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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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The World With Its Mouth Open is a book of short stories from journalist-turned-author Zahid Rafiq.

Renowned poet and professor Nikki Giovanni died earlier this week at age 81, following a third cance

Colonization and the Wampanoag Story is a 2023 history book for middle school readers about the trib

Tensions are running high for married couple Keru and Nate, who decide to rent a house in Cape Cod,

Two new nonfiction books explore the impact of cultural forces in the world of music. First, a numbe

Lexy Bloom first read Haruki Murakami in the '90s, when she picked up A Wild Sheep Chase. At that po

Angela Merkel served as Chancellor of Germany through a number of global challenges: a pandemic, a m

Author Marisha Pessl has always loved puzzles and board games. She's intrigued by the feeling of for

Comedian, writer and podcast host Youngmi Mayer was raised in Korea and Saipan with a Korean mom and

Today's books take readers into the secret lives of farm animals. The first, Pig Years, is a memoir

Cooking with young kids can be a mess, but embracing this idea is the point of Mark Bittman's new co

Steve Urkel, the nerdy, bespectacled neighbor in Family Matters, is one of '90s television's most ic

The 2024 edition of Books We Love is here. Each year, NPR staffers and critics submit their favorite

Kate's new husband, who she reunites with 50 years after they were high school sweethearts, has just

Two nonfiction books question the efficacy of financial systems that are meant to help lift people o

In the late 1900s, Protestants and Catholics were in conflict over who should rule Northern Ireland,

Since leaving the White House more than two decades ago, Bill Clinton has remained a leader in the D

When Rose Levy Beranbaum's The Cake Bible was first published in 1988, it took the baking world by s

Pony Confidential, a new novel by author Christina Lynch, is about an unlikely detective: a crime-so

New books focused on Johnny Carson and Shirley MacLaine offer intimate portraits of two of televisio