NPR's Book of the Day

897 Episodes

1. Mary Louise Kelly on her memoir 'It. Goes. So. Fast. The Year of No Do-Overs'

   Published: 01/05/2023
2. Two novels offer new perspectives on the women of Greek mythology

   Published: 28/04/2023
3. 'Redaction' examines criminal justice via portraits, poems written from legal papers

   Published: 27/04/2023
4. 'The Queen of Dirt Island' captures the bond between women in an Irish family

   Published: 26/04/2023
5. How Indian migrant workers escaped human trafficking in Mississippi

   Published: 25/04/2023
6. NPR's Ari Shapiro looks back on reporting, singing and touring in new memoir

   Published: 24/04/2023
7. Two nonfiction books examine grief and its impact on memory

   Published: 21/04/2023
8. 'Decent People' is a murder mystery grappling with race in the segregated South

   Published: 20/04/2023
9. Author Azar Nafisi says books can help you really live

   Published: 19/04/2023
10. In 'Romantic Comedy,' Curtis Sittenfeld flips the gendered tropes

    Published: 18/04/2023
11. 'The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi' calls a mother and former pirate back to the sea

    Published: 17/04/2023
12. Two novels find siblings confronting the evils around them

    Published: 14/04/2023
13. In 'Empireland,' Sathnam Sanghera takes a closer look at the UK's imperialist history

    Published: 13/04/2023
14. Colleen Oakley's new roadtrip novel takes inspiration from 'Thelma and Louise'

    Published: 12/04/2023
15. In 'A Living Remedy,' Nicole Chung reflects on anger, grief and failed systems

    Published: 11/04/2023
16. Lizzie Stark traces the history and cultural impact of the 'Egg'

    Published: 10/04/2023
17. Two books trace enslaved people's journey to freedom in the 19th century

    Published: 07/04/2023
18. In 'The Survivalists,' doomsday prepping becomes a way to regain control

    Published: 06/04/2023
19. 'Demon Copperhead' tackles opioids, poverty and resilience in Appalachia

    Published: 05/04/2023
20. In 'Bad Cree,' a horror mystery unfolds in the aftermath of loss and colonialism

    Published: 04/04/2023