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This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss Poking the Squid, Trash!, Bank Shot, and more great books!

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Books Discussed On the Show:

Poking the Squid: What We Can Learn from Animal Sex by Perrin Roosevelt Ireland

Femmephilia: Love Letters to Trans Mermaids, Queer Mothers, and Marilyn Monroe by Sophie Lewis 

Bank Shot by Josie Mae

Sex in Public: The Transformative Social Power of Our Erotic Lives by Angela Jones

The Hyphenated Life: Bridging the In-Between Spaces of Intersectional Identities by Han Ren

The Price of Exclusion: The Pursuit of Healthcare in a Segregated Nation by Nicole Carr

Trash!: A Garbageman's Story by Simon Pare-Poupart, Pablo Strauss (translator)

Voyagers by Meg Charlton

Leave and Come Back by Lavanya Lakshmi

Kill All Wizards by Jedediah Berry

Vervain Hollow by Catriona Silvey

The Pinnacle by Abir Mukherjee

What We're Reading:

Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000 by Barry Walters

Art Cure: The Science of How the Arts Save Lives by Daisy Fancourt

You've Seen Me Before: Over 700 roles and 70 Years in Hollywood (And Counting) by James Hong, Jeff Yang

In My Own Time: A Memoir by Christopher Lloyd 

Never Say Die: A Memoir by Ke Huy Quan

Charity & Sylvia by Tillie Walden

Ghost-Eye by Amitav Ghosh

The Someday Garden by Ashley Poston

Paperbacks:

I'll Tell You When I'm Home: A Memoir by Hala Alyan

How to Dodge a Cannonball by Dennard Dayle

Hemlock & Silver by T. Kingfisher 

The Möbius Book by Catherine Lacey

Links:

LeVar Burton Shares ‘Hard-Won Truths’ in Memoir

Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s Mexican Gothic is Getting a Graphic Novel

Bestsellers:

The Deal by Elle Kennedy 

Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke   

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir   

Theo of Golden by Allen Levi

The Divorce by Freida McFadden 

The Land and Its People: Essays by David Sedaris 

The Final Target by Nora Roberts 

Things in Nature Merely Grow by Yiyun Li

The Serviceberry by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Kin by Tayari Jones

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This week, Danika talks about new queer books out this Pride month.

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Books Discussed On the Show:

There’s Only One Sin in Hollywood by Rasheed Newson (June 2)

The Jellyfish Problem by Tessa Yang (June 2)

Puck by Samantha Allen (June 2)

Father Material by Alexis Hall (June 2)

The Open Era by Edward Schmit (June 2)

The Disaster Gay Detective Agency by Lev A.C. Rosen (June 2)

Nemesis Mine by Amy Archer (June 23)

The Feywild Job (Dungeons & Dragons) by C. L. Polk (June 2)

Muñeca by Cynthia Gomez (June 2)

Slasher Summer by E.L. Chen (June 23)

Charity and Sylvia by Tillie Walden (June 16)

Encore! by Miles Toriko Burks (June 2)

Bad Queer by Gayathiri Kamalakanthan (June 2)

The Secret World of Briar Rose by Cindy Pham (June 2)
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This week, Liberty and Emily discuss Based on a True Story, Earth 7, The Summer Girlfriend, and more great books!

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Books Discussed On the Show:

Based on a True Story by Sarah Vaughan

The Missed Connection by Tia Williams

The Way it Haunted Him by Laura R. Samotin

The Summer Girlfriend by Kristina Forest

Paris Celestial by A.Y. Chao

Headlights by CJ Leede

Earth 7 by Deb Olin Unferth

Rasputin Swims the Potomac by Ben Fountain

The Yahoo Boys: Love, Deception, and the Real Lives of Nigeria's Romance Scammers by Carlos Barragán

Freedom: Essays by Zinzi Clemmons

I'll Take the Fire by Leila Slimani

The Fervent Whites by De'Shawn Charles Winslow

Transcendent: A Memoir by Laverne Cox

Villa Coco by Andrew Sean Greer 

The Animal Room by Lauren Acampora 

Pool House by Mary H.K. Choi

Social Animals by Camille Perri

Contrapposto by Dave Eggers

What We're Reading:

Molka by Monika Kim

Teret Teret by Nafkote Tamirat

Galapagos by Kurt Vonnegut

The Demon Overlord's Retirement Plan by M. H. Foster

Paperbacks:

Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid

So Far Gone by Jess Walter

The Satisfaction Café by Kathy Wang

Links:

The Marriage Plot adaptation

Bestsellers:

Theo of Golden by Allen Levi  

Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke  

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

The Ballad of Falling Dragons by Sarah A Parker 

The Deal by Elle Kennedy 

Fever Dream by Elsie Silver

Score by Kennedy Ryan

On Witness and Respair: Essays by Jesmyn Ward

Things in Nature Merely Grow by Yiyun Li

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This week, Sharifah recommends a 2026 must-read literary thriller and a fast-paced, feminist YA sc-fi novel featuring mechas.

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Books Discussed On the Show:

Whidbey by T Kira Madden

Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao

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This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss Father Material, The Children, Muńeca, and more great books!

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