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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 of the Day gives you today's very best writing in a snackable, skimmable, pocket-sized podcast. Whether you're looking to engage with the big questions of our times – or temporarily escape from them – we've got an author who will speak to you, all genres, mood and writing styles included. Catch today's great books in 15 minutes or less. Support public media by joining NPR+ at plus.npr.org. You’ll get perks for over 25 NPR podcasts, including sponsor-free listening for Book of the Day.

Episodes

Two new history books use the past to explain what’s important now

'F*** Approval, You Don’t Need It!' makes the case against ‘people pleasers’

Angela Flournoy’s 'The Wilderness' focuses on a Black, female ‘chosen family’

Former senator Joe Manchin makes the case for the middle in the memoir 'Dead Center'

Ian McEwan’s latest novel ‘What We Can Know’ is science fiction without the science

‘Peacemaker’ and ‘Tomorrow Is Yesterday’ are personal histories of diplomacy

Ken Jaworowski’s new crime novel ‘What About the Bodies’ has a surprising tender side

‘Dark Renaissance’ historian on how Christopher Marlowe paved the way for Shakespeare

‘Beyond Fast’ chronicles one coach’s unlikely revolution in high school cross-country

In his new novel ‘The Secret of Secrets,’ Dan Brown takes on human consciousness

‘Long Way Down’ and ‘The Hate U Give’ are modern classics about gun violence

What Toni Morrison learned from revisiting five of her most-read novels

Sandra Cisneros’ ‘The House on Mango Street’ was born from a feeling of displacement

In her translation of ‘The Odyssey,’ Emily Wilson aimed for ‘a crystalline clarity’

Jhumpa Lahiri says the phrase ‘Interpreter of Maladies’ came to her in grad school

‘2024’ and ‘From the Clinics to the Capitol’ dissect opposing political movements

In Meg Medina’s new young adult novel, a 13-year-old girl becomes a sea ghost

‘Misbehaving at the Crossroads’ is a lesson in the complexity of reconciliation

In Rabih Alameddine’s new novel, a mother and son share a tiny Beirut apartment

Tamara Yajia’s memoir recounts a chaotic upbringing between the U.S. and Argentina

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