Author's memoir details her struggle to accept she's a sociopath
Author Patric Gagne speaks with NPR's Michel Martin about her memoir, Sociopath, and the misunderstood diagnosis bearing the same name.
Books
Black girls have the spotlight in horror anthology 'The Black Girl Survives This One'
NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Desiree Evans and Saraciea Fennell about their anthology of horror stories from Black writers with the racial and gender representation they've longed for in the genre.
Amor Towles checked in to the Beverly Hills Hotel to edit new novella
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with author Amor Towles about his new short story collection Table for Two and how his novella picked up Eve's story where he left off in Rules of Civility.
'Lilith' cuts to the heart of the gun debate and school shootings
Eric Rickstad's novel is full of sadness and rage; it forces readers to look at one of the ugliest parts of U.S. culture, a too-common occurrence that is extremely rare in other countries.
Pulitzer prize finalist Lydia Millet publishes her first nonfiction book
NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with climate change advocate and novelist Lydia Millet about her first nonfiction book: We Loved It All: A Memory of Life.
How Rae Wynn-Grant defied expectations and became an ecologist and host of a nature show
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Rae Wynn-Grant about her journey to becoming an ecologist. Grant writes about it in her memoir, "Wild Life: Finding My Purpose in an Untamed World."
Carys Davies' 'Clear' follows a reverend's journey to evict an island's lone tenant
NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Carys Davies about her new novel, "Clear." The novel is set in Scotland during the 1840s, when tenant farmers were moved off the land and to cities and the coast.
Don Winslow ends trilogy, and his writing career, with final novel 'City in Ruins'
NPR's Scott Simon talks to best-selling suspense author Don Winslow about what he says is his final novel, "City in Ruins."
Garrard Conley's novel "All the World Beside" combines faith and love
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with author Garrard Conley about his new novel All the World Beside.
Here's how to set your reading goals and read more books in 2024
Experts say it's better to set a goal you can stick to and make reading more of a community affair.