This week, Liberty and Emily discuss How Can My Manager Be So Stupid?, Under Story, Precious Children, and more great books!

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This week, Vanessa shares some fall releases to preorder for Latine Heritage Month.

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Books Discussed On the Show:

An Immaculate Deception by Isabella Livino

The Patron Saint of White Menageries: Stories by Lauren T. Davila

Cemetery Boys: Espíritu by Aiden Thomas

Anger Is Only a Shadow by Elizabeth Acevedo

Rooted by Leopoldo Goût

Terrestrial by Cristina Rivera Garza

Something Followed Us Home edited by Cynthia Pelayo

The House of Gardenias by Isabel Cañas

Bruja’s Nest by Brenda LaTorre

Hear the Dead by Ann Dávila Cardinal

The Lost Guardian by Natalia Hernandez

They Called Us Wicked by Gloria Muñoz

False Face by Josh Galarza

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Jeff and Rebecca do a temperature check on the books that are topping charts, winning awards, getting adaptations, stirring discussion, and otherwise in the mix this month.

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This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss Heir of Prophecy, The Demon Overlord's Retirement Plan, The Sunken, The Adored, and more great books!

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Tom Hanks may star in the adaptation of Theo of Golden.

A former bookseller has launched an event platform.

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This week, Danika talks about the messy sapphic summer reads they want to get to before the end of August.

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Books Discussed On the Show:

Sunburn by Chloe Michelle Howarth

Girl’s Girl by Sonia Feldman

Almost Life by Kiran Milwood Hargrave

Waist Deep by Linea Maja Ernst

Give Me Everything You’ve Got by Imogen Crimp

The Summer We Got Free by Mia McKenzie

Appetite by P. Paramita

Unprecedented Times by Malavika Kannan

All This Could Be Different by Sarah Thankam Mathews

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This week, Liberty and Danika discuss Unprecedented Times, The Salt King, First Summer, and more great books!

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Libro.fm will now sell ebooks

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This week, Sharifah recommends High on the Hog: A Culinary Journey From Africa to America by Jessica B. Harris and The Marrow of Tradition by Charles W. Chesnutt.

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Books Discussed on the Show

High on the Hog: A Culinary Journey From Africa to America by Jessica B. Harris

The Marrow of Tradition by Charles W. Chesnutt

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson

They Stole a City: Wilmington's White Supremacist Coup and the Families Who Live with Its Legacy by Lauren Collins

My Soul Looks Back by Jessica B. Harris

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This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss Root Therapy, Sunrise, Hollow Magic, and more great books!

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Hadestown grosses over $8 million on the big screen

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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

The Hill by Harriet Clark

Up to the Light by Julia Armfield 

Hell to Pay by Kylie Lee Baker

Japanese Gothic by Kylie Lee Baker

The End of Everything by M. John Harrison

Heavy Sugar by William Boyle

One of Us Is Already Dead by E. L. Chen

The Fall of Elvenesse by Kai Ashante Wilson

Oil on Canvas by Kalynn Bayron

Miss Archer by Jordan Harrison

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This week, Liberty and Emily discuss The Hardest Ones to Fool, The Amateur, Triage, and more great books!

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Josh Silver's Fruit Fly to be adapted as a series

Colson Whitehead's Harlem trilogy to be an Apple TV series

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This week, Trisha recommends books that would be good for travel–especially planes. Check out a mystery, short story collection, and/or urban fantasy romance series, all of which can distract you from turbulence or unpleasant travel companions.

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Books Discussed

The Appeal by Janice Hallett

My Dear You by Rachel Khong

The Hidden Legacy series, starting with Burn For Me by Ilona Andrews

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