This week, Trisha recommends graphic novels with heroes and adventures that can appeal to all readers, no matter how long they've been reading (and shelving) their books.

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Books Discussed

Garlic and the Vampire by Bree Paulson

The Monster and the Maze by Maple Lam

The Girl and the Galdurian by Tim Probert

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Jeff and Rebecca talk about what books are making waves as summer gets rolling.

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This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss Queerleaders, Big Fan, On Witness and Respair, and more great books!

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This week, Vanessa recommends a nonfiction dive into pyramid schemes in America and a sexy second-chance romance from a beloved romance author.

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Books Discussed On the Show:

Little Bosses Everywhere: How the Pyramid Scheme Shaped America by Bridget Read

Before I Let Go by Kennedy Ryan

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This week, Liberty and Emily discuss Abyss, My Name Was Gerry Sass, We Dance Upon Demons, and more great books!

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This week, Danika talks about Mashed Potato May, the Heartstopper books by Alice Oseman, and why sometimes it pays to save books for the perfect moment.

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Books Discussed on the Show

Heartstopper series by Alice Oseman

Nick & Charlie novella by Alice Oseman

Solitaire by Alice Oseman

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This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss Moonlight Murder, Platform Decay, Verity Guild, and more great books!

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Books Discussed On the Show:

Birth Vibes by Jen Hamilton

Dissection of a Murder by Jo Murray

Moonlight Murder by Uzma Jalaluddin

The Fallen: The Lost Girls of Ireland's Magdalene Laundries and a Legacy of Silence by Louise Brangan

The Miseducation of Caroline Bingley by Lindz McLeod

Verity Guild by Mai Corland

Honey by Imani Thompson

Backtalker: An American Memoir by Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw

The Girl with a Thousand Faces by Sunyi Dean

Platform Decay (The Murderbot Diaries Book 8) by Martha Wells

Seek Immediate Shelter by Vincent Yu

True Crime: A Memoir by Patricia Cornwell

One Leg on Earth by 'Pemi Aguda

Mother Tongue: A Memoir by Sara Nović

What We Ask Google: A Surprisingly Hopeful History of Humankind by Simon Rogers

Earthly Playing Field by Radhika Singh

What We're Reading:

Little Bosses Everywhere: How the Pyramid Scheme Shaped America by Bridget Read

Before I Let Go by Kennedy Ryan

Brume, Volume 2: The Forest of Lost Souls by Jérôme Pélissier, Carine Hinder

A Real Animal by Emeline Atwood 

Taipei Story by R. F. Kuang

The Repairer of Reputations by Ed Park, Robert W. Chambers

Paperbacks:

Victorian Psycho by Virginia Feito

When the Earth Was Green: Plants, Animals, and Evolution's Greatest Romance by Riley Black

The Director by Daniel Kehlmann, Ross Benjamin (translator)

The Lilac People by Milo Todd

The Museum Detective by Maha Khan Phillips

How to Lose Your Mother: A Daughter's Memoir by Molly Jong-Fast

Gliff by Ali Smith

Spectacular Things by Beck Dorey-Stein

You Belong Here by Megan Miranda

My Name Is Emilia del Valle by Isabel Allende, Frances Riddle (translator)

Flashlight by Susan Choi

The Starving Saints by Caitlin Starling

August Lane by Regina Black

As I Dream of You by Jennifer Lee, LeUyen Pham

The Book of Lost Hours by Hayley Gelfuso

Don't Let Him In by Lisa Jewell

The Manor of Dreams by Christina Li

Not Quite Dead Yet by Holly Jackson

Links:

A new book from Chad Harbach

The NYT Best Books of the Year (So Far)

Bestsellers:

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir 

Theo of Golden by Allen Levi

Famesick: A Memoir by Lena Dunham  

Hope Rises by David Baldacci  

London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family’s Search for Truth by Patrick Radden Keefe 

Poisoned Ivies: The Inside Account of the Academic and Moral Rot at America’s Elite Universities by Elise Stefanik 

Kin by Tayari Jones

The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali

One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad

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This week, Sharifah talks about a couple of excellent backlist books!

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Books Discussed on the Show

Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion by Jia Tolentino

The Queen of the Night by Alexander Chee

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This week, we're sharing a recent episode of Zero to Well-Read that dives deep into James by Percival Everett. This award-winning modern classic reimagines Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from the point of view of Jim, the escaped enslaved man who accompanies Huck down the river in the original tale.

James is out now in paperback after a two-year hardcover run, and is absolutely worth the read.

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This week, Liberty talks about several books that are in her orbit right now!

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Books Discussed on the Show

Boring Asian Female by Canwen Xu

Undercity by Monte Schulz

The Gold: The Real Story Behind Brink’s-Mat: Britain’s Biggest Heist by Neil Forsyth and Thomas Turner

Every Story Is a Love Story by Imbolo Mbue

How to Survive Camping: The Lady in Chains by Bonnie Quinn

Oddity by Eli Brown

American Hagwon by Min Jin Lee

Off the Reservation by Stephen Graham Jones

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This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss Screen People, Witch Queen Rising, The Genie Game, and more great books!

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