NPR's Book of the Day
In need of a good read? Or just want to keep up with the books everyone's talking about? NPR's Book of the Day gives you today's very best writing in a snackable, skimmable, pocket-sized podcast. Whether you're looking to engage with the big questions of our times – or temporarily escape from them – we've got an author who will speak to you, all genres, mood and writing styles included. Catch today's great books in 15 minutes or less.
Latest Episode
‘2024’ and ‘From the Clinics to the Capitol’ dissect opposing political movements (12.09.2025)
Previous Episodes
- In Meg Medina’s new young adult novel, a 13-year-old girl becomes a sea ghost 11.09.2025
- ‘Misbehaving at the Crossroads’ is a lesson in the complexity of reconciliation 10.09.2025
- In Rabih Alameddine’s new novel, a mother and son share a tiny Beirut apartment 09.09.2025
- Tamara Yajia’s memoir recounts a chaotic upbringing between the U.S. and Argentina 08.09.2025
- ‘Papilio’ and ‘Chooch Helped’ are children’s books brought to life by friendship 05.09.2025
- In ‘The Sunflower Boys,’ a 12-year-old boy comes of age during war in Ukraine 04.09.2025
- ‘Friends with Words’ is a book about language, from word origins to regional dialects 03.09.2025
- Kate Riley’s novel ‘Ruth’ was inspired by her year in an insular religious community 02.09.2025
- In his memoir, poet Raymond Antrobus writes of ‘deaf gain’ instead of hearing loss 01.09.2025
- ‘Your Favorite Scary Movie’ and ‘Ready for My Close-Up’ are histories of iconic films 29.08.2025
- Eighty years after Hiroshima, a new book narrates the history of the atomic bomb 28.08.2025
- In the novel ‘Loved One,’ an ambiguous friendship is further complicated by loss 27.08.2025
- ‘Dinner with King Tut’ follows experimental archaeologists as they recreate the past 26.08.2025
- For her 25th book, Karin Slaughter wanted to capture life in small-town Georgia 25.08.2025
- ‘Cook Once, Eat Twice’ and ‘Accidentally on Purpose’ are new books from cooking stars 22.08.2025
- ‘Atlantic’ writer James Parker says his odes are exercises in gratitude and attention 21.08.2025
- In ‘The Hounding,’ rumors swirl around five sisters living in 18th-century England 20.08.2025
- Alexis Okeowo’s ‘Blessings and Disasters’ is an ode to Alabama’s complicated history 19.08.2025
- ‘Dwelling’ fictionalizes the American housing crisis with elements of fairy tale 18.08.2025
- For the authors of ‘Reading Van Gogh,’ ‘Black in Blues,’ art opened a door to meaning 15.08.2025
