NPR's Book of the Day

Two new murder mysteries cleverly explore the meta — in two very different ways

22 May 2026

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In Ilona Bannister’s Five, five strangers wait on a train platform. One will die in the next five minutes but only one person knows: the reader. In ...

In 'Backtalker,' Kimberlé Crenshaw turns from political theory to personal memoir

21 May 2026

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Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw is a foundational legal scholar, theorist, and Civil Rights advocate, known for coining such significant and controversial...

In 'Homebound,' an epic journey through multiverses begins with a single video game

20 May 2026

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Becks is a queer teenager in the 1980s struggling to find a sense of belonging. When she picks up an unfinished coding project left behind by her belo...

'The People Can Fly' examines the history of Black prodigies from poets to professors

19 May 2026

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What does it truly mean to be a “prodigy?” For the poet, professor and author of The People Can Fly Joshua Bennett, the answer is complicated. But...

Revisiting 'Whalefall,' the underwater thriller from Pulitzer winner Daniel Kraus

18 May 2026

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Time is running out for 17-year-old Jay Gardiner: He’s trapped underwater in the body of a sperm whale with just one hour of oxygen left. This not-s...

Two new books approach running from different angles

15 May 2026

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Today’s episode spotlights two new books all about running. The Long Run is a history of the marathon by author and running coach Martin Dugard. He ...

Reflecting on 30 years of 'The Golden Compass' with Sir Philip Pullman

14 May 2026

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It’s been 30 years since Philip Pullman’s The Golden Compass arrived on U.S. shores. The award-winning British fantasy classic tells the story of ...

In 'The Future is Peace,' tourism paves a way forward for Israelis and Palestinians

13 May 2026

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For Palestinian Aziz Abu Sarah and Israeli Maoz Inon, their bond of mutual understanding evolved from a place of tremendous pain. Both men saw members...

In 'The Ending Writes Itself,' a contest to complete a manuscript turns deadly

12 May 2026

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In a new mystery novel, a group of struggling writers lands on a private island belonging to bestselling author Arthur Fletch. But Fletch is dead and ...

Mark Helprin’s 'Elegy in Blue' is a tragedy, love story and ghost story all in one

11 May 2026

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We meet the unnamed narrator of Mark Helprin's new novel Elegy In Blue when he’s 82-years-old. He was a man of wealth and standing but has wound up ...

Journalist Jodi Kantor and happiness expert Arthur Brooks on how to find purpose

08 May 2026

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Journalist Jodi Kantor and Harvard happiness expert Arthur Brooks are both out with new books about identifying and cultivating meaning in one’s lif...

Lena Dunham on her memoir 'Famesick' and the intense bond between 'Girls' co-stars

07 May 2026

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Lena Dunham shot the pilot for the HBO series Girls at age 24. Quickly, she was launched into the creative spotlight but the author says she was not p...

In 'Dear Monica Lewinsky,' a woman turns to an unusual saint for support

06 May 2026

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In Julia Langbein’s new novel, a woman named Jean is in turmoil over her past. She has rediscovered a diary from 1998, when she was 17-years-old, an...

Belle Burden on 'Strangers,' her divorce, and financial literacy for women

05 May 2026

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During the second week of the Covid lockdown, Belle Burden’s husband ended their 20-year marriage and became “someone [she] did not recognize.” ...

'Spies and Other Gods' is an espionage novel by a former British intelligence officer

04 May 2026

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James Wolff is the pseudonym of a former British intelligence officer who now writes espionage novels. His latest, Spies and Other Gods, follows the H...

'The Take' and 'The Left and the Lucky' explore peculiar friendships across age

01 May 2026

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Two new novels center vital, but unusual connections across age. In The Take, an aspiring writer named Maggie agrees to an outlandish deal with Ingrid...

Mikhail Zygar says the Soviet Union’s collapse was only a temporary win for democracy

30 Apr 2026

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Wars in Ukraine and in the Middle East are reshaping global politics. In The Dark Side of the Earth, exiled Russian journalist Mikhail Zygar traces th...

In 'Yesteryear,' a tradwife influencer wakes up in the time period she’s fetishized

29 Apr 2026

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Natalie Heller Mills is a tradwife influencer with 5 million followers. She drinks raw milk, eats farm fresh eggs, and is “perfect at being alive.”...

'Infinity Machine' is a biography of an Oppenheimer-like figure in AI

28 Apr 2026

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Demis Hassabis says when he set up an AI lab in 2010, “no one believed in it.” The Google DeepMind co-founder and Nobel Prize winner is the subjec...

In Maria Semple’s 'Go Gentle,' a surprise love interest upends a Stoic life

27 Apr 2026

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In Maria Semple’s new novel, Adora Hazzard works as a moral trainer to the tweens of a wealthy family on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. She’s a...

Ada Limón talks forgiveness, ghosts and fertility on 'Wild Card'

24 Apr 2026

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This week, we're celebrating National Poetry Month by revisiting some of our favorite conversations with poets. In 2024, then U.S. Poet Laureate Ada L...

Healing through poetry in 'Light For The World To See'

23 Apr 2026

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This week, we're celebrating National Poetry Month by revisiting some of our favorite conversations with poets. In 2020, Kwame Alexander was feeling t...

In his memoir, poet Raymond Antrobus writes of 'deaf gain' instead of hearing loss

22 Apr 2026

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When poet Raymond Antrobus was 6 years old, he learned he was deaf. His new memoir The Quiet Ear describes living in a world of in-betweenness, stra...

In 'Poet Warrior', Joy Harjo uses poetry to deal with pain and heal

21 Apr 2026

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This week, we're celebrating National Poetry Month by revisiting some of our favorite conversations with poets. Joy Harjo, who was the U.S. poet laure...

Poet Ocean Vuong shares his grief in 'Time Is A Mother'

20 Apr 2026

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This week, we're celebrating National Poetry Month by revisiting some of our favorite conversations with poets. Ocean Vuong's collection, Time Is A Mo...

Brandy Norwood and Arsenio Hall's memoirs look back on careers that defined the '90s

17 Apr 2026

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Two figures who defined ‘90s culture are out with new memoirs. First, Brandy Norwood is a Grammy-winning singer and made history as the first Black ...

For her new novel about boy bands, Emma Straub took a page from New Kids on the Block

16 Apr 2026

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A few years ago, author Emma Straub saw a story about New Kids on the Block hosting a tropical cruise for their fans. That planted the seed for Straub...

'Labor' is a memoir by a doctor who traveled the country with a mobile OB-GYN clinic

15 Apr 2026

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Twenty years into her medical career, Dr. Mary Fariba Afsari, a board-certified OBGYN, had grown increasingly frustrated with the medical profession. ...

John Sayles on Henry Ford, Detroit and his new historical novel 'Crucible'

14 Apr 2026

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In the new novel Crucible, director and author John Sayles turns his attention to Henry Ford, Detroit, and automotive labor in the 1920s through World...

Patrick Radden Keefe on 'London Falling' and the mystery of Zac Brettler

13 Apr 2026

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In November of 2019, a young man leaped into the Thames River from a London apartment building and died. After 19-year-old Zac Brettler’s death, his...

New children’s books center intergenerational relationships in life and the afterlife

10 Apr 2026

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Intergenerational relationships take center stage in two new children’s books. First, in The One About the Blackbird, a little boy learns to play gu...

Katrina Manson on 'Project Maven' and how the U.S. is using AI in warfare

09 Apr 2026

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Marine Corps colonel Drew Cukor says AI will completely change the way the United States fights wars – and maybe already has. The new book Project M...

In 'Kutchinsky's Egg,' a jeweler’s corrosive ambition leads to his family’s downfall

08 Apr 2026

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A famous jeweler in London once became obsessed with a single goal: To produce the world’s largest golden egg. He became fixated with one-upping the...

'Anywhere Else' is a book of essays about a love-hate relationship with Florida

07 Apr 2026

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Writer Rachel Knox says there was a point at which she wanted to escape Florida. She moved away to New York, but eventually returned. Her new essay co...

Sen. Cory Booker on 'Stand' and his intentions for the 2028 election

06 Apr 2026

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Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) has been a vocal critic of the Trump administration, but lately he’s also expressed frustration with the Democratic Party....

The story behind cookbooks 'The Talisman of Happiness' and 'Will This Make You Happy'

03 Apr 2026

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Today’s episode features two cookbooks: One new, the other newly translated. First, a classic Italian cookbook (and classic wedding gift) has been t...

Keith O'Brien on 'Heartland,' Larry Bird and the basketball career that almost wasn't

02 Apr 2026

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Larry Bird – one of the greatest players in the history of the NBA – once gave up his college basketball career to return to his hometown, French ...

In the epic 'Son of Nobody,' Yann Martel gives footnotes a starring role

01 Apr 2026

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Yann Martel’s new novel Son of Nobody contains two narratives: a lost epic about the Trojan War and a personal tragedy that plays out in the book’...

Geoff Bennett on the history of Black comedy from vaudeville to sitcoms

31 Mar 2026

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PBS Newshour co-anchor Geoff Bennett is out with a new book that presents portraits of Black artists who shaped comedy. Black Out Loud is a history th...

Andy Weir reveals his fun and frantic creative process behind 'Project Hail Mary'

30 Mar 2026

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In Project Hail Mary, amateur astronaut Ryland Grace must travel light years from Earth to save humanity from a dying Sun. The stakes are high, to say...

In new memoirs, David Archuleta and Lindy West break with their pasts

27 Mar 2026

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Singer-songwriter David Archuleta and writer Lindy West are both out with memoirs that deal with letting go of the past. First, Archuleta was the runn...

Apple is turning 50. David Pogue’s new book tells its history.

26 Mar 2026

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Next month, tech giant Apple will turn 50, marking five decades since Steve Jobs and his co-founders set out to put powerful technology in the hands o...

In the novel ‘Black Bag,’ a classroom experiment invites questions about masculinity

25 Mar 2026

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The narrator in Black Bag is an unnamed and mostly unemployed actor until a professor offers him the starring role in an experiment. The narrator is a...

Fab 5 Freddy’s 'Everybody’s Fly' is a backstage pass to NYC’s new wave hip hop scene

24 Mar 2026

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Fred Brathwaite — aka ‘Fab 5 Freddy’ — is a pioneering multimedia artist credited with bringing hip hop to the mainstream in the 1980s. His ne...

Sarvat Hasin's new novel is about a magnetic friendship between 'Strange Girls'

23 Mar 2026

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In Sarvat Hasin’s novel Strange Girls, a Pakistani woman and an American woman meet at a London-based university in the 2010s. There, they quickly b...

Two new murder mysteries: 'Ruby Falls' and 'The Secret Lives of Murderers' Wives'

20 Mar 2026

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Two new murder mystery novels let readers into hidden worlds: one underground and the other among the wives of serial killers. First, Ruby Falls begin...

Daisy Hernández argues 'Citizenship' has never been a fixed legal status

19 Mar 2026

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Author Daisy Hernández grew up in New Jersey in a community she describes as “the United Nations of Latinos,” with parents from Cuba and Colombia...

Cara Bastone's 'No Matter What' is a romance novel that begins with a separation

18 Mar 2026

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Cara Bastone says she wanted to write a book filled with miscommunications that couldn’t be solved with a quick conversation. In her novel No Matter...

In 'The Mixed Marriage Project,' Dorothy Roberts works through her dad's archive

17 Mar 2026

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After the death of her father, sociologist and law professor Dorothy Roberts decided to sort through his boxes. What she found was an archive of notes...

'The Correspondent' is an epistolary novel, but can letters tell the whole story?

16 Mar 2026

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Virginia Evans’ The Correspondent became a runaway hit for its exploration of a life told through letters. When readers meet Sybil Van Antwerp she’...

'We the Women' and 'Rise, Girl, Rise' are stories about revolutionary women

13 Mar 2026

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To mark Women’s History Month, today’s episode features new books focused on women who have paved the way for gender equality. First, journalist N...

'One of Us' is a British political drama based on the Boris Johnson era

12 Mar 2026

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In today’s episode, Elizabeth Day describes the protagonist in her new novel One of Us as the “quintessential outsider.” Martin Gilmour came fro...

To understand consciousness, Michael Pollan looked at plants, AI and himself

11 Mar 2026

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While researching a previous book, a mushroom trip in Michael Pollan’s garden left him curious about the boundaries of consciousness. His latest pro...

In 'Bad Asians,' a friend group threatens its reputation with a viral video

10 Mar 2026

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Lillian Li says Bad Asians was drawn from her upbringing in a hypercompetitive Chinese-American community. In the novel, four 20-somethings, who grew ...

In new memoir, Gavin Newsom reflects on his political rise

09 Mar 2026

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As California’s governor – and a topic of discussion among some as a possible 2028 presidential candidate – Gavin Newsom is an exceedingly publi...

'The Irish Goodbye' and 'Frog' are micro-memoirs and essays about everyday life

06 Mar 2026

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In today’s episode, two authors tackle everyday experience through short-form writing. First, The Irish Goodbye is a collection of micro-memoirs by ...

'An American Marriage' author Tayari Jones is out with a new novel 'Kin'

05 Mar 2026

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Tayari Jones, author of the 2018 novel An American Marriage, says her next book was supposed to be about gentrification in the American South. But whi...

Andrew Krivak’s novel 'Mule Boy' takes readers inside a Pennsylvania coal mine

04 Mar 2026

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Author Andrew Krivak grew up hearing stories about his grandfather, who died in a coal mine collapse in the early 1900s. These stories inspired Mule B...

Jason Zengerle says Tucker Carlson is more 'movement leader' than media persona

03 Mar 2026

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Journalist Jason Zengerle spent years observing right-wing media personality Tucker Carlson. His new book Hated by All the Right People asks: Does Car...

Author was struck by story of mixed-race orphans behind 'Keeper of Lost Children'

02 Mar 2026

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Keeper of Lost Children is the latest work of historical fiction by Sadeqa Johnson. The novel is told from three vantage points and follows the story ...

A psychoanalyst and a priest share insights in 'Love's Labor' and 'Work in Progress'

27 Feb 2026

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New books by a psychoanalyst and a priest have something in common: They draw on the experience of holding other people’s stories. Stephen Grosz say...

Reshona Landfair, formerly 'Jane Doe,' recounts abuse by R. Kelly in new memoir

26 Feb 2026

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Reshona Landfair met R. Kelly when she was a pre-teen in 1996. Starstruck, Landfair says she fell victim to his grooming tactics, followed by years of...

'The Renovation' is a novel with a surrealist take on prison structures big and small

25 Feb 2026

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There are many ways that a home renovation project can become a nightmare for all involved. But in The Renovation, narrator Dilara’s remodeling woes...

'Fly, Wild Swans' weaves Jung Chang’s family history with the history of China

24 Feb 2026

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Jung Chang’s memoir Wild Swans, published in 1991, told the story of three generations of women in her family as they survived upheaval in 20th-cent...

'Clutch' follows a college friend group trying to maintain their bond in midlife

23 Feb 2026

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The new novel Clutch follows five women who have known each other since college as they navigate the challenges of midlife. Author Emily Nemens recent...

Brush up on American history with 'Common Sense' and 'We the People'

20 Feb 2026

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In preparation for the U.S. Semiquincentennial this summer, we’re featuring two key texts in American history. First, Professor Nora Slonimsky joins...

In 'Eradication,' a grieving man sets off to a remote island to save the world

19 Feb 2026

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Adi is a man grieving the death of his young son and the end of his marriage. Following these losses, he comes across a strange job listing, which bri...

Gisèle Pelicot’s 'A Hymn to Life' is both a memoir and an act of ultimate defiance

18 Feb 2026

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Content warning: this episode contains discussions of sexual abuse.In 2024, Gisèle Pelicot waived her right to anonymity as the victim during her own...

'Crux' is a novel about rock climbing, but risk exists far beyond the mountain’s edge

17 Feb 2026

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Rock climbing is a great sport for thrill-seekers. In Gabriel Tallent’s Crux, main characters Dan and Tamma fit the bill perfectly. At just 17 years...

After 100 years of Mount Rushmore, its biographer says the landmark is incomplete

16 Feb 2026

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Next year marks the 100th anniversary of the first drilling at Mount Rushmore, the iconic American landmark in South Dakota. But Matthew Davis, author...

'Football' and 'Everybody Loses' examine changes to America’s most popular sport

13 Feb 2026

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The Super Bowl is over, but the NFL season is set to ramp up again in just a few months.  Today’s episode features two nonfiction books that delve ...

A new book focuses on a queer, Black, WWII-era translator who risked safety for love

12 Feb 2026

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About a decade ago, professor and historian Ethelene Whitmire was presenting research on the experiences of African Americans living in Denmark. At th...

George Saunders' 'Vigil' is a ghostly novel about an oil tycoon in his final hours

11 Feb 2026

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In his latest novel, George Saunders continues to explore his interest in death and the afterlife. Vigil tells the story of an oil tycoon and climate ...

Gov. Josh Shapiro emphasizes civic engagement in new memoir 'Where We Keep the Light'

10 Feb 2026

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Gov. Josh Shapiro has plenty of dark experiences that he could recount in his new memoir, Where We Keep the Light. In his first term as Pennsylvania’...

In 'Room 706,' a woman confronts her extramarital affair during a hostage crisis

09 Feb 2026

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Kate loves her husband and their family, but she’s also involved in a long-standing affair with a married lover. Ellie Levenson opens her novel Room...

Two new books take on lesser-known chapters of WWII and Cold War-era Black history

06 Feb 2026

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Two new books focus on lesser-known chapters of Black history. First, Kings & Pawns tells the story of Jackie Robinson and Paul Robeson, who were pitt...

A woman takes over her dead sister’s dating profile in 'Dandelion is Dead'

05 Feb 2026

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Dating apps are full of small lies, but Rosie Storey’s debut novel imagines a relationship built on a much bigger one. What if you take over the pro...

'How to Commit a Postcolonial Murder' is a dark new novel about sisterhood

04 Feb 2026

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In today’s interview, author Nina McConigley tells NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe that she wanted to write a sister book. How to Commit a Postcolonial Murder...

In Sara Levine’s novel 'The Hitch,' a corgi’s soul enters a little boy’s body

03 Feb 2026

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When Rose’s 6-year-old nephew arrives for a week-long visit, she has a lot of expectations for how their time together will go. Instead, the boy’s...

Angela Tomaski’s debut novel takes readers on a tour of an English manor in decline

02 Feb 2026

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In Angela Tomaski’s debut novel, an old English manor has just been sold and is on the brink of conversion into a hotel. The Infamous Gilberts tells...

Romance authors Emily Henry, Beverly Jenkins, and others on the state of their genre

30 Jan 2026

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To wrap up our pre-Valentine’s Day week of reads, we revisit two roundtable discussions with contemporary romance authors. First, Here & Now’s Cel...

A meet-cute followed by real life: 'Party of Two' is about love in the real world

29 Jan 2026

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Romance writer Jasmine Guillory writes beautiful love stories – but that doesn't mean they aren't based in reality. Her novel Party of Two, from the...

Looking back at 'Normal People,' before Sally Rooney’s rise to fame

28 Jan 2026

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In 2019, Sally Rooney was promoting Normal People, the novel that would become her breakout hit. The book inspired a popular Hulu adaptation and posit...

'Emergency Contact' explores love in the age of modern technology

27 Jan 2026

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Content warning: this episode contains discussions of sexual assault.It’s not breaking news that technology has seeped into modern dating culture. S...

Nicholas Sparks and M. Night Shyamalan on 'Remain,' their supernatural romance novel

26 Jan 2026

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Nicholas Sparks and M. Night Shyamalan are authors known worldwide for their contributions to the genres of romance and horror. But in 2025, they brou...

New books argue that far-off goals and humor can help shift daily routines

23 Jan 2026

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January is the month for people to take stock of their habits and routines – and two new books offer unconventional approaches to shaking up our liv...

Iranian pop star Googoosh on her new memoir and life in pre-revolution Iran

22 Jan 2026

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The Iranian government has exerted forceful control over its citizens since the Islamic Republic seized power nearly 50 years ago. The pop star Googoo...

Sarah Harman’s debut novel is a lighthearted take on the 'missing kid' mystery genre

21 Jan 2026

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Is there anything you wouldn’t do for your favorite person? That question is at the center of Sarah Harman’s debut novel All the Other Mothers Hat...

'Firestorm' tells journalistic – and personal – story of the LA wildfires

20 Jan 2026

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Jacob Soboroff was one of the reporters on the front lines of last year’s devastating wildfires in Los Angeles. For him, the story was also deeply p...

'This is Where the Serpent Lives' is a sprawling debut novel set in modern Pakistan

19 Jan 2026

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Author Daniyal Mueenuddin has hit the ground running with his debut novel, This is Where the Serpent Lives. Set in modern Pakistan, the story spans ge...

'Body Beautiful' and 'My One-of-a-Kind Body' aim to cultivate kids’ body positivity

16 Jan 2026

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Body image can be a tricky subject to navigate for those of all ages – including kids. In today’s episode, we’re highlighting two kids’ books ...

'Freedom on the Sea' is a biography of Robert Smalls – by his great-great-grandson

15 Jan 2026

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Robert Smalls’ dynamic life story – his daring escape from slavery, his pivotal role in the Civil War, and the political career that ensued – wa...

The novel 'These Days' fictionalizes a lesser-known chapter in the history of Belfast

14 Jan 2026

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In the spring of 1941, Belfast, the capital of Northern Ireland, braced for incoming attacks from German bombers. Over April and May, four German air ...

With her new book, Scottish author Val McDermid wants to “charm you into winter”

13 Jan 2026

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We are in the thick of winter in the U.S. Days are short, nights are long, and in much of the country, it’s crisp and cold outside. A new book by th...

'The Definitions' features dorm room conversation – with a dystopian twist

12 Jan 2026

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Matt Greene’s new novel The Definitions starts with new college dormmates getting to know each other. But there’s a dystopian twist: The students ...

Two debut novels, two murder mysteries set in the United Kingdom

09 Jan 2026

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Two debut novelists are out with murder mysteries set in the United Kingdom. First, Jennie Godfrey’s The List of Suspicious Things is a coming-of-ag...

Amitav Ghosh’s 'Wild Fictions' gathers essays on empire and the environment

08 Jan 2026

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Indian Bengali writer Amitav Ghosh has been writing about empire, the environment, and other subjects for the past 25 years. Now, he has gathered some...

In 'Twice Born,' a daughter discovers her father through his biography of Mark Twain

07 Jan 2026

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Hester Kaplan, the daughter of Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Justin Kaplan, knew her father was an esteemed writer and researcher, but she didn’...

'The Philosopher in the Valley' paints an eccentric portrait of Palantir’s Alex Karp

06 Jan 2026

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Palantir is one of the world’s most valuable companies, analyzing data for businesses, but also for U.S. and Israeli intelligence agencies. The Phil...

'Russ & Daughters' cookbook documents a century-old New York City establishment

05 Jan 2026

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Russ & Daughters opened in 1914 and is one of the last remaining “appetizing stores” in New York City. The shop – which the owners say is not a ...