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npr is always a great resource for book reviews and author interviews. Below is a list with some of the most recent books that have been highlighted.
Books:
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ISBN: 9781335916747
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Published: Hanover Square Press - December 8th, 2020
December 5, 2020. Heard on Weekend Edition Saturday with Scott Simon.
In Michel Faber's latest, The Disappearance (Isappearance?) Of The Letter 'D'
The review here.
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ISBN: 9780525520351
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Published: Knopf - December 1st, 2020
December 2, 2020.
"Perestroika In Paris" Is A Cozy, Fairy-Tale Trot Through The City Of Lights.
Fans of Jane Smiley's previous books will be pleased to see that talking horses make a return in her latest — plus a dog, a raven and a couple of ducks, all making lives for themselves in Paris.
Lovely review on npr here.
$25.99
ISBN: 9781250276759
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Published: St. Martin's Press - December 1st, 2020
December 3, 2020. "Long Time Coming" Explores Birth, Uninterrupted History Of Systemic Racism In U.S.
$45.00
ISBN: 9781524763169
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Published: Crown - November 17th, 2020
Lots of reviews/interviews on npr:
November 12, 2020 • Obama's ascent thrilled millions but also stirred a countermovement that is still on the march. His new memoir, "A Promised Land," covers his rise through the second year of his presidency.
The review/interview here.
November 16, 2020. Consider This from NPR. Here.November 16, 2020. Heard on Morning Edition. Here. Obama Calls Trump's Refusal To Concede Another 'Breach Of Basic Democratic Norms'
November 19, 2020. Heard on Fresh Air. Here.
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ISBN: 9780593189481
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Published: Riverhead Books - November 10th, 2020
November 10, 2020.
In "Wintering," Katherine May Encourages 'The Active Acceptance Of Sadness'
The review/interview here.
$27.00
ISBN: 9781984881168
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Published: Penguin Press - November 10th, 2020
November 9, 2020. Heard on Fresh Air.
Soccer Star Megan Rapinoe On Equal Pay, And What The U.S. Flag Means To Her
The review/interview here.November 12, 2020. Soccer Star Megan Rapinoe's "One Life" Is Mostly A Call To Action
Review here.
$30.00
ISBN: 9780316412629
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Published: Little, Brown and Company - October 27th, 2020
November 30, 2020. Heard on Morning Edition.
Peter Guralnick Is 'Looking To Get Lost' In The Stories Of American Music Icons
The review/interview here.Also staff recommended. On David's list of holiday gift suggestions. That list here.
$38.00
ISBN: 9780316480680
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Published: Voracious - October 27th, 2020
October 26, 2020. Heard on Fresh Air.
Marcus Samuelsson: Erasing Black Culinary History Ignores 'The Soul Of American Food'
The interview/review here.12/13/20: We have some in stock. Order here, or give us a call if you would like us to hold one for you.
$28.99
ISBN: 9780062868084
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Published: Harper - October 27th, 2020
October 27, 2020. Heard on All Things Considered.
Echoes Of Today's Unrest Run Through "The Cold Millions"
The review/interview here.
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ISBN: 9780593087275
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Published: Riverhead Books - October 27th, 2020
October 24, 2020. Heard on Weekend Edition Saturday. Yes, There's Conflict — But No One's The Bad Guy In 'Memorial'
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ISBN: 9781982174026
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Published: Scribner - October 27th, 2020
October 27, 2020. Heard on Fresh Air.
Biography Traces Political Mistakes And Personal Scars That Shaped Joe Biden
The review/interview here.
$35.00
ISBN: 9781594203954
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Published: Penguin Press - October 20th, 2020
November 11, 2020. Heard on Fresh Air.
From Stinky Cheese To Cat Pee, Author Takes A 'Nose Dive' Into The Science Of Smell.
The review/interview here.
$17.00
ISBN: 9780802148506
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Published: Grove Press - October 13th, 2020
November 14, 2020. Heard on Weekend Edition Saturday.
"Shuggie Bain" Will Lift You Up — And Tear You Up
Review/interview here.2020 Booker Prize Winner.
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ISBN: 9780399547645
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Published: G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers - September 29th, 2020
November 29, 2020. Heard on Weekend Edition Sunday.
Misty Copeland Celebrates Ballet's Beautiful Friendships In 'Bunheads' The interview/review here.
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ISBN: 9781524759216
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Published: Clarkson Potter - September 8th, 2020
Heard on Weekend Edition Saturday: David Chang Discusses Mental Health And His New Memoir
NPR's Scott Simon talks with chef and food celebrity David Chang about his new memoir, "Eat a Peach," which details how his depression and bi-polar disorder lead to the best and worst of his choices.
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ISBN: 9780525518778
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Published: Nancy Paulsen Books - September 1st, 2020
October 24, 2020. Heard on Weekend Edition Saturday.
A New Picture Book Reminds Black Sons: You Are 'Every Good Thing'
The review here.12/13/20: We have some in stock. Order here, or give us a call if you would like us to hold one for you.
$26.00
ISBN: 9780593188958
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Published: Riverhead Books - August 25th, 2020
August 26, 2020: Fraught Relationship Between "Sisters" Lies At The Heart Of Daisy Johnson's Latest
The interview here.
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ISBN: 9781101870792
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Published: Pantheon - August 25th, 2020
August 25, 2020: Ali Smith Brings Her Seasonal Quartet To A Close With "Summer"
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ISBN: 9781524746964
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Published: Pantheon - August 25th, 2020
August 26, 2020: Erin Brockovich Says "Superman's Not Coming" To Save Our Water Supply
The interview here.
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ISBN: 9780374194321
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Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux - August 4th, 2020
August 23, 2020. "Luster" Shines With Sharp Wit And Dark Humor.
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ISBN: 9780593230251
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Published: Random House - August 4th, 2020
August 8, 2020: Fresh Air Weekend: America's 'Caste' System; The 'Freefall' Of Local Journalism
It's More Than Racism: In "Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents," the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Isabel Wilkerson examines the laws and practices that created a bipolar caste system in the U.S. — and how the Nazis borrowed from it. Here.August 4, 2020: In "Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents," the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist examines the laws and practices that created a bipolar caste system in the U.S. — and how the Nazis borrowed from it. Here.
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ISBN: 9780679763888
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Published: Vintage - October 4th, 2011
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ISBN: 9781733623780
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Published: Columbia Global Reports - July 14th, 2020
August 3, 2020: "Ghosting The News: Local Journalism And The Crisis Of American Democracy" Author Says Local Journalism 'Freefall' Is Accelerating. The interview here.
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ISBN: 9780062976321
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Published: HarperVia - July 28th, 2020
July 30, 2020:
"The Aunt Who Wouldn't Die," by Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay, centers on an Indian family haunted by a jealous ghost. Review here.
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ISBN: 9781250252685
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Published: Flatiron Books - July 14th, 2020
July 30, 2020.
S. A. Cosby's "Blacktop Wasteland" is a noir thriller — with muscle cars. Review here.
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ISBN: 9780385536738
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Published: Doubleday - August 4th, 2020
August 5, 2020: Legal Analyst Jeffrey Toobin Explains The 'Tragedy' Of The Mueller Investigation. Here.
July 31, 2020: In "True Crimes and Misdemeanors: The Investigation of Donald Trump" Toobin Presents A Summation For The Jury In The Case Against Trump
There is a lot of detail amassed in the CNN analyst's book that even Trump investigation junkies won't have seen, much having to do with behind-the-scenes strategizing and negotiating by lawyers. The review here.
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ISBN: 9780316267830
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Published: Mulholland Books - July 28th, 2020
August 5, 2020: Lauren Beukes' new novel, "Afterland," is set in a near future where a virus has killed off most of the men on Earth, and one woman is racing to free her young, immune son from the government and get him to safety.
In A World (Mostly) Without Men: Questions For Lauren Beukes: The npr interview here.
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ISBN: 9780316216869
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Published: Mulholland Books - January 14th, 2014
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ISBN: 9780525541608
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Published: Riverhead Books - August 4th, 2020
August 3, 2020: You know what's going to happen in Akwaeke Emezi's new book — it's right there in the title: "The Death of Vivek Oji." But this novel about a death is full of gender-bending, boundary crossing life. Another review here.
August 4, 2020: Love Triumphs Over Death In "The Death Of Vivek Oji." Akwaeke Emezi's new novel begins with a death; it adopts the form — but not the spirit — of traditional crime fiction, glorying in some of the genre's conventions while slyly subverting them. The npr reiew here.
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ISBN: 9780802128997
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Published: Grove Press - December 18th, 2018
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ISBN: 9780374102098
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Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux - July 28th, 2020
August 3, 2020: This 'Wolf' Will Bite You — And You'll Like It. Laura Van Den Berg's new collection, "I Hold a Wolf by the Ears: Stories" is full of uncanny, exquisite, and painful stories about death, about loss and isolation and falling for the wrong person. Her writing will get under your skin. The interview here.
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ISBN: 9780593297612
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Published: Penguin Books - July 28th, 2020
July 29, 2020: In "Intimations," Zadie Smith reflects back to us the early days of now. Link to the review, here. It is up to us to change if we don't like what we see..
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ISBN: 9780385546270
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Published: Doubleday - June 30th, 2020
June 28, 2020. Kevin Kwan. "Sex And Vanity" Heard on Weekend Edition Sunday. Is A Summer Romp With A Satirical Sting.
The settings: A lavish Capri wedding, Italian villas, mansions in the Hamptons and a mega-yacht.
The love interests: George Zao, a Chinese-Australian surfer, and Lucie Tang Churchill of, yes, those Churchills. The review/interview here.
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ISBN: 9781250754769
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Published: Flatiron Books - June 30th, 2020
June 27, 2020. Arshay Cooper. "A Most Beautiful Thing: The True Story of America's First All-Black High School Rowing Team" Heard on Weekend Edition Saturday.
Rowing crew got Arshay Cooper away from the gang life on Chicago's West Side in the 1990s. Here, he tells the story of how he, and others from rival neighborhoods, found their way to crew — and each other.
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ISBN: 9780593100820
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Published: Berkley - June 23rd, 2020
June 21, 2020. Jasmine Guillory. "Party of Two." Heard on Weekend Edition Sunday. After a meet-cute at a hotel bar, they begin a casual, weekends-only long-distance fling. Or is it more? That's the setup for novelist Jasmine Guillory's new romance. And it has some timely themes — Olivia is black, Max is white. The review/interview here.
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ISBN: 9781250209283
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Published: St. Martin's Press - May 5th, 2020
May 5, 2020. John Moe. "The Hilarious World of Depression." Heard on Fresh Air. Humorist Lightens Depression's Darkness By Talking (And Laughing) About It. The interview here.
For much of his life, humorist John Moe has dealt with clinical depression that's triggered by stress. Now, faced with the COVID-19 crisis, he says, "my depression wants to flare up."
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ISBN: 9781982137977
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Published: Scribner - April 21st, 2020
April 21, 2020. Stephen King. Interview here. Stephen King Is Sorry You Feel Like You're Stuck In A Stephen King Novel.
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ISBN: 9780593086469
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Published: Riverhead Books - March 17th, 2020
Jerry Saltz author of "How to Be an Artist" interview here.
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ISBN: 9780525563488
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Published: Vintage - March 31st, 2020
Samantha Irby author of "Wow, No Thank You.: Essays" interview here.
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ISBN: 9781250153296
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Published: Flatiron Books: An Oprah Book - March 31st, 2020
Alicia Keys talks about her amazing new memoir, here.
and here is her interview with Oprah. Both from their own [fancy!] living rooms -- amazing conversation between people who completely admire each other. Really lovely, Ms. Keys performs one of her new songs. All so good!
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ISBN: 9781984823748
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Published: Ballantine Books - March 31st, 2020
Terry McMillan: "It's Not All Downhill From Here," an interview here.
and April 4,1020. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with author Terry McMillan about her new book, Here.
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ISBN: 9780525521143
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Published: Knopf - March 24th, 2020
Emily St John Mandel talking about her new novel, "The Glass Hotel," here.
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ISBN: 9780805096606
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Published: Henry Holt and Co. - March 10th, 2020
Hilary Mantel finishes her trilogy! The interview here.
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ISBN: 9781643750255
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Published: Algonquin Books - April 7th, 2020
Julia Alvarez: Literature Tells Us 'We Can Make It Through' interview here. Her new novel is "Afterlife."
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ISBN: 9780525537205
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Published: Riverhead Books - April 7th, 2020
Into The West, From The Far East: Interview here.
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ISBN: 9780735216723
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Published: Riverhead Books - March 3rd, 2020
November 27, 2020. It's Been a Minute with Sam Sanders.
James McBride On Hope, Community And 'A Place Of Miracles'
The review/interview here.