By Brian Raftery The Books Readers Loved in 2024 A taboo-busting Brooklyn memoir, a tender Japanese novel about the beauty of connection, a book by a death doula: Editors and writers from around ...

In his new Netflix special, Jamie Foxx: What Had Happened Was…, the Oscar winner explains what happened after he was rushed to the Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta. Check out what’s new on ...

The winner of this year’s National Book Award in fiction has published several collections of poems. Our critic takes a look. In “Ira Gershwin: A Life in Words,” Michael Owen offers a ...

November 25, 2024 • Books We Love returns with 350+ new titles handpicked by NPR staff and trusted critics. Find 12 years of recommendations all in one place — that's nearly 4,000 great reads.

“It took me by surprise, pleasantly though,” Reynolds told the Jamaica Observer, recalling his reaction when he found out that his book of poems, Mango Time, Pudding, and Something ...

New editions of books by John Dickson Carr, Tom Mead and Edna Sherry remind me why I loved them the first time. The first two books of “On the Calculation of Volume,” by Solvej Balle ...

Barry Blair’s latest murder mystery, “The Biggest of Lies,” blends suspense and local history, with book signings and a reading event scheduled in Jonesborough. Blair, a Jonesborough resident and ...

It has been tempting to view the C.I.A. as omniscient. Yet Coll’s chastening new book about the events leading up to the Iraq War, in 2003, shows just how often the agency was flying blind.

December 18, 2024 • Whether you're young or young at heart, we have book ideas for you. This year's YA collection, gathered by NPR book critics and staff, includes romance, historical fiction ...

Blair Alley's episode of SkateHoarders goes hard on the art and photo books. A photographer himself, it's no big surprise that he's got the books, zines, prints and more from those that came ...

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Sport fans: we have your Christmas sorted. Roger Alton has picked out the best sport books of 2024 ranging from the scientific way to score a penalty to the heartfelt memoir of Sir Chris Hoy.