NPR's Book of the Day

854 Episodes

1. Rebecca Yarros on literary tropes, writing through chronic illness and 'Fourth Wing'

   Published: 10/26/2024
2. In new children's books from Trevor Noah and Travis Jonker, adventure is not far off

   Published: 10/25/2024
3. A new biography portrays Queen Elizabeth II as the British public's emotional anchor

   Published: 10/24/2024
4. 'How Women Made Music' reexamines the history of music with women at its center

   Published: 10/23/2024
5. With a new cookbook, TikTok creator Owen Han aims to perfect the art of the sandwich

   Published: 10/22/2024
6. 'The Indian Card' explores the question of Native identity in the United States

   Published: 10/21/2024
7. Food meets family in new books from Ina Garten and Stephen Colbert

   Published: 10/18/2024
8. 'Twenty-Four Seconds from Now' is a love story for Black boys–and everyone else, too

   Published: 10/17/2024
9. In 'In Praise of Mystery,' U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón looks to the stars

   Published: 10/16/2024
10. Malcolm Gladwell revisits old ideas in a new book, 'Revenge of the Tipping Point'

    Published: 10/15/2024
11. Han Kang, winner of the 2024 Nobel Prize in literature, on her novel 'The Vegetarian'

    Published: 10/14/2024
12. American Library Association president Cindy Hohl on why book bans are hard to stop

    Published: 10/11/2024
13. In Simone St. James' 'Murder Road,' a lakeside honeymoon turns into a murder mystery

    Published: 10/10/2024
14. 'Building Material' is the memoir of a Park Avenue doorman

    Published: 10/9/2024
15. Jules Feiffer, 'The Phantom Tollbooth' illustrator, is out with a new graphic novel

    Published: 10/8/2024
16. 'How to Build a Fashion Icon' is stylist Law Roach's guide to image architecture

    Published: 10/7/2024
17. 'Hope for Cynics' and 'On Freedom' ask big-picture questions about how we live

    Published: 10/4/2024
18. In 'We Solve Murders,' Richard Osman introduces a new detective trio

    Published: 10/3/2024
19. Lyndsay Rush's new book of poems, 'A Bit Much,' was written for poetry skeptics

    Published: 10/2/2024
20. Ta-Nehisi Coates returns to political writing in his new book 'The Message'

    Published: 10/1/2024