NPR Books Watch — 6/19-6/25
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, genre, 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. ***
TOTAL book stories for the week: 22
All Things Considered: 4
Diane Rehm: 3
Fresh Air: 3
Morning Edition: 3
NPR.org: 5
Talk of the Nation: 2
Tell Me More: 1
Weekend Edition Sunday: 1
Weekend Edition Sunday:
| All Things Considered | The Thing Around Your Neck | Chimamanda | Ngozi Adichie |
| All Things Considered | Art of Harvey Kurtzman | Denis | Kitchen |
| All Things Considered | Do Not Deny Me | Jean | Thompson |
| All Things Considered | From Square One | Dean | Olsher |
| Diane Rehm | Tears in the Darkness | Michael and Elizabeth | Norman |
| Diane Rehm | State of Jones | Sally | Jenkins |
| Diane Rehm | Olive Kitteredge | Elizabeth | Strout |
| Fresh Air | When You Lie About Your Age … | Carol | Leifer |
| Fresh Air | Beautiful Struggle | Ta-Nehisi | Coates |
| Fresh Air | By His Own Rules | Bradley | Graham |
| Morning Edition | Wicked Plants | Amy | Stewart |
| Morning Edition | Librarian Nancy Pearl Picks Summer’s Best Books | ||
| Morning Edition | Elegy for Easterly | Petina | Gappah |
| NPR.org | Where Did You Sleep Last Night? | Danzy | Senna |
| NPR.org | Books We Like / Blood and Politics | Leonard | Zeskin |
| NPR.org | Books We Like / Reality Check | Peter | Abrahams |
| NPR.org | Summer Nonfiction: True Tales Enlighten, Delight | ||
| NPR.org | Books We Like / Driving Like Crazy | P.J. | O’Rourke |
| Talk of the Nation | Perfecting Sound Forever | Greg | Milner |
| Talk of the Nation | Pleasures and Sorrows of Work, The | Alain | de Botton |
| Tell Me More | Moms Stack Summer Books for Kids | ||
| Weekend Edition Sunday | K Blows Top | Peter | Carlson |
