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New Books

July New Books Megalist – The Sequel!!!

Happy Tuesday! Today I am breaking with form, and doing another big round-up of books, because I read SO MANY books out today that I wanted to share with you, I really could not whittle it down to a few. So here’s a bunch more! And on this week’s episode of the All the Books! Rebecca and I talked about some more great new releases out today, such as The Devourers, Heartbreaker, and Siracusa.

how to talk to girls at partiesThis week’s newsletter is sponsored by How to Talk to Girls at Parties by Neil Gaiman, Fábio Moon, and Gabriel Bá.

Two teenage boys are in for a tremendous shock when they crash a party where the girls are far more than they appear!

From Neil Gaiman—one of the most celebrated authors of our time—and award-winning artists Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá, this sumptuous graphic novel is not to be missed!

“Gentle, strange, and full of perfectly good advice (‘You just have to talk to them!’), How to Talk to Girls at Parties is wise and odd. Neil Gaiman’s writing is sweetly complemented by Fábio Moon & Gabriel Bá’s art. It’s a quirky delight.”—Audrey Niffenegger (The Time Traveler’s Wife)

ninety-nine storiesNinety-Nine Stories of God by Joy Williams

You’ll Grow Out of It by Jessi Klein

All the Time in the World by Caroline Angell

Mickey by Chelsea Martin

The Light of Paris by Eleanor Brown

The Party Wall by Catherine Leroux (Author), Lazer Lederhendler (Translator)

the year 200The Year 200 by Agustín de Rojas (Author), Nicholas Caistor (Translator)

Not Pretty Enough: The Unlikely Triumph of Helen Gurley Brown by Gerri Hirshey

Pond by Claire-Louise Bennett

The Little Old Lady Who Broke All the Rules by Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg

 

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Necessity by Jo Walton

Miss Jane by Brad Watson

The Kingdom by Fuminori Nakamura (Author), Kalau Almony (Translator)

A Natural History of Hell: Stories by Jeffrey Ford

Stranger, Father, Beloved by Taylor Larsen

The Trouble with Goats and Sheep by Joanna Cannon

cream of the cropCream of the Crop by Alice Clayton

Break in Case of Emergency by Jessica Winter

The Wicked Boy: The Mystery of a Victorian Child Murderer by Kate Summerscale

Hot Milk by Deborah Levy

The Death of Rex Nhongo by C.B. George

Champion of the World by Chad Dundas

sarong party girlsSarong Party Girls by Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan

The House at the Edge of Night by Catherine Banner

How to Be a Person in the World: Ask Polly’s Guide Through the Paradoxes of Modern Life by Heather Havrilesky

 

YAY, BOOKS! That’s it for me. If you want to learn more about books (and see lots of pictures of my cats), or tell me about books you’re reading, you can find me on Twitter at MissLiberty, on Instagram at FranzenComesAlive, or Litsy under ‘Liberty’!

Stay rad!

Liberty

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The Goods

World Reading Champions Tank – Tank BOGO

The dog days are here! Stay cool in our new World Reading Champions tank top, and get your BOGO on. Today is the last day to buy one tank, get one half off!

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This Week In Books

Amazon Bookstore Coming to New York City: This Week in Books

Amazon Bringing Physical Bookstore to the Big Apple

To this point, Amazon’s handful of physical bookstores have been limited to the West Coast (California, Washington, and Oregon), but that is set to change by the end of next year. Amazon is opening a store in the heart of U.S. publishing: New York City. The store will be part of the Hudson Yards development in Manhattan, but not much else is known about it yet. One thing is for sure: expect to hear a lot of noise about this when it finally does open. The twist here is that physical bookstores are doing well enough and are valuable enough that Amazon is now fully in the game. Be careful what you wish for, eh?

The Curious Case of Gay Talese’s New Book

Gay Talese wrote an amazing magazine article about a voyeur who for decades spied on the customers of his hotel. The dynamite story now forms the center of a whole book, with just one little problem: it’s unclear what, if any of it, is true. Real estate records show that the owner didn’t actually own the hotel in all the years he said he did, and other discrepancies are now coming to light. And after initially disavowing the book after these revelations, Talese is now un-disavowing it. Every few years we get a reminder that most publishers don’t fact check most non-fiction books, and every few years we get these sort of disastrous messes.

Neil Gaiman’s New Book

In what sounds like a match made in Valhalla, Neil Gaiman’s next book will be a spin on Norse mythology. Gaiman was approached by Norton to do the book (give someone a raise for sheer pluck over there), and it will come out in early 2017. The exact nature of the book is a little sketchy: “an almost novelistic retelling of famous myths about the gods of Asgard.” I am not exactly sure how a book is almost something that has qualities of a novel, but I guess we are going to find out.

Hero of the Week

Tyler Fugett of Clarksville, Tennessee decided to spend his summer allowance buying books for a local prison. He got the idea after seeing his stepfather in and out of jail, and as of this writing has bought more than 100 books to donate. He is nine years old.


 

Dream_Jumper_-_Google_DocsThis Week in Books is sponsored today by Dreamjumper by Greg Grunberg and Lucas Turnbloom.

Ben’s dreams are all nightmares . . . And his nightmares are real!  He can also jump into other people’s dreams. So when his friends start falling victim to an evil dream-monster that prevents them from waking, Ben knows he has to help them. With help from a talking rabbit-companion who has a mysterious past, Ben might just be able to defeat the monster and save his friends . . . if he can figure out how to harness the power within him against his enemies. 

Find out more and start reading Dreamjumper here.

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Book Riot Live

5 Amazing Vendors You’ll See at Book Riot Live

We’re delighted to welcome back some of our vendors and exhibitors from last year, and say hello to some new ones! Here’s the scoop on a few of the booths you’ll see at Book Riot Live 2016.

When you’re done checking out our vendors and speakers, how about $20 off your registration? Use coupon code BOOKNERD during check-out!

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New Books

July New Books Megalist!!!

Happy Tuesday! As usual, the first Tuesday of the month has an amazing number of new books out today, so I’ve made a special newsletter because YAY, BOOKS! And on this week’s episode of the All the Books! Rebecca and I talked about some more great new releases out today, such as The Wolf Road, Here Comes the Sun, and The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet.

As always, you can find a big list in the All the Books! show notes. And below I have made you a big list of notable releases – there are sooooo many! SO MUCH TO CHECK OUT.

missing presumedThis week’s newsletter is sponsored by Missing, Presumed by Susie Steiner.

A page-turning literary mystery that brings to life the complex and wholly relatable Detective Manon Bradshaw, a devoted member of the Cambridgeshire police—though she loves her job, she longs for a personal life. Edith Hind—a beautiful graduate student who seems to have it all—has been missing for nearly twenty-four hours. With no clear leads, Manon summons every last bit of her skill and intuition to close the case, and what she discovers will have shocking consequences not just for Edith’s family but for Manon herself.

absalom's daughtersAbsalom’s Daughters by Suzanne Feldman

Ithaca: A Novel of Homer’s Odyssey by Patrick Dillon

Cyberspies: The Secret History of Surveillance, Hacking, and Digital Espionage by Gordon Corera

The Unknown Universe: A New Exploration of Time, Space, and Modern Cosmology by Stuart Clark

This Savage Song by Victoria Schwab

Another One Goes Tonight (A Detective Peter Diamond Mystery) by Peter Lovesey

In the Shadow of Frankenstein: Tales of the Modern Prometheus edited by Stephen Jones

you are having a good timeYou Are Having a Good Time: Stories by Amie Barrodale

How to Set a Fire and Why by Jesse Ball

The Harrows of Spring: A World Made by Hand by James Howard Kunstler

Seinfeldia: How a Show About Nothing Changed Everything by Jennifer Keishin Armstrong

The Drone Eats with Me: A Gaza Diary by Atef Abu Saif

The Hatching by Ezekiel Boone

Night of the Animals by Bill Broun

an innocent fashionAn Innocent Fashion by RJ Hernandez

Accidence Will Happen: A Reformed Pedant’s Guide to English Language and Style by Oliver Kamm

Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube: Chasing Fear and Finding Home in the Great White North by Blair Braverman

The Last Adventure of Constance Verity by A. Lee Martinez

A People’s History of the American Revolution: How Common People Shaped the Fight for Independence by Ray Raphael

Julian Fellowes’s Belgravia by Julian Fellowes

The Storyteller: Tales out of Loneliness by Walter Benjamin

underground airlinesUnderground Airlines by Ben Winter

The Trap by Melanie Raabe

I Am No One by Patrick Flanery

The Games: A Global History of the Olympics by David Goldblatt

The Prisoner of Hell Gate by Dana I. Wolff

Brightfellow by Rikki Ducornet

Critics, Monsters, Fanatics, and Other Literary Essays by Cynthia Ozick

YAY, BOOKS! That’s it for me. If you want to learn more about books (and see lots of pictures of my cats), or tell me about books you’re reading, you can find me on Twitter at MissLiberty, on Instagram at FranzenComesAlive, or Litsy under ‘Liberty’!

Stay rad!

Liberty