This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Long Bright River, Clean Getaway, The Black Cathedral, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Qualityland by Marc-Uwe Kling

Why We Can’t Sleep: Women’s New Midlife Crisis by Ada Calhoun

The Magical Language of Others: A Memoir by E.J. Koh

Topics of Conversation: A novel by Miranda Popkey

Clean Getaway by Nic Stone

F*ck Your Diet: And Other Things My Thighs Tell Me by Chloé Hilliard

The Black Cathedral: A Novel by Marcial Gala, Anna Kushner (translator)

Long Bright River by Liz Moore

Come Tumbling Down (Wayward Children) by Seanan McGuire

Shadowshaper: Legacy by Daniel José Older

City of Stone and Silence (The Wells of Sorcery Trilogy) by Django Wexler

The Night Country: A Hazel Wood Novel by Melissa Albert

The Art of Dying by Ambrose Parry

A Heart So Fierce and Broken by Brigid Kemmerer

The Secret Chapter (The Invisible Library series) by Genevieve Cogman

WHAT WE’RE READING:

On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous: A Novel by Ocean Vuong

Wild Game: My Mother, Her Lover, and Me by Adrienne Brodeur

The Vanishing Half: A Novel by Brit Bennett

MORE BOOKS OUT THIS WEEK:

We Used to Be Friends by Amy Spalding

Successful Aging: A Neuroscientist Explores the Power and Potential of Our Lives by Daniel J Levitin

Where Have All the Boys Gone? by Jenny Colgan

A Collective Bargain: Unions, Organizing, and the Fight for Democracy by Jane McAlevey

Yellow Earth by John Sayles

Kill Reply All: A Modern Guide to Online Etiquette, from Social Media to Work to Love by Victoria Turk

The Simple Past by Driss Chraibi, Hugh A. Harter (Translator)

Westering Women: A Novel by Sandra Dallas

You Were There Too by Colleen Oakley

Every Other Weekend by Abigail Johnson

Just Breathe by Cammie McGovern

Nameless Queen by Rebecca McLaughlin

Average is the New Awesome: A Manifesto for the Rest of Us by Samantha Matt

This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 lessons on how to wake up, take action, and do the work by Tiffany Jewell, Aurelia Durand

Three Things I Know Are True by Betty Culley

Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends on It by Kamal Ravikant

BOWIE: Stardust, Rayguns, & Moonage Daydreams by Michael Allred, Steve Horton , et al.

All the Days Past, All the Days to Come by Mildred D. Taylor

Jinxed by Amy McCulloch

The Last Witness by Claire McFall

Don’t Believe a Word: The Surprising Truth About Language by David Shariatmadari

Grace Is Gone: A Novel by Emily Elgar

You Too?: 25 Voices Share Their #MeToo Stories by Janet Gurtler

Oasis: A Novel by Katya de Becerra

The Violence Inside Us: A Brief History of an Ongoing American Tragedy by Chris Murphy

Welcome to the Pine Away Motel and Cabins by Katarina Bivald

Diana: Princess of the Amazons by Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, et al.

Mr. Nobody: A Novel by Catherine Steadman

Building a Life Worth Living: A Memoir by Marsha M. Linehan

Lady Clementine: A Novel by Marie Benedict

Boys & Sex: Young Men on Hookups, Love, Porn, Consent, and Navigating the New Masculinity by Peggy Orenstein

A Love Hate Thing by Whitney D. Grandison

Keystone by Katie Delahanty

Furious Thing by Jenny Downham

Becoming a Man: The Story of a Transition by P. Carl

Woven in Moonlight by Isabel Ibañez

Lady Hotspur by Tessa Gratton

A Sportsman’s Notebook: Stories (Art of the Story) by Ivan Turgenev

Hill Women: Finding Family and a Way Forward in the Appalachian Mountains by Cassie Chambers

Martin McLean, Middle School Queen by Alyssa Zaczek

The Kids Are in Bed: Finding Time for Yourself in the Chaos of Parenting by Rachel Bertsche

Before and After the Book Deal: A Writer’s Guide to Finishing, Publishing, Promoting, and Surviving Your First Book by Courtney Maum

Creatures: A Novel by Crissy Van Meter

Lie to Me by Kaitlin Ward

Only Love Can Break Your Heart by Katherine Webber

How to Speak Boy by Tiana Smith

Scavenge the Stars by Tara Sim

Wyntertide by Andrew Caldecott

Dear Edward: A Novel by Ann Napolitano

The Map from Here to There by Emery Lord

The Schrodinger Girl by Laurel Brett

Firebird by Mark Powell

One of Us Is Next: The Sequel to One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus

House on Endless Waters by Emuna Elon

The God Game: A Novel by Danny Tobey

The Heap: A Novel by Sean Adams

Rocket Man: The Life of Elton John by Mark Bego

The Girls with No Names by Serena Burdick

The Gimmicks: A Novel by Chris McCormick

Westwind by Ian Rankin

Fuel Your Fire: 200 Ways to Instantly Beat Burnout and Reignite Your Passion by Samantha Acton

Cesare: A Novel of War-Torn Berlin by Jerome Charyn

First Cut: A Novel by Judy Melinek M.D and T.J. Mitchell

The Vanishing (Fogg Lake) by Jayne Ann Krentz

Butterfly by Ashley Antoinette

Deep State: A Thriller by Chris Hauty

It’s My Life by Stacie Ramey

Two Blankets, Three Sheets by Rodaan Al Galidi, Jonathan Reeder (translator)

Jane Anonymous: A Novel by Laurie Faria Stolarz

Raising Hell: Backstage Tales from the Lives of Metal Legends by Jon Wiederhorn

The American People: Volume 2: The Brutality of Fact: A Novel by Larry Kramer

Flowers in the Gutter: The True Story of the Edelweiss Pirates, Teenagers Who Resisted the Nazis by K. R. Gaddy

19 Love Songs by David Levithan

Loveboat, Taipei by Abigail Hing Wen

Failure to Launch: Why Your Twentysomething Hasn’t Grown Up…and What to Do About It by Mark McConville Ph.D.