E241: New Releases and More for January 7, 2020

Published: Jan. 7, 2020, 11 a.m.

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Long Bright River, Clean Getaway, The Black Cathedral, and more great books. This episode was sponsored Book Riot Insiders, Flatiron Books, publishers of The Night Country by Melissa Albert, and Grace is Gone by Emily Elgar. Pick up an All the Books! 200th episode commemorative item here. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, iTunes, or Spotify and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW: Qualityland by Marc-Uwe Kling Why We Can’t Sleep: Women’s New Midlife Crisis by Ada Calhoun The Magical Language of Others: A Memoir by E.J. Koh Topics of Conversation: A novel by Miranda Popkey Clean Getaway by Nic Stone F*ck Your Diet: And Other Things My Thighs Tell Me by Chloé Hilliard The Black Cathedral: A Novel by Marcial Gala, Anna Kushner (translator) Long Bright River by Liz Moore Come Tumbling Down (Wayward Children) by Seanan McGuire Shadowshaper: Legacy by Daniel José Older City of Stone and Silence (The Wells of Sorcery Trilogy) by Django Wexler The Night Country: A Hazel Wood Novel by Melissa Albert The Art of Dying by Ambrose Parry A Heart So Fierce and Broken by Brigid Kemmerer The Secret Chapter (The Invisible Library series) by Genevieve Cogman WHAT WE’RE READING: On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous: A Novel by Ocean Vuong Wild Game: My Mother, Her Lover, and Me by Adrienne Brodeur The Vanishing Half: A Novel by Brit Bennett MORE BOOKS OUT THIS WEEK: We Used to Be Friends by Amy Spalding Successful Aging: A Neuroscientist Explores the Power and Potential of Our Lives by Daniel J Levitin Where Have All the Boys Gone? by Jenny Colgan A Collective Bargain: Unions, Organizing, and the Fight for Democracy by Jane McAlevey Yellow Earth by John Sayles Kill Reply All: A Modern Guide to Online Etiquette, from Social Media to Work to Love by Victoria Turk The Simple Past by Driss Chraibi, Hugh A. Harter (Translator) Westering Women: A Novel by Sandra Dallas You Were There Too by Colleen Oakley Every Other Weekend by Abigail Johnson Just Breathe by Cammie McGovern Nameless Queen by Rebecca McLaughlin Average is the New Awesome: A Manifesto for the Rest of Us by Samantha Matt This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 lessons on how to wake up, take action, and do the work by Tiffany Jewell, Aurelia Durand Three Things I Know Are True by Betty Culley Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends on It by Kamal Ravikant BOWIE: Stardust, Rayguns, & Moonage Daydreams by Michael Allred, Steve Horton , et al. All the Days Past, All the Days to Come by Mildred D. Taylor Jinxed by Amy McCulloch The Last Witness by Claire McFall Don’t Believe a Word: The Surprising Truth About Language by David Shariatmadari Grace Is Gone: A Novel by Emily Elgar You Too?: 25 Voices Share Their #MeToo Stories by Janet Gurtler Oasis: A Novel by Katya de Becerra The Violence Inside Us: A Brief History of an Ongoing American Tragedy by Chris Murphy Welcome to the Pine Away Motel and Cabins by Katarina Bivald Diana: Princess of the Amazons by Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, et al. Mr. Nobody: A Novel by Catherine Steadman Building a Life Worth Living: A Memoir by Marsha M. Linehan Lady Clementine: A Novel by Marie Benedict Boys & Sex: Young Men on Hookups, Love, Porn, Consent, and Navigating the New Masculinity by Peggy Orenstein A Love Hate Thing by Whitney D. Grandison Keystone by Katie Delahanty Furious Thing by Jenny Downham Becoming a Man: The Story of a Transition by P. Carl Woven in Moonlight by Isabel Ibañez Lady Hotspur by Tessa Gratton A Sportsman’s Notebook: Stories (Art of the Story) by Ivan Turgenev Hill Women: Finding Family and a Way Forward in the Appalachian Mountains by Cassie Chambers Martin McLean, Middle School Queen by Alyssa Zaczek The Kids Are in Bed: Finding Time for Yourself in the Chaos of Parenting by Rachel Bertsche Before and After the Book Deal: A Writer’s Guide to Finishing, Publishing, Promoting, and Surviving Your First Book by Courtney Maum Creatures: A Novel by Crissy Van Meter Lie to Me by Kaitlin Ward Only Love Can Break Your Heart by Katherine Webber How to Speak Boy by Tiana Smith Scavenge the Stars by Tara Sim Wyntertide by Andrew Caldecott Dear Edward: A Novel by Ann Napolitano The Map from Here to There by Emery Lord The Schrodinger Girl by Laurel Brett Firebird by Mark Powell One of Us Is Next: The Sequel to One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus House on Endless Waters by Emuna Elon The God Game: A Novel by Danny Tobey The Heap: A Novel by Sean Adams Rocket Man: The Life of Elton John by Mark Bego The Girls with No Names by Serena Burdick The Gimmicks: A Novel by Chris McCormick Westwind by Ian Rankin Fuel Your Fire: 200 Ways to Instantly Beat Burnout and Reignite Your Passion by Samantha Acton Cesare: A Novel of War-Torn Berlin by Jerome Charyn First Cut: A Novel by Judy Melinek M.D and T.J. Mitchell The Vanishing (Fogg Lake) by Jayne Ann Krentz Butterfly by Ashley Antoinette Deep State: A Thriller by Chris Hauty It’s My Life by Stacie Ramey Two Blankets, Three Sheets by Rodaan Al Galidi, Jonathan Reeder (translator) Jane Anonymous: A Novel by Laurie Faria Stolarz Raising Hell: Backstage Tales from the Lives of Metal Legends by Jon Wiederhorn The American People: Volume 2: The Brutality of Fact: A Novel by Larry Kramer Flowers in the Gutter: The True Story of the Edelweiss Pirates, Teenagers Who Resisted the Nazis by K. R. Gaddy 19 Love Songs by David Levithan Loveboat, Taipei by Abigail Hing Wen Failure to Launch: Why Your Twentysomething Hasn’t Grown Up…and What to Do About It by Mark McConville Ph.D. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.