With the nation's big 2-5-0 coming up next year, NPR staff and critics recommended a lot of U.S.-focused titles for Books We Love, our annual year-end reading guide. Below you'll find 10 favorites — ...

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The author, a Los Padres Hotshots firefighter who happens to be an exceptional writer, explores the economics, ecology, and indigenous cultural practices related to fire — and the tormenting rush of ...

NPR Staff recommends several non-fiction titles from Books We Love: "Good Movies As Old Books," "Pakistan," "Baldwin: A Love Story," and "One Day Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This." BOB ...

Former Democratic President Barack Obama has once again capped off the year by sharing his highly anticipated list of favorite books, movies and music—continuing a tradition he began during his time ...

Ray Bradbury gave a characteristically prescient interview to the Seattle Times over 30 years ago, in 1993. “The problem in our country isn’t with books being banned, but with people no longer reading ...

It was the best-of times (you know, that period in December when we do the best-of lists). But it could feel like the worst of times: There’s so much to read before the year finishes! Well, there’s ...

Tommy Egan (Joseph Sikora) still has tricks up his sleeve. As his romantic relationship with Mireya (Carmela Zumbado) strengthens, Egan's personal and business lives have become more intertwined.

Thrillers, literary fiction, history, memoirs and more: Here are the most popular books you saved to your reading lists. This year we began adding a new feature to our articles — including our monthly ...

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