NPR Books Watch — 6/18-6/24
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.
* indicates the interview is a rebroadcast.
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TOTAL book stories for the past week: 24 (27 last week)
All Things Considered: 8 (7 LW)
Diane Rehm: 2 (3 LW)
Fresh Air: 2 (4 LW)
Morning Edition: 2 (3 LW)
NPR.org: 4 (1 LW)
Talk of the Nation: 3 (5 LW)
Tell Me More: 0 (1 LW)
Weekend Edition Saturday: 2 (3 LW)
Weekend Edition Sunday: 1 (0 LW)
| Morning Edition | Mr. Peanut | Adam | Moss |
| All Things Considered | My Guilty Pleasure / Flowers in the Attic | V.C. | Andrews |
| All Things Considered | More Money Than God | Sebastian | Mallaby |
| All Things Considered | Three Books … / Three Degrees Of Failure For The Recent Graduate | ||
| All Things Considered | Lay the Favorite | Beth | Raymer |
| All Things Considered | You Must Read This … / Power and Glory, The | Graham | Greene |
| All Things Considered | Blind Descent | James M. | Tabor |
| All Things Considered | Boy Who Would Be Shakespeare, The | Doug | Stewart |
| All Things Considered | Three Books … / Three Books About Dads Who Love Dangerously | ||
| Diane Rehm | Last of the Tribe, The | Monte | Reel |
| Diane Rehm | Father Fiction | Donald | Miller |
| Fresh Air | Empire of the Summer Moon | S.C. | Gwynne |
| Fresh Air | Too Much Money | Griffin | Dunne |
| Morning Edition | Nine Lives | William | Dalrymple |
| NPR.org | Artichoke Tales | Megan | Kelso |
| NPR.org | Shallows, The | Nicholas | Carr |
| NPR.org | Extra Lives | Tom | Bissell |
| NPR.org | War | Sebastian | Junger |
| Talk of the Nation | Presumption of Guilt | Charles | Ogletree |
| Talk of the Nation | Geek Dad | Ken | Denmead |
| Talk of the Nation | Fate of Nature, The | Charles | Wohlforth |
| Weekend Edition Saturday | One Day | David | Nicholl |
| Weekend Edition Saturday | Summer Books That Make The Critics’ Cut | ||
| Weekend Edition Sunday | Showing Up for Life | Bill | Gates Sr. |
NPR Books Watch — 6/11-6/17
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.
* indicates the interview is a rebroadcast.
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TOTAL book stories for the past week: 27 (23 last week)
All Things Considered: 7 (4 LW)
Diane Rehm: 3 (3 LW)
Fresh Air: 4 (4 LW)
Morning Edition: 3 (3 LW)
NPR.org: 1 (4 LW)
Talk of the Nation: 5 (1 LW)
Tell Me More: 1 (0 LW)
Weekend Edition Saturday: 3 (1 LW)
Weekend Edition Sunday: 0 (3 LW)
| All Things Considered | Operation Mincemeat | Ben | Macintyre |
| All Things Considered | Sports from Hell | Rick | Reilly |
| All Things Considered | Fun with Problems | Robert | Stone |
| All Things Considered | So Cold the River | Michael | Koryta |
| All Things Considered | Spies of the Balkans | Alan | Furst |
| All Things Considered | Remembering Smell | Bonnie | Blodgett |
| All Things Considered | Hyponotist, The | M.J. | Rose |
| Diane Rehm | Most Dangerous Place, The | Imtiaz | Gul |
| Diane Rehm | 52 Loaves* | William | Alexander |
| Diane Rehm | Father Fiction | Donald | Miller |
| Fresh Air | If the Dead Rise Not | Philip | Kerr |
| Fresh Air | Top Reads: Summer Heat Sparks Rise In Crime Novels | ||
| Fresh Air | Searching for Tamsen Donner | Rachel | Burton |
| Fresh Air | Adventures Among Ants | Mark | Moffett |
| Morning Edition | Cognitive Surplus | Clay | Shirky |
| Morning Edition | Spies of the Balkans | Alan | Furst |
| Morning Edition | Most Dangerous Place, The | Imtiaz | Gul |
| NPR.org | Insignificant Others | Stephen | McCauley |
| Talk of the Nation | Secret Life of the Grown-Up Brain, The | Barbara | Strauch |
| Talk of the Nation | Click | Ori | Brafman |
| Talk of the Nation | Little Book of Language | David | Crystal |
| Talk of the Nation | Medium Raw | Anthony | Bourdain |
| Talk of the Nation | Princess Noire | Nadine | Cahodas |
| Tell Me More | What Would Rob Do? | Rob | Sachs |
| Weekend Edition Saturday | Clock Without A Face, The | Eli | Horowitz |
| Weekend Edition Saturday | We Grew It, Let’s Eat It! | Justine | Kenin |
| Weekend Edition Saturday | Passage, The | Justin | Cronin |
NPR Books Watch — 6/4-6/10
One of these weeks I’m going to get around to a “real” post. Until then …
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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.
* indicates the interview is a rebroadcast.
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TOTAL book stories for the past week: 23 (23 last week)
All Things Considered: 4 (5 LW)
Diane Rehm: 3 (4 LW)
Fresh Air: 4 (5 LW)
Morning Edition: 3 (1 LW)
NPR.org: 4 (2 LW)
Talk of the Nation: 1 (5 LW)
Tell Me More: 0 (0 LW)
Weekend Edition Saturday: 1 (0 LW)
Weekend Edition Sunday: 3 (1 LW)
| All Things Considered | Theodore Boone | John | Grisham |
| All Things Considered | Mosque in Munich, A | Ian | Johnson |
| All Things Considered | Passage, The | Justin | Cronin |
| All Things Considered | Blood Oath | Christopher | Farnsworth |
| All Things Considered | You Must Read This … / Amongst Women | John | McGahern |
| Diane Rehm | Red Thread, The* | Ann | Hood |
| Diane Rehm | 52 Loaves | William | Alexander |
| Diane Rehm | Freedom is Not Enough | James | Patterson |
| Fresh Air | Bad Mother* | Ayelet | Waldman |
| Fresh Air | Broke, USA | Gary | Rivlin |
| Fresh Air | Colossus | Michael | Hiltzik |
| Fresh Air | Seaworthy | Linda | Greenlaw |
| Morning Edition | Globish | Robert | McCrum |
| Morning Edition | 2010 Summer Books | ||
| Morning Edition | Facebook Effect | David | Kirkpatrick |
| NPR.org | Seaworthy | Linda | Greenlaw |
| NPR.org | Historical Fiction: The Ultimate Summer Getaway | ||
| NPR.org | Hitch-22 | Christopher | Hitchens |
| NPR.org | Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake, The | Aimee | Bender |
| Talk of the Nation | Being Wrong | Kathryn | Schulz |
| Weekend Edition Saturday | Hitch-22 | Christopher | Hitchens |
| Weekend Edition Sunday | Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake, The | Aimee | Bender |
| Weekend Edition Sunday | Trickster | Matt | Dembicki |
| Weekend Edition Sunday | Titanic Awards | Doug | Lansky |
NPR Books Watch — 5/28-6/3
Next week I start teaching Creating Author Platforms at NYU – lots of interesting stuff planned!
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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.
* indicates the interview is a rebroadcast.
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TOTAL book stories for the past week: 23 (17 last week)
All Things Considered: 5 (2 LW)
Diane Rehm: 4 (3 LW)
Fresh Air: 5 (2 LW)
Morning Edition: 1 (3 LW)
NPR.org: 2 (3 LW)
Talk of the Nation: 5 (1 LW)
Tell Me More: 0 (1 LW)
Weekend Edition Saturday: 0 (1 LW)
Weekend Edition Sunday: 1 (1 LW)
| All Things Considered | Three Books To Ignite Your World Cup Fever | ||
| All Things Considered | Hack the Planet | Eli | Kintisch |
| All Things Considered | You Must Read This … / Believers, The | Zoe | Heller |
| All Things Considered | Shallows, The | Nicholas | Carr |
| All Things Considered | Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest, The | Stieg | Larsson |
| Diane Rehm | Paul and Me* | A.E. | Hotchner |
| Diane Rehm | Hubble* | Edward | Weiler |
| Diane Rehm | Power of Half, The | Kevin | Salwen |
| Diane Rehm | Plenitude | Juliet B. | Schor |
| Fresh Air | Things They Carried, The* | Tim | O’Brien |
| Fresh Air | Stateside | Jehanne | Dubrow |
| Fresh Air | I Know I Am, But What Are You? | Samantha | Bee |
| Fresh Air | Role Models | John | Waters |
| Fresh Air | Summer Titles That Will Transport You to the Past | ||
| Morning Edition | Sizzling Summer Picks From Indie Booksellers | ||
| NPR.org | Old Men in Love | Alisdair | Gray |
| NPR.org | Humor Me | Ian | Frazier |
| Talk of the Nation | Nesting Season, The | Bernd | Heinrich |
| Talk of the Nation | Greetings from Afghanistan, Send More Ammo | Benjamin | Tupper |
| Talk of the Nation | Zero Decibels | George Michelsen | Foy |
| Talk of the Nation | America’s First Warriors | Steven | Clevenger |
| Talk of the Nation | Unfinished Business | Lee | Kravitz |
| Weekend Edition Sunday | Miss Dahil’s Voluptuous Delights | Sophie | Dahl |
