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This week, Vanessa discusses a YA mystery for fans of detective fiction and a charming witchy middle grade fantasy series. 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 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 Very Dangerous Things by Lauren Muñoz Witchlings by Claribel Ortega Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Liberty and Danika discuss That's What Friends Are For, Strange Buildings, Just Friends, 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: That's What Friends Are For by Wade Rouse The Primrose Murder Society by Stacy Hackney Just Friends by Haley Pham Star Shipped by Cat Sebastian When I Was Death by Alexis Henderson Black as Diamond by U.M. Agoawike Good Woman: A Reckoning by Savala Nolan The Valley of Vengeful Ghosts by Kim Fu Strange Buildings by Uketsu, Jim Rion (translator) Medium Rare by A. Natasha Joukovsky Night Night Fawn by Jordy Rosenberg 200 Monas by Jan Saenz Wait for Me by Amy Jo Burns River of Bones and Other Stories by Rebecca Roanhorse You with the Sad Eyes: A Memoir by Christina Applegate Want to Know a Secret? by Freida McFadden Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Danika talks about their most-anticipated queer books coming out in the spring. 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! Books Discussed: Work to Do by Jules Wernersbach (April 7) The Lost Daughter Of Sparta by Felicia Day & Rowan McColl (March 17) Koharu and Minato: Happy Life with My Girlfriend Vol. 1 by Hyaluron & Daruma (April 14) Olivia Gray Will Not Fade Away by Ciera Burch (March 17) Hell's Heart by Alexis Hall (March 26) The Celestial Seas by T.A. Chan (March 31) This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss The Writer's Room, The Red Winter, Get Home Safe, and more! 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: Trans Pleasure: On Gender Liberation and Sexual Freedom by Brandon Andrew Robinson The Writer’s Room: The Hidden Worlds That Shape the Books We Love by Katie da Cunha Lewin Unread: A Memoir of Learning (and Loving) to Read on TikTok by Oliver James All About Allergies: Everything You Need to Know About Asthma, Food Allergies, Hay Fever, and More by Zachary Rubin, MD I Didn't Want to Either: Transforming Therapy from Daunting to Doable by Cody Qureshi Get Home Safe: A Guide to Self-Defense and Building Our Collective Power by Rana Abdelhamid Weavingshaw by Heba Al-Wasity The Death of Trotsky: The True Story of the Plot to Kill Stalin’s Greatest Enemy by Josh Ireland Kin by Tayari Jones Brawler: Stories by Lauren Groff Cleopatra by Saara El-Arifi The Red Winter by Cameron Sullivan It's Never Too Late: A Memoir by Marla Gibbs What We're Reading: Saoirse by Charleen Hurtubise I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison The Year's Best Sports Writing 2025 by Hanif Abdurraqib with Glenn Stout Wisdom Corner by David Heska Wanbli Weiden The Occidental Book of the Dead by T. Geronimo Johnson Still Life by Louise Penny Paperbacks: Hungerstone by Kat Dunn Kindling by Traci Chee The Strange Case of Jane O. by Karen Thompson Walker Bestsellers: The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters by Priya Parker Dear Debbie by Freida McFadden Stolen in Death by J.D. Robb Links: Partita by Barbara Kingsolver Death by Christmas Cake by Nicole Glover The Goodfolke Family by Roshani Chokshi Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Sharifah talks about her current read, which she's loving, and her next nonfiction read, which she cannot wait to pick up! 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! Books Discussed: The Seven Daughters of Dupree by Nikesha Elise Williams Caste: The Origins of our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Liberty and Emily discuss Citizenship, Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter, Murder Will Out, and more! 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! Books Discussed On the Show: They Call Her Regret by Chanelle Desamours Murder Will Out by Jennifer K. Breedlove The Obake Code by Makana Yamamoto Citizenship: Notes on an American Myth by Daisy Hernández A Sociopath's Guide to a Successful Marriage by MK Oliver Cleaner by Jess Shannon Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter by Heather Fawcett Bloodfire, Baby by Eirinie Carson I'm Not the Only Murderer in My Retirement Home by Fergus Craig On Morrison by Namwali Serpell Evil Genius by Claire Oshetsky A Hymn to Life: Shame Has to Change Sides by Gisèle Pelicot, Natasha Lehrer and Ruth Diver (translators) So Old, So Young by Grant Ginder Bad Asians by Lillian Li Her Last Breath by Taylor Adams Leaving Home: A Memoir in Full Colour by Mark Haddon For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. 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! Books Discussed: Weavingshaw by Heba Al-Wasity Cave Mountain: A Disappearance and a Reckoning in the Ozarks by Benjamin Hale A Fishboy Named Sashimi by Dan Santat Recipes for an Unexpected Afterlife by Deston J. Munden Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan Keep It Beautiful: Inside the Funkyverse of Shock G and Digital Underground by Alexis Wolfe Mbassa, Gregory E. Jacobs The Book of Chuck by LaToya Watkins Acid Green Velvet by Grace Krilanovich Ply by Hernan Diaz This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Liberty and Danika discuss Out of the Loop, The Midnight Taxi, Dead First, and more! 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! Books Discussed On the Show: Out of the Loop: A Mystery by Katie Siegel A Slow and Secret Poison by Carmella Lowkis Dead First by Johnny Compton Maria the Wanted by V. Castro Trad Wife by Saratoga Schaefer Muscles & Monsters by Ashley Bennett To the Death by Andrea Tang Mountain Upside Down by Sara Ryan Operation Bounce House by Matt Dinniman The Midnight Taxi by Yosha Gunasekera Strange Animals by Jarod K. Anderson Everyday Movement by Gigi L. Leung, Jennifer Feeley (translator) Frog: And Other Essays by Anne Fadiman The Body by Bethany C. Morrow Warning Signs by Tracy Sierra This Is Not About Us: Fiction by Allegra Goodman I Hope You Find What You're Looking For by Bsrat Mezghebe The Last Kings of Hollywood: Coppola, Lucas, Spielberg—and the Battle for the Soul of American Cinema by Paul Fischer Eradication: A Fable by Jonathan Miles For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Trisha recommends some books for those who might be Heated Rivalry curious - or possibly Heated Rivalry obsessed. 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. Books Discussed: Game Changer and Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid His Convenient Husband by Robin Covington Out On the Ice and Unexpected Goals by Kelly Farmer Futbolista by Jonny Garza Villa Luke and Billy Finally Get a Clue by Cat Sebastian This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Liberty and Danika discuss Heap Earth Upon It, Good People, Queen of Faces, and more! 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! Books Discussed On the Show: Heap Earth Upon It by Chloe Michelle Howarth How to Kill a Guy in Ten Dates by Shailee Thompson Queen of Faces by Petra Lord Carnival Fantástico by Angela Montoya Wake Now in the Fire: A Graphic Novel by Jarrett Dapier and AJ Dungo Lovely Recipe by Myra Rose Nino I'm So Happy You're Here: A Celebration of Library Joy by Mychal Threets, illustrated by Lorraine Nam The Remarkable Life of Reed Peggram by Ethelene Whitmire Superfan by Jenny Tinghui Zhang Good People by Patmeena Sabit The Hospital at the End of the World by Justin C. Key A Stage Set for Villains by Shannon J. Spann Apparently, Sir Cameron Needs to Die: In Which Many Dangerous and Homosexual Things Happen by Greer Stothers Nightshade and Oak by Molly O'Neill The Exes by Leodora Darlington Super Nintendo: The Game-Changing Company That Unlocked the Power of Play by Keza MacDonald Twelve Months by Jim Butcher Half His Age by Jeanette McCurdy Mother Mary Comes to Me by Arundhati Roy James by Percival Everett For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Vanessa discusses a book with a buzzy film adaptation attached and a YA graphic novel that remains (too) relevant to current events. 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 All Access membership. Click here to get started today! Books Discussed: Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell So, How's the Hamnet Adaptation? (Book Riot Podcast) Latina Superheroes: Jalisco & Santa (Volume 1) by Kayden Phoenix This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss Burn Down Master’s House, Vigil, Fair Game, and more! 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! Books Discussed On the Show: I Identify as Blind: A Brazen Celebration of Disability Culture, Identity, and Power by Lachi with Tim Vandehey Black Public Joy: No Permit or Permission Required by Jay Pitter Burn Down Master’s House by Clay Cane Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts by Rebecca Hall, Hugo Martínez Fair Game: Trans Athletes and the Future of Sports by Ellie Roscher and Anna Baeth He/She/They: How We Talk about Gender and Why It Matters by Schuyler Bailar The Other Olympians: Fascism, Queerness, and the Making of Modern Sports by Michael Waters Currencies of Cruelty: Slavery, Freak Shows, and the Performance Archive by Danielle Bainbridge Forever for the Culture: Notes from the New Black Digital Arts Renaissance by Steven Underwood Mattering: The Secret to a Life of Deep Connection and Purpose by Jennifer Breheny Wallace A Beast Slinks Towards Beijing by Alice Evelyn Yang The Bone Setter’s Daughter by Amy Tan Vigil by George Saunders I Don't Know What You Know Me From: Confessions of a Co-Star by Judy Greer The Seven Daughters of Dupree by Nikesha Elise Williams Escape! by Stephen Fishbach Sister Svangerd and the Not Quite Dead by K. J. Parker Rooting Interest: An 831 Stories Romance by Cat Disabato The Ghost Network by Catie Disabato Big Fan by Alexandra Romanoff Black Dahlia: Murder, Monsters, and Madness in Midcentury Hollywood by William J Mann Dear Debbie by Freida McFadden The Big M: 13 Writers Take Back the Story of Menopause by Lidia Yuknavitch To Ride a Rising Storm (Nampeshiweisit, #2) by Moniquill Blackgoose Paper Cut by Rachel Taff For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Danika talks about three of their most anticipated sapphic horror books of 2026. 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! Books Discussed: Spoiled Milk by Avery Curran Bone of My Bone by Johanna van Veen Doe by Rebecca Barrow I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me by Jamison Shea This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Liberty and Emily discuss Half His Age, Football, The Elsewhere Express, and more! 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! Books Discussed On the Show: George Falls Through Time by Ryan Collett I Don't Wish You Well by Jumata Emill Half His Age by Jennette McCurdy Next Level Love by Shameez Patel The Elsewhere Express by Samantha Sotto Yambao A Black Queer History of the United States by C. Riley Snorton, Darius Bost Departure(s) by Julian Barnes The Flower Bearers: A Memoir by Rachel Eliza Griffiths Discipline by Larissa Pham How to Commit a Postcolonial Murder by Nina McConigley Cry Havoc by Rebecca Wait Nine Goblins: A Tale of Low Fantasy and High Mischief by T. Kingfisher Football by Chuck Klosterman Crux by Gabriel Tallent All the Little Houses by May Cobb My Husband's Wife by Alice Feeney Eating Ashes by Brenda Navarro, Megan McDowell (translator) The Poet Empress by Shen Tao For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Sharifah talks about a couple of page-turners to kick off a great year of reading! 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! Books Discussed: The God of the Woods by Liz Moore Cursed Daughters by Oyinkan Braithwaite This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss The Moon Without Stars, Anatomy of an Alibi, Graceless Heart, and more! 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! Books Discussed On the Show: The Moon Without Stars by Chanel Miller Graceless Heart by Isabel Ibañez The Magic of Untamed Hearts by Raquel Vasquez Gilliland A Tale of Plagues and Perfumes by Jake Halpern, Peter Kujawinski Darkrooms by Rebecca Hannigan The Last of Earth by Deepa Anappara The Queer Thing About Sin by Harry Tanner Is This a Cry for Help? by Emily Austin Scavengers by Kathleen Boland Lost Lambs by Madeline Cash Anatomy of an Alibi by Ashley Elston This Is Where the Serpent Lives by Daniyal Mueenuddin Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage by Belle Burden Dandelion Is Dead by Rosie Storey Godfall by Van Jensen The Hitch by Sara Levine Fire Sword and Sea by Vanessa Riley A Midnight Pastry Shop Called Hwawoldang by Lee Onhwa, Slin Jung (translator) Woman Down by Colleen Hoove For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. 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! Books Discussed: Assassin's Apprentice (The Farseer Trilogy) by Robin Hobb Postmortem (Kay Scarpetta) by Patricia Cornwell Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosely The List of Suspicious Things by Jennie Godfrey The White Octopus Hotel by Alexandra Bell Babylon, South Dakota by Tom Lin The Flower Bearers by Rachel Eliza Griffiths Football by Chuck Klosterman The Caretaker by Marcus Kliewer One Leg on Earth by 'Pemi Aguda The Constant Rabbit by Jasper Fforde The Eyes Are the Best Part by Monika Kim This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Liberty and Danika discuss Call Me Ishmaelle, Meet the Newmans, The Starseekers, 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! End of Year Reads: Women's Hotel by Daniel M. Lavery Christmas at the Women's Hotel by Daniel M. Lavery Kindred Dragons by Sarah Mensinga Woodworking by Emily St. James These Heathens by Mia McKenzie Junie by Erin Crosby Eckstine More Weight: A Salem Story by Ben Wickey The Lamb by Lucy Rose Hannibal Lecter: A Life by Brian Raftery Discipline by Larissa Pham Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

All the Books! is taking a holiday break, so we wanted to take this opportunity to reflect on some of the books we were most excited to read in 2025 (and some of them did indeed make our favorite books of the year lists!). In this rerun episode, Liberty and Patricia discuss books coming in 2025 they're excited about, including Down in the Sea of Angels, Tartufo, Flirting Lessons, and more! 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. Books Discussed On the Show: Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor Flirting Lessons by Jasmine Guillory We Could Be Rats by Emily Austin Down in the Sea of Angels by Khan Wong Old Soul by Susan Barker Lessons in Magic and Disaster by Charlie Jane Anders Tartufo by Kira Jane Buxton In Open Contempt: Confronting White Supremacy in Art and Public Space by Irvin Weathersby Jr. Little Mysteries: Nine Miniature Puzzles to Confuse, Enthrall, and Delight by Sara Gran The Portable Feminist Reader edited by Roxane Gay Accidents Happen: Stories by F.H. Batacan Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones Paper Doll: Notes from a Late Bloomer by Dylan Mulvaney The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Hartnett Calling In: How to Start Making Change with Those You'd Rather Cancel by Loretta J Ross Harmattan Season by Tochi Onyebuchi We Need Your Art: Stop Messing Around and Make Something by Amie McNee Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab Marsha: The Joy and Defiance of Marsha P. Johnson by Tourmaline For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

All the Books! is on a holiday break, so we're sharing this recent Zero to Well-Read episode in which Jeff and Rebecca discuss the award-winning books, pop culture phenomena, book club picks, and crossover hits of 2025 and attempt to identify the ones that might someday join the canon. Subscribe to The Book Riot Newsletter for regular updates to help you get the most out of your reading life. Email us: zerotowellread@bookriot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices