Unabridged Podcast

Welcome to Unabridged! Ashley and Jen (shown left to right in the photo) talk books, share recommendations, and celebrate all things bookish. On our blog (see our posts below!) we share bookish faves, pub day shout-outs, show notes, and book reviews.

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7 days ago
5 min

New Book Releases for December 2022

by Ashley Dickson-Ellison (@teachingtheapocalypse) As is often the case as the year ends, December will be a relatively quiet publishing month, but there are still a few books coming out that I cannot wait to read! Cormac McCarthy's Stella Maris (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm) - December 6th Description from Publisher: "1972, BLACK RIVER FALLS, WISCONSIN: Alicia Western, twenty years old, with forty thousand dollars in a plastic bag, admits herself to the hospital. A doctoral cand

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Oct 28
11 min

New Book Releases for November 2022

by Jen Moyers (@jen.loves.books) I had such a difficult time narrowing down this list, but here are just a few handfuls of amazing new releases coming out in November! While things slow down toward the end of the month, the beginning of the month will be hopping. November 1 Blair Braverman's Small Game (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm) Description from Publisher: "Four strangers and six weeks: this is all that separates Mara from one life-changing payday. She was surprised when reali

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Sep 30
13 min

New Book Releases for October 2022

by Ashley Dickson-Ellison (@teachingtheapocalypse) In part because of all of the delays and adjustments in the publishing world since 2020, this fall is seeing a phenomenal amount of amazing new releases! Here are just a few of the MANY books coming out this October that I cannot wait to read. October 4 Malinda Lo's A Scatter of Light (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm) Description from Publisher: "Last Night at the Telegraph Club author Malinda Lo returns to the Bay Area with another

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Aug 30
15 min

New Book Releases for September 2022

by Jen Moyers (@jen.loves.books) September is going to be an epic month for publishing! I couldn't fit in all of the books I'm excited to read, but here's just a taste. September 6 Stephen King's Fairy Tale (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm) Description from Publisher: "Charlie Reade looks like a regular high school kid, great at baseball and football, a decent student. But he carries a heavy load. His mom was killed in a hit-and-run accident when he was ten, and grief drove his dad t

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Jun 7
4 min

New Book Releases Featuring Caleb Gayle, Tom Perrotta, and Clare Pooley

by Jen Moyers (@jen.loves.books) Here are three books coming out today that I'm excited to read! Caleb Gayle's We Refuse to Forget: A True Story of Black Creeks, American Identity, and Power (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm) Description from Publisher: "In We Refuse to Forget, award-winning journalist Caleb Gayle tells the extraordinary story of the Creek Nation, a Native tribe that two centuries ago both owned slaves and accepted Black people as full citizens. Thanks to the efforts

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May 31
5 min

New Book Releases Featuring Tabitha Carvan, Nina LaCour, and Ebony Ladelle

by Jen Moyers (@jen.loves.books) Here are three books coming out today that I'm excited to read! Tabitha Carvan's This Is Not a Book About Benedict Cumberbatch: The Joy of Loving Something—Anything—Like Your Life Depends On It (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm) Description from Publisher: "Why We Can't Sleep meets Furiously Happy in this hilarious, heartfelt memoir about one woman's midlife obsession with Benedict Cumberbatch, and the liberating power of reclaiming our passions as we

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May 24
4 min

New Book Releases Featuring Nikki Erlick, Michael Leali, and David Yoon

by Sara Voigt (@meaningfulmadness) Here are three books coming out today that I'm excited to read! Nikki Erlick's The Measure (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm) Description from Publisher: "The Midnight Library meets The Immortalists in this spirit-lifting, high-concept blockbuster debut. Would you choose to know how long you’ll live? "It seems like any other day. You wake up, pour a cup of coffee, and head out. But today, when you open your front door, waiting for you is a small wood

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May 17
4 min

New Book Releases Featuring Maria Adelmann, Lana Harper, and Kwame Onwuachi

by Sara Voigt (@meaningfulmadness) Here are three books coming out today that I'm excited to read! Kwame Onwuachi and Joshua David Stein's My America: Recipes from a Young Black Chef (Bookshop.org) Description from Publisher: What is American food? In his first cookbook, Kwame Onwuachi (“the most important chef in America” —San Francisco Chronicle), the acclaimed author of Notes from a Young Black Chef, shares the dishes of his America; dishes that show the true diversity of

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May 10
4 min

New Book Releases Featuring Samira Ahmed, Keanon Lowe, and A. J. Verdelle

by Jen Moyers (@jen.loves.books) Here are three books coming out today that I'm excited to read! Samira Ahmed's Hollow Fires (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm) Description from Publisher: "Safiya Mirza dreams of becoming a journalist. And one thing she's learned as editor of her school newspaper is that a journalist's job is to find the facts and not let personal biases affect the story. But all that changes the day she finds the body of a murdered boy. "Jawad Ali was fourteen years o

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May 3
4 min

New Book Releases Featuring Jasmine Guillory, Emily Henry, and Casey McQuiston

by Jen Moyers (@jen.loves.books) There are SO many books coming out today! I had a hard time narrowing it down, but here are just three of the books coming out today that I'm excited to read! Jasmine Guillory's By the Book (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm) Description from Publisher: "Sometimes to truly know a person, you have to read between the lines. "Isabelle is completely lost. When she first began her career in publishing after college, she did not expect to be twenty-five, sti

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Apr 26
4 min

New Book Releases Featuring Jennifer Close, Kristen Dwyer, and Remma Patel

by Sara Voigt (@meaningfulmadness) Here are three books coming out today that I'm excited to read! Remma Patel's Such Big Dreams (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm) Description from Publisher: "Rakhi is a twenty-three-year-old haunted by the grisly aftermath of an incident that led to the loss of her best friend eleven years ago. Constantly reminded she doesn’t belong, Rakhi lives alone in a Mumbai slum, working as a lowly office assistant at Justice For All, a struggling human-rights

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Apr 19
4 min

New Book Releases Featuring James Bird, Sajni Patel, and Sascha Rothchild

by Sara Voigt (@meaningfulmadness) Here are three books coming out today that I'm excited to read! Sascha Rothchild's Blood Sugar (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm) Description from Publisher: “'I could just kill you right now!' It’s something we’ve all thought at one time or another. But Ruby has actually acted on it. Three times, to be exact. "Though she may be a murderer, Ruby is not a sociopath. She is an animal-loving therapist with a thriving practice. She’s felt empathy and sy

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Apr 12
4 min

New Book Releases Featuring Ephron, Markum, and Pan

by Jen Moyers (@jen.loves.books) Here are three books coming out today that I'm excited to read! Delia Ephron's Left on Tenth: A Second Chance at Life (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm) Description from Publisher: "The bestselling, beloved writer of romantic comedies like You've Got Mail tells her own late-in-life love story, complete with a tragic second act and joyous resolution. "Delia Ephron had struggled through several years of heartbreak. She'd lost her sister, Nora, and then h

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Apr 5
4 min

New Book Releases Featuring Zea Kemp, Price, and Woodfolk

by Jen Moyers (@jen.loves.books) Here are (more than) three books coming out today that I'm excited to read (I couldn't resist including more—April 5 is a MAJOR publication day!). Laekan Zea Kemp's Heartbreak Symphony (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm) Description from Publisher: "Aarón Medrano has been haunted by the onstage persona of his favorite DJ ever since his mother passed away. He seems to know all of Aarón's deepest fears, like that his brain doesn't work the way it should a

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Mar 29
4 min

New Book Releases Featuring Kosoko Jackson, Dylan Marron, and Jesse Q. Sutano

by Sara Voigt (@meaningfulmadness) Here are three books coming out today that I'm excited to read! Jesse Q. Sutano's Four Aunties and a Wedding (Libro.fm | Bookshop.org) Description from Publisher: "The aunties are back, fiercer than ever and ready to handle any catastrophe—even the mafia—in this delightful and hilarious sequel by Jesse Q. Sutanto, author of Dial A for Aunties. "Meddy Chan has been to countless weddings, but she never imagined how her own would turn out. Now

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Mar 22
4 min

New Book Releases Featuring Dana Brown, Judy I. Lin, and Taj McCoy

by Sara (@meaningfulmadness) Here are three books coming out today that I'm excited to read! Taj McCoy's Savvy Sheldon Feels Good as Hell (Libro.fm | Bookshop.org) Description from Publisher: "A delicious debut rom-com about a plus-size sweetheart who gets a full-life makeover after a brutal breakup—with the help of an irresistible cast of friends and family, a kitchen reno and a devastatingly handsome contractor. "Savvy Sheldon spends a lot of time tiptoeing around the crac

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Mar 15
4 min

New Book Releases Featuring Melissa Fu, Mindy McGinnis, and John Scalzi

by Jen Moyers (@jen.loves.books) Here are three books coming out today that I'm excited to read! Melissa Fu's Peach Blossom Spring (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm) Description from Publisher: "'Within every misfortune there is a blessing and within every blessing, the seeds of misfortune, and so it goes, until the end of time.' "It is 1938 in China and, as a young wife, Meilin's future is bright. But with the Japanese army approaching, Meilin and her four year old son, Renshu, are f

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Mar 8
5 min

New Book Releases Featuring Mona Chollet, Erin Entrada Kelly, and Azar Nafisi

by Jen Moyers (@jen.loves.books) Here are three books coming out today that I'm excited to read! Mona Chollet's In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial, translated by Sophie R. Lewis (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm) Description from Publisher: "Mona Chollet's In Defense of Witches is a 'brilliant, well-documented' celebration (Le Monde) by an acclaimed French feminist of the witch as a symbol of female rebellion and independence in the f

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Mar 1
5 min

New Book Releases Featuring Clayton & Charaipotra, McDowell, and Kauffman

by Sara Voigt (@meaningfulmadness) Here are three books coming out today that I'm excited to read! Dhonielle Clayton and Sona Charaipotra's The Rumor Game (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm) Description from Publisher: "All it takes is one spark to start a blaze. At Foxham Prep, a posh private school for the children of DC’s elite, a single rumor has the power to ruin a life. "Nobody knows that better than Bryn. She used to have it all―the perfect boyfriend, a bright future in politic

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Feb 22
4 min

New Book Releases Featuring Ali-Afzal, Pek, and Wrobel

by Sara (@meaningfulmadness) Here are three books coming out today that I'm excited to read! Aliya Ali-Afzal's Would I Lie to You (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm) Description from Publisher: "At the school gates, Faiza fits in. It took a few years, but now the snobbish white mothers who mistook her for the nanny treat her as one of their own. She’s learned to crack their subtle codes, speak their language of fashion and vacations and haircuts. You’d never guess, seeing her at the t

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