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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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'Misfire' takes an inside look at the corruption at the heart of the NRA

18 Nov 2021
7m
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'Beautiful Country' looks back on a young Chinese girl's undocumented childhood

17 Nov 2021
8m
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SJ Sindu makes and unmakes a god in her new novel 'Blue Skinned Gods'

16 Nov 2021
6m
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'Hail Mary' sets the record straight on the history of the women's football league

15 Nov 2021
8m
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'Dear Memory' and 'Cokie' both look toward the future while remembering the dead

12 Nov 2021
16m
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Amitav Ghosh turned to legends to write a story large enough for climate change

11 Nov 2021
8m
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Grady Hendrix reimagines the horror movie sequel in 'Final Girl Support Group'

10 Nov 2021
8m
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Dr. Sanjay Gupta looks to a future living with COVID in 'World War C'

09 Nov 2021
7m
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Lucy Barton and her ex, William, are at the heart of Elizabeth Strout's new book

08 Nov 2021
10m
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Tiphanie Yanique and Dawnie Walton on music, monsters, and family baggage

05 Nov 2021
15m
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Nick Offerman ponders nature's patterns and chaos in Central Park

04 Nov 2021
9m
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In a powerful memoir, poet Joy Harjo talks about finding her voice and using it

03 Nov 2021
8m
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Poet Melissa Lozada-Oliva dreams of Selena

02 Nov 2021
8m
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Jane Goodall doesn't want you to give up on the planet

01 Nov 2021
7m
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Zakiya Dalila Harris and Oliver Jeffers talk about different kinds of hauntings

29 Oct 2021
16m
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How Drew Magary rediscovered himself after 'The Night the Lights Went Out'

28 Oct 2021
8m
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Why Hillary Clinton wanted to write a political thriller about her greatest nightmare

27 Oct 2021
12m
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In 'The Matter of Black Lives,' generations of Black thinkers probe American racism

26 Oct 2021
8m
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The zoo that history nearly forgot in 'When Two Feathers Fell From The Sky'

25 Oct 2021
8m
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Food is a gateway to the new and familiar in 'Crying in H Mart' and 'Gastro Obscura'

22 Oct 2021
17m
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