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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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Short story collection 'Heart Lamp' is the winner of the International Booker Prize

30 Jul 2025
12m
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In Sophie Elmhirst's 'A Marriage at Sea,' a couple tries to keep themselves afloat

29 Jul 2025
8m
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Through politics, fiction and her latest novel, Stacey Abrams aims to inspire action

28 Jul 2025
7m
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'No Sense in Wishing' and 'Hit Girls' consider the way culture shapes identity

25 Jul 2025
17m
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After 20 years, Mary Jo Bang has completed her translation of Dante's 'Divine Comedy'

24 Jul 2025
8m
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Mark Kurlansky's novel 'Cheesecake' was inspired by a recipe from ancient Rome

23 Jul 2025
6m
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In her new memoir, Hala Alyan searches for home amid a family history of exile

22 Jul 2025
7m
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Aisling Rawle's 'The Compound' follows characters on a semi-dystopian reality TV show

21 Jul 2025
8m
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New biographies look at the careers of designers Claire McCardell and Virgil Abloh

18 Jul 2025
21m
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Congress has voted to eliminate government funding for public media

18 Jul 2025
2m
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'Trailblazer' is a memoir by Carol Moseley Braun, first Black woman elected to Senate

17 Jul 2025
7m
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Liane Moriarty on her novel 'Here One Moment' and on writing 'women's fiction'

16 Jul 2025
11m
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'The Last Sweet Bite' is a cookbook that documents the way conflict changes cuisine

15 Jul 2025
7m
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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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