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NPR · Arts & Culture

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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'The Instrumentalist' is a story about music, imagination and Anna Maria della Pietà

03 Sep 2024
8m
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'Ruin their Crops on the Ground' tracks the history and politics of food in the U.S.

02 Sep 2024
7m
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'The 15-Minute City' and 'Rethinking Rescue' reimagine existing systems

30 Aug 2024
18m
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'How to Leave the House' follows a quest for a missing package

29 Aug 2024
9m
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In 'On the Edge,' Nate Silver analyzes professional risk-takers

28 Aug 2024
10m
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'Hurdles in the Dark' is a memoir about a kidnapping, juvenile detention and racing

27 Aug 2024
10m
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Graphic novel 'Einstein in Kafkaland' ponders how two great minds met in Prague

26 Aug 2024
8m
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'Us, After' and 'A Haunted Girl' tackle mental health

23 Aug 2024
22m
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Gabino Iglesias' 'House of Bone and Rain' is a tale of vengeance in Puerto Rico

22 Aug 2024
8m
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'Drawn Testimony' is a courtroom sketch artist's memoir spanning 40 years

21 Aug 2024
7m
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Rufaro Faith Mazarura's 'Let the Games Begin' is a rom-com set in the Olympic village

20 Aug 2024
12m
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'We Were Illegal' examines Texas history through multiple generations of one family

19 Aug 2024
12m
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Two books revisit the cultural impacts of Tina Turner, Duke Ellington and more

16 Aug 2024
18m
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Sheetal Sheth pens a children's book about Raksha Bandhan in 'Raashi's Rakhis'

15 Aug 2024
10m
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In 'Bringing Ben Home,' Barbara Bradley Hagerty examines a wrongful conviction

14 Aug 2024
8m
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In 'Five-Star Stranger,' a man gets hired on an app to pretend to be a girl's father

13 Aug 2024
7m
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In 'Midnight in Moscow,' a U.S. ambassador recounts his time in Russia

12 Aug 2024
9m
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Nancy Pelosi opens up about how she wields 'The Art of Power'

09 Aug 2024
17m
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M.T. Anderson's 'Nicked' follows a heist to steal the bones of Saint Nicholas

08 Aug 2024
8m
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Juli Min's novel 'Shanghailanders' unfolds in reverse

07 Aug 2024
8m
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