NPR's Book of the Day

Author Liane Moriarty on her long-awaited sequel to 'Big Little Lies'

New music books take on Paul Simon's 'Graceland' and the history of music and prison

New book evaluates President Biden's legacy as midterm elections approach

'Astronaut!' is a coming-of-age story set against the fall of the Iron Curtain

Astronaut! by Oana Aristide depicts the stifling atmosphere of 1989 Romania, where the autocratic regime of Nicolae Ceaușescu demanded that citizens perform a constant, performative dance of loyalty despite pervasive scarcity. Survival in this environment necessitated the use of fables as a coded language, enabling par...

'How We Disappear' is a Stanford historian's take on our personal archives

In 'Man Overboard!,' Kathleen Rooney approaches a life-or-death story with humor

Remembering Dolly Parton through her writing for children and adults

Chang-Rae Lee on whether his new novel 'A Tender Age' is autobiographical

'New York Times' obituarist Sam Roberts says he writes about life – not death

In 'Daytona Teddy Riggs,' a former high school football star enters a downward spiral

Former U.S. Mexico ambassador Ken Salazar on new memoir and "crisis" at the border

Journalist Jodi Kantor and happiness expert Arthur Brooks on how to find purpose

In 'The Foursome,' conjoined twins marry two sisters — and that's just the beginning

Andy Weir reveals his fun and frantic creative process behind 'Project Hail Mary'

'The Correspondent' is an epistolary novel, but can letters tell the whole story?

'This is Where the Serpent Lives' is a sprawling debut novel set in modern Pakistan

'Cloudthief' and 'Dead but Dreaming of Electric Sheep' are novels that center tech

In 'Hinterlands,' Hannah Lucinda Smith warns not to overlook conflict at the fringes

Authors Annie Hartnett and Kevin Wilson on writing road trip novels

Political strategist Ben Wikler on how Democrats can regain ground