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npr is always a great resource for book reviews and author interviews.
You can find: Author Interviews, Book Reviews, Best Books Of The Year, NPR Reader Favorites, Books Podcast and oh, so much more on the Books portion of the NPR website, here.
Below is a list of some of the most recent books that have been featured.
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$28.00
ISBN: 9780593157534
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Published: Ballantine Books - July 12th, 2022
July 14, 2022. "Upgrade" takes a unique, fun path to the end.
The review here.
$29.00
ISBN: 9780316536547
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Published: Little, Brown and Company - July 12th, 2022
July 14, 2022. This author's "Normal Family" includes a sperm donor dad and 35 siblings.
The review here.
$30.00
ISBN: 9780525657507
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Published: Knopf - July 5th, 2022
July 5, 2022. Flying around the world — and back home again — in "Imagine a City."
The review here.
$26.99
ISBN: 9781982190941
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Published: Scribner - July 19th, 2022
July 18, 2022. In "Briefly, A Delicious Life," love comes in multiple, sometimes surprising, forms.
The review here.
$30.00
ISBN: 9780385548519
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Published: Doubleday - June 28th, 2022
June 27, 2022. "Rogues" showcases Patrick Radden Keefe's preternatural gift for reading people.
The review here.
$19.99
ISBN: 9781250865366
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Published: Henry Holt and Co. - June 21st, 2022
June 24, 2022. "Learning To Talk" focuses on growing up in mid-20th-century England.
The review here.
$30.00
ISBN: 9780593133231
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Published: Random House - June 21st, 2022
June 21, 2022. "An Immense World" dives deep into the umwelt of animals.
The review here.
$27.00
ISBN: 9780593422168
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Published: G.P. Putnam's Sons - May 24th, 2022
May 28, 2022. "City of Orange" is a post-apocalyptic tale starting with memory loss.
The review here.
$28.00
ISBN: 9780525539001
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Published: Riverhead Books - May 17th, 2022
May 17, 2022. In "This Time Tomorrow," Emma Straub looks at the pieces that make a life.
Emma Straub's fifth novel is an entertaining charmer that unleashes the magic of time travel to sweeten its exploration of potentially heavy themes like mortality, the march of time, and how little decisions can alter your life.
The review here.
$28.00
ISBN: 9781984881816
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Published: Penguin Press - May 3rd, 2022
May 12, 2022. "Nasty, Brutish, and Short" contends that all parents are raising little philosophers, and starts out like a fable.
The review here.
$28.00
ISBN: 9780593420317
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Published: Riverhead Books - May 3rd, 2022
May 12, 2022. You can't "Trust" this novel. And that's a very good thing.
"Trust" by Hernan Diaz is one of those novels that's always pulling a fast one on a reader. Take the opening section: You settle in, become absorbed in the story and, then, 100 pages or so later — Boom! — the novel lurches into another narrative that upends the truth of everything that came before.Heard on Fresh Air
The review here.
$17.00
ISBN: 9780593334836
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Published: Berkley - May 3rd, 2022
May 5, 2022. Big city devotees find romance in a small town in Emily Henry's "Book Lovers."
The review here.
$19.99
ISBN: 9780593485859
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Published: Delacorte Press - May 3rd, 2022
May 3, 2022. "Family Of Liars" reveals secrets at the core of the Sinclair family.
E. Lockhart's "Family of Liars" is a strange prequel to her bestseller "We Were Liars."
The review here.
$28.95
ISBN: 9780385545136
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Published: Doubleday - September 14th, 2021
September 15, 2021. Colson Whitehead Returns To His Home Turf With "Harlem Shuffle"
Whitehead says his latest novel was inspired by his love of heist movies. The story centers on a furniture store owner who has a side hustle trafficking in stolen goods. The interview on Fresh Air here.BOOK REVIEW: Colson Whitehead's Latest Gives Readers A Half-Crook You'll Wholly Love
The versatile novelist moves away from the heavier themes that won him a brace of Pulitzer Prizes in "Harlem Shuffle," a heist caper starring a mostly-upright furniture salesman with a criminal streak. The review here.
$17.00
ISBN: 9780525567271
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Published: Anchor - August 9th, 2022
September 15, 2021. Colson Whitehead Returns To His Home Turf With "Harlem Shuffle"
Whitehead says his latest novel was inspired by his love of heist movies. The story centers on a furniture store owner who has a side hustle trafficking in stolen goods. The interview on Fresh Air here.BOOK REVIEW: Colson Whitehead's Latest Gives Readers A Half-Crook You'll Wholly Love
The versatile novelist moves away from the heavier themes that won him a brace of Pulitzer Prizes in "Harlem Shuffle," a heist caper starring a mostly-upright furniture salesman with a criminal streak. The review here.
$25.00
ISBN: 9780393248524
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - September 7th, 2021
September 8, 2021. "Poet Warrior" Centers On The Role Of Poetry, Art And Music In Joy Harjo's Life
Book review here.
Author interview here.
$16.95
ISBN: 9781324022015
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - August 9th, 2022
September 8, 2021. "Poet Warrior" Centers On The Role Of Poetry, Art And Music In Joy Harjo's Life
Book review here.
Author interview here.
$18.00
ISBN: 9781250859044
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Published: Picador - June 7th, 2022
September 2, 2021. Sally Rooney's New Book Tries To Find Meaning In An Increasingly Troubled World