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
Two new history books use the past to explain what’s important now (03.10.2025)
Previous Episodes
- 'F*** Approval, You Don’t Need It!' makes the case against ‘people pleasers’ 02.10.2025
- Angela Flournoy’s 'The Wilderness' focuses on a Black, female ‘chosen family’ 01.10.2025
- Former senator Joe Manchin makes the case for the middle in the memoir 'Dead Center' 30.09.2025
- Ian McEwan’s latest novel ‘What We Can Know’ is science fiction without the science 29.09.2025
- ‘Peacemaker’ and ‘Tomorrow Is Yesterday’ are personal histories of diplomacy 26.09.2025
- Ken Jaworowski’s new crime novel ‘What About the Bodies’ has a surprising tender side 25.09.2025
- ‘Dark Renaissance’ historian on how Christopher Marlowe paved the way for Shakespeare 24.09.2025
- ‘Beyond Fast’ chronicles one coach’s unlikely revolution in high school cross-country 23.09.2025
- In his new novel ‘The Secret of Secrets,’ Dan Brown takes on human consciousness 22.09.2025
- ‘Long Way Down’ and ‘The Hate U Give’ are modern classics about gun violence 19.09.2025
- What Toni Morrison learned from revisiting five of her most-read novels 18.09.2025
- Sandra Cisneros’ ‘The House on Mango Street’ was born from a feeling of displacement 17.09.2025
- In her translation of ‘The Odyssey,’ Emily Wilson aimed for ‘a crystalline clarity’ 16.09.2025
- Jhumpa Lahiri says the phrase ‘Interpreter of Maladies’ came to her in grad school 15.09.2025
- ‘2024’ and ‘From the Clinics to the Capitol’ dissect opposing political movements 12.09.2025
- 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
