E263: New Releases and More for June 9, 2020

This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss Pizza Girl, The Boyfriend Project, The Distant Dead, and more great books. This episode was sponsored by TBR: Book Riot's service for Tailored Book Recommendations, now available as a gift; Grand Central Publishing and The Persuasion by Iris Johansen; and Little, Brown and Company and Fair Warning by Michael Connelly. Pick up an All the Books! 200th episode commemorative item here. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, iTunes, or Spotify and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW: Pizza Girl by Jean Kyoung Frazier The Boyfriend Project by Farrah Rochon The Distant Dead: A Novel by Heather Young Rebel Chef: In Search of What Matters by Dominique Crenn and Emma Brockes The Remarkable Life of the Skin: An Intimate Journey Across Our Largest Organ by Monty Lyman The Secret Women: A Novel by Sheila Williams WHAT WE'RE READING: The Invisible Life of Addie Larue by V.E. Schwab White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color by Ruby Hamad MORE BOOKS OUT THIS WEEK: You Exist Too Much by Zaina Arafat The Turnover by Mike Lupica Sweet Time by Pixin Weng The Worlds of J. R. R. Tolkien: The Places That Inspired Middle-earth by John Garth People of the City by Cyprian Ekwensi Revolutions: How Women Changed the World on Two Wheels by Hannah Ross You Can't Do It Alone: A Widow's Journey Through Loss, Grief and Life After by Maria Quiban Whitesell For Now by James Richardson American as Paneer Pie by Supriya Kelkar You Brought Me The Ocean: An Aqualad Graphic Novel by Alex Sanchez, Julie Maroh (Illustrator) Red Noise by John P. Murphy Our Time Is Now: Power, Purpose, and the Fight for a Fair America by Stacey Abrams The Blue Sky: A Novel by Galsan Tschinag, Katharina Rout (translator) Curse of the Night Witch (Emblem Island #1) by Alex Aster A Fish Growing Lungs by Alysia Sawchyn The Multifarious Mr. Banks: From Botany Bay to Kew, The Natural Historian Who Shaped the World by Toby Musgrave Countdown 1945: The Extraordinary Story of the Atomic Bomb and the 116 Days That Changed the World by Chris Wallace Catalyst by Sarah Beth Durst I Belong to Vienna: A Jewish Family's Story of Exile and Return by Anna Goldenberg, Alta L. Price (Translator) Seven Clues to Home by Gae Polisner, Nora Raleigh Baskin Stranger in the Lake: A Novel by Kimberly Belle Awestruck: How Embracing Wonder Can Make You Happier, Healthier, and More Connected by Jonah Paquette Cult of Glory: The Bold and Brutal History of the Texas Rangers by Doug J. Swanson The Lost Diary of Venice: A Novel by Margaux DeRoux Rage Against the Minivan: Learning to Parent Without Perfection by Kristen Howerton The Unicorn Handbook : A Spellbinding Collection of Literature, Lore, Art, Recipes, and Projects by Carolyn Turgeon Doodleville by Chad Sell Perfect Happiness: A Novel by Kristyn Kusek Lewis Dance Away with Me: A Novel by Susan Elizabeth Phillips Honey and Venom: Confessions of an Urban Beekeeper by Andrew Coté The Daughters of Erietown: A Novel by Connie Schultz Out of My Skull: The Psychology of Boredom by James Danckert, John D. Eastwood Brother Robert: Growing Up with Robert Johnson by Annye C. Anderson, Preston Lauterback The Marchenoir Library by A. Degen Ghost Road: Beyond the Driverless Car by Anthony M. Townsend All the Way to the Tigers: A Memoir by Mary Morris Steam by Drew Ford, Duane Leslie (Illustrator), Eva De La Cruz (Illustrator) The Clearing: Poems by Allison Adair Last Tang Standing by Lauren Ho Otto Tattercoat and the Forest of Lost Things by Matilda Woods Five Things About Ava Andrews by Margaret Dilloway Outside the Lines by Ameera Patel Safe by S. K. Barnett All the Things We Never Knew by Liara Tamani Swan Song: An Odyssey by Lisa Alther The Garden of Monsters by Lorenza Pieri, Liesl Schillinger (translator) Belladonna by Anbara Salam The Sight of You by Holly Miller Sweet, Savory, Spicy: Exciting Street Market Food from Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia and More by Sarah Tiong The House of Whispers by Laura Purcell Glitch by Laura Martin The Marriage Game by Sara Desai Followers by Raziel Reid The End of Me by Alfred Hayes Broken People by Sam Lansky Agnes at the End of the World by Kelly McWilliams Mezzanine: Poems by Zoe Hitzig Why We Drive: Toward a Philosophy of the Open Road by Matthew B Crawford Echo on the Bay by Masatsugu Ono, Angus Turvill (Translator) The Falling in Love Montage by Ciara Smyth Neon Girls: A Stripper's Education in Protest and Power by Jennifer Worley Miss Cecily's Recipes for Exceptional Ladies: A Novel by Vicky Zimmerman Code Name Madeleine: A Sufi Spy in Nazi-Occupied Paris by Arthur J. Magida Alaric the Goth: An Outsider's History of the Fall of Rome by Douglas Boin Daddy's Girls: A Novel by Danielle Steel You Can't Catch Me by Catherine McKenzie Half Life by Lillian Clark How To Understand E =mc(2) (Little Ways to Live a Big Life) by Christophe Galfard The Ghosts of Sherwood by Carrie Vaughn The Bitter and Sweet of Cherry Season by Molly Fader Seeing the Body: Poems by Rachel Eliza Griffiths Crush and Color: Keanu Reeves: Colorful Fantasies with a Mysterious Hero by Maurizio Campidelli Performing Jane: A Cultural History of Jane Austen Fandom by Sarah Glosson