NPR's Book of the Day

Celebrating NPR's Petra Mayer with three literary things she loved

Tommy Orange is here to hold the door open for future Indigenous writers

'Calvin' shows how transgender kids can express who they really are

'The Island of Missing Trees' uses, well, trees to chronicle generational trauma

'Out of Office' considers 'why' companies want to bring back remote employees

Murder! Space! James Bond! Chris Hadfield and Anthony Horowitz talk thrillers

'Misfire' takes an inside look at the corruption at the heart of the NRA

'Beautiful Country' looks back on a young Chinese girl's undocumented childhood

Qian Julie Wang, a Yale Law graduate and attorney, details the pervasive fear and systemic barriers of growing up as an undocumented immigrant in New York City during the 1990s. Her family fled political persecution in China only to live as "people in the dark," navigating a world where seeking medical care for her mot...

SJ Sindu makes and unmakes a god in her new novel 'Blue Skinned Gods'

'Hail Mary' sets the record straight on the history of the women's football league

'Dear Memory' and 'Cokie' both look toward the future while remembering the dead

Amitav Ghosh turned to legends to write a story large enough for climate change

Grady Hendrix reimagines the horror movie sequel in 'Final Girl Support Group'

Dr. Sanjay Gupta looks to a future living with COVID in 'World War C'

Lucy Barton and her ex, William, are at the heart of Elizabeth Strout's new book

Tiphanie Yanique and Dawnie Walton on music, monsters, and family baggage

Nick Offerman ponders nature's patterns and chaos in Central Park

In a powerful memoir, poet Joy Harjo talks about finding her voice and using it

Poet Melissa Lozada-Oliva dreams of Selena

Jane Goodall doesn't want you to give up on the planet