NPR's Juana Summers speaks to author Jim Murphy about his book, Inner Excellence, which has become a viral read among pro athletes and celebrities.
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Journalist David Graham says the aim of the creators of the conservative action plan Project 2025 is to push the federal government "as far to the right as they can." His new book is The Project.
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Memoirist and executive Daria Burke grew up in 1980s Detroit amid addiction and instability. She spent years trying to outrun that past by building a carefully curated, outwardly successful life.
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Sheila has grown so much she no longer fits in the book she lives in! NPR's Lauren Frayer talks with actor Geena Davis about her new picture book, "The Girl Who Was Too Big for the Page."
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NPR's Scott Simon talks to film historian Jason Bailey about his book, "Gandolfini: Jim, Tony and the Life of a Legend." It details how different he was from the gangster he portrayed on "The Sopranos."
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NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Tina Knowles, the mother of artists Beyoncé Knowles-Carter and Solange Knowles, about her new memoir, "Matriarch."
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NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Knopf publisher Jordan Pavlin and Shelley Wanger, Joan Didion's longtime editor and one of her literary trustees about the new book Notes to John.
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Abigail loves staging a good murder mystery for her friends but then her brother dies. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Louise Hegarty about her novel, "Fair Play."
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NPR's Scott Simon talks with author Rick Atkinson in Lexington, Mass., about the first book of his forthcoming trilogy about the American Revolution, "The British are Coming."
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NPR's Scott Simon talks with Jo Harkin about her book, "The Pretender."
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NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with author Katie Kitamura on why she wanted to make her new novel Audition a puzzle, but not one to solve.