Two new books delve into our primal desire to feel valued and worthy of attention. By Jennifer Szalai In “The Oak and the Larch,” Sophie Pinkham examines a vast history and culture through the ...

In “Hated by All the Right People,” the journalist Jason Zengerle looks at the conservative pundit’s many transformations. By Jennifer Burns In his “Island at the Edge of the World,” the British ...

There have been some hints of it in 'House of the Dragon' and 'A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.' Sumi Eno's dystopian fantasy manga is a criminally underrated hidden gem that's writing circles around ...

2 hours and 30 minutes, including one intermission. The Book of Mormon follows two young missionaries who are sent to Uganda to try to convert citizens to the Mormon religion. One missionary, Elder ...

Listen to the Book Nook with Vick Mickunas for intimate conversations about books with the writers who create them.Vick Mickunas introduced the Book Nook author interview program for WYSO in 1994.

Putnam preempts the debut novel by the editorial director of Mulholland Books, Amistad takes two from Whiting Award winner Samuel Kolawole, and more.

November 24, 2025 • Our annual reading guide returns with 380+ new titles handpicked by NPR staff and trusted critics. Find 13 years of recommendations all in one place — that's more than 4,000 great ...

An exploration of how writing systems, from ancient Chinese characters to modern alphabets, shape language, and whether users of ChatGPT can be said to be authors at all.