'Kin' and 'When Two Feathers Fell from the Sky' fictionalize the Jim Crow South
As we continue to celebrate the 250th birthday of the U.S., we’re revisiting author interviews on important books about American history. To...
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Eddie Glaude on the tension at the center of America's milestone birthdays
As we continue to celebrate the 250th birthday of the U.S., we’re revisiting author interviews on important books about American history. In...
Revisiting the story of the American Revolution with Rick Atkinson
As we continue to celebrate the 250th birthday of the U.S., we’re revisiting author interviews on important books about American history. In...
'America's Founding Son' documents John Quincy Adams' influential post-presidency
As we continue to celebrate the 250th birthday of the U.S., we’re revisiting author interviews on important books about American history. Bo...
Norah O'Donnell’s 'We the Women' pays tribute to U.S. history's female heroes
As we continue to celebrate the 250th birthday of the U.S., we’re revisiting author interviews on important books that speak to American his...
What to read this summer, according to our NPR colleagues
Summer can be a great time to catch up on reading. If you’re looking for recommendations, the NPR Books team is out with a list of some of o...
Judy Blume says she doesn't miss writing … but she’s very glad she wrote
Over 50 years, Judy Blume wrote an incomparable set of books for young readers, including Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret , Deenie , T...
In 'Names Have Been Changed,' a criminal on the run confesses her story on a podcast
Ophir led an unremarkable life until her best friend pulled her into the scam. After 10 years on the run from the Singapore police, she’s as...
A new book argues Elon Musk is the architect of a new world view
A new book argues that Elon Musk has an influence in the 21st century similar to what Henry Ford had in the 20th. He's not just a businessma...
Tom Perrotta’s novel 'Ghost Town' revisits a New Jersey childhood from a bygone era
In Tom Perrotta’s new novel, a successful writer named Jimmy Perrini is invited to return to his hometown in suburban New Jersey. The invita...
New biographies recount how The Rolling Stones and Soundgarden changed rock music
The Rolling Stones and Soundgarden are two of the most influential bands in the history of rock – and two new books tell their stories. The...
Laverne Cox on her childhood, 'Walden' and her new memoir 'Transcendent'
Laverne Cox became a breakout TV star at 40 with a starring role in Orange Is the New Black . Since then, she’s become an advocate and role...
In 'The Jellyfish Problem,' an introverted scientist is called in to help an island
Author Tessa Yang describes her The Jellyfish Problem protagonist as an "introverted, know-it-all dork." In the novel, Jo, a marine biologis...
Sen. Chris Murphy wants the left and right to fix the country’s 'spiritual rot'
Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut believes there is a “spiritual rot” festering in the country – and he wants the left and right t...
In 'Contrapposto,' the meaning of love and the meaning of art go hand-in-hand
Novelist Dave Eggers ( A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, The Circle) has a new novel out: Contrapposto. It’s a decade-spanning roma...
Two romance books give opposite takes on love, relationships and the absence of both
In the new novel They All Fall in Love at the End, polyamory is the topic at hand — primarily what it offers the protagonist and how she nav...
In 'Stolen Revolution,' six Iranians share perspectives on modern Iran and its future
How does a nationwide revolution affect the individual lives of its citizens? In the midst of the latest conflict in Iran, journalists Bozor...
'The Yahoo Boys' investigates Nigeria’s network of cyber crime 'sweetheart scams'
In 2022, journalist Carlos Barragán moved to Lagos, Nigeria to investigate a cybercrime network of text-based internet phishing, also known...
R.F. Kuang says there’s 'quite a lot' of herself in 'Katabasis' protagonist Alice
R.F. Kuang’s fantasy novel Katabasis , first published in 2025, is out in paperback. The book is about two rival doctoral students studying...
Theo Baker delves into power and corruption at Stanford in 'How to Rule the World'
A few years ago, Theo Baker – then a student at Stanford University – joined the school newspaper and broke a story that forced the universi...