897 Episodes

  1. In 'Growing Up Urkel,' actor Jaleel White reflects on a career-defining role

    Published: 11/27/2024
  2. NPR staffers pick their favorite reads of the year

    Published: 11/26/2024
  3. Bonnie Kistler's new thriller explores ageism from the lens of a murder

    Published: 11/25/2024
  4. Two nonfiction books take critical views of bankruptcy and microlending systems

    Published: 11/22/2024
  5. 'Say Nothing' tells the story of 'The Troubles' through one woman's murder

    Published: 11/21/2024
  6. In 'Citizen,' former President Clinton reflects on his post-White House years

    Published: 11/20/2024
  7. In a new version of 'The Cake Bible,' Rose Levy Beranbaum updates a culinary classic

    Published: 11/19/2024
  8. In the new novel 'Pony Confidential,' a crime-solving pony seeks revenge

    Published: 11/18/2024
  9. Two new books on Johnny Carson and Shirley MacLaine offer intimate views of celebrity

    Published: 11/15/2024
  10. Brit Barron's new book is a guide on maintaining relationships in a polarized world

    Published: 11/14/2024
  11. With 'Mystical Lotería,' Yvette Montoya reimagines a traditional Latino party game

    Published: 11/13/2024
  12. A parenting book by author Kelley Coleman focuses on the care of disabled children

    Published: 11/12/2024
  13. A shocking discovery follows an artist's death in Paula Hawkins' 'The Blue Hour'

    Published: 11/11/2024
  14. 'Tías and Primas' and 'Linguaphile' are new nonfiction books on family and language

    Published: 11/8/2024
  15. 'Big Jim and the White Boy,' a new graphic novel, reinterprets a Mark Twain classic

    Published: 11/7/2024
  16. Stanley Tucci records 12 months of eating in his food diary 'What I Ate in One Year'

    Published: 11/6/2024
  17. In Winsome Bingham's 'The Walk,' a community bands together to head to the polls

    Published: 11/5/2024
  18. Bob Woodward's new book 'War' invites readers into a world of back-channel diplomacy

    Published: 11/4/2024
  19. 'Patriot' is a posthumous memoir by the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny

    Published: 11/1/2024
  20. 'American Scary' documents a cultural obsession with horror in the United States

    Published: 10/31/2024

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