NPR Books Watch — 1/23-1/29
Apparently some fellow named John Updike died this week, yes? Reported on in five separate stories. Neil Gaiman’s Newberry win garnered two stories (Morning Edition and Talk of the Nation last Tuesday) and Jimmy Carter nabbed three interviews with Morning Edition, Fresh Air and Diane Rehm last Tuesday / Wednesday.
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Here are the NPR interviews for this week. Anyone who emails me the imprints of all the books listed (or houses if no imprint is available) will win the NPR Books Grid for the prior week that includes, in addition to the information below, interviewer, pub date, imprint, post-interview Amazon ranking, pre-interview ranking (if the book was mentioned on Shelf Awareness and I was able to look up the number before the interview), and interview hyperlink.
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TOTAL book stories for the week: 26
All Things Considered: 4
Day to Day: 2
Diane Rehm: 4
Fresh Air: 2
Morning Edition: 4
News & Notes: 1
NPR.org: 5
Talk of the Nation: 3
Weekend Edition Sunday: 1
| NPR.org | Books We Like / Wolves at the Gate | Joss | Whedon | Graphic Novels |
| All Things Considered | Bright Young People | D. J. | Taylor | History |
| All Things Considered | Vile Bodies | Evelyn | Waugh | Literary Fiction |
| All Things Considered | Novelist John Updike Dies | |||
| All Things Considered | Clothes on their Backs, The | Linda | Grant | Literary Fiction |
| Day to Day | Noise: Fiction Inspired by Sonic Youth | Peter | Wild | Entertainment |
| Day to Day | Yankee Years, The | Joe | Torre | Sports |
| Diane Rehm | Big Rich, The | Bryan | Burrough | History |
| Diane Rehm | Snark | David | Denby | Popular Culture |
| Diane Rehm | We Can Have Peace in the Holy Land | Jimmy | Carter | Politics |
| Diane Rehm | Survivors Club, The | Ben | Sherwood | Health |
| Fresh Air | We Can Have Peace In The Holy Land | Jimmy | Carter | Politics |
| Fresh Air | S.: A Novel | John | Updike | Literary Fiction |
| Morning Edition | The Graveyard Book’ Wins Newbery Medal | |||
| Morning Edition | We Can Have Peace In The Holy Land | Jimmy | Carter | Politics |
| Morning Edition | Are readers tired of sports doping books? | |||
| Morning Edition | Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author John Updike Dies At 76 | |||
| News & Notes | Best African American Essays: 2009 | Gerald | Early | Anthology |
| News & Notes | Best African American Fiction: 2009 | Gerald | Early | Anthology |
| NPR.org | Novelist, Essayist John Updike Dead At 76 | |||
| NPR.org | Book Tour / 2666 | Robert | Bolano | Literary Fiction |
| NPR.org | From ‘Rabbit’ To Rain, John Updike Had It Covered | |||
| NPR.org | Books We Like / Paris Review Interviews, The Vol. III | Philip | Gourevitch | Biography |
| Talk of the Nation | Pulitzer Prize-Winning Novelist John Updike Dies | |||
| Talk of the Nation | Graveyard Book, The | Neil | Gaiman | Children’s |
| Talk of the Nation | Billion Dollar Game, The | Allen | St. John | Sports |
| Weekend Edition Sunday | Bitter Road to Freedom | William | Hitchcock | History |
John Updike’s passing is sad news indeed… he possessed a truly beautiful mind