Books

This week also brings a National Book Award finalist from Bryan Washington and a Booker finalist from Andrew Miller.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks to Tareq Baconi, a Palestinian scholar. His memoir, "Fire in Every Direction," explores queer identity, family history, and political awakening.

The filmmaker has two new movies out: Nouvelle Vague is an homage to director Jean-Luc Godard, and Blue Moon centers on lyricist Lorenz Hart, the former creative partner of Richard Rodgers.

Heart the Lover is both a prequel and a sequel to King's 2020 novel Lovers & Writers. It's a story about screwing up, wising up, finding yourself and realizing what you may have lost in the process.

The book came out in paperback on Oct. 14.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Nite Yun, who was born in a refugee camp and went on to become an acclaimed chef, about her debut cookbook, "My Cambodia."

For years, the author of The Handmaid's Tale, The Blind Assassin and Cat's Eye was reluctant to write a memoir, but in 'Book of Lives: A Memoir', Margaret Atwood talks about being Canadian, and the people and places that shaped her writing.

A new cookbook drawing from different peasant traditions focuses on using bits of old bread to create delectable and economical dishes.

Generations of one family's women think they can never keep a man in the new novel "Cursed Daughters." NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Oyinkan Braithwaite about the power of negative thinking.

In her book The Second Estate, Ray Madoff explains how the U.S. tax system lets the ultra-rich grow their wealth tax-free while working Americans bear the burden.