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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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Inspired by a true story from Oakland, California, Leila Mottley's first novel follows a young Black

Four strangers sitting in the reading room of the Boston Public Library suddenly hear a woman's pier

There is a common hurdle for many first generation immigrants: feeling out of place. Whether that's

Author Dan Chaon wanted to find a way to write about current times – instability, fear, political di

We have something a little different today. Often when we travel to new places, we look for books ab

Leslie Fenwick is a nationally-known education policy and leadership studies scholar at Howard Unive

The last couple of years have been tough for everyone, and dealing with the plethora of emotions the

Trauma isn't finite. It doesn't happen only to one person – and its effects on people and communitie

Grady Hendrix loves horror movies, especially those old 80s slashers. And his new book is a tribute

Jhumpa Lahiri is best known for her fictional stories about immigration; novels that usually explore

For teenagers, every life question can feel existential. It was like that for Elif Batuman, who foun

During World War II, as American publishers sought ways to support the troops abroad, they began pri

Contrary to how it might feel when we're just seeing them through screens, celebrities, too, deal wi

In a frightening new horror novel, a young woman reunites with her cousin after escaping from a moth

Most people know George Floyd through how he died, not how he lived. His Name is George Floyd, a new

The leak of the Supreme Court draft opinion on Roe v. Wade earlier this month has reignited debates

If you could go back in time to when you were 16 years old, what would you change? This question is

It's estimated that more than 1 million Uyghur Muslims have been detained in camps in China, where t

Just like every person has a story, every recipe has a memory. For famous chef Rick Martínez, those

Can humans and sea creatures communicate? In Shelby Van Pelt's first novel, Remarkably Bright Creatu