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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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'Why Didn't You Tell Me?' explores a false origin story for the price of assimilation

25 Jul 2022
8m
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Two books show life as seen through the eyes of the animal kingdom

22 Jul 2022
18m
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The history of control over women and their bodies is central in 'The Foundling'

21 Jul 2022
10m
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Blurred family history gets questioned in Joseph Han's debut novel, 'Nuclear Family'

20 Jul 2022
7m
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'The Pallbearers Club' shows how dangerous nostalgia can be

19 Jul 2022
7m
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Mark Leibovich details the price of blind loyalty under Donald Trump in new book

18 Jul 2022
8m
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Two Indigenous authors on the legacy of a shared, painful history

15 Jul 2022
19m
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'Covered in Night' compares colonial and Indigenous approaches to justice

14 Jul 2022
10m
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In 'Poet Warrior', Joy Harjo uses poetry to deal with pain and heal

13 Jul 2022
8m
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In 'Fresh Banana Leaves' an indigenous approach to fighting climate change

12 Jul 2022
10m
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Morgan Talty uses humor to tell the story of an indigenous tribe's struggles

11 Jul 2022
7m
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Two nonfiction books reminiscent of a bygone era in Hollywood

08 Jul 2022
16m
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Werner Herzog's 'The Twilight World' is inspired by a WWII Japanese holdout officer

07 Jul 2022
8m
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'Under the Skin' shows how COVID exposed racial disparities in healthcare

06 Jul 2022
7m
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'The Tomorrow Game' is Sudhir Venkatesh's chronicle of violence in South Side Chicago

05 Jul 2022
7m
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'The Last Resort' unveils the environmental toll of beachside destinations

04 Jul 2022
7m
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Danielle Evans and Brit Bennett on the lies we tell ourselves

01 Jul 2022
17m
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A lifetime of secrets unfold in 'Black Cake'

30 Jun 2022
8m
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What does 'The Family Chao' have in common with Dostoyevsky? Murder and more.

29 Jun 2022
8m
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Hanya Yanagihara grapples with pandemics in 'To Paradise'

28 Jun 2022
7m
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