NPR's Book of the Day
In need of a good read? Or just want to keep up with the books everyone's talking about? NPR's Book of the Day gives you today's very best writing in a snackable, skimmable, pocket-sized podcast. Whether you're looking to engage with the big questions of our times – or temporarily escape from them – we've got an author who will speak to you, all genres, mood and writing styles included. Catch today's great books in 15 minutes or less.
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Gov. Josh Shapiro emphasizes civic engagement in new memoir 'Where We Keep the L...
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In 'Room 706,' a woman confronts her extramarital affair during a hostage crisis
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Two new books take on lesser-known chapters of WWII and Cold War-era Black histo...
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A woman takes over her dead sister’s dating profile in 'Dandelion is Dead'
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'How to Commit a Postcolonial Murder' is a dark new novel about sisterhood
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In Sara Levine’s novel 'The Hitch,' a corgi’s soul enters a little boy’s body
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Angela Tomaski’s debut novel takes readers on a tour of an English manor in decl...
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Romance authors Emily Henry, Beverly Jenkins, and others on the state of their g...
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A meet-cute followed by real life: 'Party of Two' is about love in the real worl...
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Looking back at 'Normal People,' before Sally Rooney’s rise to fame
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'Emergency Contact' explores love in the age of modern technology
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Nicholas Sparks and M. Night Shyamalan on 'Remain,' their supernatural romance n...
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New books argue that far-off goals and humor can help shift daily routines
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Iranian pop star Googoosh on her new memoir and life in pre-revolution Iran
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Sarah Harman’s debut novel is a lighthearted take on the 'missing kid' mystery g...
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'Firestorm' tells journalistic – and personal – story of the LA wildfires
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'This is Where the Serpent Lives' is a sprawling debut novel set in modern Pakis...
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'Body Beautiful' and 'My One-of-a-Kind Body' aim to cultivate kids’ body positiv...
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'Freedom on the Sea' is a biography of Robert Smalls – by his great-great-grands...
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The novel 'These Days' fictionalizes a lesser-known chapter in the history of Be...
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With her new book, Scottish author Val McDermid wants to “charm you into winter”
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'The Definitions' features dorm room conversation – with a dystopian twist
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Two debut novels, two murder mysteries set in the United Kingdom
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Amitav Ghosh’s 'Wild Fictions' gathers essays on empire and the environment
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In 'Twice Born,' a daughter discovers her father through his biography of Mark T...
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'The Philosopher in the Valley' paints an eccentric portrait of Palantir’s Alex...
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'Russ & Daughters' cookbook documents a century-old New York City establishment
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Susan Choi’s 'Flashlight' is about an alternate-universe version of her own fami...
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'Feeding Ghosts' is a graphic memoir grappling with generational trauma
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In ‘A Guardian and a Thief,’ a mother’s love for her family threatens her own mo...
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A new novel from Karen Russell is a sprawling story set during the Dust Bowl
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In Rabih Alameddine’s new novel, a mother and son share a tiny Beirut apartment
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Dorie Greenspan and Paul Hollywood discuss their new and nourishing cake cookboo...
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'Unabridged' explores the history of the dictionary – and why it’s in trouble no...
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'Hiddensee' is a 'Nutcracker'-inspired novel from the author of 'Wicked'
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Jeff Kinney on his iconic, now 20-book 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid' series
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Mahmood Mamdani’s 'Slow Poison' centers politics of belonging in postcolonial Ug...
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Revisiting ‘Waiting to Exhale’
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Paul McCartney on his band 'Wings,' plus the story of indie label Bloodshot Reco...
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In this novel, the residents of a Brussels apartment building brace for Nazi inv...
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William Boyd’s 'The Predicament' is a spy thriller with a conspiratorial edge
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Rep. Jim Clyburn’s new book 'The First Eight' traces the history of his predeces...
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'The Heir Apparent' asks existential questions about Britain and its beloved cro...
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Revisiting ‘Kitchen Confidential’
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‘How a Game Lives,’ ‘How to Save the Internet’ show the best and worst of life o...
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A new book of poems by Kate Baer wrestles with the realities of middle age
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In 'The Unveiling,' a disastrous cruise becomes an opportunity for cultural reck...
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Deborah Willis on her seminal history of Black photography, reissued 25 years la...
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In ‘Best Offer Wins,’ an ambitious millennial is driven mad by the homebuying pr...
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Revisiting Frank Herbert’s ‘Dune’
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