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New Releases and More for June 16, 2026

16.06.2026
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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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