New Releases and More for January 7, 2020
This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Long Bright River, Clean Getaway, The Black Cathedral, and more great books.
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Books discussed on the show:
Qualityland by Marc-Uwe Kling
Why We Can’t Sleep: Women’s New Midlife Crisis by Ada Calhoun
The Magical Language of Others: A Memoir by E.J. Koh
Topics of Conversation: A novel by Miranda Popkey
Clean Getaway by Nic Stone
F*ck Your Diet: And Other Things My Thighs Tell Me by Chloé Hilliard
The Black Cathedral: A Novel by Marcial Gala, Anna Kushner (translator)
Long Bright River by Liz Moore
Come Tumbling Down (Wayward Children) by Seanan McGuire
Shadowshaper: Legacy by Daniel José Older
City of Stone and Silence (The Wells of Sorcery Trilogy) by Django Wexler
The Night Country: A Hazel Wood Novel by Melissa Albert
The Art of Dying by Ambrose Parry
A Heart So Fierce and Broken by Brigid Kemmerer
The Secret Chapter (The Invisible Library series) by Genevieve Cogman
What we’re reading:
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous: A Novel by Ocean Vuong
Wild Game: My Mother, Her Lover, and Me by Adrienne Brodeur
The Vanishing Half: A Novel by Brit Bennett
More books out this week:
We Used to Be Friends by Amy Spalding
Successful Aging: A Neuroscientist Explores the Power and Potential of Our Lives by Daniel J Levitin
Where Have All the Boys Gone? by Jenny Colgan
A Collective Bargain: Unions, Organizing, and the Fight for Democracy by Jane McAlevey
Yellow Earth by John Sayles
Kill Reply All: A Modern Guide to Online Etiquette, from Social Media to Work to Love by Victoria Turk
The Simple Past by Driss Chraibi, Hugh A. Harter (Translator)
Westering Women: A Novel by Sandra Dallas
You Were There Too by Colleen Oakley
Every Other Weekend by Abigail Johnson
Just Breathe by Cammie McGovern
Nameless Queen by Rebecca McLaughlin
Average is the New Awesome: A Manifesto for the Rest of Us by Samantha Matt
This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 lessons on how to wake up, take action, and do the work by Tiffany Jewell, Aurelia Durand
Three Things I Know Are True by Betty Culley
Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends on It by Kamal Ravikant
BOWIE: Stardust, Rayguns, & Moonage Daydreams by Michael Allred, Steve Horton , et al.
All the Days Past, All the Days to Come by Mildred D. Taylor
Jinxed by Amy McCulloch
The Last Witness by Claire McFall
Don’t Believe a Word: The Surprising Truth About Language by David Shariatmadari
Grace Is Gone: A Novel by Emily Elgar
You Too?: 25 Voices Share Their #MeToo Stories by Janet Gurtler
Oasis: A Novel by Katya de Becerra
The Violence Inside Us: A Brief History of an Ongoing American Tragedy by Chris Murphy
Welcome to the Pine Away Motel and Cabins by Katarina Bivald
Diana: Princess of the Amazons by Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, et al.
Mr. Nobody: A Novel by Catherine Steadman
Building a Life Worth Living: A Memoir by Marsha M. Linehan
Lady Clementine: A Novel by Marie Benedict
Boys & Sex: Young Men on Hookups, Love, Porn, Consent, and Navigating the New Masculinity by Peggy Orenstein
A Love Hate Thing by Whitney D. Grandison
Keystone by Katie Delahanty
Furious Thing by Jenny Downham
Becoming a Man: The Story of a Transition by P. Carl
Woven in Moonlight by Isabel Ibañez
Lady Hotspur by Tessa Gratton
A Sportsman’s Notebook: Stories (Art of the Story) by Ivan Turgenev
Hill Women: Finding Family and a Way Forward in the Appalachian Mountains by Cassie Chambers
Martin McLean, Middle School Queen by Alyssa Zaczek
The Kids Are in Bed: Finding Time for Yourself in the Chaos of Parenting by Rachel Bertsche
Before and After the Book Deal: A Writer’s Guide to Finishing, Publishing, Promoting, and Surviving Your First Book by Courtney Maum
Creatures: A Novel by Crissy Van Meter
Lie to Me by Kaitlin Ward
Only Love Can Break Your Heart by Katherine Webber
How to Speak Boy by Tiana Smith
Scavenge the Stars by Tara Sim
Wyntertide by Andrew Caldecott
Dear Edward: A Novel by Ann Napolitano
The Map from Here to There by Emery Lord
The Schrodinger Girl by Laurel Brett
Firebird by Mark Powell
One of Us Is Next: The Sequel to One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus
House on Endless Waters by Emuna Elon
The God Game: A Novel by Danny Tobey
The Heap: A Novel by Sean Adams
Rocket Man: The Life of Elton John by Mark Bego
The Girls with No Names by Serena Burdick
The Gimmicks: A Novel by Chris McCormick
Westwind by Ian Rankin
Fuel Your Fire: 200 Ways to Instantly Beat Burnout and Reignite Your Passion by Samantha Acton
Cesare: A Novel of War-Torn Berlin by Jerome Charyn
First Cut: A Novel by Judy Melinek M.D and T.J. Mitchell
The Vanishing (Fogg Lake) by Jayne Ann Krentz
Butterfly by Ashley Antoinette
Deep State: A Thriller by Chris Hauty
It’s My Life by Stacie Ramey
Two Blankets, Three Sheets by Rodaan Al Galidi, Jonathan Reeder (translator)
Jane Anonymous: A Novel by Laurie Faria Stolarz
Raising Hell: Backstage Tales from the Lives of Metal Legends by Jon Wiederhorn
The American People: Volume 2: The Brutality of Fact: A Novel by Larry Kramer
Flowers in the Gutter: The True Story of the Edelweiss Pirates, Teenagers Who Resisted the Nazis by K. R. Gaddy
19 Love Songs by David Levithan
Loveboat, Taipei by Abigail Hing Wen
Failure to Launch: Why Your Twentysomething Hasn’t Grown Up…and What to Do About It by Mark McConville Ph.D.
