NPR Books Watch — 10/16-10/22
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:31 (25 last week)
All Things Considered: 10 (7 LW)
Diane Rehm: 4 (4 LW)
Fresh Air: 5 (7 LW)
Morning Edition: 4 (0 LW)
NPR.org: 1 (2 LW)
Talk of the Nation: 3 (4 LW)
Tell Me More: 1 (0 LW)
Weekend Edition Saturday: 2 (1 LW)
Weekend Edition Sunday: 1 (2 LW)
| All Things Considered | Warrior’s Rage | Douglas | Macgregor |
| All Things Considered | Book of Genesis Illustrated, The | R. | Crumb |
| All Things Considered | Megician’s Elephant, The | Kate | DiCamillo |
| All Things Considered | Nation’s Retailers Engage In Online Book Pricing War | ||
| All Things Considered | What to Expect When You’re Expected | David | Javerbaum |
| All Things Considered | Gloryland | Shelton | Johnson |
| All Things Considered | Straddling The Pacific: Books By Japanese-Americans | ||
| All Things Considered | Diary of a Wimpy Kid | Jeff | Kinney |
| All Things Considered | Some Parents Wary Of ‘Wimpy Kid’ Series | ||
| All Things Considered | Wimpy Kid’ Author Answers Kids’ Questions | ||
| Diane Rehm | Highest Duty | Chelsy | Sullenberger |
| Diane Rehm | Highest Duty* | Chelsy | Sullenberger |
| Diane Rehm | World Without Ice, A | Henry N. | Pollack |
| Diane Rehm | Public Produce | Darrin | Nordahl |
| Fresh Air | Too Big to Fail | Andrew Ross | Sorkin |
| Fresh Air | TOON Treasury of Classic Children’s Comics | Art | Spiegelman |
| Fresh Air | Wired for War* | P.W. | Singer |
| Fresh Air | Man in the Wooden Hat, The | Jane | Gardam |
| Fresh Air | I Am the New Black | Tracy | Morgan |
| Morning Edition | Julie Andrews’ Collection of Poems, Songs and Lullabies | Julie | Andrews |
| Morning Edition | Book of Genesis Illustrated, The | R. | Crumb |
| Morning Edition | Wal-Mart, Amazon Trade Price Cuts On Books | ||
| Morning Edition | Waste | Tristram | Stuart |
| NPR.org | Generosity | Richard | Powers |
| Talk of the Nation | One and the Same | Abigail | Pogrebin |
| Talk of the Nation | Listen Up, Mr. President | Helen | Thomas |
| Talk of the Nation | Delete | Viktor | Mayer-Schonberger |
| Tell Me More | Tao or Wu, The | Robert F. | Diggs |
| Weekend Edition Saturday | Sixty Feet, Six Inches | Bob | Gibson |
| Weekend Edition Saturday | Superfreakonomics | Steven | Levitt |
| Weekend Edition Sunday | Rule Of The Undead: Zombies Invade Bookstores |