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Favorite Books of 2018, Part 2

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This week, Liberty and María Cristina discuss The Feather Thief, Washington Black, Severance, and more great books.

This episode was sponsored by the Read Harder JournalGH Mumm Champagne, and ThirdLove.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century by Kirk Wallace Johnson

Washington Black by Esi Edugyan

Severance by Ling Ma

Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik

Little: A Novel by Edward Carey

Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou

How To Write an Autobiographical Novel: Essays by Alexander Chee

Heart Berries: A Memoir by Terese Marie Mailhot

What we’re reading:

Deep River by Karl Marlantes

More books out this week:

Dear Heartbreak: YA Authors and Teens on the Dark Side of Love by Heather Demetrios

The Disasters by M.K. England

Sins as Scarlet: An Inspector Iwata Novel by Nicolas Obregon

Influenza: The Hundred Year Hunt to Cure the Deadliest Disease in History by Jeremy Brown

Trying by Emily Phillips