About this episode

Liberty and Danika discuss new book releases including Unprecedented Times, The Salt King, and First Summer.

This week, Liberty and Danika discuss Unprecedented Times, The Salt King, First Summer, and more great books! Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and never miss a book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. Keep track of new releases with Book Riot's New Release Index, now included with an All Access membership. Click here to get started today! For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website https://bookriot.com/listen/new-releases-and-more-for-august-18-2026/ Links: Libro.fm will now sell ebooks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Hosts: Liberty, Danika

Topics covered

• new book releases
• book discussions
• literature
• podcast
• reading recommendations

Keywords

• new releases
• books
• podcast
• Book Riot
• literature
• reading

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Book Riot, Libro.fm, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, megaphone.fm

Books & works: Unprecedented Times, The Salt King, First Summer

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