NPR's Book of the Day

897 Episodes

1. The people caught in the middle of war in 'A Constellation Of Vital Phenomena'

   Published: 3/7/2022
2. Gulbahar Haitiwaji and Desmond Shum get personal about the reach of China's power

   Published: 3/4/2022
3. 'Black Cloud Rising' novelizes the leader of an all-Black brigade in the Civil War

   Published: 3/3/2022
4. Putin's use of Nazi rhetoric is not new according to historian Timothy Snyder

   Published: 3/2/2022
5. A lifetime of secrets unfold in 'Black Cake'

   Published: 3/1/2022
6. 'The Splendid and the Vile' dives deep into Winston Churchill's year during the blitz

   Published: 2/28/2022
7. 'The Black Agenda' and 'Solitary' tackle criminal justice reform

   Published: 2/25/2022
8. 'Girl, Woman, Other' celebrates Black British women

   Published: 2/24/2022
9. 'Anthem' considers the world we are passing down to the next generation

   Published: 2/23/2022
10. 'Moon Witch, Spider King' takes us back into Marlon James' fantastical world

    Published: 2/22/2022
11. Writer Arthur Brooks says strivers can end up unhappier later in life

    Published: 2/21/2022
12. Two authors tell stories of the weird and wild in the classical music world

    Published: 2/18/2022
13. Author Maeve Higgins humorously reflects on her immigrant experience

    Published: 2/17/2022
14. What does 'The Family Chao' have in common with Dostoyevsky? Murder and more.

    Published: 2/16/2022
15. Author Tara Westover says we need to consider how people have been 'Educated'

    Published: 2/15/2022
16. Happy Valentine's Day! We get sappy with 'Evvie Drake Starts Over'

    Published: 2/14/2022
17. Isabel Wilkerson argues that 'Caste' not racism caused The Great Migration

    Published: 2/11/2022
18. Octavia Butler imagines a world without racism

    Published: 2/10/2022
19. Alex Haley nearly lost it all writing 'Roots'

    Published: 2/9/2022
20. 'The Color Purple' is about the bonding of women

    Published: 2/8/2022