New Releases and More for March 24, 2020

This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss The Return, The Empress of Salt and Fortune, The Glass Hotel, and more great books. This episode was sponsored by TBR: Tailored Book Recommendations; Libro.fm; and Orbit Books, publisher of N.K. Jemisin’s new novel The City We Became. 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:

The Return by Rachel Harrison The Upside of Being Down: How Mental Health Struggles Led to My Greatest Successes in Work and Life by Jen Gotch The Only Black Girls in Town by Brandy Colbert A Wish in the Dark by Christina Soontornvat The Glass Hotel: A novel by Emily St. John Mandel Bring Yourself: How to Harness the Power of Connection to Negotiate Fearlessly by Mori Taheripour Save Yourself by Cameron Esposito The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo

WHAT WE’RE READING:

The Legend of the Fire Princess (She-Ra) by Gigi D.G., Noelle Stevenson, Ganucheau Paulina Night of the Mannequins by Stephen Graham Jones

MORE BOOKS OUT THIS WEEK:

Grown-Up Pose by Sonya Lalli All Heathens by Marianne Chan The Fortress by S.A. Jones The Incredible Journey of Plants by Stefano Mancuso, Gregory Conti (translator) Umma’s Table by Yeon-sik Hong and Janet Hong A Bond Undone by Jin Yong, Gigi Chang (translator) Offerings: A Novel by Michael ByungJu Kim Tyrannosaurus Wrecks by Stuart Gibbs For Love and Country: A Novel by Candace Waters The City We Became by N. K. Jemisin A Wonderful Life: Insights on Finding a Meaningful Existence by Frank Martela PhD Everyday Activist: A Guided Journal for Engaging Your Community, Finding Your Voice, and Changing the World by Jessica Jollie, Camila Rosa More: A History of the World Economy from the Iron Age to the Information Age by Philip Coggan No One Left to Fight by Aubrey Sitterson, Fico Ossio (Illustrator) The Last Tourist (Milo Weaver) by Olen Steinhauer Unworthy Republic: The Dispossession of Native Americans and the Road to Indian Territory by Claudio Saunt Lola: A Ghost Story by J. Torres, Elbert Or, Jill Beaton The System: Who Rigged It, How We Fix It by Robert B. Reich The Precipice: Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity by Toby Ord Island Stories: An Unconventional History of Britain by David Reynolds Marguerite: A Novel by Marina Kemp My Morningless Mornings by Stefany Anne Golberg The Double Mother by Michel Bussi, Sam Taylor (translator) We Were Promised Spotlights by Lindsay Sproul Stealing Home: Los Angeles, the Dodgers, and the Lives Caught in Between by Eric Nusbaum If I Never Met You: A Novel by Mhairi McFarlane The Last Human: A Novel by Zack Jordan Tigers, Not Daughters by Samantha Mabry The Honey-Don’t List by Christina Lauren The Office: The Untold Story of the Greatest Sitcom of the 2000s: An Oral History by Andy Greene The Herd: A Novel by Andrea Bartz The Edge of Anything by Nora Shalaway Carpenter Kenzie Kickstarts a Team (The Derby Daredevils) by Kit Rosewater Lady in Waiting: My Extraordinary Life in the Shadow of the Crown by Anne Glenconner Then the Fish Swallowed Him: A Novel by Amir Ahmadi Arian Brown Girl Ghosted by Mintie Das Science Comics: Crows: Genius Birds by Kyla Vanderklugt Before Anyone Else by Leslie Hooton Bad Best Friend by Rachel Vail How I Broke Up with My Colon: Fascinating, Bizarre, and True Health Stories by Nick Seluk, The Awkward Yeti This Is Chance!: The Shaking of an All-American City, A Voice That Held It Together by Jon Mooallem The Society of Reluctant Dreamers by Jose Eduardo Agualusa, Daniel Hahn (translator) Thorn by Intisar Khanani The Other Madisons: The Lost History of a President’s Black Family by Bettye Kearse We Inherit What the Fires Left: Poems by William Evans Attainable Sustainable: The Lost Art of Self-Reliant Living by Kris Bordessa Lakewood: A Novel by Megan Giddings My Sister: How One Sibling’s Transition Changed Us Both by Selenis Leyva and Marizol Leyva The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives in Your Home: A Welcome to Night Vale Novel by Joseph Fink, Jeffrey Cranor American Rebels: How the Hancock, Adams, and Quincy Families Fanned the Flames of Revolution by Nina Sankovitch Wine Girl: The Obstacles, Humiliations, and Triumphs of America’s Youngest Sommelier by Victoria James Enter the Aardvark by Jessica Anthony Like Flies from Afar: A Novel by K. Ferrari, Adrian Nathan West (translator) Constellations: Reflections From Life by Sinéad Gleeson The Everlasting: A Novel by Katy Simpson Smith The K Team by David Rosenfelt Nonsense! The Curious Story of Edward Gorey by Lori Mortensen, Chloe Bristol (Illustrator)