Tuesday, December 5, 2023 - 5:16pm
By Naveen Kumar
This captivating adaptation of J.M. Coetzee’s novel, a collaboration with Handspring Puppet Company, follows a man and his ailing mother during a civil war in South Africa.
Tuesday, December 5, 2023 - 9:36am
By CJ Hauser
In Gabrielle Korn’s debut novel, “Yours for the Taking,” a feminist cultural icon runs a lifesaving artificial habitat, but a secret, and controversial, agenda guides her project.
Tuesday, December 5, 2023 - 6:00am
By Alex Vadukul
Fashionistas and celebrities gathered for a new book filled with candid shots of the understated Gen X star.
Tuesday, December 5, 2023 - 5:02am
By Joshua Ferris
Samantha Harvey’s fifth novel, “Orbital,” follows a day in the life of six international astronauts circling Earth on a space station.
Tuesday, December 5, 2023 - 5:01am
By Alida Becker
It’s been a roller coaster of a year. Thankfully, we’ve had novels to whisk us to days gone by, even if those eras had their own highs and lows.
Tuesday, December 5, 2023 - 5:01am
By Mary Pols
In “Flores and Miss Paula,” Melissa Rivero takes readers inside a Brooklyn apartment where family ties are uncomfortably snug.
Tuesday, December 5, 2023 - 5:00am
By Beth Novey
Every year we ask NPR staff and book critics to share their favorite titles in our annual Books We Love guide. Behind the scenes, it's fun to spot trends and see what gets nominated again and again.
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Monday, December 4, 2023 - 1:32pm
By Sarah Weinman
Our columnist picks the year’s best.
Monday, December 4, 2023 - 5:02am
By Antonia Hitchens
Naoise Dolan’s “The Happy Couple” follows 20-something Dubliners hurtling toward the altar, stubbornly clinging to their self-delusions that this is what they want.
Monday, December 4, 2023 - 5:01am
By Thomas E. Ricks
Three new books describe far-flung societies — from the Native tribes of North America to the caliphates of Eurasia — that have made war and sustained their conquests.