E242: New Releases and More for January 14, 2020

Published: Jan. 14, 2020, 11 a.m.

This week, Liberty and Kelly discuss Uncanny Valley, We Wish You Luck, and The Missing American, and more great books. This episode was sponsored Novel Gazing, Saga Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, and ThirdLove. 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: Uncanny Valley: A Memoir by Anna Wiener You’re Not Listening: What You’re Missing and Why It Matters by Kate Murphy The Missing American by Kwei Quartey Black Girl Unlimited: The Remarkable Story of a Teenage Wizard by Echo Brown Dark and Deepest Red by Anna-Marie McLemore We Wish You Luck: A Novel by Caroline Zancan Cleanness by Garth Greenwell Saving Savannah by Tonya Bolden WHAT WE’RE READING: Tigers, Not Daughters by Samantha Mabry Plain Bad Heroines by emily m. danforth MORE BOOKS OUT THIS WEEK: Me and Mr. Cigar by Gibby Haynes Still: Poems by Sandra Meek The Strange Ones by Jeremy Jusay Your New Feeling Is the Artifact of a Bygone Era (Kathryn A. Morton Prize in Poetry) by Chad Bennett Zed: A Novel by Joanna Kavenna The Great Concert of the Night by Jonathan Buckley Many Rivers to Cross by Peter Robinson All the Ways We Said Goodbye: A Novel of the Ritz Paris by Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig, Karen White You Can Only Yell at Me for One Thing at a Time: Rules for Couples by Patricia Marx and Roz Chast Finding Mr. Better-Than-You by Shani Petroff The Thief Knot: A Greenglass House Story by Kate Milford Serious Noticing: Selected Essays, 1997-2019 by James Wood Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick: Stories from the Harlem Renaissance by Zora Neale Hurston Making Our Way Home: The Great Migration and the Black American Dream by Blair Imani and Patrisse Cullors The Poison Garden: A Novel by Alex Marwood Love Her or Lose Her: A Novel by Tessa Bailey Virtuoso by Yelena Moskovich Saltwater: A Novel by Jessica Andrews The Broken Heavens by Kameron Hurley Beyond the Shadowed Earth by Joanna Ruth Meyer Fabulous: Stories by Lucy Hughes-Hallett The Prized Girl: A Novel by Amy K. Green Father of Lions: One Man’s Remarkable Quest to Save the Mosul Zoo by Louise Callaghan The Better Liar: A Novel by Tanen Jones Little Gods by Meng Jin The Hollows: A Novel (The Kinship Series) by Jess Montgomery Imperfect Union: How Jessie and John Fremont Mapped the West, Invented Celebrity, and Helped Cause the Civil War by Steve Inskeep Adults and Other Children by Miriam Cohen St. Francis Society for Wayward Pets: A Novel by Annie England Noblin Light Changes Everything: A Novel by Nancy E. Turner A Beginning at the End by Mike Chen A Longer Fall (Gunnie Rose Book 2) by Charlaine Harris How Quickly She Disappears by Raymond Fleischmann The Tenant by Katrine Engberg Track Changes by Sayed Kashua Burn the Dark: Malus Domestica by S.A. Hunt Oligarchy: A Novel by Scarlett Thomas Infinity Son by Adam Silvera From the Desk of Zoe Washington by Janae Marks Race To the Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse Lucky Caller by Emma Mills A Scheme of Heaven: The History of Astrology and the Search for Our Destiny in Data by Alexander Boxer Parents Under the Influence: Words of Wisdom from a Former Bad Mother by Cécile David-Weill Brain Wash: Detox Your Mind for Clearer Thinking, Deeper Relationships, and Lasting Happiness by David Perlmutter MD, Austin Perlmutter MD, Kristin Loberg The Secret Guests: A Novel by Benjamin Black A World Without Work: Technology, Automation, and How We Should Respond by Daniel Susskind The Housing Lark by Sam Selvon Gender: A Graphic Guide by Meg-John Barker, Jules Scheele (Illustrator) To the Edge of Sorrow: A Novel by Aharon Appelfeld, Stuart Schoffman (translator) Followers: A Novel by Megan Angelo The Conference of the Birds (Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children) by Ransom Riggs A Good Man by Ani Katz The End of the Ocean: A Novel by Maja Lunde, Diane Oatley (translator) Imaginary Museums: Stories by Nicolette Polek The Vanished Birds: A Novel by Simon Jimenez Go with the Flow by Karen Schneemann and Lily Williams The Whispers of War by Julia Kelly Big Lies in a Small Town: A Novel by Diane Chamberlain Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope by Nicholas D. Kristof Echoes Between Us by Katie McGarry Strange Exit by Parker Peevyhouse Stories of the Sahara by Sanmao, Mike Fu (Translator) The King’s Questioner by Nikki Katz Kingdomtide by Rye Curtis Three Poems by Hannah Sullivan Just After the Wave by Sandrine Collette, Alison Anderson (Translator) Pixie Pushes On by Tamara Bundy The Lost Arabs by Omar Sakr Little Envelope of Earth Conditions by Cori Winrock Say Her Name by Zeta Elliott Funny You Should Ask: Serious Questions About the Book Publishing Industry by Barbara Poelle Stella Diaz Never Gives Up by Angela Dominguez Grabeland: A Novel by eteam See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.