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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

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Parenting young children can be extremely taxing, but also beautiful – and hilarious. That nuance is

Tina Knowles intended to write a behind-the-scenes look at her career in the music business. But she

Two new cookbooks take different approaches – one modern and one more traditional – to Korean cuisin

Jennifer Haigh's latest novel Rabbit Moon opens with a hit and run accident in pre-dawn Shanghai. Th

For more than 20 years, Lucian Kim covered Russia and Ukraine as a journalist. Now, the former NPR r

In a Manhattan restaurant, the narrator of Audition meets a young man for lunch. Everyone has a diff

Known for books like Beach Read and People We Meet on Vacation, Emily Henry is the patron saint of m

Zadie Smith's White Teeth marked its 25th anniversary in January. The now canonical novel tells the

When Nikki travels to visit her grandmother in western North Carolina, she expects answers about her

Three years ago, trans content creator and actor Dylan Mulvaney posted a video on TikTok documenting

Pope Francis died Monday, leaving behind a legacy as "Pope of the People" and a change agent within

Journalist Clay Risen is out with a new narrative history of the Red Scare, based in part on newly d

Two new picture books explore how the outside world can transform our relationships with our communi

Asma Khan grew up in India, where late summer means monsoon season. But it wasn't until she moved to

Seventeen-year-old Benny is studying hard and working as a busboy, hoping to attend college. Meanwhi

Elaine Sciolino has one mantra: "Never go to the Louvre on an empty stomach or with a full bladder."

John Kenney's I See You've Called in Dead is about an obituary writer named Bud Stanely. One late ni

Two new novels explore technology's increasing access to our most intimate thoughts. First, the prot

Lollapalooza is a popular music festival that takes place in Chicago's Grant Park each year. But it

Annie is 37 weeks pregnant. She's shopping at IKEA in Portland, Oregon, when everything around her b