New Releases and More for September 18, 2018
This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss There There, Stalking God, The Great Believers, and more of their favorite books of 2018 so far.
This episode was sponsored by Google Play, The Real Lolita by Sarah Weinman, and The 7 ½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton.
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Books discussed on the show:
There There by Tommy Orange
Fire Sermon by Jamie Quatro
I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death by Maggie O’Farrell
Stalking God: My Unorthodox Search for Something to Believe In by Anjali Kumar
How To Write an Autobiographical Novel: Essays by Alexander Chee
Buttermilk Graffiti: A Chef’s Journey to Discover America’s New Melting-Pot Cuisine by Edward Lee
The Parking Lot Attendant by Nafkote Tamirat
Florida: Stories by Lauren Groff
All the Names They Used for God by Anjali Sachdeva
Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Brittney Cooper
Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover
The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai
The Which Way Tree by Elizabeth Crook
The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory
Front Desk by Kelly Yang
From the Corner of the Oval: A Memoir by Beck Dorey-Stein
What we’re reading:
A Dash of Dragon (The Mystic Cooking Chronicles) by Heidi Lang and Kati Bartkowski
Deep Creek: Finding Hope in the High Country by Pam Houston
More books out this week:
Snazzy Cat Capers by Deanna Kent, Neil Hooson (Illustrator)
Analee, in Real Life by Janelle Milanes
Bobbie Mendoza Saves the World (Again) by Michael Fry and Bradley Jackson
Secret Passages in a Hillside Town by Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen, Lola Rogers (Translator)
Here to Stay by Sara Farizan
Lethal White by Robert Galbraith
In Pieces by Sally Field
Pride by Ibi Zoboi
Button Man by Andrew Gross
The 7 ½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
Someone Like Me: How One Undocumented Girl Fought for Her American Dream by Julissa Arce
Legion: The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds by Brandon Sanderson
Strange Grace by Tessa Gratton
Property of the Rebel Librarian by Allison Varnes
Nobody Cares: Essays by Anne T. Donahue
So Far So Good by Ursula K. Le Guin
Unbroken: 13 Stories Starring Disabled Teens by Marieke Nijkamp
Sit Down and Shut Up: How Discipline Can Set Students Free by Cinque Henderson
Rosewater (The Wormwood Trilogy) by Tade Thompson
Deviation: A Novel by Luce D’Eramo and Anne Milano Appel
A Cruelty Special to Our Species: Poems by Emily Jungmin Yoon
The Bus on Thursday by Shirley Barrett
How to Invent Everything: A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveler by Ryan North
Sea Prayer by Khaled Hosseini
My Pet Serial Killer by Michael J. Seidlinger
Leadership: In Turbulent Times by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Check, Please!: # Hockey by Ngozi Ukazu
Boomer1: A Novel by Daniel Torday
Passing for Human: A Graphic Memoir by Liana Finck
The Revolution Generation: How Millennials Can Save America and the World (Before It’s Too Late) by Josh Tickell
I Know You Know by Gilly Macmillan
The Good Demon by Jimmy Cajoleas
The Labyrinth of the Spirits: A Novel (Cemetery of Forgotten Books) by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
The Infinite Blacktop by Sara Gran
Love to Everyone by Hilary McKay
Costume Quest by Zac Gorman
Eight Ghosts: The English Heritage Book of Ghost Stories
Can Democracy Work?: A Short History of a Radical Idea, from Ancient Athens to Our World by James Miller
Washington Black: A novel by Esi Edugyan
What Luck, This Life by Kathryn Schwille
When Rap Spoke Straight to God by Erica Dawson
The Lost Carousel of Provence by Juliet Blackwell
These Truths: A History of the United States by Jill Lepore
Time’s Convert: A Novel (All Souls Trilogy) by Deborah Harkness
My Brother’s Husband, Volume 2 by Gengoroh Tagame
Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth by Sarah Smarsh
American Prison: A Reporter’s Undercover Journey into the Business of Punishment by Shane Bauer
Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America’s Most Notorious Pirates by Eric Jay Dolin
The Impossible Girl by Lydia Kang
The Deeper the Water the Uglier the Fish by Katya Apekina
Sharky Malarkey: A Sketchshark Collection by Megan Nicole Dong
Heart: A History by Sandeep Jauhar
What the Woods Keep by Katya de Becerra
How to Be Less Stupid About Race: On Racism, White Supremacy, and the Racial Divide by Crystal Marie Fleming
Daemon Voices: On Stories and Storytelling by Philip Pullman
Death of the Territories: Expansion, Betrayal and the War that Changed Pro Wrestling Forever by Tim Hornbaker
Guess Who by Chris McGeorge
Rising Out of Hatred: The Awakening of a Former White Nationalist by Eli Saslow
The Deepest Roots by Miranda Asebedo
The Escape Artists: A Band of Daredevil Pilots and the Greatest Prison Break of the Great War by Neal Bascomb
The Storm Runner (A Storm Runner Novel, Book 1) by J.C. Cervantes
