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NPR book reviews, news and author interviews -- for people who love to read. The best of Morning Edition, All Things Considered and other award-winning NPR programs.


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The Scariest American Stories And Guilty Pleasure Foods
Stories in this episode: 1) Food writer Nigella Lawson says one of the best ways to be warm and comfortable during winter is to indulge in rich, tasty foods that some might call guilty pleasures. 2) In his new book, 'Eating Animals,' Jonathan Safran Foer grapples with the morality of meat. 3) Author Peter Straub spent two years researching the best — and scariest — American stories....

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[ Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:29:24 -0500 ]


Wimpy Kids, Walmart and the Best British Writer You've Never Heard Of
Stories: 1) Jeff Kinney's book series centers on a smart-mouthed sad sack who just can't seem to win. 2) Walmart, Amazon and Target are cutting the price of some best-selling books. 3) 'What to Expect When You're Expected' is a tongue-in-cheek take on life in utero. 4) Novelist Jane Gardam may be the best British writer you've never heard of....

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[ Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:08:17 -0400 ]


NPR Books: October 19, 2009
Stories in this episode: 1) Amy Efaw's new novel, 'After,' tells the story of a girl who tries to murder her newborn baby. 2) The Institute of Noetic Sciences president realized recently she's the heroine in Brown's new novel. 3) Jeff Kinney's latest graphic novel, 'Dog Days,' gets kids — and adults — laughing....

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[ Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:45:52 -0400 ]


NPR Books: October 9, 2009
Stories in this episode: 1) Once the center of an obscenity trial, William S. Burroughs' novel 'Naked Lunch' chronicles heroin addiction. 2) Ex-Wife Of D.C. Sniper, Mildred Muhammad says the sniper wanted to kill her and divert suspicion to a crazed gunman in new memoir, 'I Was The Enemy.' 3) Dan Chaon's latest novel, 'Await Your Reply,' weaves together three separate narratives....

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[ Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:31:19 -0400 ]


NPR Books: October 1, 2009
Stories in this episode: 1) Audrey Niffenegger, the author of 'The Time Traveler's Wife' says she's attracted to themes of death and dying. 2) The Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Richard Russo recommends four fictional takes on office life. 3) In 'Read My Pins, ' Madeleine Albright, the former secretary of state reveals how she used jewelry as a diplomatic tool....

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[ Thu, 01 Oct 2009 21:02:50 -0400 ]


NPR Books: September 17, 2009
Stories in this episode: 1) Writer John Geiger chronicles phantom presences that lead to safety in his new book, 'The Third Man Factor: Surviving the Impossible. 2) Jon Krakauer's latest book sheds new light on the death of NFL player turned soldier Pat Tillman. 3) In Dan Brown's new novel 'The Lost Symbol,' hero Robert Langdon uncovers esoteric mysteries even as he dismisses them....

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[ Thu, 17 Sep 2009 12:54:14 -0400 ]


NPR Books: September 11, 2009
Stories in this episode: 1) Susan Stamberg talks with linguist Deborah Tannen who interviewed 100 women (including her own big sisters) for her new book. 2) Lorrie Moore's new novel is a powerful tale of a young college student who becomes a nanny. 3) Both the beauty and the brutality of the country are captured in the memoir 'God Sleeps in Rwanda.'...

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[ Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:43:38 -0400 ]


NPR Books: September 3, 2009
Stories in this episode: 1) 'Dying Up Here' Chronicles Golden Age Of Stand-Up 2) Doctorow's Fictional Take On Real-Life Eccentricity 3) 'Reading Rainbow' Reaches Its Final Chapter...

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[ Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:11:09 -0400 ]


NPR Books: August 20, 2009
Stories in this episode: 1) Ready to become engrossed in a good book? Try these mysteries you may have missed. 2) A new interactive novel allows readers to e-mail and telephone characters from the book. 3) Tina Brown, the Daily Beast editor talks about what you need to read on the web....

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[ Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:55:01 -0400 ]


NPR Books: August 13, 2009
Stories in this episode: 1) Lev Grossman's new novel reads like a Harry Potter tale, but with more shades of gray. 2) Children's book author Lesley Blume recommends timeless books that both kids and parents will enjoy. 3) Fancy a cozy whodunit set in the English countryside? Don't read any of Mark Billingham's novels....

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[ Thu, 13 Aug 2009 11:43:33 -0400 ]


July 30, 2009
1) David Balducci writes crime novels that take place in Washington, D.C.. 2) A writer for The Onion talks about his new memoir and how marrying his humor and his depression makes for an insane, dark comedy. 3) Crime writer Gabriel Cohen takes us on a tour around Brooklyn, New York pointing out sites where his characters murder and die. 4) One cookbook author says you don't need recipes as long as you know ratios. 5) Some of the best books for beach reading are the ones which tell tales about ...

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[ Thu, 30 Jul 2009 12:45:56 -0400 ]


NPR Books: July 24, 2009
Stories in this episode: 1) Despite the economic downturn, one kind of story is still selling better than many other forms of adult fiction. 2) In a kind of supermarket Cinderella story, a cashier in France has become a literary sensation. 3) 'Young Woman and the Sea' shows how Gertrude Ederle's fame grew, then evaporated....

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[ Fri, 24 Jul 2009 11:13:20 -0400 ]


NPR Books: July 16, 2009
Stories in this episode: 1) The murder of wildlife activist and filmmaker Joan Root was never solved, but her life and violent death is the subject of a new book, 'Wildflower: An Extraordinary Life and Untimely Death in Africa'. 2) Writer Neil Gaiman talks with Neal Conan about "Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader."...

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[ Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:05:07 -0400 ]


NPR Books: July 10, 2009
Stories in this episode: 1) Author Colin Ellard says you can train yourself to be more conscious of your surroundings. 2) Author Jag Bhalla discusses the unique turns of phrase that different cultures use. 3) In a new book, Nick Reding describes why the working class in Oelwein, Iowa, started using meth....

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[ Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:45:33 -0400 ]


NPR Books: July 2, 2009
Stories in this episode: 1) 'Touch' tells of the conflicting accounts that arise after a girl is groped on a school bus. 2) Author Gigi Levangie Grazer talks about her new novel, 'Queen Takes King.' 3) 'The Photographer' is an unusual graphic novel that tells the story of a photojournalist's harrowing trip to Afghanistan....

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[ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:20:34 -0400 ]


NPR Books: June 25, 2009
Stories in this episode: 1) Retrace the strands that led to a lot of current American satire, and you end up at Harvey Kurtzman. 2) Nikita Khrushchev starred in his own travel comedy back in 1959. Peter Carlson's new book, 'K Blows Top,'documents the Communist leader's unusual tour through the United States. 3) Dean Olsher, author of 'From Square One,' weighs in on the appeal of the crossword....

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[ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:24:43 -0400 ]


NPR Books: June 19, 2009
Stories in this episode: 1) Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro's new novel merges vampire folklore with the very modern paranoia over pandemics. 2) Looking to cozy up with some good books? Librarian Nancy Pearl has some great suggestions. 3) A multivolume dictionary five decades in the making collects the nation's linguistic treasures....

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[ Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:13:49 -0400 ]


NPR Books: June 12, 2009
Stories in this episode: 1) This year's selections take readers from the great outdoors to the inside of a Scrabble factory. 2) Google's new e-book plan could give the Amazon Kindle a run for its money by the end of this year. 3) Haunted by memories of failures from his youth, Robin Hemley went back for a second chance....

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[ Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:06:05 -0400 ]


NPR Books: June 5, 2009
Stories in this episode: Reviewer Alan Cheuse and writer Samantha Hunt offer their suggestions of books for summer. 2) The Kasper Hauser group's 'Weddings of the Times' pokes fun at formal wedding announcements. 3) For the first time, David Kaczynski has written about his relationship with the brother he admired. 4) These three books about the intensity of illicit love are meant to be savored for eternity....

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[ Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:44:10 -0400 ]


NPR Books: May 22, 2009
Stories in this episode: 1) As author Clinton Heylin explains, Shakespeare's sonnets were never intended for a wide audience. 2) Karl Taro Greenfeld describes growing up with his autistic brother in his book 'Boy Alone.' 3) For Jeffrey Eugenides, Saul Bellow's 1964 tale of a man on the rocks beats any dose of caffeine. 4) A novel wears an autobiography's disguise in Clive James' rereleased 'Unreliable Memoirs.'...

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[ Fri, 22 May 2009 15:53:37 -0400 ]


NPR Books: May 15, 2009
Stories in this episode: 1) Elizabeth Edwards has survived campaigns, cancer, the death of a child and her husband's infidelity. 2) Kamila Shamsie loves 'In the Skin of a Lion' enough to shout it from the rooftops. 3) Matthew Pearl's 'The Last Dickens' focuses on the perils of early author tours in America....

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[ Fri, 15 May 2009 13:04:23 -0400 ]


NPR Books: May 7, 2009
Stories in this episode: 1) Fascination with dead bodies is the focus of one of the most gruesome coffee table books ever. 2) 'Found' magazine's new book features scraps of paper and lost things found by famous people. 3) In 'Annie's Ghosts,' Steve Luxenberg details his quest to learn about the aunt he never knew....

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[ Thu, 07 May 2009 14:14:49 -0400 ]


NPR Books: April 30, 2009
Stories in this episode: 1) Robert Goolrick's new book 'A Reliable Wife' spins a tale that will keep many a reader turning the pages late at night to find out what happens next. 2) The humor in Christopher Buckley's latest book is of a personal — sometimes sad — nature. 3) George Scialabba's new collection of essays asks, 'What Are Intellectuals Good For?'...

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[ Thu, 30 Apr 2009 12:55:50 -0400 ]


NPR Books: April 23, 2009
Stories in this episode: 1) An anniversary edition of 'The Elements of Style' chronicles the making of a classic. 2) The younger of the filmmaking Coen brothers is the author of two recently published books. 3) When violence exploded at Columbine High, Dave Cullen was one of the first journalists on the story....

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[ Thu, 23 Apr 2009 10:54:14 -0400 ]


NPR Books: April 16, 2009
Stories in this episode: 1) Author Charles Bock calls Castle Freeman Jr.'s novel 'Go With Me' a "wry, primal, epic." 2) Publishers Gamble On Blockbuster Book Deals: Can the publishing industry afford to offer Tina Fey and Kathy Griffin seven-figure deals? 3) Romi Lassally's new book gathers together women's confessions of "mommy misdemeanors."...

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[ Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:53:30 -0400 ]


NPR Books: April 8, 2009
Stories in this episode: 1) Why do smart people shell out good money for diet books? 2) If you met former 'Washington Post' executive Leslie Morgan Steiner on the street, you might never guess her secret: that she was once married to a man who beat her with abandon on a regular basis. 3) When author Rebecca Flowers was downsized twice in three months, she crawled into bed to console herself with books about other women in similar situations. 4) The photograph of an author plays an important ro...

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[ Wed, 08 Apr 2009 17:46:33 -0400 ]


NPR Books: April 2, 2009
Stories in this episode: 1) Journalist Evan Wright has written about the lives of porn stars, anarchists and con artists in many mainstream magazines. He talks about a new collection of his stories: 'Hella Nation.' 2) Historian Quentin Taylor reads modern parallels in L. Frank Baum's classic children's novel. 3) New novels are facing off in The Tournament of Books, a bracket-style showdown at themorningnews.org. Competition is based on readers' picks and reviewers' choices. The site's foundin...

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[ Thu, 02 Apr 2009 15:04:27 -0400 ]


NPR Books: March 27, 2009
Stories in this episode: 1) In 1995, Debra Gwartney's two oldest daughters hopped a freight train and disappeared. Her memoir, 'Live Through This,' is the story of heartache and panic as she tried to track her children down. 2) Twenty-seven years after his death, the life and work of John Cheever are in the spotlight again. 3) In 'A Hope in the Unseen,' a teen escapes the inner city, then faces new battles in college....

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[ Fri, 27 Mar 2009 11:21:29 -0400 ]


NPR Books: March 18, 2009
Stories in this episode: 1) Poetry is a living, breathing medium in the Arab world. 2) Novelist Zoe Heller's latest effort, 'The Believers' proves her devotion to unlikable characters. 3) Johnson vs. Bird and the dawn of March Madness: Thirty years ago, millions of viewers watched a basketball game that would change sports forever....

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[ Wed, 18 Mar 2009 09:23:24 -0400 ]


NPR Books: March 12 2009
Stories in this episode: 1) A new book follows a troubled teen trying to save the world in the New York City subway system. 2) Slate.com editor David Plotz talks about his new book, 'Good Book: The Bizarre, Hilarious, Disturbing, Marvelous and Inspiring Things I Learned When I Read Every Single Word of the Bible.' 3) 'The Kindly Ones,' by Jonathan Littell, is the fictional memoir of a Nazi exterminator....

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[ Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:24:17 -0400 ]

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