/tags/npr-books-we-love NPR Books We Love en-US Copyright Thu, 11 Sep 2025 17:21:36 GMT /2025-09-11/nsa-leaker-reality-winner-is-rebuilding-her-life-and-looking-back-at-her-past Winner was working at the NSA in 2017 when she leaked a classified document to the press. Soon after, the FBI showed up at her door. Winner's new memoir is I Am Not Your Enemy. Thu, 11 Sep 2025 17:21:36 GMT /2025-09-11/nsa-leaker-reality-winner-is-rebuilding-her-life-and-looking-back-at-her-past Terry Gross /2025-09-10/4-lives-are-upended-by-an-impulsive-kiss-in-the-epic-novel-buckeye Patrick Ryan's novel focuses on two married couples and stretches from pre-WWII to the close of the 20th century, capturing both the sweep of history and the mundane particularity of everyday life. Wed, 10 Sep 2025 17:07:39 GMT /2025-09-10/4-lives-are-upended-by-an-impulsive-kiss-in-the-epic-novel-buckeye Maureen Corrigan /2025-09-10/how-untold-stories-of-the-civil-war-help-make-sense-of-todays-political-division In "Midnight on the Potomac," author Scott Ellsworth shatters myths from the last, desperate months of the Civil War. Wed, 10 Sep 2025 15:49:34 GMT /2025-09-10/how-untold-stories-of-the-civil-war-help-make-sense-of-todays-political-division Here & Now Newsroom /2025-09-10/happy-75th-birthday-to-henry-huggins-ramona-quimbys-big-kid-neighbor Beverly Cleary's fictional third grader with an adopted dog named Ribsy made his debut in 1950. Cleary was praised for writing simple, humorous stories that kids wanted to read. Wed, 10 Sep 2025 14:57:13 GMT /2025-09-10/happy-75th-birthday-to-henry-huggins-ramona-quimbys-big-kid-neighbor Elizabeth Blair /2025-09-09/peacemaker-u-thants-grandson-tells-his-grandfathers-story-in-new-book In the early 1960s, U Thant, a practicing Buddhist from a remote town in Burma, became the first non-Western secretary-general of the United Nations. Tue, 09 Sep 2025 15:50:17 GMT /2025-09-09/peacemaker-u-thants-grandson-tells-his-grandfathers-story-in-new-book Here & Now Newsroom /2025-09-09/science-under-siege-book-details-ideological-attacks-on-science What can the public and scientific community do to counter those attacks? Tue, 09 Sep 2025 15:48:46 GMT /2025-09-09/science-under-siege-book-details-ideological-attacks-on-science Here & Now Newsroom /2025-09-09/new-books-out-today-a-dan-brown-thriller-john-prine-bio-and-world-wide-web-memoir New books this week include Secret of Secrets — the sixth installment of The Da Vinci Code saga, plus a tech memoir from Tim Berners-Lee and a career-spanning anthology from Terry McMillan. Tue, 09 Sep 2025 13:39:09 GMT /2025-09-09/new-books-out-today-a-dan-brown-thriller-john-prine-bio-and-world-wide-web-memoir Colin Dwyer /2025-09-08/new-teen-thriller-sisters-in-the-wind-finds-drama-in-hidden-identities Angeline Boulley, author of the hit Firekeeper's Daughter, writes thrillers set in Native American communities in northern Michigan, like the ones where her family has lived for generations. Mon, 08 Sep 2025 19:14:13 GMT /2025-09-08/new-teen-thriller-sisters-in-the-wind-finds-drama-in-hidden-identities Neda Ulaby /2025-09-08/author-louis-sachar-ventures-into-writing-for-adults-with-the-magician-of-tiger-castle Louis Sachar the award-winning book "Holes," the absurdist "Wayside School" series and many others. With his latest book, he’s doing something new — writing for adults. Mon, 08 Sep 2025 15:53:58 GMT /2025-09-08/author-louis-sachar-ventures-into-writing-for-adults-with-the-magician-of-tiger-castle /2025-09-07/hitch-a-ride-to-the-moon-in-a-rusty-old-car-and-the-couch-in-the-yard As the sun sets in a small town, a family loads up their rusty old car with the spare couch in their yard. When it breaks down in the mountains, what else is there to do but fly it to the moon? Sun, 07 Sep 2025 11:00:00 GMT /2025-09-07/hitch-a-ride-to-the-moon-in-a-rusty-old-car-and-the-couch-in-the-yard Samantha Balaban