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5 Hit Men Board A 'Bullet Train' In This Fast And Fun Japanese Thriller

12:15pm August 10, 2021

by John Powers

No fewer than five assassins are on the high speed train at the center of Kotaro Isaka outlandish and virtuoso novel — and within pages, they're going after each other.

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After A 20-Year Wait, Louis Edwards' Latest Novel Is Out

7:29am August 10, 2021

NPR's Debbie Elliott speaks with author Louis Edwards about his new novel: Ramadan Ramsey.

In This Memoir, Prison Is A Place — And A State Of Mind

5:00am August 10, 2021

by THÚY ĐINH

Novelist Hwang Sok-yong spent years in prison — a disruption that's reflected in the structure of his new memoir. It's a cinematic, riveting story that captures the struggles of his life and career.

Best-Selling Book Helps Recast The Historic Battle At The Alamo

8:08am August 09, 2021

by David Martin Davies

The book — Forget the Alamo — challenges common misconceptions surrounding the conflict — including the notion that Davy Crockett was a martyr who fought to the death rather than surrender.

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All Might Not End Too Well In Mona Awad's New Novel

5:00am August 09, 2021

by Kristen Martin

In All's Well, a theater professor in chronic pain, ignored by doctors, believes putting on one of Shakespeare's least popular plays will renew her — and then three mystery men offer her a cure.

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A New David Brooks Article Takes A Look At How The Cultural Elite Broke America

12:02pm August 08, 2021

Who is responsible for society's ills? Writer David Brooks thinks he has the answer. Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with him about his recent column in The Atlantic, How The Bobos Broke America.

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These Are The Best Summer Reads For The Romantic At Heart

7:56am August 08, 2021

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with author Jasmine Guillory about the best romance reads of the summer.

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In 'Like Other Girls,' You Can Be — And Play — Whatever You Want. Even Football.

5:00am August 08, 2021

by Alethea Kontis

Britta Lundin's Like Other Girls follows Mara, a hot-tempered 6'2" high school sports star who's booted from basketball for brawling, but finds a new life and a new way of being on the football field.

A composite of book covers showing: Dream Girl by Laura Lippman, Death of a Showman by Mariah Fredericks, The Deep Blue Good-by by John D. MacDonald, and A Princess in Theory by Alyssa Cole.

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Here Are 4 Fabulous Beach Reads — Whether You're On A Beach Or Not

8:01am August 07, 2021

by Scott Simon

Late summer is the time to lose yourself in novels, so we asked author (and Key West resident) Meg Cabot to share a few of her favorite books to while away the hours on the water.

Savage Tongues, by Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi

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A Novel That Invokes History — But Can't Quite Define It

5:00am August 07, 2021

by Kamil Ahsan

In Savage Tongues, Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi gives us a protagonist who speaks often of history and how it's affected her — but what, exactly, is "history" to her? Readers will be left wondering.