Category: New Books

Happy Tuesday, readers. It’s time for more new books! At the top of my list of today’s long list of titles that I want to read are Brown Girl Ghosted by Mintie Das, Wine Girl: The Obstacles, Humiliations, and Triumphs of America’s Youngest Sommelier by Victoria James, and The City We Became by N. K. Jemisin.

You can also hear about some of the amazing new books coming out that I did get to read on this week’s episode of the All the Books! Patricia and I discussed The Return, The Empress of Salt and Fortune, The Glass Hotel, and more!

As always, I am wishing the best for all of you in whatever situation you find yourself in now. Here’s where you can learn more about COVID-19 Updates from the Bookish World. We’ll continue to update it regularly. Please stay inside as much as you can, but don’t forget that fresh air is good for you, so be sure to open your windows now and then. (And be sure to watch your pets and small children around them when they’re open.)

And please reach out to your friends and family if you’re having a hard time – talking on the computer or phone is a great way to communicate right now! I wish you all wonderful reading during this hard time.

And now, it’s time for everyone’s favorite gameshow: AHHHHHH MY TBR! Here are today’s contestants:

Constellations: Reflections From Life by Sinéad Gleeson

If you are looking for light books to read, this might be a little heavy for you right now. But If not, or if it’s something you might want to read later, I cannot recommend it enough. These are gorgeous essays about what it means to inhabit a body. Using examples from her own life, Gleeson talks about the things a body does for us and to us, both good and bad. Gleeson’s writing is absolutely – wait for it – stellar.

Backlist bump: Notes to Self: Essays by Emilie Pine

Umma’s Table by Yeon-sik Hong and Janet Hong 

Okay, this one is a little heavy too. But in case you missed my recommendation on All the Books! last week, I want to reiterate it here. This is a wonderful graphic novel about an artist in South Korea who is caring for his sick mother while his father struggles with alcoholism. Madang is trying to learn his mother’s recipes and cook them with her one last time as a family before she is gone.

Backlist bump: The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui

Science Comics: Crows: Genius Birds by Kyla Vanderklugt

Finally, something light! I love this series and I love crows, so this is two great tastes that taste great together. These are written for middle grade readers, but they’re so full of information that they’re great for anyone. I particularly like the ones on bats, cats, and plagues (sorry). Back to crows: In case you hadn’t heard, crows are super smart! They make their own tools, can communicate with humans, and you better be nice to them, because they never forget a face (just like my mother-in-law.)

Backlist bump: Science Comics: Cats: Nature and Nurture by Andy Hirsch

See you next week! Thanks for reading. xx, Liberty

Happy Tuesday, readers. I hope everyone is as well as they can be right now, whatever your situation. Please stay inside as much as you can, but don’t forget that fresh air is good for you, so be sure to open your windows now and then. (And be sure to watch your pets and small children around them when they’re open.)

And please reach out to your friends and family if you’re having a hard time – talking on the computer or phone is a great way to communicate right now! I wish you all wonderful reading during this hard time.

Now, to the books: At the top of my list of today’s long list of titles that I want to read are All My Friends Are Ghosts by S.M. Vidaurri and Hannah Krieger and Mrs. Mohr Goes Missing by Maryla Szymiczkowa, Antonia Lloyd-Jones (translator). You can also hear about some of the amazing new books coming out that I did get to read on this week’s episode of the All the Books! Tirzah and I discussed The House in the Cerulean Sea, Dragon Hoops, The Mountains Sing, and more!

And now, it’s time for everyone’s favorite gameshow: AHHHHHH MY TBR! Here are today’s contestants:

The Eighth Girl by Maxine Mei-Fung Chung

I am even more about dark reads now, and this one fits the bill. It’s about a young woman named Alexa, who has several personalities. Only three people know this secret. When her life becomes enmeshed with that of her best friend, she gets caught up in a dangerous web of secrets that threaten to upend her whole life.

Backlist bump: Out: A Thriller by Natsuo Kirino

Later: My Life at the Edge of the World by Paul Lisicky

I am a HUGE fan of everything Paul Lisicky writes. This is a wonderful memoir about his life in Provincetown in the early 1990s, where he sought to find acceptance and healing after family trauma. But he arrived right in the middle of the AIDS crisis, and learned more about life and himself than he had imagined. He’s such a beautiful writer. (True story: Though I am a fan, I am still an awkward and shy person, and I was standing inside a bookstore at a party once when he walked in. And let me tell you, he is so tall and even more handsome in person, that I got nervous and ran and hid behind the coats instead of saying hello.)

Backlist bump: The Narrow Door: A Memoir of Friendship by Paul Lisicky

Nobody Will Tell You This But Me: A true (as told to me) story by Bess Kalb

CALLING ALL HEARTSTRINGS: Kalb, Emmy-nominated TV writer and New Yorker contributor, saved every voicemail her grandmother Bobby Bell ever left her. Her grandmother died at age 90, but Kalb has transcribed the stories she told her over the years about Bell’s life, Kalb’s mother’s life, and more. It’s a beautiful look at the bond between grandparents and grandchildren. (The humorist Sam Levenson once said, “The reason grandparents and grandchildren get along so well is that they have a common enemy.”)

Backlist bump: The Summer Book by Tove Jansson

You made it to the bottom! Thanks for reading.

xx,

Liberty

Welcome to another Tuesday, readers! Who else is cranky that they lost an hour of reading this weekend? Not forgetting that we got a whole extra day this year. I just want as much reading time as possible, 24-7.

At the top of my list of today’s long list of titles that I want to pick up are So We Can Glow: Stories by Leesa Cross-Smith and Lost Boy Found by Kirsten Alexander (simply because I am fascinated by the real case that it is based on.) And for all you Wolf Hall fans, the third book in the trilogy, The Mirror and the Light, is finally out TODAY.

You can also hear about some of the amazing new books coming out that I did get to read on this week’s episode of the All the Books! It’s our 250th episode! Vanessa and I discussed New Waves, Good Citizens Need Not Fear, The Animals at Lockwood Manor, and more!

And now, it’s time for everyone’s favorite gameshow: AHHHHHH MY TBR! Here are today’s contestants:

Harley in the Sky by Akemi Dawn Bowman

Teen Harley Milano has wanted to be a trapeze artist her entire life.Her parent, who own a famous circus in Las Vegas, have insisted she stay on the ground and put her energy into school. When Harley defies her parents and joins a rival circus, she will learn just how hard she must work to achieve her dreams, while trying to figure out how to heal the rift with her family after her betrayal. Can she have everything she wanted?

Backlist bump: Starfish by Akemi Dawn Bowman

Most Likely by Sarah Watson

Ava, CJ, Jordan, and Martha have been BFFS since kindergarten. In the future, one of them will be the first woman president of the United States. But for now, they’re seniors in high school getting ready to leave home – and each other – and go to college. Readers follow along as they make tough choices and say hard goodbyes, and then get to find out in the end which one of the four friends will be Madam President.

Backlist bump: This Is What It Feels Like by Rebecca Barrow

Pharma: Greed, Lies, and the Poisoning of America by Gerald Posner

I did not get a chance to read this one yet, but it’s at the top of my TBR. I am in favor of all the books that expose the greed and corruption of a few that has affected millions. This is an expose on the pharmaceutical industry, and how it went from a source of help for patients to a trillion dollar a year industry that lined corrupt pockets and caused opiate addiction in the United States to skyrocket. There isn’t a person alive whose life hasn’t been touched by this crisis somehow, so it’s good to get as much information out there about it as possible.

Backlist bump: Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America by Beth Macy

You made it to the bottom! Thanks for reading.

xx,

Liberty

Happy Tuesday! Did you enjoy your extra February day this weekend? A whole extra day to read – what a treat! I hope that you have some extra time today, too, because you’ll need it to be able to check out this lonnnnnnnnnnnnng list of new releases! There are so many new books out today that I want to read, including a new graphic novel with Daphne and Velma that looks pretty rad, a look at DNA in the 21st century, and Noelle Stevenson’s new graphic memoir.

You can hear about several of today’s great books on this week’s episode of the All the Books! Kelly and I discussed Deacon King Kong, We Ride Upon Sticks, The Story of More, and more.

And like with each megalist, I’m putting a next to the books that I have had the chance to read and loved. I am still working on getting my reading superpowers back, so it is still slow reading for me the last few months, but I did get to a few of today’s books. And there are soooo many more on this list that I can’t wait to read!

We Ride Upon Sticks: A Novel by Quan Barry

The Story of More: How We Got to Climate Change and Where to Go from Here by Hope Jahren

Only Mostly Devastated: A Novel by Sophie Gonzales

Anger Is My Middle Name: A Memoir by Lisbeth Zornig Andersen, Mark Mussari (translator)

Hide Away by Jason Pinter

This Terrible Beauty by Katrin Schumann

A Drop of Midnight: A Memoir by Jason Diakité and Rachel Willson-Broyles

And The Stars Were Burning Brightly by Danielle Jawando

This Town Sleeps: A Novel by Dennis E. Staples

Help Wanted, Must Love Books by Janet Sumner Johnson

Be Not Far from Me by Mindy McGinnis

Spirit Run: A 6000-Mile Marathon Through North America’s Stolen Land by Noé Álvarez

Writers & Lovers by Lily King

Everyone on the Moon is Essential Personnel by Julian K. Jarboe

Kontemporary Amerikan Poetry by John Murillo

The Chaos Curse (Kiranmala and the Kingdom Beyond) by Sayantani DasGupta

On the Corner of Hope and Main: A Blessings Novel by Beverly Jenkins

Docile by K.M. Szpara

The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas Illustrated by Gertrude Stein, Maira Kalman (Illustrator)

The Magnificent Conman of Cairo: A Novel (Hoopoe Fiction) by Adel Kamel, Waleed Almusharaf (translator)

The Back Roads to March: The Unsung, Unheralded, and Unknown Heroes of a College Basketball Season by John Feinstein

The Love Story of the Century by Märta Tikkanen, Stina Katchadourian (Translator)

How to Be a Pirate by Isaac Fitzgerald and Brigette Barrager

The Age of Phillis (Wesleyan Poetry Series) by Honoree Fanonne Jeffers

Longing for an Absent God: Faith and Doubt in Great American Fiction by Nick Ripatrazone

Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space (Exploded Views) by Amanda Leduc

Trace Elements (A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery Book 29) by Donna Leon

Legendary Children: The First Decade of RuPaul’s Drag Race and the Last Century of Queer Life by Tom Fitzgerald and Lorenzo Marquez

Blame the Dead by Ed Ruggero

Beneath the Rising by Premee Mohamed

Pale Colors in a Tall Field: Poems by Carl Phillips

The God Child by Nana Oforiatta Ayim

The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism by Katherine Stewart

Sharks in the Time of Saviors: A Novel by Kawai Strong Washburn

Open Fire by Amber Lough

The Rabbit Hunter by Lars Kepler

Without Sanction (Matt Drake) by Don Bentley

Rust: A Memoir of Steel and Grit by Eliese Colette Goldbach

John Adams Under Fire: The Founding Father’s Fight for Justice in the Boston Massacre Murder Trial by Dan Abrams, David Fisher

Moment of Truth by Kasie West

Land of Wondrous Cold: The Race to Discover Antarctica and Unlock the Secrets of Its Ice by Gillen D’Arcy Wood

Foreign Bodies: Poems by Kimiko Hahn

Beautiful by Massimo Cuomo, Will Schutt (translator)

Deacon King Kong: A Novel by James McBride

Upstream: The Quest to Solve Problems Before They Happen by Dan Heath

Manor Black by Cullen Bunn, Brian Hurtt, Tyler Crook

The Lonely Heart of Maybelle Lane by Kate O’Shaughnessy

The Incredible Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League by Anika Orrock

Journey: A Novel by Andrew Zimmerman

Tower of Skulls: A History of the Asia-Pacific War, Volume I: July 1937-May 1942 by Richard B. Frank

The Eye You See With: Selected Nonfiction by Robert Stone, edited by Madison Smartt Bell

82 Days on Okinawa: One American’s Unforgettable Firsthand Account of the Pacific War’s Greatest Battle by Art Shaw and Robert L. Wise

The Vanishing Girl (Daphne and Velma YA Novel) by Josephine Ruby

Somebody’s Gotta Do It: Why Cursing at the News Won’t Save the Nation, But Your Name on a Local Ballot Can by Adrienne Martini

Salty, Bitter, Sweet by Mayra Cuevas

The First 7 (The Last 8) by Laura Pohl

Lost At Sea by Erica Boyce

The Light in Hidden Places by Sharon Cameron

Footprints: In Search of Future Fossils by David Farrier

You Are Not Alone: A Novel by Greer Hendricks, Sarah Pekkanen

Witches of Ash and Ruin by E Latimer

Chain of Gold (The Last Hours) by Cassandra Clare

The Vanishing Deep by Astrid Scholte

House of Earth and Blood (Crescent City) by Sarah J. Maas

Stop at Nothing: A Novel by Michael Ledwidge

Sting by Cindy R. Wilson

Reef Life: An Underwater Memoir by Callum Roberts

The Night of Your Life by Lydia Sharp

Blossoms and Bones: Drawing a Life Back Together by Kim Krans

If These Wings Could Fly by Kyrie McCauley

The Winter Duke by Claire Eliza Bartlett

The Fire Never Goes Out by Noelle Stevenson

Actress by Anne Enright

Serenade for Nadia: A Novel by Zülfü Livaneli, Brendan Freely (translator)

The Yellow Bird Sings by Jennifer Rosner

The Girl Who Speaks Bear by Sophie Anderson

The Midnight Hour by Benjamin Read, Laura Trinder

The Ice Cream Man and Other Stories by Sam Pink

We Are Blood And Thunder by Kesia Lupo

All the Invisible Things by Orlagh Collins

The Velvet Rope Economy: How Inequality Became Big Business by Nelson D. Schwartz

Mañanaland by Pam Muñoz Ryan

The Forgotten Home Child by Genevieve Graham

The Midnight Lie by Marie Rutkoski

The Last Taxi Driver by Lee Durkee

Show Me a Sign by Ann Clare LeZotte

Eight Perfect Murders: A Novel by Peter Swanson

Havenfall by Sara Holland

The Phantom Twin by Lisa Brown

Lost Autumn by Mary-Rose MacColl

Every Reason We Shouldn’t by Sara Fujimura

Thin Places: Essays from In Between by Jordan Kisner

Otaku by Chris Kluwe

The Exhibition of Persephone Q: A Novel by Jessi Jezewska Stevens

Every Drop of Blood: Hatred and Healing at Lincoln’s Second Inauguration Edward Achorn

Once Upon a Sunset by Tif Marcelo

The Lost Family: How DNA Testing Is Upending Who We Are by Libby Copeland

Apology to the Young Addict: A Memoir by James Brown

In Five Years: A Novel by Rebecca Serle

Wayside School Beneath the Cloud of Doom by Louis Sachar, Tim Heitz

Please See Us by Caitlin Mullen

The Companions by Katie M. Flynn

I’ve Been Wrong Before: Essays by Evan James

Frying Plantain by Zalika Reid-Benta

A Pale Light in the Black: A Novel (NeoG Book 1) by K. B. Wagers

City of Margins: A Novel by William Boyle

Prairie Lotus by Linda Sue Park

Separation Anxiety by Laura Zigman

That Left Turn at Albuquerque by Scott Philips

Fly Like a Girl: One Woman’s Dramatic Fight in Afghanistan and on the Home Front by Mary Jennings Hegar

Frida in America: The Creative Awakening of a Great Artist by Celia Stahr

They Are Already Here: UFO Culture and Why We See Saucers by Sarah Scoles

Mermaid Moon by Susann Cokal

The Kingdom of Back by Marie Lu

Under the Rainbow: A Novel by Celia Laskey

Anna K: A Love Story by Jenny Lee

The Two Lives of Lydia Bird by Josie Silver

Hannah’s War by Jan Eliasberg

Wicked As You Wish (A Hundred Names for Magic) by Rin Chupeco

Postcolonial Love Poem: Poems by Natalie Diaz

The Dragon Egg Princess by Ellen Oh

Santa Fe Noir (Akashic Noir Series) by Ariel Gore

Re-Coil by J.T. Nicholas

Girl at the Edge by Karen Dietrich

Columbus Noir (Akashic Noir Series) by Andrew Welsh-Huggins

Blackwood by Michael Farris Smith

Don’t Overthink It: Make Easier Decisions, Stop Second-Guessing, and Bring More Joy to Your Life by Anne Bogel

Everything Is Beautiful, and I’m Not Afraid: A Baopu Collection by Yao Xiao

The Grace Kelly Dress: A Novel by Brenda Janowitz

The Body Double: A Novel by Emily Beyda

These Ghosts Are Family: A Novel by Maisy Card

Pretty Bitches: On Being Called Crazy, Angry, Bossy, Frumpy, Feisty, and All the Other Words That Are Used to Undermine Women by Lizzie Skurnick

Temporary (Emily Books) by Hilary Leichter

The Body Politic: A Novel by Brian Platzer

Collected Stories (Everyman’s Library Contemporary Classics Series) by Lorrie Moore

The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich

We Are Not Here to Be Bystanders: A Memoir of Love and Resistance by Linda Sarsour

Voyage of Mercy: The USS Jamestown, the Irish Famine, and the Remarkable Story of America’s First Humanitarian Mission by Stephen Puleo

When We Were Magic by Sarah Gailey

If We Were Giants by Dave Matthews, Clete Barrett Smith

To Fly Among the Stars: The Hidden Story of the Fight for Women Astronauts (Scholastic Focus) by Rebecca Siegel

Resistance Reborn (Star Wars): Journey to Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker by Rae Carson

Dorothy Day: Dissenting Voice of the American Century by John Loughery, Blythe Randolph

The Numbers Game: A Novel by Danielle Steel

Barn 8: A Novel by Deb Olin Unferth

The Sea of Lost Girls: A Novel by Carol Goodman

Winterborne Home for Vengeance and Valor by Ally Carter

The Evil Men Do by John McMahon

Love Your Body by Jessica Sanders, Carol Rossetti (Illustrator)

Coo by Kaela Noel

Not to Scale : How the Small Becomes Large, the Large Becomes Unthinkable, and the Unthinkable Becomes Possible by Jamer Hunt

The Princess and the Prophet: The Secret History of Magic, Race, and Moorish Muslims in America by Jacob S. Dorman

Pain Studies by Lisa Olstein

Operation Dimwit: A Penelope Lemon Novel by Inman Majors

Glass Town: The Imaginary World of the Brontës by Isabel Greenberg

Fiebre Tropical: A Novel by Juliana Delgado Lopera

The Love Hypothesis by Laura Steven

Dangerous Remedy by Kat Dunn

Happy Tuesday! It’s time for another amazing day of new books, because despite my best efforts, time keeps marching forward. (We need an extra weekday just for reading! )

There are a bunch of great books out today, like the other Tuesdays this month. February slapped. At the top of my list of today’s titles that I want to pick up are Apartment by Teddy Wayne, Egg Drop Dead: A Noodle Shop Mystery by Vivien Chien, and Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall. I did not manage to get my hot little hands on them early, and I am SO excited to read them.

You can hear about some of the new books coming out that I did get to read on this week’s episode of the All the Books! Patricia and I discussed Bent Heavens, Hood Feminism, Too Much, and more!

And now, it’s time for everyone’s favorite gameshow: AHHHHHH MY TBR! Here are today’s contestants:

The Hidden Girl and Other Stories by Ken Liu

Liu does a lot of amazing translation work, but it’s also very exciting when we are treated to his own writing! This is an excellent collection of sixteen of his stories from the last five years, plus a novelette. They are fantastic, often serious tales about xenophobia, war, aliens, spies, virtual reality, cryptocurrency, AI, and more. These are in no way light: they examine some of today’s very serious issues, such as mass shootings and bullying, through a sci-fi lens.

Backlist bump: The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories by Ken Liu

A Cowboy to Remember (Cowboys of California Book 1) by Rebekah Weatherspoon

A romance novel! It has been a long time since I read one of these. But I had to read the new Rebekah Weatherspoon, because she is aces! This one is the first in a new series. It’s about Evie Buchanan, a famous chef, who winds up in the hospital with amnesia after a fall. Her assistants scramble to contact her family and end up reaching out to former rodeo champion Zach Pleasant, who shows up at Evie’s bedside. Evie doesn’t know how she knows Zach, but she recognizes him. What she also doesn’t know is that she and Zach were once friends whose relationship ended badly when he refused to admit his feelings for her, and he’s now at the hospital to ask for a second chance. Will Evie love him a second time around, or has she truly forgotten him?

Backlist bump: Rafe: A Buff Male Nanny by Rebekah Weatherspoon

Greenwood by Michael Christie

As soon as I saw this cover, I thought of Sweetland by Michael Crummey. Apparently, I have a thing for novels with one-word titles set in Canada that are written by men named Michael C.? Moving on: This is a novel of the Greenwood family, from the year 2038 and back through the last century, revolving around the lives of trees. Christie reveals the secrets and crimes that run through the family like veins of gold in a river. I need more outdoor-nature-y reads like this.

Backlist bump: Barkskins by Annie Proulx

You made it to the bottom! Thanks for reading.

xx,

Liberty

Happy Tuesday! It’s time for another amazing day of new books.

You can hear about some of the new books coming out that I did get to read on this week’s episode of the All the Books! Tirzah and I discussed several upcoming books that we’re excited to read, including Real Life, Death in the Family, The Holdout, and more!

And now, it’s time for everyone’s favorite gameshow: AHHHHHH MY TBR! Here are today’s contestants:

Saint X by Alexis Schaitkin

This is a sizzling debut about family, grief, and obsession. Claire was only seven years old when the body of her 18-year-old sister, Alison, was found on the beach during their family vacation on the Caribbean island of Saint X. But the mystery surrounding Alison’s death is never solved and no one is convicted. Years later, Claire randomly encounters one of the men suspected in Alison’s death, and decides to get to the bottom of the truth one and for all.

Backlist bump: Good as Gone by Amy Gentry

Foul Is Fair: A Novel by Hannah Capin

(TW: Sexual assault, violence) This is one the this year’s best YA revenge novels, perfect for fans of Courtney Summers and Mindy McGinnis! It’s a wild teen retelling of Macbeth. Jade and her friends are the coolest, meanest of the elite at her high school, until the night of her Sweet 16 party, where she is assaulted by boys from a prep school. Now Jade is determined to make them pay, and cooks up a plan of bloody revenge involving one of their classmates. This is a dark story, along the lines of Heathers and Riverdale, assuming you don’t think Macbeth is already dark enough. But if you can handle the darkness, it will also have you cheering.

Backlist bump: The Female of the Species by Mindy McGinnis

Good Boys: Poems by Megan Fernandes

Full confession: I do not read a lot of poetry, and I am still not sure why that is, because 1) the books are always small and 2) when I do read it, I almost always love it. Luckily, I checked out this wonderful new collection, which follows a disillusioned young woman as she navigates the racial, sexual, political, and environmental devastation being unleashed on the world.

Backlist bump: The Octopus Museum by Brenda Shaughnessy

You made it to the bottom! Thanks for reading.

xx,

Liberty

It’s Tuesday! No, really, it is, I swear. In last week’s newsletter, I incorrectly said it was Monday, because that’s when I was writing the newsletter, and I work from home, so what is time anyway, lol.

Today, I decided to do another megalist, because there are so many incredible books out today, I couldn’t decide on just a couple to highlight. And you know how much I enjoy telling you about as many books as I can.

And you can hear about several of these great books at length on this week’s episode of the All the Books! Kelly and I talked about Untamed Shore, Yes No Maybe So, The Unwilling, and more.

And like with each megalist, I’m putting a next to the books that I have had the chance to read and loved. I am still working on getting my reading superpowers back, so it is still slow reading for me the last few months, but I did get to a few of today’s books. And there are soooo many more on this list that I can’t wait to read!

Thanks for checking it out. See you next week! xx, Liberty

And I Do Not Forgive You: Stories and Other Revenges by Amber Sparks

The Falcon Thief: A True Tale of Adventure, Treachery, and the Hunt for the Perfect Bird by Joshua Hammer

The Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh by Candace Fleming

Turtle Under Ice by Juleah del Rosario

An Embarrassment of Witches by Sophie Goldstein and Jenn Jordan

If Men, Then: Poems by Eliza Griswold

Freaky in Fresno by Laurie Boyle Crompton

If Only You Knew by Prerna Pickett

Ready or Not: Preparing Our Kids to Thrive in an Uncertain and Rapidly Changing World by Madeline Levine PhD

Untamed Shore by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Ceremonials by Katharine Coldiron

Adequate Yearly Progress: A Novel by Roxanna Elden

Romance in Marseille by Claude McKay

Weather: A Novel by Jenny Offill

Nobody Does it Better: The Complete, Uncensored, Unauthorized Oral History of James Bond by Edward Gross and Mark A. Altman

The Absurd Man: Poems by Major Jackson

Harleen by Stjepan Sejic

Hold On, but Don’t Hold Still: Hope and Humor from My Seriously Flawed Life by Kristina Kuzmic

Chanel’s Riviera: Glamour, Decadence, and Survival in Peace and War, 1930-1944 by Anne de Courcy

The Unwilling by Kelly Braffet

Slouching Towards Los Angeles: Living and Writing by Joan Didion’s Light by Steffie Nelson (Editor)

Damages: Selected Stories 1982-2012 (reSet Series) by Keath Fraser

The Light Years by R.W.W. Greene

1774: The Long Year of Revolution by Mary Beth Norton

Night Spinner by Addie Thorley

Wisteria Cottage (Valancourt 20th Century Classics) by Robert M Coates and Mathilde Roza

The Three-Cornered War: The Union, the Confederacy, and Native Peoples in the Fight for the West by Megan Kate Nelson

Small Kingdoms and Other Stories by Charlaine Harris

The Recipe for Revolution: A Novel by Carolyn Chute

Stormsong (The Kingston Cycle Book 2) by C. L. Polk

Eden Mine: A Novel by S. M. Hulse

Author in Chief: The Untold Story of Our Presidents and the Books They Wrote by Craig Fehrman

Stranger by Night: Poems by Edward Hirsch

Mutations: Twenty Years Embedded in Hardcore Punk by Sam McPheeters

The Women in Black: A Novel by Madeleine St John

In the Shadow of the Sun by EM Castellan

One Mean Ant by Arthur Yorinks, Sergio Ruzzier (Illustrator)

Facts vs. Opinions vs. Robots by Michael Rex

Middle School’s a Drag, You Better Werk! by Greg Howard

The Unspoken Name by A. K. Larkwood

House of Trelawney: A Novel by Hannah Rothschild

At the End of Your Tether by V. V. Glass, Adam Smith

Mulan: Before the Sword by Grace Lin

Heart of Flames (Crown of Feathers) by Nicki Pau Preto

As Needed for Pain: A Memoir of Addiction by Dan Peres

The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

American Sherlock: Murder, Forensics, and the Birth of American CSI by Kate Winkler Dawson

The Absolution: A Thriller (Children’s House Book 3) by Yrsa Sigurdardottir

The Chill: A Novel by Scott Carson

Driving While Black: African American Travel and the Road to Civil Rights by Gretchen Sorin

Play the Red Queen by Juris Jurjevics

The Magnificent Monsters of Cedar Street by Lauren Oliver, Ethan Aldridge

The Snow Collectors by Tina May Hall

The Only Child: A Novel by Mi-ae Seo

The Queen’s Fortune: A Novel of Desiree, Napoleon, and the Dynasty That Outlasted the Empire by Allison Pataki

The Galleons: Poems by Rick Barot

The New David Espinoza by Fred Aceves

Ink in the Blood (Ink in the Blood Duology) by Kim Smejkal

Sensational by Jodie Lynn Zdrok

Ghosts of the Missing by Kathleen Donohoe

Bird Summons by Leila Aboulela

The Bear by Andrew Krivak

Decoding Boys: New Science Behind the Subtle Art of Raising Sons by Cara Natterson

The King at the Edge of the World: A Novel by Arthur Phillips

Daughter from the Dark: A Novel by Sergey and Marina Dyachenko

Doomed to Fail: The Incredibly Loud History of Doom, Sludge, and Post-metal by J. J. Anselmi

In the Land of Men: A Memoir by Adrienne Miller

Mercy House: A Novel by Alena Dillon

Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart

Tyll: A Novel by Daniel Kehlmann, Ross Benjamin (translator)

b, Book, and Me by Kim Sagwa, Sunhee Jeong (translator)

No True Believers by Rabiah York Lumbard

The Golden Age by Roxanne Moreil and Cyril Pedrosa

This Brilliant Darkness: A Book of Strangers by Jeff Sharlet

A Witch in Time by Constance Sayers

Don’t Look Down (Shadows of New York) by Hilary Davidson

This Train Is Being Held by Ismee Williams

A Map Is Only One Story: Twenty Writers on Immigration, Family, and the Meaning of Home by Nicole Chung and Mensah Demary

Love, Unscripted: A Novel by Owen Nicholls

The Boatman’s Daughter: A Novel by Andy Davidson

Franklin & Washington: The Founding Partnership by Edward J. Larson

The Illness Lesson: A Novel by Clare Beams

Indelicacy: A Novel by Amina Cain

13th Balloon by Mark Bibbins

All the Best Lies by Joanna Schaffhausen

Dead to Her: A Novel by Sarah Pinborough

My Part of Her by Javad Djavahery, Emma Ramadan (translator)

The Burn by Kathleen Kent

The Last Confession of Autumn Casterly by Meredith Tate

The Escape Artist by Helen Fremont

Gloom Town by Ronald L. Smith

Hundred Feet Tall by Benjamin Scheuer, Jemima Williams

The American Fiancee: A Novel by Eric Dupont

Something That May Shock and Discredit You by Daniel Mallory Ortberg

The Second Chance Club: Hardship and Hope After Prison by Jason Hardy

Star Trek: Picard: The Last Best Hope by Una McCormack

Cryptoid by Eric Haven

Abandoned: America’s Lost Youth and the Crisis of Disconnection by Anne Kim

P.S. Have you heard about Book Marks? Inspired by bullet journaling, it’s our new reading tracker and journal, offering ideas for setting up a multitude of book tracking pages with a mix of fill-in prompts, charts, lists, and plenty of dot-grid pages to customize. And the journal also includes a section of recommended reading lists compiled by Book Riot!

Happy Monday! It’s February, which means you should give yourself a pat on the back, because we made it through the longest month of the year. January was soooooo long, but now we have February, which has 29 days, so things should go a lot more smoothly. And even though February has something like 5,290 fewer days than January did, it still has just as many great books! For starters, there’s a giant list for you to check out below.

And you can hear about several more great books out today on this week’s episode of the All the Books! Rebecca and I talked about Upright Women Wanted, Black Sunday, The Toni Morrison Book Club, and more.

And like with each megalist, I’m putting a next to the books that I have had the chance to read and loved. I am still working on getting my reading superpowers back, so it is still slow reading for me the last few months, but I did get to a few of today’s books. And there are soooo many more on this list that I can’t wait to read!

The King of Crows by Libba Bray (I can’t wait to get my hands on this!)

The Blue Absolute by Aaron Shurin

Things Seen from Above by Shelley Pearsall

My Name Is Why: A Memoir by Lemn Sissay

Noisemakers: 25 Women Who Raised Their Voices & Changed the World – A Graphic Collection from Kazoo by Kazoo Magazine

Race Against Time: A Reporter Reopens the Unsolved Murder Cases of the Civil Rights Era by Jerry Mitchell

A Blight of Blackwings (The Seven Kennings) by Kevin Hearne

The Force of Nonviolence: The Ethical in the Political by Judith Butler

The Willies by Adam Falkner

A Divided Loyalty: A Novel (Inspector Ian Rutledge Mysteries Book 22) by Charles Todd

Black Imagination: Black Voices on Black Futures by Natasha Marin

Race Man: Selected Works, 1960-2015 by Julian Bond, Michael G. Long

The Toni Morrison Book Club by Juda Bennett, Winnifred Brown-Glaude, Casssandra Jackson, Piper Kendrix Williams

The Convert: A Novel by Stefan Hertmans, David McKay (translator)

Behind Every Lie by Christina McDonald

Three Californias: The Wild Shore, The Gold Coast, and Pacific Edge by Kim Stanley Robinson

Parked by Danielle Svetcov

The Wrong Kind of Women: Inside Our Revolution to Dismantle the Gods of Hollywood by Naomi McDougall Jones

Belle Revolte by Linsey Miller

Calamity: The Many Lives of Calamity Jane by Karen R. Jones

Malice by Pintip Dunn

Itch by Polly Farquhar

The Impossible First: From Fire to Ice-Crossing Antarctica Alone by Colin O’Brady

The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood by Sam Wasson

What Kind of Girl by Alyssa Sheinmel

Open Book by Jessica Simpson

A Perfect Explanation by Eleanor Anstruther

Ember Queen (Ash Princess) by Laura Sebastian

Smacked: A Story of White-Collar Ambition, Addiction, and Tragedy by Eilene Zimmerman

Chirp by Kate Messner

Remembered by Yvonne Battle-Felton

Straight On Till Morning: A Twisted Tale by Liz Braswell

How to Overcome Your Childhood by The School of Life by Alain de Botton

The Way Home (Owly 1) Andy Runton

Promises of the Heart: A Novel (Savannah Skies Book 1) by Nan Rossiter

Romance or the End: Poems by Elaine Kahn

Alice By Heart by Steven Sater

Home Games by Benjamin Markovits

What Is Time to a Pig? by John Straley

Minor Dramas & Other Catastrophes by Kathleen West

Rough Ideas: Reflections on Music and More by Stephen Hough

The Scientist and the Spy: A True Story of China, the FBI, and Industrial Espionage by Mara Hvistendahl

Dressed for a Dance in the Snow: Women’s Voices from the Gulag by Monika Zgustova, Julie Jones (translator)

The Misfortunes of Family by Meg Little Reilly

Mindy Kim and the Yummy Seaweed Business (1) by Lyla Lee and Dung Ho

Self-Care Down There: From Menstrual Cups and Moisturizers to Body Positivity and Brazilian Wax, a Guide to Your Vagina’s Well-Being by Taq Kaur Bhandal

Crooked River (Agent Pendergast) by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child

Unfinished Business: Notes of a Chronic Re-reader by Vivian Gornick

Alone in the Wild: A Rockton Novel (Casey Duncan Novels Book 5) by Kelley Armstrong

The Resisters: A novel by Gish Jen

A Black Women’s History of the United States by Daina Ramey Berry and Kali Nicole Gross

The Kissing Game by Marie Harte

We Had to Be Brave: Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport (Scholastic Focus) by Deborah Hopkinson

The Museum of Desire: An Alex Delaware Novel by Jonathan Kellerman

You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington by Alexis Coe

Mazes of Power (The Broken Trust) by Juliette Wade

Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line: A Novel by Deepa Anappara

The Queen V: Everything You Need to Know About Sex, Intimacy, and Down There Health Care by Dr. Jackie Walters

The Cactus League: A Novel by Emily Nemens

Lux by Elizabeth Cook

Half Broke: A Memoir by Ginger Gaffney

Together We Caught Fire by Eva V. Gibson

Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space (Exploded Views) by Amanda Leduc

The Freedom Artist by Ben Okri

Yes No Maybe So by Becky Albertalli and Aisha Saeed

Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey

The Killing Tide: A Brittany Mystery (Brittany Mystery Series Book 5) by Jean-Luc Bannalec

Brother & Sister: A Memoir by Diane Keaton

trans(re)lating house one by Poupeh Missaghi

18 Tiny Deaths: The Untold Story of Frances Glessner Lee and the Invention of Modern Forensics by Bruce Goldfarb

Nairobi Noir (Akashic Noir Series) by Peter Kimani

Deathless Divide by Justina Ireland

All the Stars and Teeth by Adalyn Grace

The Gravity of Us by Phil Stamper

Valkyrie: Jane Foster, Vol. 1: The Sacred and the Profane by Jason Aaron and Al Ewing

The Lost Book of Adana Moreau: A Novel by Michael Zapata

A Heart of Blood and Ashes (A Gathering of Dragons) by Milla Vane

The Firmament of Flame (The Universe After Book 3) by Drew Williams

The Queen’s Assassin by Melissa de la Cruz

Cracked Up to Be by Courtney Summers

Heathcliff Redux: A Novella and Stories by Lily Tuck

The Coldest Warrior: A Novel by Paul Vidich

I Will Take the Answer: Essays by Ander Monson

King and the Dragonflies by Kacen Callender

The Gnome Stories by Ander Monson

The Regrets by Amy Bonnaffons

Black Sunday: A Novel by Tola Rotimi Abraham

Verge: Stories by Lidia Yuknavitch

Snapdragon by Kat Leyh

Olympic Pride, American Prejudice: The Untold Story of 18 African Americans Who Defied Jim Crow and Adolf Hitler to Compete in the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Deborah Riley Draper, Blair Underwood, Travis Thrasher

The Third to Die by Allison Brennan

Survival Is a Style: Poems by Christian Wiman

Real Life by Adeline Dieudonne, Roland Glasser (translator)

The Worst Best Man: A Novel by Mia Sosa

The Authenticity Project: A Novel by Clare Pooley

Molly Bit: A Novel by Dan Bevacqua

My Autobiography of Carson McCullers: A Memoir by Jenn Shapland

The Town by Shaun Prescott

Stop Telling Women to Smile: Stories of Street Harassment and How We’re Taking Back Our Power by Tatyana Fazlalizadeh

The Professor and the Parson: A Story of Desire, Deceit, and Defrocking by Adam Sisman

Here in the Real World by Sara Pennypacker

When My Time Comes: Conversations About Whether Those Who Are Dying Should Have the Right to Determine When Life Should End by Diane Rehm

The Stars We Steal by Alexa Donne

A Woman Like Her: The Story Behind the Honor Killing of a Social Media Star by Sanam Maher

Perfect Little Children: A Novel by Sophie Hannah

The Light After the War: A Novel by Anita Abriel

The Legend of the Fire Princess (She-Ra Graphic Novel) by Gigi D.G., Noelle Stevenson

A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

Vera Violet: A Novel by Melissa Anne Peterson

What I Want You To See by Catherine Linka

Arlo Finch in the Kingdom of Shadows by John August

The Last Day: A Novel by Andrew Hunter Murray

Things in Jars by Jess Kidd

I Am a Promise by Shelly Ann Fraser Pryce, Rachel Moss

The Only Woman in the Photo: Frances Perkins & Her New Deal for America by Kathleen Krull, Alexandra Bye

Toffee by Sarah Crossan

Swimming in the Dark: A Novel by Tomasz Jedrowski

Run, Rebel by Manjeet Mann

Takes One To Know One by Susan Isaacs

Escape Routes by Naomi Ishiguro

Thanks for joining me every Tuesday. Here’s to another amazing month of books. See you next week!

xx,

Liberty

Welcome back to another book-filled Tuesday! It’s the last new release day in January already – how did that happen??? I have several books I am looking forward to picking up today. At the top of my list is Children of the Land by Marcelo Hernandez Castillo and Almost American Girl: An Illustrated Memoir by Robin Ha.

Related: People ask me all the time if I still buy books, since I receive a lot of review copies for work, and the answer is OH, YES! The majority of my purchases are finished copies of books I read in ARC form that I loved, but I also buy a lot of books that I either didn’t get a copy of before their release, or that just look amazing. I looooooooove to browse!

You can hear about some of the new books coming out that I did get to read on this week’s episode of the All the Books! Patricia and I discussed several upcoming books that we’re excited to read, including Interior Chinatown, Becoming a Man, How to Build a Heart, and more!

And now, it’s time for everyone’s favorite gameshow: AHHHHHH MY TBR! Here are today’s contestants:

Run Me to Earth by Paul Yoon  

Yoon’s wonderful second novel is about Alisak, Prany, and Noi, three children who are orphaned in the conflicts in Laos in the 1960s. United by their situation, and loyal to each other, they take work from a doctor, performing dangerous errands to retrieve supplies. Their eventual evacuation from Laos, seven years later, changes things between them when they become separated. This is a gorgeous, heart-punching book about war, perseverance, and loss, set during historic conflicts that are not often covered in books.

Backlist bump: Snow Hunters by Paul Yoon

Show Them a Good Time by Nicole Flattery

This is a razor-sharp, unusual, and entertaining collection of stories about women in restrictive roles. Built around uncertain times and imminent catastrophe, these are the experiences of girls and women with love, sexuality, education, work, and societal stereotypes. There’s a woman who develops a hunch as she grieves; a woman entrusted with the care of her lover’s young son; a famous comedian’s ex-girlfriend reflects on their relationship; and more. These are smart, but as I said in the beginning, they are unusual, so you won’t know what is going to happen. Which is a wonderful thing in books. (Related: As much as I enjoy this collection, I prefer the UK cover.)

Backlist bump: Blueprints for Building Better Girls: Fiction by Elissa Schappell

Blood Countess (A Lady Slayers Novel) by Lana Popović

And this is one straight from the Liberty Wheelhouse: A young adult novel centered around the actual 17th century historic figure, Countess Elizabeth Báthory. According to reports, Báthory may have murdered 600 young women and bathed in their blood OR she was innocent and set up by the men in her village who wanted her land and possessions, like what happened in Salem. For the purposes of this book, she is Team Evil, and the book is about Anna Darvulia, her new scullery maid, who gets drawn into her nefarious actions. Regular person review: “This book is great!” Liberty review: “This book is great! But I could have used more blood.”

Backlist bump: The Progeny (Descendants of the House of Bathory) by Tosca Lee

You made it to the bottom! Thanks for reading.

xx,

Liberty

HAPPY TUESDAY! I’m excited about so many of today’s books! I’d love to tell you that I’m just especially excited about today but, honestly, I’m like this all. the. time. I’m a human exclamation point, really.

One of the things I am excited to tell you is that today is the release of The Hand on the Wall, the final book in Maureen Johnson’s Truly Devious trilogy! I have read it, so I can assure you that we get all the answers we have been waiting for, like what happened to Alice. In trying to figure it out on my own, I will say that I was right about some things, and wrong about others. She’s good at red herrings!

You can hear about even more new books coming out on this week’s episode of the All the Books! María Cristina and I discussed several upcoming books that we’re excited to read, including Riot Baby, Fight of the Century, The Seep, and more!

And now, it’s time for everyone’s favorite gameshow: AHHHHHH MY TBR! Here are today’s contestants:

Not So Pure and Simple by Lamar Giles

I’m a huge fan of Lamar Giles! He has been cranking books out at an astounding rate the last few years, and we are all better for it. This is his first contemporary YA novel, and it is an important one. It’s about the effects of toxic masculinity and society’s messages to young men. It’s about a teen named Del who signs up for the Purity Pledge as a way to get closer to his crush, Kiera. At first, he’s pretending so that he can win her over, but what he learns opens his eyes to the problems with his behavior, and his regard for what Kiara herself wants.

Backlist bump: Odd One Out by Nic Stone

The Janes: An Alice Vega Novel by Louisa Luna

(CW: murder, human trafficking) Kickass Alice Vega and her partner, Cap, are back! This time, they have to solve the mystery of who killed two young women and dumped their bodies in the outskirts San Diego. With no ID on the victims to go on, Alice and Cap think the clues point to human trafficking, and they’re determined to stop it. While these books have pulse-pounding stories, I like these novels more for the characters than the story. I like Alice’s “stop at nothing” methods, even when it involves breaking the law*, and I think Cap, a retired police officer, is a good compliment to her.

*You should never break the law, but if you’re going to anyway, doing it to stop a human trafficking ring is a great reason.

Backlist bump: Two Girls Down: An Alice Vega Novel by Louisa Luna

A Long Petal of the Sea: A Novel by Isabel Allende

If you are a big Allende fan, you will have to take my review with a grain of salt, because I have read The House of Spirits, her debut, and….this one. So I cannot compare it to any of her others. But as only the second book by Allende that I have read, I quite enjoyed it. And I learned about history, so bonus! It’s about a pregnant young widow who marries her deceased love’s brother in order to survive, after fleeing General Franco and his Fascists during civil war in Spain. They will cautiously traverse unfamiliar lands, and their unfamiliar relationship, as they dream of one day returning to Spain.

Backlist bump: The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende

P.S. Remember what I told you about watching the House of Spirits adaptation with Meryl Streep and Jeremy Irons: Don’t.

You made it to the bottom! Thanks for reading.

xx,

Liberty