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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

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In Ann Patchett's latest, a mother tells her daughters about a seminal summer

14 Jul 2025
9m
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New books ask how we can protect threatened land in the Amazon rainforest and Hawaii

11 Jul 2025
17m
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With novel 'Among Friends,' Hal Ebbott says he wanted to take friendship seriously

10 Jul 2025
10m
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David Litt's new memoir is about finding common ground through surfing

09 Jul 2025
9m
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In the new speculative novel 'Weepers,' mourning is outsourced to professionals

08 Jul 2025
8m
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Ten years later, Ta-Nehisi Coates says 'Between the World and Me' is no longer his

07 Jul 2025
8m
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Kevin Kwan explores race and identity in 'Sex and Vanity' and 'Lies and Weddings'

04 Jul 2025
19m
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In Emma Straub's novel 'All Adults Here,' family is messy

03 Jul 2025
7m
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In 'Lessons in Chemistry' a chemist is the star of... a cooking show?

02 Jul 2025
8m
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'The Rachel Incident' looks back on early-20s friendships, love and mistakes

01 Jul 2025
9m
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Emily Henry's 'Funny Story' centers a new character in rom-com tropes

30 Jun 2025
8m
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New books by Damon Young and Dennard Dayle take different routes to humor

27 Jun 2025
18m
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'The Pretender' centers on a real peasant who learns he is heir to England's throne

26 Jun 2025
8m
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In 'The Science of Revenge,' an expert explains why humans are hardwired for payback

25 Jun 2025
7m
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'Great Black Hope' is a character study of a young, Black, queer man in high society

24 Jun 2025
9m
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'Fatherhood' traces a history of masculinity, from Aristotle to Sigmund Freud

23 Jun 2025
7m
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New books by Carl Hiaasen and John Seabrook tell distinctly American stories

20 Jun 2025
20m
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Evan Osnos' 'The Haves and Have-Yachts' is a book of essays about the new Gilded Age

19 Jun 2025
12m
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Leisha Hailey and Kate Moennig reflect on 'The L Word' in memoir 'So Gay For You'

18 Jun 2025
8m
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For a novel on the first women astronauts, Taylor Jenkins Reid studied old NASA PDFs

17 Jun 2025
9m
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