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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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'Clutch' follows a college friend group trying to maintain their bond in midlife

23 Feb 2026
8m
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Brush up on American history with 'Common Sense' and 'We the People'

20 Feb 2026
16m
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In 'Eradication,' a grieving man sets off to a remote island to save the world

19 Feb 2026
8m
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Gisèle Pelicot’s 'A Hymn to Life' is both a memoir and an act of ultimate defiance

18 Feb 2026
8m
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'Crux' is a novel about rock climbing, but risk exists far beyond the mountain’s edge

17 Feb 2026
8m
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After 100 years of Mount Rushmore, its biographer says the landmark is incomplete

16 Feb 2026
7m
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'Football' and 'Everybody Loses' examine changes to America’s most popular sport

13 Feb 2026
16m
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A new book focuses on a queer, Black, WWII-era translator who risked safety for love

12 Feb 2026
8m
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George Saunders' 'Vigil' is a ghostly novel about an oil tycoon in his final hours

11 Feb 2026
9m
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Gov. Josh Shapiro emphasizes civic engagement in new memoir 'Where We Keep the Light'

10 Feb 2026
8m
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In 'Room 706,' a woman confronts her extramarital affair during a hostage crisis

09 Feb 2026
7m
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Two new books take on lesser-known chapters of WWII and Cold War-era Black history

06 Feb 2026
16m
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A woman takes over her dead sister’s dating profile in 'Dandelion is Dead'

05 Feb 2026
6m
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'How to Commit a Postcolonial Murder' is a dark new novel about sisterhood

04 Feb 2026
9m
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In Sara Levine’s novel 'The Hitch,' a corgi’s soul enters a little boy’s body

03 Feb 2026
10m
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Angela Tomaski’s debut novel takes readers on a tour of an English manor in decline

02 Feb 2026
8m
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Romance authors Emily Henry, Beverly Jenkins, and others on the state of their genre

30 Jan 2026
22m
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A meet-cute followed by real life: 'Party of Two' is about love in the real world

29 Jan 2026
8m
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Looking back at 'Normal People,' before Sally Rooney’s rise to fame

28 Jan 2026
7m
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'Emergency Contact' explores love in the age of modern technology

27 Jan 2026
8m
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