This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss The Rib King, Dial A for Aunties, Build Your House Around My Body, and more of their favorite novels of 2021. Pick up an All the Books! shirt, sticker, and more right here. And follow All the Books! using RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW: The Rib King by Ladee Hubbard Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto Build Your House Around My Body by Violet Kupersmith Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark Meet Me in Another Life by Catriona Silvey The Road Trip by Beth O’Leary In the Quick by Kate Hope Day Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley  Reprieve by James Han Mattson The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova The Five Wounds by Kirstin Valdez Quade Within These Wicked Walls by Lauren Blackwood Little Thieves by Margaret Owen Murder Most Actual by Alexis Hall Damnation Spring by Ash Davidson Miss Moriarty, I Presume? by Sherry Thomas WHAT WE’RE READING: Amor Actually by Adriana Herrera, Alexis Daria, Priscilla Olivares, Diana Muñoz Stewart, Mia Sosa, Sabrina Sol, and Zoey Castlle The Boston Celtics 75th Anniversary Official Illustrated History by the Celtics Nuclear Family by Joseph Han Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices