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
Books We’ve Loved: Jane Austen’s Pride & Prejudice, a blueprint to the modern romance (18.10.2025)
Previous Episodes
- Cookbooks 'House of Nanking' and 'Boustany' honor rich family legacies through food 17.10.2025
- 'I Am You' fictionalizes the story of a Dutch Golden Age painter and her maid 16.10.2025
- 'The Persian' is a spy thriller written by former CIA analyst David McCloskey 15.10.2025
- In her new memoir, Jeannie Vanasco gets 'A Silent Treatment' from her mom 14.10.2025
- 'Pick a Color' is a novel that takes place over a single day at a nail salon 13.10.2025
- Introducing: Books We've Loved 11.10.2025
- These new mystery novels are 'whodunits' that might as well be called 'whydunits' 10.10.2025
- In 'Dream School,' Jeff Selingo wants parents to rethink what makes a ‘good’ college 09.10.2025
- For her latest novel, Patricia Lockwood says she wanted to write about confusion 08.10.2025
- Mariana Enriquez’s new book connects her interest in cemeteries with Argentina’s past 07.10.2025
- 'For the Sun After Long Nights' is a history of Iran’s Woman, Life, Freedom Movement 06.10.2025
- Two new history books use the past to explain what’s important now 03.10.2025
- '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
