Books

NPR's A Martinez speaks with Julian Shapiro-Barnum, the host of the popular series "Recess Therapy," about his new book, "How to Grow Up Without Becoming a Grown-Up."

NPR's Juana Summers speaks to New York Times-bestselling author Naima Coster about her newest novel, 'Take What You Can,' an exploration of growing into parenthood with chosen family.

Daniel Mason's new novel is a spin on Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, in which academics collide with locals — and a few seductive fairies — in the woods of Vermont.

This month brings riveting novels about dogs, Hollywood stars, small towns and characters with bigger woes than just the sweltering summer heat and humidity.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Russia expert Hanna Notte about her new book "We Shall Outlast Them," in which she details how President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine is also a war on the West.

Historian Micki McElya revisits one September afternoon in 1968, Atlantic City, when the Miss America pageant collided with a changing country. Her new book is Liberation Summer.

Her new novel "Solstice" interweaves Adam and Eve, a troubled marriage, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

NPR's Books We Love is back with some staff recommendations for novels.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Paul Yoon about his new novel, "Etna," and its main character, a dog who becomes part of a war in an unnamed country.

Co-author Maggie Haberman talks about the new book "Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump," which reveals a president transformed from term one: more willing to take risks and operating almost entirely on instinct alone.