This week, Liberty and Danika discuss The New People, Cool Machine, The Princess Trap, and more great books!

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Books Discussed On the Show:

The New People by Andrea Uptmor

The Masala Chai Mystery Club by MJ Soni

The Princess Trap by Talia Hibbert

Yes, Chef by Grace Reilly

Lord of the Wood by E.M. Anderson

Funerals are for the Living by Sami Ellis

Cool Machine (The Harlem Trilogy) by Colson Whitehead

The Mortons by Justine Larbalestier and Scott Westerfeld 

Vera Stein Is Fine by Julie Murphy

Yellow Pine by Claire Vaye Watkins

Fatal Glitch: Camp Zero by Eliot Schrefer, Erin Entrada Kelly

Unsayable: A Life in Writing by Michael Cunningham

What We're Reading:

Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me by Mariko Tamaki and Rosemary Valero-O'Connell

The Talking Bone by Rene Denfeld

Serious Music by Percival Everett

Life Beyond Measure: Nature's Hidden Wonders at Every Scale by Ed Yong

Paperbacks:

An Oral History of Atlantis: Stories by Ed Park 

Positive Obsession: The Life and Times of Octavia E. Butler by Susana M. Morris 

Necessary Fiction by Eloghosa Osunde

Links:

Jamie Smart and the rise of Bunny vs. Monkey

Bestsellers:

Theo of Golden by Allen Levi  

Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump by Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan  

Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke  

Whistler by Ann Patchett  

Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman  

The Calamity Club by Kathryn Stockett

Tempting Venom by Rina Kent

Communion: The Female Search for Love by bell hooks

Witch Hat Atelier, Vol. 1 by Kamome Shirahama

The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese

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This week, Danika recommends some Heartstopper readalikes in honor of the release day for Heartstopper Forever.

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Books Discussed On the Show:

Cheer Up: Love and Pompoms by Crystal Frasier, Val Wise, and Oscar O. Jupiter

Encore! by Miles Toriko Burks

Bloom by Kevin Panetta and Savanna Ganucheau

Check, Please! by Ngozi Ukazu

Bunt!: Striking Out on Financial Aid by Ngozi Ukazu and Mad Rupert

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Jeff and Rebecca go over what books are selling, being talked about, and otherwise generating a little heat this month.

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This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss Our Knives Will Save Us, Famous Men, Fixer Chao, and more great books!

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This week, Sharifah recommends Kin by Tayari Jones and Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang!

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Books Discussed on the Show

Kin by Tayari Jones

Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang

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This week, Liberty and Emily discuss An Infinite Love Story, The Great Wherever, False Prophet, and more great books!

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Books Discussed On the Show:

An Infinite Love Story by Chanel Cleeton

False Prophet by Afsheen Farhadi

Heartstopper #6 by Alice Oseman

Kiss, Marry, Kill by Cara Tanamachi

The Brides by Charlotte Cross

Every Version of You by Natalie Messier

Good Morning Means I Love You by Kendra Allen

The Great Wherever by Shannon Sanders

A Real Animal by Emeline Atwood 

The Inn at the Foot of Mount Vengeance by Chiara Bullen 

Wisdom Corner by David Heska Wanbli Weiden

The Man by Laura Sims

You Won't Get Free of It: Stories of Mothers and Daughters by Rachel Aviv

Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt by Ben Reeves 

Some People by Parini Shroff

Fabulous Bodies by Chuck Tingle 

Man Overboard! by Kathleen Rooney

Perverts: Stories by Mac Crane 

We Will See You Bleed by Ron Currie

What We're Reading:

Slasher Summer by E.L. Chen

Spoiled Milk by Avery Curran

Daphne & Me: My Life on Frasier (And a Bit More) by Jane Leeves

TMI: Memoirs of a Go-Go by Jane Wiedlin

Take My Word for It: A Memoir by LeVar Burton

Paperbacks:

Forest Euphoria: The Abounding Queerness of Nature by Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian

A Bomb Placed Close to the Heart by Nishant Batsha

The Frozen People by Elly Griffiths

History Lessons by Zoe B. Wallbrook

Links:

Ursula K. Le Guin shortlist

Henry by Caroline Wray

Tomi Adeyemi on the upcoming adaptation of Children of Blood and Bone

Bestsellers:

Theo of Golden by Allen Levi  

Whistler by Ann Patchett  

The Deal by Elle Kennedy  

Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke  

The Divorce by Freida McFadden

The Clock House Murders by Yukito Ayatsuji and translated by Ho-Ling Wong

Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Forest Euphoria: The Abounding Queerness of Nature by Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian

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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

Blood on Her Tongue by Johanna Van Veen

Some of Your Blood by Theodore Sturgeon

The Marzipan Pig by Russell Hoban, Quentin Blake

The Great Wherever by Shannon Sanders 

Detective Beans: and the Map of Mystery by Li Chen 

Weeb by Lin King 

Blaze by Emma Donoghue 

Red Cherry by Maggie Thrash 

Murder Under the Full Moon by Mia P. Manansala

Take My Word for It: A Memoir by LeVar Burton

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This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss Cursed Ever After, Moss'd in Space, Winners & Liars, and more great books!

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Links:

Deal news for Emily Austin

Preorders are important!

Electric Lit's most anticipated summer and fall books by women of color

Supermutant Magic Academy adaptation on Adult Swim

Adaptation news for The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow

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This week, Trisha recommends a romantic adventure from a favorite author and a non-fiction book about fandom from two excellent storytellers, and she gives a quick shoutout to a contemporary fiction title that made her laugh (and also cry a little).

Books Discussed

Enemies to Lovers by Alisha Rai

Big Fan: Two Friends, 82,490 Miles, and the Wild, Wonderful Sports We Love by Michael Schur and Joe Posnanski

Father Material by Alexis Hall

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This week, Liberty and Danika discuss The Future Perfect, Green City Wars, Little Wild, and more great books!

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This week, Vanessa recommends a queer cozy mystery (plus espionage!), historical fiction about lesser-known Black history, and a fun mystery about a mystery writer.

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Books and Links Discussed On the Show:

The Tuxedo Society by Paul Rudnick

The Brightest Day by Kianna Alexander, Alyssa Cole, Lena Hart, Piper Huguley

Books About Juneteenth

Happy Land by Dolen Perkins-Valdez

The Mystery Writer by Sulari Gentill

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