NPR's Book of the Day

With novel 'Among Friends,' Hal Ebbott says he wanted to take friendship seriously

With novel 'Among Friends,' Hal Ebbott says he wanted to take friendship seriously

David Litt's new memoir is about finding common ground through surfing

In the new speculative novel 'Weepers,' mourning is outsourced to professionals

Ten years later, Ta-Nehisi Coates says 'Between the World and Me' is no longer his

Kevin Kwan explores race and identity in 'Sex and Vanity' and 'Lies and Weddings'

In Emma Straub's novel 'All Adults Here,' family is messy

In 'Lessons in Chemistry' a chemist is the star of... a cooking show?

'The Rachel Incident' looks back on early-20s friendships, love and mistakes

Emily Henry's 'Funny Story' centers a new character in rom-com tropes

New books by Damon Young and Dennard Dayle take different routes to humor

'The Pretender' centers on a real peasant who learns he is heir to England's throne

In 'The Science of Revenge,' an expert explains why humans are hardwired for payback

'Great Black Hope' is a character study of a young, Black, queer man in high society

'Fatherhood' traces a history of masculinity, from Aristotle to Sigmund Freud

New books by Carl Hiaasen and John Seabrook tell distinctly American stories

Evan Osnos' 'The Haves and Have-Yachts' is a book of essays about the new Gilded Age

Leisha Hailey and Kate Moennig reflect on 'The L Word' in memoir 'So Gay For You'

For a novel on the first women astronauts, Taylor Jenkins Reid studied old NASA PDFs

As prime minister of New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern juggled leadership and motherhood

In 'The Dry Season,' Melissa Febos chronicles a transformative year of celibacy

Susan Choi's 'Flashlight' is about an alternate-universe version of her own family

'Sea of Grass' chronicles the disappearance of the North American prairie

In 'The Catch,' estranged sisters confront a mystery surrounding their mother's death

Madeleine Thien's new novel 'The Book of Records' is a story that traverses centuries

'What Will People Think?' and 'Climbing in Heels' star women trying to make it big

'Theater Kid' is a memoir from the producer of 'Rent,' 'Avenue Q,' and 'Hamilton'

'Freedom Season' argues the events of 1963 transformed the civil rights movement

In new memoir, women's college basketball coach Dawn Staley says she's a 'sore loser'

In debut novel 'Food Person,' a food writer ghostwrites a celebrity cookbook

Two authors consider how being a daughter shaped their relationship to motherhood

In 'Anima Rising,' Gustav Klimt encounters a young woman under strange circumstances

'Lost Marvels No. 1: Tower of Shadows' restores a lost chapter of comic book history

Honor Jones' 'Sleep' explores how our childhoods influence who we are as parents

Karen Hao's new book is a skeptical look at Sam Altman and Elon Musk's AI empire

With new novel, Ocean Vuong says he wants to reframe America as a place of salvage

'Little Bosses Everywhere' looks into the Wild West of multilevel marketing

A new biography of Rafael Nadal focuses on the tennis star's domination on clay

'Original Sin' argues Biden aides enabled his reelection bid, despite mental decline

In 'Class Clown,' humorist Dave Barry embraces both the funny and hard parts of life

'The Golden Road' and 'The Lucky Ones' examine India's ancient and recent history

A new biography tells the twin stories of James Gandolfini and Tony Soprano

'The Lost and the Found' takes an intimate look at homelessness in San Francisco

In 'Julie Chan Is Dead,' former influencer Liann Zhang takes a swipe at the industry

Isabel Allende's latest historical novel draws from her time at a women's magazine

In 'Romantic Friction,' 'The Fact Checker' the publishing world is fodder for fiction

'Personhood' argues fetal rights are the next frontier of the anti-abortion movement

The new novel 'Fair Play' is a self-aware take on the golden age of detective fiction

Loryn Brantz's 'Poems of Parenting' gives parents permission to laugh out loud

In her new memoir, Tina Knowles, mother of Beyoncé and Solange, tells her own story

New cookbooks from Sarah Ahn and Roy Choi take different approaches to Korean cuisine