Best Fiction of 2015, Dec. 22, 2015

12/22/15 • 39 min

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss some of their favorite nonfiction books of 2015, including Between the World and Me, Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl, and Rain.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Dead Duke, His Secret Wife, and the Missing Corpse: An Extraordinary Edwardian Case of Deception and Intrigue by Piu Marie Eatwell

Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life by Emily Nagoski Ph.D.

Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl by Carrie Brownstein

Dear Mr. You by Mary-Louise Parker

Leaving Orbit: Notes from the Last Days of American Spaceflight by Margaret Lazarus Dean

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Negroland: A Memoir by Margo Jefferson

Spectacle: The Astonishing Life of Ota Benga by Pamela Newkirk

Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town by Jon Krakauer

Rain: A Natural and Cultural History by Cynthia Barnett

H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald

What we’re reading:

Mr. Splitfoot by Samantha Hunt

Three-Martini Lunch by Suzanne Rindell

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This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss some of their favorite nonfiction books of 2015, including Between the World and Me, Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl, and Rain.

This episode was sponsored by the DK Holiday Gift Generator and FabFitFun.

Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or iTunes and never miss a beat book.

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.

For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website.

Books discussed on the show:

The Dead Duke, His Secret Wife, and the Missing Corpse: An Extraordinary Edwardian Case of Deception and Intrigue by Piu Marie Eatwell

Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life by Emily Nagoski Ph.D.

Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl by Carrie Brownstein

Dear Mr. You by Mary-Louise Parker

Leaving Orbit: Notes from the Last Days of American Spaceflight by Margaret Lazarus Dean

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Negroland: A Memoir by Margo Jefferson

Spectacle: The Astonishing Life of Ota Benga by Pamela Newkirk

Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town by Jon Krakauer

Rain: A Natural and Cultural History by Cynthia Barnett

H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald

What we’re reading:

Mr. Splitfoot by Samantha Hunt

Three-Martini Lunch by Suzanne Rindell

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Previous Episode

Best Fiction of 2015, Dec. 15, 2015

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss some of their favorite fiction books of 2015, including The Jaguar’s Children, Fates and Furies, and The Fishermen.

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Books discussed on the show:

Harriet Wolf’s Seventh Book of Wonders by Julianna Baggott

Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff

The Jaguar’s Children by John Vaillant

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

The Incarnations by Susan Barker

The Fishermen by Chigoze Obioma

Escape from Baghdad! by Saad Hossain

Mothers, Tell Your Daughters: Stories by Bonnie Jo Campbell

You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine by Alexandra Kleeman

Welcome to Braggsville by T. Geronimo Johnson

What we’re reading:

Your Heart Is a Muscle the Size of a Fist by Sunil Yapa

The Guest Room by Chris Bohjalian

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Next Episode

2016 Preview Show, Dec. 29, 2015

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss some of the upcoming 2016 releases they are highly anticipating, including Imagine Me Gone, What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours, and The Bad-ass Librarians of Timbuktu.

This episode was sponsored by FabFitFun and Penguin Random House Audio.

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Books discussed on the show:

What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours: Stories by Helen Oyeyemi (March 8)

The Regional Office is Under Attack! by Manuel Gonzales (April 12)

Imagine Me Gone by Adam Haslett (May 3)

Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue (August 23)

Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel (April 26)

The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts by Joshua Hammer (April 19)

Shelter by Jung Yun (March 15)