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In 'Sea State,' life gets rocky when a journalist gets involved with her subject

Tabitha Lasley spent six months in Aberdeen, Scotland, interviewing men who work on offshore oil rigs. Along the way, she had an all-consuming affair with one of the very first men she interviewed.

December 20, 2021
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  • Maureen Corrigan
<em>Mothers, Fathers, and Others: Essays</em> by Siri Hustvedt

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'Mothers, Fathers, and Others' addresses the realities of motherhood

Siri Hustvedt's essays bring into focus the profound contradictions of motherhood — often eclipsed by the cultural idealization of mothers as the model of self-sacrificing nurturance.

December 20, 2021
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By:
  • Sharmila Mukherjee
Scene from <em>Something Is Killing the Children</em>

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  • Book Reviews

James Tynion continues to surprise in 'Something Is Killing the Children'

The monster-fighting series has become a huge hit since its 2019 launch, so Boom! is releasing the first 15 episodes in this deluxe hardcover.

December 16, 2021
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By:
  • Etelka Lehoczky

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  • Book Reviews

Literary fiction dominates Maureen Corrigan's 2021 Best Books list

Fresh Air book critic Maureen Corrigan says 2021 was a spectacular year for literary fiction. As such, her annual Best Books list is exclusively composed of novels and short story collections.

December 13, 2021
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  • Maureen Corrigan
Steph Curry of the Golden State Warriors reacts after the Phoenix Suns missed a basket during a game Dec. 3.

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From Steph Curry to 'Squid Game,' this year-end list will surprise and delight you

As the year draws to a close, critic John Powers singles out seven revelatory people or things that made 2021 a little brighter. At the top of his list? Basketball star Steph Curry.

December 10, 2021
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  • John Powers
Karthika Nair (left) and Marilyn Hacker (right)

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Two poets chronicle their friendship and isolation during the pandemic

Marilyn Hacker and Karthika Nair were under lockdown in Paris only miles apart from each other. A Different Distance compiles the almost daily poems they wrote from March 2020 to March 2021.

December 10, 2021
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  • Jeevika Verma
<em>The Veiled Throne</em>, by Ken Liu

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  • Book Reviews

'The Veiled Throne' keeps the flame of the Dandelion Dynasty burning on every page

A thousand pages is a lot. But there's Ken Liu's voice to hold onto in this third installment of his epic — beautifully deployed and fully in command of the language of his imaginary universe.

December 10, 2021
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  • Jason Sheehan

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  • Book Reviews

A visual feast: 5 favorite art books of 2021

Most readers spend a lot of time happily immersed in words. But for a change of pace, these gorgeous art books provide hours of blissful visual diversion.

December 09, 2021
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  • Heller McAlpin

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  • Book Reviews

3 YA graphic novels that highlight the timelessness of teenage themes this autumn

Among the flood of titles aimed at the high-school set this fall, a few stand apart for their unorthodox stories, deft artwork and potent themes.

December 07, 2021
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By:
  • Etelka Lehoczky
<em>Call Us What We Carry: Poems,</em> by Amanda Gorman

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  • Book Reviews

In debut poetry collection, Amanda Gorman looks at America today through its past

The youngest presidential inaugural poet writes about how looking at our history tells us what our bodies are made of – and of how collective memory of strength re-energizes us in our darkest moments.

December 06, 2021
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  • Jeevika Verma
<em>Sex Cult Nun: Breaking Away from the Children of God, a Wild, Radical Religious Cult,</em> by Faith Jones

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Granddaughter of cult leader tells her story of escape in 'Sex Cult Nun'

Faith Jones, a successful lawyer, is the granddaughter of David Berg, founder of The Family. She tells of how she was raised in the cult from infancy until managing to leave it in her early 20s.

December 05, 2021
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  • Ilana Masad

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  • Books

12 books NPR staffers loved in 2021 that might surprise you

Books We Love, formerly known as NPR's Book Concierge, is back for 2021. Here are a handful of books that NPR staffers named as some of their favorites of the year.

November 30, 2021
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By:
  • Mia Estrada
<em>Jade Legacy</em>, by Fonda Lee

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  • Book Reviews

'Jade Legacy,' final in the Green Bone Saga trilogy, is about endings

The Damocles threat Fonda Lee has let dangle over this entire series is that no one in these pages is ever safe — the world she has created is dangerous and everyone in it has a place where they end.

November 29, 2021
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By:
  • Jason Sheehan
<em>The Ghost Tracks,</em> by Celso Hurtado

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  • Book Reviews

'The Ghost Tracks' is heartwarming horror fiction

Celso Hurtado's YA horror novel combines a real San Antonio legend with classic elements of YA narratives to tell a story of friendship that explores the possibility of the supernatural.

November 29, 2021
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  • Gabino Iglesias

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  • Books

Here are the Books We Love: 360+ great 2021 reads recommended by NPR

Books We Love (formerly known as NPR's Book Concierge) is back with a new name and 360+ new books handpicked just for you by NPR staff and trusted critics.

November 24, 2021
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  • Tayla Burney,
  • Beth Donovan,
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