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NPR's Book of the Day

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In the book Path Lit by Lightning, author David Maraniss does more than just write Jim Thorpe's life

When it comes to raising children, says Helena Andrews-Dyer, there are complicated dynamics connecte

This episode features two different books by one author: Salman Rushdie. And while the two stories d

In Electable: Why America Hasn't Put a Woman in the White House... Yet, author Ali Vitali explores w

Author Emma Donoghue "seem to enjoy the stimulus of going to an entirely new place." That's precisel

Author Anya Kamenetzwas covering education for NPR when the pandemic started spreading in the U.S. S

In Abdulrazak Gurnah's Afterlives, the characters centered in the novel offer different perspectives

The two books in this episode are thrillers that center class as the theme of the narrative. First u

Sidik Fofana's short story collection can be best described as "addressing the notion that gentrific

The author of Rebel With a Clause traveled to more than 40 states to document how grammar is used in

Blitz Bazawule directed the first Ghanaian original film to be released on Netflix, co-directed Beyo

In Belinda Huijuan Tang's debut novel, A Map For the Missing, readers can find parallels between Ta

The two books featured in this episode illustrate the impact of colorism in society. First up is The

Author and audiobook narrator Julia Whelan says narrating her own second book, Thank You for Listeni

In an interview with NPR's Juana Summers, Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina talks about the second

Marianne Wiggins had started to write her latest book Properties of Thirst when she had a stroke in

In an interview with the author of Solitary, the issue of criminal justice reform is central. Alfred

Today's interviews center on children's books with wildly different topics, but they both aim to mak

Author Imani Perry is a child of the South. In her newest book South to America: A Journey Below the

Patriarch Leo Chao is murdered at his restaurant at the beginning of Lan Samantha Chang's new novel