New Releases and More for January 21, 2020

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This week, Liberty and María Cristina discuss Riot Baby, Fight of the Century, The Seep, and more great books. This episode was sponsored Book Riot's Read Harder 2020 Challenge, Flatiron Books, publisher of American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins, and Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing. Pick up an All the Books! 200th episode commemorative item here. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSSiTunes, 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:

The Blaze by Chad Dundas  A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World: A Novel by C. A. Fletcher Riot Baby by Tochi Onyebuchi The Sweet Indifference of the World: A Novel by Peter Stamm, Michael Hofmann (translator) The Seep by Chana Porter Remembrance by Rita Woods Homie: Poems by Danez Smith  Fight of the Century: Writers Reflect on 100 Years of Landmark ACLU Cases edited by Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman

What we're reading:

Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?: Big Questions from Tiny Mortals About Death by Caitlin Doughty and Dianné Ruz Guess Who is the Happiest Girl in Town by Susi Wyss

More books out this week:

Sunnyside Plaza by Scott Simon Devil Darling Spy by Matt Killeen Poison Flowers & Pandemonium by Richard Sala  Year of the Rabbit by Tian Veasna  Abigail by Magda Szabo, Len Rix (translator) The Angel and the Assassin: The Tiny Brain Cell That Changed the Course of Medicine by Donna Jackson Nakazawa The Longing for Less: Living with Minimalism by Kyle Chayka How Yiddish Changed America and How America Changed Yiddish by Ilan Stavans and Josh Lambert The Age of Entitlement: America Since the Sixties by Christopher Caldwell The Best of Iggy by Annie Barrows, Sam Ricks (Illustrator) What I Carry by Jennifer Longo Small Days and Nights: A Novel by Tishani Doshi Rogue Princess by B.R. Myers Spellhacker by M. K. England The Wife and the Widow by Christian White Off Script by Kate Watson A Queen in Hiding (The Nine Realms) by Sarah Kozloff All the F*cking Mistakes: A Guide to Sex, Love, and Life by Gigi Engle Heart of Junk by Luke Geddes  Wardens of Eternity by Courtney Allison Moulton And in the Vienna Woods the Trees Remain: The Heartbreaking True Story of a Family Torn Apart by War by Elisabeth Åsbrink, Saskia Vogel (translator) The Majesties: A Novel by Tiffany Tsao The Iron Will of Genie Lo (A Genie Lo Novel) by F. C. Yee  A Long Petal of the Sea: A Novel by Isabel Allende  Recipe for a Perfect Wife: A Novel by Karma Brown Processed Cheese: A Novel by Stephen Wright  American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins Universal Love: Stories by Alexander Weinstein Here I Am! by Pauline Holdstock Stateway's Garden: Stories by Jasmon Drain  Not So Pure and Simple by Lamar Giles The Third Rainbow Girl: The Long Life of a Double Murder in Appalachia by Emma Copley Eisenberg Layoverland by Gabby Noone Murder Your Darlings: And Other Gentle Writing Advice from Aristotle to Zinsser by Roy Peter Clark The Criminal Child: Selected Essays (New York Review Books Classics) by Jean Genet, Jeffrey Zuckerman (translator), Charlotte Mandell (translator) Bitter Falls (Stillhouse Lake Book 4) by Rachel Caine Wife After Wife by Olivia Hayfield American Queenmaker: How Missy Meloney Brought Women Into Politics by Julie Des Jardins   Agency by William Gibson The Sweet Indifference of the World: A Novel by Peter Stamm and Michael Hofmann The Janes: An Alice Vega Novel by Louisa Luna This Vicious Cure (Mortal Coil) by Emily Suvada My Red Heaven by Lance Olsen  The Hand on the Wall (Truly Devious) by Maureen Johnson  Tweet Cute by Emma Lord The Vineyards of Champagne by Juliet Blackwell The Wagers by Sean Michaels Follow Me to Ground: A Novel by Sue Rainsford The Teacher by Michal Ben-Naftali, Daniella Zamir (translator) Humble Pi: When Math Goes Wrong in the Real World by Matt Parker Harvest the Vote: How Democrats Can Win Again in Rural America by Jane Kleeb Green Lantern: Legacy by Minh Le, Andie Tong (Illustrator) Gone by Nightfall by Dee Garretson Amour: How the French Talk About Love by Stefania Rousselle  The Runaway Princess by Johan Troïanowski   Swerve: Poems on Environmentalism, Feminism, and Resistance by Ellery Akers