NPR's Books We Love 2023 launches today
Books We Love 2023 launches Monday. Book of the Day host Andrew Limbong talks about our annual, interactive guide to the years' best books.
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A memoir about life 'in the margins,' 'Class' picks up where 'Maid' left off
"As a country, we don't like giving poor people money and that's what they need the most," says author Stephanie Land. Her 2019 memoir Maid inspired a 10-part Netflix series.
Here are the Books We Love: 380+ great 2023 reads recommended by NPR
Books We Love returns with 380+ new titles handpicked by NPR staff and trusted critics. Find 11 years of recommendations all in one place – that's more than 3,600 great reads.
Author A.S. Byatt, who wrote the best-seller 'Possession,' dies at 87
Byatt wove history, myth and a sharp eye for human foibles into two dozen books that included the Booker Prize-winning novel "Possession."
In the new book "The Farmer's Wife", author Helen Rebanks balances recipes and life
Scott Simon speaks to Helen Rebanks about her farm life as laid out in her book, "The Farmer's Wife." They are joined by actor Nick Offerman, who occasionally works on Rebanks' farm.
'Day' is a sad story of middle-aged disillusionment
Michael Cunningham's Day joins a new wave of pandemic novels, including Ann Patchett's Tom Lake, Chris Bachelder and Jennifer Habel's Dayswork, and Sigrid Nunez's The Vulnerables.
This book club finally finished 'Finnegans Wake.' It only took them 28 years
In October, after 28 years, a book club finally finished one of the most famously-difficult-to-read books in literature, Finnegans Wake by James Joyce.
The story of a devastating wildfire that reads 'like a thriller' wins U.K. book prize
John Vaillant's Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World was awarded Britain's leading nonfiction book prize on Thursday in London.
Justin Torres wins National Book Award for novel 'Blackouts'
Justin Torres has won the 2023 National Book Award for Fiction for his novel Blackouts.
Some authors are suing OpenAI. Will it backfire?
Fiction writers like George R.R. Martin and Jonathan Franzen are suing OpenAI for using their books to train ChatGPT. That lawsuit could paradoxically benefit the company being sued.