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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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Books We’ve Loved: Jane Austen’s Pride & Prejudice, a blueprint to the modern romance

18 Oct 2025
35m
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Cookbooks 'House of Nanking' and 'Boustany' honor rich family legacies through food

17 Oct 2025
19m
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'I Am You' fictionalizes the story of a Dutch Golden Age painter and her maid

16 Oct 2025
11m
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'The Persian' is a spy thriller written by former CIA analyst David McCloskey

15 Oct 2025
9m
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In her new memoir, Jeannie Vanasco gets 'A Silent Treatment' from her mom

14 Oct 2025
9m
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'Pick a Color' is a novel that takes place over a single day at a nail salon

13 Oct 2025
8m
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Introducing: Books We've Loved

11 Oct 2025
2m
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Introducing: Books We've Loved

11 Oct 2025
2m
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These new mystery novels are 'whodunits' that might as well be called 'whydunits'

10 Oct 2025
17m
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In 'Dream School,' Jeff Selingo wants parents to rethink what makes a ‘good’ college

09 Oct 2025
7m
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For her latest novel, Patricia Lockwood says she wanted to write about confusion

08 Oct 2025
8m
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Mariana Enriquez’s new book connects her interest in cemeteries with Argentina’s past

07 Oct 2025
8m
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'For the Sun After Long Nights' is a history of Iran’s Woman, Life, Freedom Movement

06 Oct 2025
11m
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Two new history books use the past to explain what’s important now

03 Oct 2025
18m
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'F*** Approval, You Don’t Need It!' makes the case against ‘people pleasers’

02 Oct 2025
10m
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Angela Flournoy’s 'The Wilderness' focuses on a Black, female ‘chosen family’

01 Oct 2025
9m
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Former senator Joe Manchin makes the case for the middle in the memoir 'Dead Center'

30 Sep 2025
7m
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Ian McEwan’s latest novel ‘What We Can Know’ is science fiction without the science

29 Sep 2025
9m
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‘Peacemaker’ and ‘Tomorrow Is Yesterday’ are personal histories of diplomacy

26 Sep 2025
19m
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Ken Jaworowski’s new crime novel ‘What About the Bodies’ has a surprising tender side

25 Sep 2025
7m
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