Code Switch's 2018 Book Guide
We checked in with authors, poets and great literary minds to see what books they think everyone should read this holiday season.
Books
The Revolution Will Be Driverless: Autonomous Cars Usher In Big Changes
Autonomous vehicles could be the "most disruptive technology to hit society worldwide since the advent of the motor car," says former New York City traffic commissioner Sam Schwartz.
For December, 3 Romantic Holiday Escapes
Get away from holiday stress and crummy weather with our romance picks for December. We've got great contemporary stories and a charming inversion of that classic Regency trope, the forced engagement.
Maureen Corrigan Picks The Best Books Of 2018, Including The Novel Of The Year
Fresh Air's book critic recommends her 10 favorite books of the year, including The Great Believers, Rebecca Makkai's sweeping story about the AIDS epidemic of the 1980s.
Do Get Your Hopes Up...Rocking Out With Hope Punk
Put the chains and leather jackets away.
Art Restores The Soul In 'Museum Of Modern Love'
Performance artist Marina Abramovic is the still point at the center of Heather Rose's new novel, as a motley cast of characters come to see her sitting at a table in New York's Museum of Modern Art.
'Help, I'm Hosting': Author Nina Stibbe Offers Best Tips For Gift-Giving
This week on our holiday advice series, NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to Nina Stibbe, author of An Almost Perfect Christmas, about her best tips on gift-giving.
In 'Trish Trash,' Roller Derby — And Anti-Capitalist Parable — On Mars
Jessica Abel's comic Trish Trash, Rollergirl of Mars isn't just a sports story and a coming-of-age tale, it's a masterful critique of capitalism that stays engaging despite a few wobbles.
The Moral Of The Story Is: Great Kids' Books Don't Always Need Morals
Jon Scieszka — dad, teacher and author of The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales — shares the books he plans to give to the kids on his list this year.
'Mary Queen Of Scots' Is A Case Study On How Political, Human Narratives Get Crafted
Stefan Zweig's famous book is as much about its own context as an execution 300 years ago; its archness signals a time capsule, except that the rhetoric around women in power has changed so little.