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This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss The Hour of Land, Before the Fall, Modern Lovers, and more new releases.

This episode was sponsored by ThirdLove, Rook by Sharon Cameron, and Book Riot Live.

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Books discussed on the show:

Before the Fall by Noah Hawley

The Hour of Land: A Personal Topography of America’s National Parks by Terry Tempest Williams

Some Possible Solutions: Stories by Helen Phillips

Modern Lovers by Emma Straub

Father’s Day by Simon Van Booy

The Geek Feminist Revolution by Kameron Hurley

HEX by Thomas Olde Heuvelt

This Is Your Life, Harriet Chance by Jonathan Evison

What we’re reading:

Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places by Colin Dickey

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

More books out this week:

Savage by Thomas E. Sniegoski

Jazz Moon by Joe Okonkwo

The Island House by Nancy Thayer

The Emperor’s Revenge by Clive Cussler

Double Cup Love: On the Trail of Family, Food, and Broken Hearts in China by Eddie Huang

I Do It with the Lights On: And 10 More Discoveries on the Road to a Blissfully Shame-Free Life by Whitney Way Thore

The One That Got Away by Leigh Himes

Beware That Girl by Teresa Toten

She Poured Out Her Heart by Jean Thompson

Lies I Live By by Lauren Sabela

Penric’s Demon by Lois McMaster Bujold

Hot Little Hands: Stories by Abigail Ulman

Pride and Joy: Taking the Streets of New York City by Jurek Wajdowicz

The Sisters by Claire Douglas

The View from the Cheap Seats: A Collection of Introductions, Essays, and Assorted Writings by Neil Gaiman

Meet Me Here by Bryan Bliss

June by Miranda Beverly-Whittemore

You May See a Stranger: Stories by Paula Whyman

Flight Patterns by Karen White

Dead Loudmouth by Victoria Houston

We’re All Damaged by Matthew Norman

A House for Happy Mothers by Amulya Malladi

The Unusual Possession of Alastair Stubb: A Gothic Talenby David John Griffin

But You Scared Me the Most: And Other Short Stories by John Manderino

The Last Samurai by Helen DeWitt (re-issue)

The Rocks by Peter Nichols (paperback)

Sick in the Head: Conversations About Life and Comedy by Judd Apatow (paperback)

The Book of Speculation by Erika Swyler (paperback)

Circling the Sun by Paula McLain (paperback)