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All the Books! Podcast, Episode #31: Best Debuts of 2015, Dec. 8, 2015

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Liberty Hardy

Senior Contributing Editor

Liberty Hardy is an unrepentant velocireader, writer, bitey mad lady, and tattoo canvas. Turn-ons include books, books and books. Her favorite exclamation is “Holy cats!” Liberty reads more than should be legal, sleeps very little, frequently writes on her belly with Sharpie markers, and when she dies, she’s leaving her body to library science. Until then, she lives with her three cats, Millay, Farrokh, and Zevon, in Maine. She is also right behind you. Just kidding! She’s too busy reading. Twitter: @MissLiberty

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss some of their favorite debut books of 2015, including Lightless, Bright Lines, and The Shore.

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Books discussed on the show:

Lightless by C. A. Higgins

Bright Lines by Tanwi Nandini Islam

Dryland by Sara Jaffe

Single, Carefree, Mellow: Stories by Katherine Heiny

The Star Side of Bird Hill by Naomi Jackson

Speak by Louisa Hall

The Shore by Sara Taylor

Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho

The Last Days of Video by Jeremy Hawkins

Hammer Head: The Making of a Carpenter by Nina MacLaughlin

What we’re reading:

American Housewife: Stories by Helen Ellis

If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo

Books out this week:

Ashley Bell by Dean Koontz

Sophia by Michael Bible

Key of Valor by Nora Roberts

The Relic Master by Christopher Buckley

The Spark and the Drive by Wayne Harrison (paperback)