'Klara And The Sun' Is A Masterpiece About Life, Love And Mortality
Narrated by a robotic "artificial friend," Kazuo Ishiguro's latest novel offers readers a deeper understanding of what it means to be human.
Books
There Are So Many Flavors Of Potato Chips; 'Hooked' Looks At Why
Investigative reporter Michael Moss explores how some food companies tweak their products to take advantage of evolved biology, creating room for novelty that triggers the brain to make us want more.
Looking Again At A Doctor's Old Rhymes, Seuss Works Haven't Kept Up With The Times
Dr. Seuss Enterprises has announced it will end publication of six titles deemed to contain racist imagery. The books include And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street and If I Ran the Zoo.
How Bellingcat's Online Sleuths Solve Global Crimes Using Open Source Info
Eliot Higgins is the founder of an online collective that picks apart conspiracy theories and investigates war crimes and hate crimes using clues from the Internet. His new book is We Are Bellingcat.
Britain's MI5 Spy Agency Proves More Comic Than Tragic In 'Slough House'
Mick Herron's brilliantly plotted series follows a group of maladroit MI5 agents who've somehow blown it with the agency. The latest installment is a timely novel set in a post-Brexit U.K.
Dr. Seuss Enterprises Will Shelve 6 Books, Citing 'Hurtful' Portrayals
The decision includes books such as And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street and If I Ran the Zoo. They have been criticized for how they depict Asian and Black people.
'Machinehood' Upgrades Asimov's 3 Laws Of Robotics
S.B. Divya's debut novel does what the best science fiction does — establishes a future that's relatable, plausible, and infinitely strange, where implants and wearable tech help humans survive.
'Klara And The Sun' Asks What It Means To Be Human
Kazuo Ishiguro's lovely, mournful new novel is set in a world where children can have android companions, known as Artificial Friends — but can those artificial friends ever replace the children?
NPR Podcast Hosts' New Book: 'The How And The Wow Of The Human Body'
NPR's Rachel Martin talks to two people who know a lot about channeling kids' curiosity and wonder. Guy Raz and Mindy Thomas — hosts of the NPR podcast Wow in the World — about their children's book.
Two Determined Mothers Clash Over Integration Efforts In 'What's Mine And Yours'
NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Naima Coster about her novel What's Mine And Yours, about a North Carolina high school in the middle of an integration program in the early 2000.