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News Articles: Books

Dr. Anthony Fauci testifies before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee Select Subcommittee on June 3.

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  • Health Care

Why Anthony Fauci approaches every trip to the White House as if it's his last

Over the course of his decades-long career in public health, Fauci vowed he would never shy away from speaking the truth with the U.S. president— even when it was inconvenient. Fauci's memoir is On Call.

June 19, 2024
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  • Dave Davies
Maggie Nye is the author of 'The Curators'

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  • Book News & Features

In debut novel, Maggie Nye explores obsession, magic and a dark moment in Georgia history

In 1915, an Atlanta man named Leo Frank was murdered by a mob who believed he was responsible for the murder of a woman named Mary Phagan. Antisemitism was at the root of the mob's fury. A new novel set in Atlanta at the time of the lynching and its aftermath focuses on five adolescent girls who are obsessed with Frank. It's called The Curators.

June 19, 2024
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  • Peter Biello

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  • Book Reviews

Here are the nonfiction books NPR staffers have loved so far this year

We asked around the newsroom to find favorite nonfiction from the first half of 2024. We've got biography and memoir, health and science, history, sports and much more.

June 17, 2024
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  • Meghan Collins Sullivan and
  • Beth Novey

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  • Book Reviews

NPR staffers pick their favorite fiction reads of 2024

At work: hardworking news journalists. At home: omnivorous fiction readers. We asked our colleagues what they've enjoyed most this year and here are the titles they shared.

June 17, 2024
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By:
  • Meghan Collins Sullivan and
  • Beth Novey
Librarian Sabrina Jesram arranges a display of books during Banned Books Week at a public library branch in New York City on Sept. 23, 2022.

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  • Book News & Features

What’s a book ban anyway? Depends on who you ask

The term "book ban" is used a lot in media and elsewhere when addressing the rise in challenges to certain books being allowed in schools and public libraries. But is it more political hyperbole or a censorship alarm bell?

June 13, 2024
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  • Elizabeth Blair

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  • Book Reviews

'Horror Movie' questions the motivation behind evil acts

Paul Tremblay's latest tale is dark, surprisingly violent, and incredibly multilayered — a superb addition to his already impressive oeuvre showing he can deliver for fans and also push the envelope.

June 12, 2024
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  • Gabino Iglesias
In the episode "From Virgin to Vixen,” Queenie is in peak fun mode, until her demons begin to catch up with her.

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  • Book Reviews

Queenie's second life on screen gives her more room to grow

An irresistible new Hulu series follows the quarter-life growing pains of a lonely South Londoner. It's based on a 2019 novel by showrunner Candice Carty-Williams.

June 11, 2024
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  • Carole V. Bell

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  • Book Reviews

In 'Consent,' an author asks: 'Me too? Did I have the agency to consent?'

Jill Ciment wrote about a relationship she had with a teacher when she was very young – that turned into a marriage – in Half a Life. Now, eight years after his death at 93, she reconsiders their relationship in light of the #MToo movement.

June 10, 2024
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  • Heller McAlpin
The cover art of Sam Forster's book,<em> Seven Shoulders: Taxonomizing Racism in Modern America</em>.

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  • Race

With Maybelline Mocha and an Afro wig, white author explores 'Blackness' in a new book

Reactions have been brutal to Canadian writer Sam Forster, who disguised himself as a Black man and traveled the U.S. to document how racism persists in society.

June 07, 2024
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  • Alana Wise

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  • Book Reviews

In 'Fire Exit,' a father grapples with connection and the meaning of belonging

Morgan Talty's debut novel is a touching narrative about family in which the past and present are constantly on the page as we follow a man's life, while also entertaining what that life could have been.

June 06, 2024
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By:
  • Gabino Iglesias
An abstract 3d cloud model in the bedroom. (3d render)

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  • Health

7 surprising facts about dreams -- why we have them and what they mean

Dreaming is often misunderstood. But in a new book, a neuroscientist argues that it’s one of the most vital functions of the human brain, and just about anyone can tap into dreams’ insights.

June 02, 2024
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  • Andrea Muraskin
Author Stephen Hundley at GPB's studios in Atlanta.

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  • News

In 'Bomb Island' Stephen Hundley crafts a coming-of-age story on a Georgia barrier island

In Bomb Island, a teenager named Fish lives as the adopted son of island-dwellers who make their living running boat tours of the site where a nuclear bomb was accidentally dropped into the ocean decades ago.

May 30, 2024
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By:
  • Peter Biello
Taylor Swift, the Mona Lisa and Beyoncé.

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  • Arts & Life

What's the recipe for fame? For one, you need more than talent

Why is the Mona Lisa the most famous painting in the world? Why are The Beatles, well, The Beatles? Behavioral economist Cass Sunstein explores the alchemy of fame.

May 29, 2024
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  • Ari Shapiro,
  • Sarah Handel,
  • and 1 more
In the face of human-caused climate change, paperbacks and e-readers each have pros and cons.

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  • Books

What’s better for the climate: A paper book, or an e-reader?

Books take a lot of resources to make. Digital readers do, too. What's the more sustainable option? The answer isn't straightforward.

May 26, 2024
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By:
  • Chloe Veltman

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  • Book News & Features

When Baby Sloth tumbles out of a tree, Mama Sloth comes for him — s l o w l y

Did you know on average a sloth will fall out of a tree once a week for its entire life? It's true — and the inspiration for Brian Cronin and Doreen Cronin's new children's book, Mama in the Moon.

May 26, 2024
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  • Samantha Balaban
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