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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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For people with autism, navigating a neurotypical world can be exhausting. Many deploy strategies to

The 2022 Winter Olympics are right around the corner, so to prepare we are bringing you a conversati

Today, two children's books that touch on a little bit of everything: from pets and illustrations to

The workplace can be a tricky - even fraught - place to navigate for anyone, but for those who come

The quest to find the headwaters of the Nile River was the mid-19th century's equivalent to the spac

Today, the Great Dismal Swamp is a National Wildlife Refuge stretching between Virginia and North Ca

It's been 28 years since Apartheid ended in South Africa, but the country's people are still wrestli

This episode features baseball diaries with Scott Simon. First up, CC Sabathia details his personal

Doreen Cunningham felt worn down by financial limitations as a single parent trying to, as she says,

Displacement, identity and the aftermath of warfare are themes running through today's episode on '

The setting for today's book could be an "alternate version of right now," according to author Davey

Today's book evaluates the price of assimilation when representation, identity and belonging are era

Today's episode features two books that reach deep into the animal world. First, E.O. Wilson sits do

Today's fictional book is set in very non-fictional circumstances. Novelist Ann Leary was trying to

Today's Book of the Day spans across two places: Hawaii and the Korean Peninsula. The story, though,

Today's Book of the Day is a little bit of everything: punk rock music, high school dynamics, some h

As the House's committee hearings on Jan. 6 continue, today's episode offers some context from The A

Today, two books from indigenous authors who make a similar, wry argument: it's a miracle there are

In this episode, we're going back in time to 1722 to examine the different approaches to justice bet

In celebration of the new U.S. poet laureate this year, Ada Limón, today's episode revisits another