NPR Books Watch — 8/14-8/20
Here are the NPR interviews for the last 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.
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TOTAL book stories for the past week: 23
All Things Considered: 3
Diane Rehm: 4
Fresh Air: 3
Morning Edition: 3
NPR.org: 3
Talk of the Nation: 4
Tell Me More: 2
Weekend Edition Saturday: 1
*Rebroadcast
| All Things Considered | Dear President Obama | Bruce | Kluger |
| All Things Considered | Three Books … / Books About Music? They Don’t Have To Sound Flat | ||
| All Things Considered | Glass of Water, A | Jimmy Santiago | Baca |
| Diane Rehm | What Else But Home | Michael | Rosen |
| Diane Rehm | Battle for America 2008, The | Dan | Balz |
| Diane Rehm | To Live or to Perish Forever | Nicholas | Schmidle |
| Diane Rehm | Price of Perfection | Max | Mehlman |
| Fresh Air | Happy Marriage, A | Rafael | Yglesias |
| Fresh Air | That Old Cape Magic | Richard | Russo |
| Fresh Air | Losing the News | Alex | Jones |
| Morning Edition | Paper Butterfly | Diane Wei | Liang |
| Morning Edition | After 67 Years, Archie Chooses Veronica | ||
| Morning Edition | Mysteries You Might Have Missed Along the Way | ||
| NPR.org | My Father’s Tears | John | Updike |
| NPR.org | Asterios Polyp | David | Mazzucchelli |
| NPR.org | Perfect Life | Jessica | Shattuck |
| Talk of the Nation | Craft of Cheesemaking | Liz | Thorpe |
| Talk of the Nation | Too Good to be True | Erin | Arvudlund |
| Talk of the Nation | Little House On The Prairie’s’ Wilder Women | ||
| Talk of the Nation | Born Round | Frank | Bruni |
| Tell Me More | Love and Obstacles | Aleksandar | Hemon |
| Tell Me More | Acceptance | David L. | Marcus |
| Weekend Edition Saturday | Personal Effects | J.C. | Hutchins |
