Books

The first-ever Bay Area Book Crawl is in celebration of Independent Bookstore Day on April 25. Here's how to get your "passport" to possibly win a prize.

Traci Thomas, host of the hit reading podcast The Stacks, explains how she finds books she can read from start to finish. Some of her ideas may surprise you!

Human remains found in a church in the Netherlands could be those of d'Artagnan, one of the legendary French swordsmen who inspired the novel The Three Musketeers.

Here's how to start a book club that actually meets, has a focus, fosters good discussion and steers clear of logistical nightmares.

The shortest month of the year is packed with highly anticipated new releases, including books from Michael Pollan, Tayari Jones and the late Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa.

A historian of modern China, Jung Chang turns the lens back on herself in her newest book to understand how she sees the world and why she writes about China today.

In The Rest of Our Lives, the narrator drops his daughter off to college — then keeps on driving, leaving his marriage behind. Ben Markovits' novel was shortlisted for the Booker Prize.

As Jane Austen fans celebrate the 250th anniversary of her birth, they also celebrate her characters.

Every year, we ask NPR staff and book critics to share their favorite titles in our annual Books We Love guide. Here are 8 fiction picks that were standout stars.

NPR's annual interactive reading guide Books We Love is back with over 380 new recommendations published in 2025.