New Releases and More for June 16, 2020

This week, Liberty and Tirzah discuss Saving Ruby King, I’ll Be the One, The Lightness, and more great books. This episode was sponsored by Hey YA, Book Riot’s own podcast about all things young adult lit; Saga Press, publisher of award-winning speculative fiction; and TBR: Tailored Book Recommendations, Book Riot’s personalized reading recommendation service, which now has gifting! Pick up an All the Books! 200th episode commemorative item here. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, iTunes, or Spotify and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news.

BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Saving Ruby King by Catherine Adel West Vera Kelly is Not a Mystery by Rosalie Knecht The Lightness: A Novel by Emily Temple I Was Told It Would Get Easier by Abbi Waxman Sad Janet by Lucie Britsch I’ll Be the One by Lyla Lee The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, Margaret Jull Costa (Translator), Robin Patterson (Translator) The Margot Affair: A Novel by Sanaë Lemoine

WHAT WE’RE READING:

Catherine House: A Novel by Elisabeth Thomas The Gone-Away World by Nick Harkaway

MORE BOOKS OUT THIS WEEK:

Brag Better: Master the Art of Fearless Self-Promotion by Meredith Fineman Strange Rites New Religions for a Godless World by Tara Isabella Burton Hella by David Gerrold Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre by Max Brooks Sleepovers: Stories by Ashleigh Bryant Phillips Tiananmen 1989: Our Shattered Hopes by Lun Zhang, Adrien Gombeaud, Ameziane The Strange Birds of Flannery O’Connor by Amy Alznauer, Ping Zhu Creative Careers: Making a Living with Your Ideas by B. Jeffrey Madoff Democracy in One Book or Less: How It Works, Why It Doesn’t, and Why Fixing It Is Easier Than You Think by David Litt All Things Left Wild: A Novel by James Wade Thank You for Voting Young Readers’ Edition: The Past, Present, and Future of Voting by Erin Geiger Smith Cactus Jack: A Novel by Brad Smith What You Need to Know About Voting–and Why by Kim Wehle The Art of Deception: A Daughter of Sherlock Holmes Mystery (The Daughter of Sherlock Holmes Mysteries Book 4) by Leonard Goldberg A Short Move by Katherine Hill This Little Family: A Novel by Inès Bayard, Adriana Hunter (translator) The Bell in the Lake: A Novel by Lars Mytting, Deborah Dawkin (translator) Sisters and Secrets: A Novel by Jennifer Ryan Love and Rage: The Path of Liberation through Anger by Lama Rod Owens See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love by Valarie Kaur Not a Gentleman’s Work: The Untold Story of a Gruesome Murder at Sea and the Long Road to Truth by Gerard Koeppel Fake Plastic World by Zara Lisbon Champions Day: The End of Old Shanghai by James Carter Growing Sustainable Together: Practical Resources for Raising Kind, Engaged, Resilient Children by Shannon Brescher Shea Who Did You Tell?: A Novel by Lesley Kara Don’t Turn Around: A Novel by Jessica Barry The Brothers York: A Royal Tragedy by Thomas Penn Union: The Struggle to Forge the Story of United States Nationhood by Colin Woodard Animal Spirit: Stories by Francesca Marciano Dogchild by Kevin Brooks Sarah Bernhardt: The Divine and Dazzling Life of the World’s First Superstar by Catherine Reef Effortless Vegan : Delicious Plant-Based Recipes with Easy Instructions, Few Ingredients and Minimal Clean-Up by Sarah Nevins The Half Sister by Sandie Jones Seven Lies: A Novel by Elizabeth Kay The Kinder Poison by Natalie Mae The Last Train to Key West by Chanel Cleeton We Came Here to Shine: A Novel by Susie Orman Schnall 28 Summers by Elin Hilderbrand Smooth by Matt Burns Lucky Ticket by Joey Bui An Ocean Without a Shore by Scott Spencer The Taste of Sugar: A Novel by Marisel Vera A Silent Fury: The El Bordo Mine Fire by Yuri Herrera and Lisa Dillman (translator) You Say It First by Katie Cotugno Corporate Gunslinger: A Novel by Doug Engstrom The Circus Rose by Betsy Cornwell How the Penguins Saved Veronica by Hazel Prior American Immigration: Our History, Our Stories by Kathleen Krull Exercise of Power: America and the Post-Cold War World by Robert M. Gates Bluebeard’s First Wife by Seong-nan Ha, Janet Hong (translator) AntiRacist Baby by Ibram X. Kendi, Ashley Lukashevsky (Illustrator) Love and Other Criminal Behavior by Nikki Dolson Fairytale Blankets to Crochet: 10 fantasy-themed children’s blankets for storytime cuddles by Lynne Rowe