New Releases and More for May 27, 2025
This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss Amplitudes, Lu and Ren’s Guide to Geozoology, Harmattan Season, and more great books!
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Books Discussed On the Show:
The Grimoire Grammar School Parent Teacher Association by Caitlin Rozakis
Amplitudes: Stories of Queer and Trans Futurity by Lee Mandelo
Lu and Ren’s Guide to Geozoology: A Graphic Novel by Angela Hsieh
Harmattan Season by Tochi Onyebuchi
The South by Tash Aw
Forest Euphoria: The Abounding Queerness of Nature by Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian
Titan of the Stars by E.K. Johnston
Acception, Vol. 1 by Coco Ouwerkwerk aka Colourbee
Paperback Releases:
Going Bicoastal by Dahlia Adler
Bono: Stories of Surrender by Bono
The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst
The Great Divide by Cristina Henriquez
Sandwich by Catherine Newman
Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism by Amanda Montell
Voyage of the Damned by Frances White
Assassins Anonymous by Rob Hart
Housemates by Emma Copley Eisenberg
What We’re Reading:
Lessons in Magic and Disaster by Charlie Jane Anders
We Can Do Hard Things: Answers to Life’s 20 Questions by Amanda Doyle, Abby Wambach, & Glennon Doyle
Dawn by Octavia E. Butler
Whack Job: A History of Axe Murder by Rachel McCarthy James
The Wax Child by Olga Ravn, Martin Aitken (translator)
More Books Out This Week:
The Wedding by Gurjinder Basran
The Stand-in Dad by Alex Summers
The Glade by Naseem Jamnia
The Cardinal: A Novel of Love and Power by Alison Weir
Summerhouse by Yigit Karaahmet, Nicholas Glastonbury (translator)
Thank You For Calling the Lesbian Line by Elizabeth Lovatt
Dreaming of Home: A Young Latina’s Journey to Pride, Power, and Belonging by Cristina Jiménez
Lay Your Armor Down by Michael Farris Smith
Day of the Dead Girl by A.J. Mendez, Aimee Garcia, Bobby Curnow, Belén Culebras
LGBTQ+ Heroes: 51 Inspiring Icons Who Changed the World by Laura Heston
Written on the Dark by Guy Gavriel Kay
Costumes for Time Travelers by A. R. Capetta
Autocorrect: Stories by Etgar Keret, Jessica Cohen and Sondra Silverston (translators)
Come As You Are by Dahlia Adler
Summer Girls by Jennifer Dugan
Flirty Dancing by Jennifer Moffatt
The Busybody Book Club by Freya Sampson
Along Came Amor (Primas of Power, #3) by Alexis Daria
And They Were Roommates by Page Powars
Never Flinch by Stephen King
Disappoint Me by Nicola Dinan
The Stalker by Paula Bomer
The Bombshell by Darrow Farr
These Vengeful Gods by Gabe Cole Novoa
Lush by Rochelle Dowden-Lord
Mansion Beach by Meg Mitchell Moore
Storybook Ending by Moira Macdonald
Soft as Bones: A Memoir by Chyana Marie Sage
Heir of Light (The Academia Chronicles, 2) by Michelle Sagara
Love in Focus by Lyla Lee
The Glass Pyramid: A Story of the Louvre Museum and Architect I. M. Pei by Jeanne Walker Harvey and Khoa Le
