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All The Books

 Episode 230 This week, Liberty and María Cristina discuss Your House Will Pay, The Never Tilting World, Wild Game, and more great books.
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Annotated

 Episode 30 How a gimmick to write more became one of the biggest literary events online.
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For Real

 Episode 42 This week Alice and Kim talk about some excellent new memoirs and dive deep into books about monsters.
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Get Booked

 Episode 202 Amanda and Jenn discuss more Halloween reads, asexual representation, solo female travelers, and more in this week's episode of Get Booked.
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Hey YA

 Episode 54 Kelly and Eric talk about the return of vampires and go deep into YA book cover trends for 2020.
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Kidlit These Days

 Episode 15 Karina and Matthew talk about the booming graphic novel market, state book awards centering comics, and go-to resources for librarians and educators in support of reading comics. Joining is special guest Jen Wang, co-founder and organizer of the annual Comics Arts Los Angeles festival, and cartoonist of Stargazing and The Prince and the Dressmaker.
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Read or Dead

 Episode 62 Katie and guest host Liberty talk about Knives Out, creepy mysteries, and more!
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Recommended

 Episode 8 In this episode, Sonali Dev recommends Kate Clayborn and Maris Kreizman recommends Dominick Dunne.
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SFF Yeah!

 Episode 64.5 This week, Sharifah discusses traveling in science fiction and fantasy.
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The Podcast

 Episode 334 Jeff and Rebecca briefly discuss the double Nobel, wonder about a strange The Testaments deployment, consider the National Book Award longlist, and more.
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When In Romance

 Episode 44 Jess and Trisha discuss sexual content ratings in romance, how to learn more about the history of romance, and some romance you might want to read this season.
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