NPR's Book of the Day
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Kevin Kwan explores race and identity in 'Sex and Vanity' and 'Lies and Weddings'
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In Emma Straub's novel 'All Adults Here,' family is messy
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07:03
In 'Lessons in Chemistry' a chemist is the star of... a cooking show?
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08:48
'The Rachel Incident' looks back on early-20s friendships, love and mistakes
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09:17
Emily Henry's 'Funny Story' centers a new character in rom-com tropes
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08:37
New books by Damon Young and Dennard Dayle take different routes to humor
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18:11
'The Pretender' centers on a real peasant who learns he is heir to England's throne
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08:48
In 'The Science of Revenge,' an expert explains why humans are hardwired for payback
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07:42
'Great Black Hope' is a character study of a young, Black, queer man in high society
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09:23
'Fatherhood' traces a history of masculinity, from Aristotle to Sigmund Freud
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07:56
New books by Carl Hiaasen and John Seabrook tell distinctly American stories
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20:43
Evan Osnos' 'The Haves and Have-Yachts' is a book of essays about the new Gilded Age
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12:33
Leisha Hailey and Kate Moennig reflect on 'The L Word' in memoir 'So Gay For You'
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08:49
For a novel on the first women astronauts, Taylor Jenkins Reid studied old NASA PDFs
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As prime minister of New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern juggled leadership and motherhood
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09:50
In 'The Dry Season,' Melissa Febos chronicles a transformative year of celibacy
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15:56
Susan Choi's 'Flashlight' is about an alternate-universe version of her own family
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07:22
'Sea of Grass' chronicles the disappearance of the North American prairie
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09:43
In 'The Catch,' estranged sisters confront a mystery surrounding their mother's death
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07:44
Madeleine Thien's new novel 'The Book of Records' is a story that traverses centuries
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05:51
'What Will People Think?' and 'Climbing in Heels' star women trying to make it big
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'Theater Kid' is a memoir from the producer of 'Rent,' 'Avenue Q,' and 'Hamilton'
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09:19
'Freedom Season' argues the events of 1963 transformed the civil rights movement
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11:44
In new memoir, women's college basketball coach Dawn Staley says she's a 'sore loser'
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08:54
In debut novel 'Food Person,' a food writer ghostwrites a celebrity cookbook
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06:47
Two authors consider how being a daughter shaped their relationship to motherhood
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In 'Anima Rising,' Gustav Klimt encounters a young woman under strange circumstances
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07:50
'Lost Marvels No. 1: Tower of Shadows' restores a lost chapter of comic book history
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06:41
Honor Jones' 'Sleep' explores how our childhoods influence who we are as parents
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06:41
Karen Hao's new book is a skeptical look at Sam Altman and Elon Musk's AI empire
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12:09
With new novel, Ocean Vuong says he wants to reframe America as a place of salvage
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14:20
'Little Bosses Everywhere' looks into the Wild West of multilevel marketing
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08:11
A new biography of Rafael Nadal focuses on the tennis star's domination on clay
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10:40
'Original Sin' argues Biden aides enabled his reelection bid, despite mental decline
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12:15
In 'Class Clown,' humorist Dave Barry embraces both the funny and hard parts of life
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09:21
'The Golden Road' and 'The Lucky Ones' examine India's ancient and recent history
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17:47
A new biography tells the twin stories of James Gandolfini and Tony Soprano
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09:28
'The Lost and the Found' takes an intimate look at homelessness in San Francisco
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10:26
In 'Julie Chan Is Dead,' former influencer Liann Zhang takes a swipe at the industry
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07:55
Isabel Allende's latest historical novel draws from her time at a women's magazine
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