
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
Introducing: Books We've Loved (11.10.2025)
Previous Episodes
- 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
- In his new novel ‘The Secret of Secrets,’ Dan Brown takes on human consciousness 22.09.2025
- ‘Long Way Down’ and ‘The Hate U Give’ are modern classics about gun violence 19.09.2025
- What Toni Morrison learned from revisiting five of her most-read novels 18.09.2025
- Sandra Cisneros’ ‘The House on Mango Street’ was born from a feeling of displacement 17.09.2025
- In her translation of ‘The Odyssey,’ Emily Wilson aimed for ‘a crystalline clarity’ 16.09.2025
- Jhumpa Lahiri says the phrase ‘Interpreter of Maladies’ came to her in grad school 15.09.2025