

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Books Discussed On the Show:

Vagabond: A Memoir by Tim Curry 

Queer Enlightenments: A Hidden History of Lovers, Lawbreakers, and Homemakers by Anthony Delaney 

Joyride: A Memoir by Susan Orlean

The Scammer by Tiffany D. Jackson

The Wayfinder by Adam Johnson

An Amateur Witch’s Guide to Murder by K. Valentin

Future Boy: Back to the Future and My Journey Through the Space-Time Continuum by Michael J. Fox, Nelle Fortenberry

Red City (The New Alchemists) by Marie Lu

The Hong Kong Widow by Kristen Loesch

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Books Discussed:

The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui

A Fire Story by Brian Fies

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Books Discussed On the Show:

Hole in the Sky by Daniel H. Wilson

The Salvage by Anbara Salam

Blood and Breath by Qurratulayn

Savage Blooms by S.T. Gibson

It Girl: The Life and Legacy of Jane Birkin by Marisa Meltzer

If the Dead Belong Here by Carson Faust

All of Us Murderers by KJ Charles

Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It by Cory Doctorow

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Books Discussed:

The Many Mothers of Dolores Moore by Anika Fajardo

Archive of Unknown Universes by Ruben Reyes Jr.

An Amateur Witch’s Guide to Murder by K. Valentin

Beasts of Carnaval by Rosália Rodrigo

Mayra by Nicky Gonzalez

The Undoing of Alejandro Velasco by Diego Boneta

The Latina Anti-Diet by Dalina Soto

Make It Plant-Based! Mexican: 50+ Recipes for Vegan Soups, Tacos, Tortas, and Sweets by Andrea Aliseda

If We Were a Movie by Zakiya N. Jamal

Salvación by Sandra Proudman

Capitana by Cassandra James

Camila Núñez’s Year of Disasters by Miriam Zoila Pérez

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Books Discussed On the Show:

Heart the Lover by Lily King

The Midnight Timetable: A Novel in Ghost Stories by Bora Chung, Anton Hur (translator)

The Librarians by Sherry Thomas

Authentic: The Myth of Bringing Your Full Self to Work by Jodi-Ann Burey

Awake: A Memoir by Jen Hatmaker

Every Screen on the Planet by Emily Baker White

The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre by Philip Fracassi

Dante: The Essential Commedia by Prue Shaw

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Books Discussed:

The Unbroken by CL Clark

Of Fire and Stars Duology by Audrey Coulthurst

A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers

A Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers

This is How You Lose the Time War by Max Gladstone and Amal El-Mohtar

The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar

Always Human by Ari North

Links Discussed:

Queernorm Universes: Sci-Fi Books Where Homophobia and Transphobia Don’t Exist

Queernorm Worlds: 35 Fantasy Books With No Homophobia or Transphobia

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Books Discussed On the Show:

Scarlet Morning by ND Stevenson 

In Defense of Dabbling: The Brilliance of Being a Total Amateur by Karen Walrond

The Tragedy of True Crime: Four Guilty Men and the Stories That Define Us by John J. Lennon

Flip by Ngozi Ukazu

We Love You, Bunny by Mona Awad

Pigeonholed: Creative Freedom as an Act of Resistance by Gary Younge

The Second Death of Locke by V. L. Bovalino

Ladies in Hating by Alexandra Vasti

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Books Discussed:

The Good House by Tananarive Due

The Spite House by Johnny Compton

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

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Books Discussed On the Show:

Mystery James Digs Her Own Grave by Ally Russell

The Wilderness by Angela Flournoy

Fiend by Alma Katsu

Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy by Mary Roach

Who’s All Going (to Die)? by Lisa Springer

The Nine Moons of Han Yu and Luli by Karina Yan Glaser

Teenage Girls Can Be Demons by Hailey Piper

Good and Evil and Other Stories by Samanta Schweblin, translated by Megan McDowell

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Books Discussed:

Welcome to Braggsville by T. Geronimo Johnson

Anatomy of an Alibi by Ashley Elston 

The Wilderness by Angela Flournoy

The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow

Ms. Mebel Goes Back to the Chopping Block by Jesse Q. Sutanto

What Could Possibly Go Wrong?: The Worst Best Ideas You've Never Heard Of by Duncan McKenzie

Tantrum by Rachel Eve Moulton

Princess Floralinda and the Forty-Flight Tower by Tamsyn Muir

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Books Discussed On the Show:

Play Nice by Rachel Harrison

The Macabre by Kosoko Jackson

Middle Spoon by Alejandro Varela

Grave Flowers by Autumn Krause

You Weren't Meant to Be Human by Andrew Joseph White

The Most Unusual Haunting of Edgar Lovejoy by Roan Parrish

Detective Beans: Adventures in Cat Town by Li Chen

The People's Project: Poems, Essays, and Art for Looking Forward by Saeed Jones, Maggie Smith

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Books Discussed:

The Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie Leong

The Wishing Game and The Lost Story by Meg Shaffer

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Books Discussed On the Show:

Edenglassie by Melissa Lucashenko

To the Moon and Back by Eliana Ramage

Discontent by Beatriz Serrano, Mara Faye Lethem (translator)

Every Step She Takes by Alison Cochrun

Ghosted: A History of Ghost Hunting, and Why We Keep Looking by Alice Vernon 

Of Floating Isles: On Growing Pains and Video Games by Kawika Guillermo

Beyond All Reasonable Doubt, Jesus Is Alive!: Stories by Melissa Lozada-Oliva

Sisters in the Wind by Angeline Boulley

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Books Discussed:

Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth

My Flawless Life by Yvonne Woon

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Books Discussed On the Show:

Katabasis by R. F. Kuang

The Entanglement of Rival Wizards by Sara Raasch

The Martians: The True Story of an Alien Craze that Captured Turn-of-the-Century America by David Baron

Destroy This House: A Memoir by Amanda Uhle

If You're Seeing This, It's Meant for You by Leigh Stein

Full of Myself: Black Womanhood and the Journey to Self-Possession by Austin Channing Brown, forward by Ashley C. Ford

The Forest of a Thousand Eyes by Frances Hardinge, Emily Gravett

A Steady Brightness of Being: Truths, Wisdom, and Love from Celebrated Indigenous Voices edited by Sara Sinclair and Stephanie Sinclair

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Books Discussed:

Both/And: Essays by Trans and Gender-Nonconforming Writers of Color by Denne Michele Norris with Electric Literature

So Many Stars: An Oral History of Trans, Nonbinary, Genderqueer, and Two-Spirit People of Color by Caro De Robertis

A Game in Yellow by Hailey Piper

This Vicious Hunger by Francesca May (August 26)

Three Parties by Ziyad Saadi (August 26)

Of Floating Isles: On Growing Pains and Video Games by Kawika Guillermo (September 2)

You Weren’t Meant to Be Human by Andrew Joseph White (September 9)

The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White

Compound Fracture by Andrew Joseph White

Fate’s Bane by C.L. Clark (September 30)

The Sovereign (Magic of the Lost #3) by C.L. Clark (September 30)

The Unbroken (Magic of the Lost #1) by C.L. Clark

The Keeper of Magical Things by Julie Leong (October 14)

The Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie Leong

The Isle in the Silver Sea by Tasha Suri (October 21)

The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri

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Books Discussed On the Show:

Hemlock & Silver by T. Kingfisher 

What Hunger by Catherine Dang 

The Possession of Alba Díaz by Isabel Cañas

The Unseen by Ania Ahlborn

Lessons in Magic and Disaster by Charlie Jane Anders

The Once and Future Me by Melissa Pace 

Born in Flames: The Business of Arson and the Remaking of the American City by Bench Ansfield

Five Found Dead by Sulari Gentill

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Books Discussed On the Show:

House of Monstrous Women by Daphne Fama

The Witch’s Orchard by Archer Sullivan

Too Old for This by Samantha Downing

Loved One by Aisha Muharrar

Fonseca by Jessica Francis Kane

The Grand Paloma Resort by Cleyvis Natera

The Society of Unknowable Objects by Gareth Brown

Rosa by Any Other Name by Hailey Alcaraz

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Books Discussed:

Build Your House Around My Body by Violet Kupersmith

The Lost Girls of Camp Forevermore by Kim Fu

The Unsuitable by Molly Pohlig  

Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog) by Jerome K. Jerome 

Is This a Cry for Help? by Emily Austin

Hilo Presents: The Mighty by Judd Winick

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Books Discussed On the Show:

How to Survive Camping: The Man With No Shadow by Bonnie Quinn

Extinction Capital of the World: Stories by Mariah Rigg

Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz 

Tantrum by Rachel Eve Moulton

People Like Us by Jason Mott

Mad Sisters of Esi by Tashan Mehta

The Magician of Tiger Castle by Louis Sachar

The Hounding by Xenobe Purvis

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Books Discussed:

Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty

Hana Khan Carries On by Uzma Jalaluddin

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Books Discussed On the Show:

Angel Down by Daniel Kraus

The Carpool Detectives: A True Story of Four Moms, Two Bodies, and One Mysterious Cold Case by Chuck Hogan

The Memory Hunters by Mia Tsai

Black Genius: Essays on an American Legacy by Tre Johnson

An Oral History of Atlantis: Stories by Ed Park

Robin Hood Math: Take Control of the Algorithms That Run Your Life by Noah Giansiracusa

The Game Is Murder by Hazell Ward

Lonely Crowds by Stephanie Wambugu

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Books Discussed:

More Than You'll Ever Know by Katie Gutierrez

Mango, Mambo, and Murder by Raquel V. Reyes

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Books Discussed On the Show:

Salt Bones by Jennifer Givhan

Volatile Memory by Seth Haddon

The Feather Detective: Mystery, Mayhem, and the Magnificent Life of Roxie Laybourne by Chris Sweeney

Necessary Fiction by Eloghosa Osunde 

It Was Her House First by Cherie Priest

Nothing Compares to You: What Sinéad O'Connor Means to Us edited by Sonya Huber and Martha Bayne with foreword by Neko Case

Shade: The Promise of a Forgotten Natural Resource by Sam Bloch

Bonding by Mariel Franklin

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Books Discussed:

A Two-Spirit Journey: The Autobiography of a Lesbian Ojibwa-Cree Elder by Ma-nee Chacaby with Mary Louisa Plummer

Thunder Song by Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe

Red Paint by Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe

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Books Discussed:

My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons

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Books Discussed On the Show:

A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck by Sophie Elmhirst

The Frozen People by Elly Griffiths

The Carpool Detectives: A True Story of Four Moms, Two Bodies, and One Mysterious Cold Case by Chuck Hogan

The Game Is Afoot by Elise Bryant

Monsters and Other Tales of Humanity by Carla E. Dash

Curandera by Irenosen Okojie

Culpability by Bruce Holsinger

The Myth Maker by Alie Dumas-Heidt

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Books Discussed On the Show:

I Want to Burn This Place Down: Essays by Maris Kreizman

The Original by Nell Stevens

History Lessons by Zoe B. Wallbrook

Tusk Love by Thea Guanzon

Wanting by Claire Jia

Hot Girls with Balls by Benedict Nguyen

Blood in the Water by Tiffany D. Jackson

Coffeeshop in an Alternate Universe by C.B. Lee

Can You Solve the Murder?: An Interactive Crime Novel by Antony Johnston

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Books Discussed:

The Whyte Python World Tour by Travis Kennedy 

Hell's Heart by Alexis Hall

All the World Can Hold by Jung Yun

The Bookshop Below by Georgia Summers

The Fake Ghost by Nuzo Onoh

Yes, I'm That Guy: The Rough-and-Tumble Life of a Character Actor by William Sanderson, Ray Richmond

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Books Discussed On the Show:

The Compound by Aisling Rawle

Misbehaving at the Crossroads: Essays & Writings by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

The Ex-Girlfriend Murder Club by Gloria Chao

The Last Sweet Bite: Stories and Recipes of Culinary Heritage Lost and Found by Michael Shaikh

Spooky Science: Dissecting the Mysteries of Ghosts, Cryptids, Aliens, and Other Oddities by Meagan Ankney, Paige Miller

The Brain at Rest: How the Art and Science of Doing Nothing Can Improve Your Life by Joseph Jebelli, PhD

Rest is Resistance by Tricia Hersey

Rest Easy by Ximena Vengoechea

Gentle by Courtney Carver

Bored and Brilliant by Manoush Zomorodi

El Dorado Drive by Megan Abbott

As You Wish by Leesa Cross-Smith

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Books Discussed:

The Examiner by Janice Hallett

Violeta by Isabel Allende

Lady Susan by Jane Austen

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Books Discussed On the Show:

I Gave You Eyes and You Looked Toward Darkness by Irene Solà

How to Dodge a Cannonball by Dennard Dayle

Murder Takes a Vacation by Laura Lippman 

Sounds Like Love by Ashley Poston

These Heathens by Mia McKenzie

UnWorld by Jayson Greene

The Poppy Fields by Nikki Erlick

Toni at Random: The Iconic Writer's Legendary Editorship by Dana A. Williams

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Books Discussed:

¡Hola Papi!: How to Come Out in a Walmart Parking Lot and Other Life Lessons by John Paul Brammer

A Lot Like Adios by Alexis Daria

Mangos and Mistletoe by Adriana Herrera

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Books Discussed On the Show:

Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab

A Murder for Miss Hortense by Mel Pennant

King of Ashes by S. A. Cosby

A Rare Find by Joanna Lowell

Palm Meridian by Grace Flahive

Latina Superheroes by Kayden Phoenix

The Mind Electric: A Neurologist on the Strangeness and Wonder of Our Brains by Pria Anand

A Most Puzzling Murder by Bianca Marais

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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

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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

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The Best Beach Reads of All Time

9 of My Favorite Queer Beach Reads

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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

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Books Discussed:

Swift River by Essie Chambers

Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism by Sarah Wynn-Williams

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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

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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

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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

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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)

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Books Discussed

A Living Remedy by Nicole Chung

Night of the Mannequins by Stephen Graham Jones

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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!

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Books Discussed

Freakslaw by Jane Flett

Disquiet by Julia Leigh

One Piece by Eiichiro Oda

King of Ashes by S. A. Cosby

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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

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Books Discussed

The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels by India Holton

Lunar New Year Love Story by Gene Luen Yang and LeUyen Pham

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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

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Books Discussed

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

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Decoding Despacito: An Oral History of Latin Music by Leila Cobo

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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

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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

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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

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Books Discussed

The Murders of Molly Southbourne by Tade Thompson

The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Books Discussed On the Show:

Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor

Flirting Lessons by Jasmine Guillory

We Could Be Rats by Emily Austin

Down in the Sea of Angels by Khan Wong

Old Soul by Susan Barker

Lessons in Magic and Disaster by Charlie Jane Anders

Tartufo by Kira Jane Buxton  

In Open Contempt: Confronting White Supremacy in Art and Public Space by Irvin Weathersby Jr.

Little Mysteries: Nine Miniature Puzzles to Confuse, Enthrall, and Delight by Sara Gran 

The Portable Feminist Reader edited by Roxane Gay

Accidents Happen: Stories by F.H. Batacan

Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz 

The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones

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Books Discussed

A Merry Little Meet Cute by Julie Murphy and Sierra Simone

A Murder Most Actual by Alexis Hall (Kobo Exclusive)

Even Though I Knew the End by C.L. Polk

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Books Discussed On the Show:

Roland Rogers Isn't Dead Yet by Samantha Allen

Sister Snake by Amanda Lee Koe

The Rivals by Jane Pek

What the Woods Took by Courtney Gould

Private Rites by Julia Armfield

Kingdom of No Tomorrow by Fabienne Josaphat

Havoc by Christopher Bollen

The Afterlife is Letting Go by Brandon Shimoda

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Books Discussed

Soara and the House of Monsters by Hidenori Yamaji

Witch Hat Atelier by Kamome Shirahama

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Books Discussed On the Show:

The Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy Tan

Magical/Realism: Essays on Music, Memory, Fantasy, and Borders by Vanessa Angelica Villareal

Everything Under a Mushroom by Ruth Krauss, Margaret Tomes

A Pinecone! By Helen Yoon

The Baby Who Stayed Awake Forever by Sandra Salsbury

Bodega Bakes: Recipes for Sweets and Treats Inspired by My Corner Store by Paola Velez

A History of Ghosts, Spirits and the Supernatural by DK

You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World by Ada Limon

Vegan Mob: Vegan BBQ and Soul Food by Toriano Gordon, Korsha Wilson

Missing Witches: Recovering the True Histories of Feminist Magic by Risa Dickens, Amy Torok

There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension by Hanif Abdurraqib

Be Ready When the Luck Happens: A Memoir by Ina Garten

The Greatest Nobodies of History: Minor Characters from Major Moments by Adrian Bliss

The Little Witch's Oracle Deck: Symbols, Spells, and Rituals for the Young Witch by Ariel Kusby, Olga Baumert 

Horror for Weenies: Everything You Need to Know About the Films You're Too Scared to Watch by Emily C. Hughes

Peculiar Baking: A Practical Guide to Strange Confections by Nikk Alcaraz

Atlas Obscura: Wild Life: An Explorer's Guide to the World's Living Wonders by Atlas Obscura 

Food to Die For: Recipes and Stories from America's Most Legendary Haunted Places by Amy Bruni, Julie Tremaine

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Books Discussed

Nuts and Bolts: Seven Small Inventions That Changed the World in a Big Way by Roma Agrawal

Bury Me Deep by Megan Abbott

I See You've Called in Dead by John Kenney

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Books Discussed On the Show:

The Last King of California by Jordan Harper

Is She Really Going Out with Him? by Sophie Cousens 

The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World by Robin Wall Kimmerer, John Burgoyne (Illustrator)

In Want of a Suspect by Tirzah Price

The City and Its Uncertain Walls by Haruki Murakami, Philip Gabriel (translator)

Sundown in San Ojuela by M.M. Olivas

Cher: The Memoir, Part One by Cher

The Trunk by Kim Ryeo-ryeong

Darkly by Marisha Pessl

Hotel Lucky Seven by Kōtarō Isaka, Brian Bergstrom (translator)

Cats of the World by Hannah Shaw and Andrew Marttila

Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor

Wake Up and Open Your Eyes by Clay Chapman

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Books Discussed

Consort of Fire by Kit Rocha

The Belle of Belgrave Square by Mimi Matthews

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Books Discussed On the Show:

Beanie the Bansheenie by Eoin Colfer, Steve McCarthy

Cabinet of Curiosities: A Historical Tour of the Unbelievable, the Unsettling, and the Bizarre by Aaron Mahnke

The Love Interest by Helen Comerford

The Magnificent Ruins by Nayantara Roy

She's Always Hungry: Stories by Eliza Clark 

Thorns, Lust, and Glory: The Betrayal of Anne Boleyn by Estelle Paranque

Toto by A.J. Hackwith

Fortune's Kiss by Amber Clement

The Husbands by Holly Gramazio

The Wedding People by Alison Elspach

Anne Boleyn & Elizabeth I: The Mother and Daughter Who Forever Changed British History by Tracy Borman 

You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World by Ada Limón

​​When We Make It by Elisabet Velasquez 

A Pinecone! by Helen Yoon

Check, Please! by Ngozi Ukazu

Phoebe and Her Unicorn by Dana Simpson

Wonder Cat Kyuu-chan by Sasami Nitori

Delicious in Dungeon by Ryoko Kui, Taylor Engel (translator)

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Books Discussed

Ophie's Ghosts by Justina Ireland

The Taking of Jake Livingston by Ryan Douglass

Weyward by Emilia Hart

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Books Discussed On the Show:

The Improvisers: A Murder and Magic Novel by Nicole Glover

Jamaica Ginger and Other Concoctions by Nalo Hopkinson

The First Cat in Space and the Wrath of the Paperclip by Mac Barnett and Shawn Harris

Lonely Planet Hidden Libraries: The World's Most Unusual Book Depositories by DC Helmuth

Pony Confidential by Christina Lynch

The Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie Leong

Box Office Poison: Hollywood's Story in a Century of Flops by Tim Robey

All the Painted Stars by Emma Denny

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Books Discussed

Into the Light by Mark Oshiro

Anger is a Gift by Mark Oshiro

What Stalks Among Us by Sarah Hollowell

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Books Discussed

Brothers by Alex Van Halen

Shot in the Heart by Mikal Gilmore

Getting Mother's Body by Suzan-Lori Parks

Anywhere You Run by Wanda M. Morris

No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy

The Dog of the South by Charles Portis

Handling Sin by Michael Malone

Strange Houses by Uketsu, Jim Rion (translator)

Gnome and Rat by Lauren Stohler 

Grumpy Monkey School Stinks! by Suzanne Lang, Max Lang

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Books Discussed On the Show:

The Wood at Midwinter by Susanna Clarke

How to Winter: Harness Your Mindset to Thrive on Cold, Dark, or Difficult Days by Kari Leibowitz, PhD

Where the Dead Brides Gather by Nuzo Onoh

Thief of the Heights by Son M., Robin Yao

Absolution by Jeff VanderMeer

A Vile Season by David Ferraro

It Will Only Hurt for a Moment by Delilah S. Dawson

The Sweetness Between Us by Sarah Winifred Searle

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Books Discussed

One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression is Destroying Our Democracy by Carol Anderson

What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty

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Books Discussed On the Show:

The Treasure Hunters Club by Tom Ryan

If I Stopped Haunting You by Colby Wilkins

Noodle & Bao by Shaina Lu 

Detective Beans: and the Case of the Missing Hat by Li Chen

Tangleroot by Kalela Williams

House of Frank by Kay Synclaire

Curdle Creek by Yvonne Battle-Felton

Clean by Alia Trabucco Zerán, Sophie Hughes (translator)

All the Hearts You Eat by Hailey Piper

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Books Discussed

Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi, translated by Jonathan Wright

Uprooted by Naomi Novik

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Books Discussed On the Show:

Swordcrossed by Freya Marske

Best Hex Ever by Nadia El-Fassi 

This Cursed House by Del Sandeen

The Witches of El Paso by Luis Jaramillo

Red in Tooth and Claw by Lish McBride

The Book of Witching by C.J. Cooke 

The Nightmare Before Kissmas: A Royals and Romance by Sara Raasch 

Solis by Paola Mendoza and Abby Sher

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Books Discussed

Valley of the Birdtail: An Indian Reserve, a White Town, and the Road to Reconciliation by Andrew Stobo Sniderman and Douglas Sanderson

Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology edited by Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.

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Books Discussed On the Show:

The Bog Wife by Kay Chronister

Model Home by Rivers Solomon

Invisible Kitties: A Feline Study of Fluid Mechanics or The Spurious Incidents of the Cats in the Night-Time by Yu Yoyo, Jeremy Tiang (translator)

Jasmine Is Haunted by Mark Oshiro

Heir by Sabaa Tahir

The City In Glass by Nghi Vo

The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Queer Mythology: Epic Legends from Around the World by Guido A. Sanchez, illustrated by James Fenner

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Books Discussed

The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson

The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness, and Greed by John Vaillant 

Blob: A Love Story by Maggie Su

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Books Discussed On the Show:

A Sky Full of Dragons (The Wand Keepers Book 1) by Tiffany McDaniel and Ayesha L. Rubio

Directional Living: A Transformational Guide to Fulfillment in Work and Life by Megan Hellerer

Eden Undone: A True Story of Sex, Murder, and Utopia at the Dawn of World War II by Abbott Kahler 

The Lovers by Rebekah Faubion

Tiny Threads by Lilliam Rivera

A Quick & Easy Guide to Coming Out by Kristin Russo and Ravi Teixeira

The Naming Song by Jedediah Berry

All Our Ordinary Stories: A Multigenerational Family Odyssey by Teresa Wong

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Books Discussed

Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth by Sarah Smarsh

The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna

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Books Discussed On the Show:

Such Lovely Skin by Tatiana Schlote-Bonne

Ruin Road by Lamar Giles

Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees by Patrick Horvath

Gaslight by Miles Joris-Peyrafitte and Sara Shepard

Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte

Us Fools by Nora Lange

An Academy for Liars by Alexis Henderson

A Sunny Place for Shady People by Mariana Enriquez

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Books Discussed

Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey

In the Hall with the Knife (Clue Mysteries #1) by Diana Peterfreund

Murder in G Major (Gethsame Brown #1) by Alexia Gordon

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