Episodes

  • All the Backlist! February 21, 2025
    Feb 21 2025
    This week, Danika recommends a stack of queer graphic novels. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and never miss a book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. A new year means a new Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons. To get recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. All Access subscribers get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. You can become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year to get unlimited access to all members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies of knowing you are supporting independent media. To join, visit bookriot.com/readharder. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Soft by Jane Mai The Ojja-Wojja by Magdalene Visaggio and Jenn St-Onge I Shall Never Fall in Love by Hari Conner The Pale Queen by Ethan M. Aldridge Boyfriends, Volume One by refrainbow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    19 mins
  • New Releases and More for February 18, 2025
    Feb 18 2025
    This week, Liberty and Emily discuss Hungerstone, I Got Abducted By Aliens and Now I'm Trapped in a Rom-Com, The Girl You Know, and more great books! Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and never miss a book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. A new year means a new Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons. To get recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. All Access subscribers get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. You can become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year to get unlimited access to all members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies of knowing you are supporting independent media. To join, visit bookriot.com/readharder. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed On the Show: I Got Abducted By Aliens and Now I'm Trapped in a Rom-Com by Kimberly Lemming Hungerstone by Kat Dunn Dream State by Eric Puchner The Girl You Know by Elle Gonzales Rose Upon a Starlit Tide by Kell Woods The Garden by Nick Newman Pseudoscience: An Amusing History of Crackpot Ideas and Why We Love Them by Lydia Kang, Nate Pedersen Yours, Eventually by Nura Maznavi The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson The Queen of the Night by Alexander Chee Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman The Return by Rachel Henderson The Chain by Adrian McKinty Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    48 mins
  • All the Backlist! February 14, 2025
    Feb 14 2025
    This week, Sharifah talks about a couple of books she loves that are both collections — one nonfiction and one fiction. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and never miss a book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. A new year means a new Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons. To get recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. All Access subscribers get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. You can become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year to get unlimited access to all members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies of knowing you are supporting independent media. To join, visit bookriot.com/readharder. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw Please Don't Sit on My Bed in Your Outside Clothes by Phoebe Robinson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    16 mins
  • New Releases and More for February 11, 2025
    Feb 11 2025
    This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss Little Mysteries, Original Sins, (S)kin, and more great books! Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and never miss a book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. A new year means a new Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons. To get recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. All Access subscribers get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. You can become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year to get unlimited access to all members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies of knowing you are supporting independent media. To join, visit bookriot.com/readharder. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed On the Show: Little Mysteries: Nine Miniature Puzzles to Confuse, Enthrall, and Delight by Sara Gran Dead in the Frame by Stephen Spotswood Alligator Tears: A Memoir in Essays by Edgar Gomez Original Sins: The (Mis)education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism by Eve L. Ewing Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood (S)kin by Ibi Zoboi One Message Remains by Premee Mohamed The Crimson Road by A.G. Slatter For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    45 mins
  • All the Backlist! February 7, 2025
    Feb 7 2025
    This week, Liberty talks about a couple of books she loves that are related to the week's new releases! Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and never miss a book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. A new year means a new Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons. To get recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. All Access subscribers get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. You can become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year to get unlimited access to all members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies of knowing you are supporting independent media. To join, visit bookriot.com/readharder. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Freakslaw by Jane Flett Disquiet by Julia Leigh One Piece by Eiichiro Oda King of Ashes by S. A. Cosby Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    14 mins
  • New Releases and More for February 4, 2025
    Feb 4 2025
    This week, Liberty and Danika discuss Victorian Psycho, Reading the Waves, The Black Fantastic, and more great books! Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and never miss a book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. A new year means a new Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons. To get recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. All Access subscribers get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. You can become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year to get unlimited access to all members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies of knowing you are supporting independent media. To join, visit bookriot.com/readharder. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed On the Show: Victorian Psycho by Virginia Feito Reading the Waves: A Memoir by Lidia Yuknavitch Pure Innocent Fun: Essays by Ira Madison III The Black Fantastic: 20 Afrofuturist Stories edited by andré m. carrington Bibliophobia: A Memoir by Sarah Chihaya A Tropical Rebel Gets the Duke by Adriana Herrera Listen to Your Sister by Neena Viel The Lamb by Lucy Rose Mutual Interest by Olivia Wolfgang-Smith For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    52 mins
  • All the Backlist! January 31, 2025
    Jan 31 2025
    This week, Trisha recommends a couple of romances that are great for both experienced and new romance readers. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and never miss a book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. A new year means a new Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons. To get recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. All Access subscribers get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. You can become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year to get unlimited access to all members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies of knowing you are supporting independent media. To join, visit bookriot.com/readharder. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels by India Holton Lunar New Year Love Story by Gene Luen Yang and LeUyen Pham Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    11 mins
  • New Releases and More for January 28, 2025
    Jan 28 2025
    This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss Old Soul, Syme's Letter Writer, From These Roots, and more great books! Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and never miss a book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. A new year means a new Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons. To get recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. All Access subscribers get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. You can become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year to get unlimited access to all members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies of knowing you are supporting independent media. To join, visit bookriot.com/readharder. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed On the Show: Old Soul by Susan Barker Syme's Letter Writer: A Guide to Modern Correspondence About (Almost) Every Imaginable Subject of Daily Life, with Odes to Desktop Ephemera and Selected Letters of Famous Writers by Rachel Syme Tartufo by Kira Jane Buxton From These Roots: My Fight with Harvard to Reclaim My Legacy by Tamara Lanier We Could Be Rats by Emily Austin Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People by Imani Perry Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng by Kylie Lee Baker Blob: A Love Story by Maggie Su For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    46 mins