As the planet warms, a naturalist documents change
South African naturalist Adam Welz's new book, The End of Eden, examines how networks of life are unraveling as climate change escalates.
Books
How American Girl dolls became a part of American culture
NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Mary Mahoney and Allison Horrocks about their new book Dolls of Our Lives: Why We Can't Quit American Girl.
3 coffee table books featuring gardens recall the beauty in our endangered world
All three of these books would make great gifts for gardeners and armchair oglers alike, and may tempt you to book a garden tour — or maybe even plant some bulbs and seeds yourself.
An unpublished poem by 'The Big Sleep' author Raymond Chandler is going to print
Strand Magazine announced that its latest issue will include a poem by the author written around 1955 that shows his "softer, sensitive side."
In Booker-winning 'Prophet Song,' the world ends slowly and then all at once
The relentless bleakness of Paul Lynch's novel make it almost unbearable to read at times — yet its plausibility, and echoes of real events happening long after, keeps the reader from looking away.
Peter Breslow's memoir follows his 40 years around the world as an NPR producer
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to former NPR producer Peter Breslow about his new memoir, "Outtakes: Stumbling Around the World for NPR."
NPR staffers share their fiction picks from Books We Love
Four NPR staffers recommend fiction from our Books We Love list: "Land of Milk and Honey," "Western Lane, " "The Making of Another Motion Picture Masterpiece," and "The Covenant of Water."
Benjamin Dreyer, copy editor and author of 'Dreyer's English', retires from Random House
NPR's Scott Simon talks with fabled copy editor Benjamin Dreyer. He's retiring after three decades working with literary greats at Random House.
A new book asks if AI can cause the kinds of nuclear disasters seen in movies
NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Edward Geist, a policy researcher at the RAND Corporation, about his new book, "Deterrence under Uncertainty: Artificial Intelligence and Nuclear Warfare."
4 coffee table art books from 2023 that are a visual feast
This group ranges from a fabulous collection by contemporary, neurodiverse artists to Milton Glaser's pop art, and Aino and Alvar Aalto's Finnish modernist designs to a survey of Islamic architecture.