10 books we're looking forward to this spring
A famed graphic novelist returns! A Southern-gothic crime-thriller inspired by The Godfather! An extremely in depth biography of Mark Twain! And more!
Karen Russell's 'The Antidote' is an American epic — and well worth the wait
Russell has published excellent short story collections since her 2011 debut novel Swamplandia!, but this is her first novel in nearly 15 years. It follows a "Prairie Witch" in Dust Bowl-era Nebraska.
New 'Hunger Games' prequel reminds that sometimes past truths aren't visible
Sunrise on the Reaping recounts the 50th annual Hunger Games, telling the story of Haymitch Abernathy. It's themes and events conjure images of today's U.S. political climate.
'The Buffalo Hunter Hunter' is a horror masterpiece from Stephen Graham Jones
The prose is gorgeous and the plot is complex. The author of The Only Good Indians returns again with a spellbinding yarn about one of the bloodiest, most significant parts of the nation's history.
From pointy hats to murder of innocents, 'The Story of Witches' revives the past
Willow Winsham's new book on witches, past and present, offers a fun, fast, well researched historical summary that is also a stunning work of art.
'Last Seen': After slavery, family members placed ads looking for loved ones
Formerly enslaved people would placed ads in newspapers hoping to find lost children, parents, spouses and siblings. Historian Judith Giesberg tells the stories of some of those families in a new book.
After a tragic accident, a widow faces a lifetime of what-ifs
Live Fast won France's top literary prize in 2022. Brigitte Giraud's haunting book revisits the death of her husband in a motorcycle crash 20-odd years earlier.
Tony Horwitz's widow Geraldine Brooks writes a beautiful memoir of grief
Horwitz died suddenly in 2019 while on a book tour. In Memorial Days, Geraldine Brooks grieves her husband — and also reflects on the life she might have lived had they not met.
'Coming to New York' stories are alive and well in these two new books
Kay Sohini's graphic memoir, This Beautiful, Ridiculous City, tells a story of migration and redefinition. Gay Talese gathers many of his great pieces about the city in A Town Without Time.
Secrets feed on time in the masterful novel 'Mothers and Sons'
Adam Haslett's compelling novel focuses on the strained relationship between an asylum lawyer and his mother. It's a beautiful appreciation of the all-too-human mess of life.
Looking for love during Lunar New Year
Kick off the Year of the Snake with two romances: Lunar Love by Lauren Kung Jessen, and Lunar New Year Love Story by Gene Luen Yang and LeUyen Pham.
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Show up to your next book club meeting with these 12 reading recommendations
Sometimes you finish a book and just have to talk about it with someone else. If your book club is looking for its next conversation-sparking title we have a dozen for you!
12 eye-opening reads to kick-start your 2025 reading goals
There are so many great books to look forward to in 2025. But first, you'll want to catch up on these perspective-shifting titles from 2024, exploring art, the afterlife, nuns, nuclear war — and more.
You can take the suspense: Get cozy with a new mystery or thriller
Here are 10 heart-pounding novels recommended by NPR staff and critics — perfect for winter reading by the fire.
10 book ideas for budding bookworms
If you have a young reader in your life who just can't put their books down, we have some new 2024 titles to consider. Nurture their new reading habit with books recommended by NPR staff and critics.
Snuggle up for story time with 10 new picture books from 2024
If you are ready to depart from the well-trodden tried-and-true at bedtime, here are 10 new picture books that NPR critics and staff loved in 2024.
10 young adult novels you don't have to be young to enjoy
Whether you're young or young at heart, we have book ideas for you. This year's YA collection, gathered by NPR book critics and staff, includes romance, historical fiction, poetry, fantasy and more.
10 biographies and memoirs for the nonfiction reader in your life
These true stories range from a "meow-moir" of a Siberian cat to an exploration of what U.S. presidents do after the White House. Check out these nonfiction reads recommended by NPR staff and critics.
Maureen Corrigan picks her favorite books from an 'unprecedented' 2024
This year, our Fresh Air book critic highlights alternative history, suspense, satire — and some of the most extraordinary letters ever written. Here are Maureen Corrigan's 10 best books of 2024.
Cooks We Love: 11 cookbooks from 2024 recommended by NPR critics and staff
NPR has an appetite for great recipes — every year, plenty of cookbooks get thrown in the mix as we assemble our annual Books We Love guide. Here's a sampling of our food favorites from 2024.
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