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This week, Liberty talks about several books that are in her orbit right now! Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and never miss a ook. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. Keep track of new releases with Book Riot's New Release Index, now included with All Access membership. Click here to get started today! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed on the Show The Betrayal of Cora Wexford by Bethany Joy Lenz  The Pledge by G. Z. Schmidt The Measure by Nikki Erlick After Oscar: The Legacy of a Scandal by Merlin Holland How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu Kissing in Manhattan: Stories by David Schickler Alicia is in the Basement by Santiago Eximeno Rapture by Emily Maguire Great Granny Webster by Caroline Blackwood Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Liberty and Danika discuss The Bluff, Luna, Phoenix, Queen, Setting the Stage for Christmas, 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. Keep track of new releases with Book Riot's New Release Index, now included with an All Access membership. Click here to get started today! For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website https://bookriot.com/listen/new-releases-and-more-for-october-13-2026/. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Thanks to our sponsor Vinted. Download the Vinted app for free to start selling with no seller fees Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Trisha recommends non-fiction books that can help ground your understanding of the historical and current political landscape in the United State This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed The Small and the Mighty by Sharon McMahon The Steal by Alex Wagner How to Eat an Elephant by Sarah Longwell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss A Wall is Also a Road, Every Story Is a Love Story, The Scarlet Ball, 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. Celebrate Book Riot’s 15th anniversary with us! Keep track of new releases with Book Riot's New Release Index, now included with an All Access membership. Click here to get started today! Links: Is the bookscammer back at it? Librarians on libraries. For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website https://bookriot.com/listen/new-releases-and-more-for-october-6-2026/. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Thanks to our sponsor Vinted. Download the Vinted app for free to start selling with no seller fees Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Liberty and Emily discuss From Beijing, With Love, The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman, Newbourne Park, and more great books! Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and never miss a book. Celebrate Book Riot’s 15th anniversary with us! Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. Keep track of new releases with Book Riot's New Release Index, now included with an All Access membership. Click here to get started today! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed On the Show: From Beijing, With Love by Bei Lin Newbourne Park by Jennifer Thorne Set the Record Straight by Hannah Bonam-Young The Ship of Death by Kyle Winkler The Siren by Tomi Adeyemi The House of Gardenias by Isabel Cañas The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman by Deesha Philyaw American Hagwon by Min Jin Lee The Vanishing Family: Love, Fate, and the Quest to End Dement

This week, Danika talks about some of the queer horror and horror-adjacent books on their October TBR. 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. Keep track of new releases with Book Riot's New Release Index, now included with an All Access membership. Click here to get started today! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed On the Show: Simplicity Mattie Lubchansky Feast While You Can by Mikaella Clements and Onjuli Datta You Weren't Meant to Be Human by Andrew Joseph White Fabulous Bodies and Bury Your Gays by Chuck Tingle The Midnight Shift by Cheon Seon-Ran, translated by Gene Png Slasher Summer by E. L. Chen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss Demonology for Overachievers, Stealing Saint Nick, Mazywood, 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. Keep track of new releases with Book Riot's New Release Index, now included with an All Access membership. Click here to get started today! Links: The National Book Award longlist For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website https://bookriot.com/listen/new-releases-and-more-for-september-22-2026 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Liberty and Danika discuss A Thousand Monstrous Forms, Never Say Die: A Memoir, Something of a Calling, 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. Keep track of new releases with Book Riot's New Release Index, now included with an All Access membership. Click here to get started today! For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website https://bookriot.com/listen/new-releases-and-more-for-september-15-2026/. Links: The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern Celebrating 25 Years of Feed by M.T. Anderson One of The Best YA Books of the Century Turns 25: On M.T. Anderson’s Feed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Liberty talks about several books that are in her orbit right now! 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. Keep track of new releases with Book Riot's New Release Index, now included with All Access membership. Click here to get started today! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed on the Show Earth Angel: Stories by Madeline Cash  If You Think You're Lonely Now by Gus Moreno  Don't Let it Break You, Honey by Jenny Evans Meatball: King of the Forest by Kate Beaton  A Devil of a Crime by T. Kingfisher  Parishioner by Walter Mosley  Strivers by Afia Atakora Miss Lambert Steps Aboard Danger by Kazuo Ishiguro The Far Blue by Peter Heller Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss Wickhills, Switzy, Black Arts, and more great books! Subscribe to 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. Keep track of new releases with Book Riot's New Release Index, now included with an All Access membership. Click here to get started today! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed On the Show: Wickhills by Premee Mohamed Dear Mothership: Poems by Marcus Wicker Where I'm From: A Poetic Journey Across Five Continents—A Memoir by Ebony Walden Pardon Our French: The Parisian Way to a Happier Life by Alex Durand and Tom Carles Songs My Mother Taught Me: Why the Artist Must Take Sides by Saul Williams The Art of Fighting: The Transformative Power of Conflict by Priya Parker Black Arts: Stories by Megan Giddings Switzy by Emma Cline Taipei Story by R. F. Kua

This week, Trisha recommends books about how great Canada is. From non-fiction to contemporary romantic fiction to horror, Canadian stories and Canadian writers are the best. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed When the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland by Jim DeFede Much Ado About Nada by Uzma Jalaluddin Bad Cree by Jessica Johns Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Liberty and Emily discuss How Can My Manager Be So Stupid?, Under Story, Precious Children, 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. Keep track of new releases with Book Riot's New Release Index, now included with an All Access membership. Click here to get started today! For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website https://bookriot.com/listen/new-releases-and-more-for-september-1-2026/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Vanessa shares some fall releases to preorder for Latine Heritage Month. 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. Keep track of new releases with Book Riot's New Release Index, now included with an All Access membership. Click here to get started today! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. 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

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. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. Join The Book Riot Podcast Patreon for bonus content and ad-free listening. Subscribe to The Book Riot Newsletter for regular updates to get the most out of your reading life. The Book Riot Podcast is a proud member of the Airwave Podcast Network. Discussed in this episode: The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Book Riot Hoodies are Back Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss Heir of Prophecy, The Demon Overlord's Retirement Plan, The Sunken, The Adored, 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. Keep track of new releases with Book Riot's New Release Index, now included with an All Access membership. Click here to get started today! For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website https://bookriot.com/listen/new-releases-and-more-for-august-25-2026/. Links: Tom Hanks may star in the adaptation of Theo of Golden. A former bookseller has launched an event platform. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Danika talks about the messy sapphic summer reads they want to get to before the end of August. 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. Keep track of new releases with Book Riot's New Release Index, now included with an All Access membership. Click here to get started today! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Liberty and Danika discuss Unprecedented Times, The Salt King, First Summer, 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. Keep track of new releases with Book Riot's New Release Index, now included with an All Access membership. Click here to get started today! For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website https://bookriot.com/listen/new-releases-and-more-for-august-18-2026/ Links: Libro.fm will now sell ebooks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. 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. Keep track of new releases with Book Riot's New Release Index, now included with All Access membership. Click here to get started today! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss Root Therapy, Sunrise, Hollow Magic, 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. Keep track of new releases with Book Riot's New Release Index, now included with an All Access membership. Click here to get started today! For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website https://bookriot.com/listen/new-releases-and-more-for-august-11-2026/. Links: Hadestown grosses over $8 million on the big screen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Liberty talks about several books that are in her orbit right now! 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. Keep track of new releases with Book Riot's New Release Index, now included with All Access membership. Click here to get started today! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices