This week, Vanessa recommends a hilarious and heartwarming road trip romance and a cookbook she's been actively excited to cook from.

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Books Discussed

The Road Trip by Beth O'Leary

Peaceful Kitchen: More than 100 Cozy Plant-Based Recipes to Comfort the Body and Nourish the Soul by Catherine Perez

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This week, Liberty and Danika discuss Gifted & Talented, Messy Perfect, Direct Descendant, and more great books!

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Books Discussed On the Show:

Gifted & Talented by Olivie Blake

A/S/L by Jeanne Thornton

Small Ceremonies by Kyle Edwards

Messy Perfect by Tanya Boteju

Freakslaw by Jane Flett 

Direct Descendant by Tanya Huff

Any Trope but You by Victoria Lavine

The Ephemera Collector by Stacy Nathaniel Jackson

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Today, Danika recommends a few trans graphic novels to read for the 2025 Trans Rights Readathon.

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Books Discussed

Stone Fruit by Lee Lai

The Tea Dragon Society and A Song for You and I by K. O'Neill

Boys Weekend by Mattie Lubchansky

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This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss When the Moon Hits Your Eye, Blazing Eye Sees All, The Portable Feminist Reader, and more great books!

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Books Discussed On the Show:

When the Moon Hits Your Eye by John Scalzi

Blazing Eye Sees All: Love Has Won, False Prophets, and the Fever Dream of the American New Age by Leah Sottile

Garbage Town by Ravi Gupta

The Portable Feminist Reader edited by Roxane Gay

The Keeper of Lonely Spirits by E.M. Anderson

Black. Fat. Femme: Revealing the Power of Visibly Queer Voices in Media and Learning to Love Yourself by Jonathan P. Higgins, Ed.D

Tilt by Emma Pattee

Bearsuit Turtle Makes a Friend by Bob Shea

Elphie: A Wicked Childhood by Gregory Maguire 

There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension by Hanif Abdurraqib

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This week, Sharifah talks about two very different and excellent books she recommends — a memoir about grieving during the pandemic and a novella about a killer mannequin.

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Books Discussed

A Living Remedy by Nicole Chung

Night of the Mannequins by Stephen Graham Jones

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This week, Liberty and Emily discuss Murder by Memory, I'll Love You Forever, Animal Instinct, and more great books!

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Books Discussed On the Show:

Murder by Memory by Olivia Waite

Animal Instinct by Amy Shearn

The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones

I'll Love You Forever: Notes from a K-Pop Fan by Giaae Kwon

Stop Me If You've Heard This One by Kristen Arnett

Counterattacks at Thirty by Won-pyung Sohn, Sean Lin Halbert (translator)

The Story She Left Behind by Patti Callahan Henry

Serial Killer Support Group by Saratoga Schaefer

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This week, Liberty talks about a couple of great older books she loves, plus two she's excited to read!

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Books Discussed

A Twenty Minute Silence Followed by Applause by Shawn Wen

When the Wind Blows by Raymond Briggs

Will There Ever Be Another You by Patricia Lockwood 

The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong

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This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss Accidents Happen, Malinalli, The Man Nobody Killed, and more great books!

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Books Discussed On the Show:

Accidents Happen and Other Stories by F.H. Batacan

Malinalli by Veronica Chapa

The Man Nobody Killed: Life, Death, and Art in Michael Stewart's New York by Elon Green 

Vanishing Daughters by Cynthia Pelayo 

The Trouble Up North by Travis Mulhauser

Queens of Crime by Roseanna Limoncelli

Mrs. Christie at the Mystery Guild Library by Amanda Chapman

Love and Other Paradoxes by Catriona Silvey 

The Baby Who Stayed Awake Forever by Sandra Salsbury

Goddess Complex by Sanjena Sathian

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This week, Trisha talks about nonfiction books focused on different cultural topics — beauty and tech — written by journalists/podcasters.

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Books Discussed

Flawless: Lessons in Looks and Culture from the K-Beauty Capital by Elise Hu

Burn Book: A Tech Love Story by Kara Swisher

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This week, Liberty and Danika discuss The River Has Roots, Love Points to You, Tea You at the Altar, and more great books!

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Books Discussed On the Show:

The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar

Love Points to You by Alice Lin

Saving Five: A Memoir of Hope by Amanda Nguyen

Tea You at the Altar by Rebecca Thorne

The Unworthy by Agustina Bazterrica, Sarah Moses (translator)

Woodworking by Emily St. James

Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall

They Bloom at Night by Trang Thanh Tran

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This week, Vanessa recommends two books by authors with new books out this week: a delightful caper involving a mysterious wooden duck, and a genre-bending nonfiction read for fans of true crime and beautiful prose.

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Books Discussed

Flying Solo by Linda Holmes

Back After This by Linda Holmes

Liliana's Invincible Summer by Cristina Rivera Garza

Death Takes Me by Cristina Rivera Garza - to be discussed on the Book Riot Podcast in early March!

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