Books

In a small town in Ohio, farm animals and people start turning into monsters. But somehow they seem happier that way, in John Scalzi's novel "Monsters of Ohio." He talks to NPR's Ayesha Rascoe.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Frank Huyler, author and ER doctor, about his new novel. "The Red Dress" follows a yacht captain and his little girl to a mysterious island owned by a tech titan.

Dame Judi Dench has a new autobiography out, "Is It Too Late to Make A Run for It?" NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Dench and her co-author, Brendan O'Hea.

With Halloween this weekend, we get some books to get the blood racing from "The Stacks" host and creator Traci Thomas.

The Nobel Prize-winning novelist says he honed his skills while working as a songwriter. Now, Ishiguro's 2021 novel Klara and the Sun has been adapted to film. Originally broadcast March 17, 2021.

Best-selling children's author R.J. Palacio talks about her new picture book called The Haunted Playground. It's about what ghosts get up to when they're off the clock.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with author Becca Freeman about her new romance Back Where We Started, about returning home and reuniting with someone left behind.

Jordan Neely was frightening fellow passengers. A former Marine named Daniel Penny put Neely into a chokehold, killing him. Journalist Anand Giridharadas investigates the incident in Man in the Mirror.

A fraudulent spirit medium desperate for cash. A muckraking journalist out for revenge. A polygamist wife who hates polygamy. All circling a seance in 1908 Salt Lake City. And that's just the beginning.

The highly anticipated, latest installment of Sarah J. Maas' romantasy series has hit the shelves. Hardcore fans were lined up (in their faerie ears) at the stroke of midnight.