We couldn't have an episode about new books without asking Liberty Hardy, Book Riot contributing editor and Book of the Month judge, to come and tell us about some of her most anticipated releases of the fall.
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Books Mentioned
Three Daughters of Eve by Elif Shafak (Bloomsbury): Dec. 5
Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke (Mulholland Books): Sept. 12
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward (Scribner): Sept. 2
Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado (Graywolf Press): Oct. 3
After the Eclipse by Sarah Perry (HMH): Sept. 26
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng (Penguin Press): Sept. 12
Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich (Harper): Nov. 14
Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan (Scribner): Oct. 3
The Good People by Hannah Kent (Little, Brown): Sept. 19th
Honorable Mentions
Miss Kopp's Midnight Confessions (HMH) by Amy Stewart (Sept. 5)
The Origins of Origins (Belknap Press) by Toni Morrison (Sept. 12)
One Dark Throne (HarperTeen) by Kendare Blake (Sept. 19)
The Ninth Hour (FSG) by Alic McDermott (Sept. 19)
The Unkindness of Magicians (Saga Press) by Kat Howard (Sept. 26)
Starfish (Simon Pulse) by Akemi Dawn Bowman (Sept. 26)
Provenance (Orbit) by Ann Leckie (Sept. 26)
The Tiger's Daughter (Tor) by K. Arsenault Rivera (Oct. 10)
The Power (Little Brown) by Naomi Alderman (Oct. 10)
The Vanderbeeker's of 141st Street (HMH for Young Readers) by Karina Glaser (Oct. 10)
Where the Past Begins (Ecco) by Amy Tan (Oct. 17)
In the Midst of Winter (Atria) by Isabel Allende (Oct. 31)
Beasts Made of Night (Razorbill) by Tochi Onyebuchi (Oct. 31)
Jade City (Orbit) by Fonda Lee (Nov. 7)
City of Brass (Harper Voyager) by S.A. Chakraborty (Nov. 14)
The Mother of All Pigs (Unnamed Press) by Male Halasa (Nov. 14)
Liberty Hardy is a co-host of the All the Books podcast, contributing editor at Book Riot, and a Book of the Month judge. She also has two of the most fantastic fur dragons around, Steinbeck and Millay. You can find her on twitter @MissLiberty and Instagram @franzencomesalive.