NPR Books Watch — 8/21-8/27
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: 28
All Things Considered: 8
Diane Rehm: 4
Fresh Air: 1
Morning Edition: 2
NPR.org: 7
Talk of the Nation: 4
Weekend Edition Saturday: 1
Weekend Edition Sunday: 1
*Rebroadcast
| All Things Considered | African Americans on Martha’s Vineyard | Robert C. | Hayden |
| All Things Considered | Force of Christendom, The | Tom | Holland |
| All Things Considered | Searching For Christian Imagery In ‘Harry Potter’ | ||
| All Things Considered | We ARE Americans | William | Perez |
| All Things Considered | Cold | Bill | Streever |
| All Things Considered | Three Books … / Stranded? Three Books to Save Your Life | ||
| All Things Considered | Graham Greene’s Unfinished Murder Mystery | ||
| All Things Considered | NurtureShock | Po | Bronson |
| Diane Rehm | Price of Perfection* | Max | Mehlman |
| Diane Rehm | Say Everything | Scott | Rosenberg |
| Diane Rehm | Homer’s Odyssey | Gwen | Cooper |
| Diane Rehm | Dancing at the Rascal Fair | Ivan | Doig |
| Fresh Air | Healing of America, The | T.R. | Reid |
| Morning Edition | Mirrors | Eduardo | Galeano |
| Morning Edition | Heart of Power | James | Morone |
| NPR.org | Snakehead, The | Patrick Radden | Keefe |
| NPR.org | Wauchula Woods Accord, The | Charles | Siebert |
| NPR.org | First Look: ‘Catching Fire’ | Suzanne | Collins |
| NPR.org | Jaws | Peter | Benchley |
| NPR.org | Johnny Hiro | Fred | Chao |
| NPR.org | Dominick Dunne, Best-Selling Author, Dies | ||
| NPR.org | Rhino Ranch | Larry | McMurtry |
| Talk of the Nation | Unscientific America | Chris | Mooney |
| Talk of the Nation | Mighty Long Way, A | Carlotta Walls | LaNier |
| Talk of the Nation | Never Make The First Offer | Donald | Dell |
| Talk of the Nation | Nora Ephron’s Favorite Julia Child Recipes | ||
| Weekend Edition Saturday | Question of Freedom, A | R. Dwayne | Betts |
| Weekend Edition Sunday | If Ignorance Is Bliss | John | Lloyd |
