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NPR Books Grid: 10/22-10/28

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: 21 (22last week)

All Things Considered: 3 (4 LW)

Diane Rehm: 2 (2  LW)

Fresh Air: 3 (4 LW)

Morning Edition: 2 (0  LW)

NPR.org: 6 (6 LW)

Talk of the Nation: 1 (1 LW)

Tell Me More: 1 (0  LW)

Weekend Edition Saturday: 3 (3 LW)

Weekend Edition Sunday: 1 (1 LW)

All Things Considered Rival Rails Walter Borneman
All Things Considered Tasting Freedom Daniel R. Biddle
All Things Considered With a Little Help Cory Doctorow
Diane Rehm On the Outside Looking In Garry Wills
Diane Rehm Essential New York Times Cookbook Amanda Hesser
Fresh Air Life Keith Richards
Fresh Air Mind’s Eye, The Oliver Sacks
Fresh Air Finishing the Hat Stephen Sondheim
Morning Edition 40 G.B. Trudeau
Morning Edition Diamond in the Desert, A Jo Tatchell
NPR.org Bound Antonya Nelson
NPR.org New In Paperback: Oct. 25-31
NPR.org Amityville Horror, The Jay Anson
NPR.org False Friend, The Myla Goldberg
NPR.org / The Two-Way Decoded Jay-Z
NPR.org / The Two-Way Hint Fiction Robert Smartwood
Talk of the Nation First Family Joseph Ellis
Weekend Edition Saturday All Facts Considered Kee Malesky
Weekend Edition Saturday Hammersteins, The Oscar Andrew
Weekend Edition Saturday Wake of Forgiveness, The Bruce Machart
Weekend Edition Sunday Nightmare’s Prayer, A Michael Franzak

October 29, 2010 Posted by | NPR Books Watch | , , , , , , , , | Leave a Comment

NPR Books Grid: 10/15-10/21

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: 22 (23 last week)

All Things Considered: 4 (3  LW)

Diane Rehm: 2 (6  LW)

Fresh Air: 4 (5  LW)

Morning Edition: 0 (2 LW)

NPR.org: 6 (5 LW)

Talk of the Nation: 1 (0  LW)

Tell Me More: 1 (0  LW)

Weekend Edition Saturday: 3 (1  LW)

Weekend Edition Sunday: 1 (1 LW)

All Things Considered Half Baked Alexa Stevenson
All Things Considered Where Good Ideas Come From Steven Johnson
All Things Considered On the Outside Looking In Garry Wills
All Things Considered Lost Peace, The Robert Dallek
Diane Rehm Brave, The* Nicholas Evans
Diane Rehm Shock of Gray Ted Fishman
Fresh Air Dangerously Funny* David Bianculli
Fresh Air Sleepwalk with Me Mike Birbiglia
Fresh Air To the End of the Land Daniel Grossman
Fresh Air Keys to Good Cooking Harold McGee
NPR.org What Technology Wants Kevin Kelly
NPR.org Just Like Someone Without Mental Illness, Only More So Mark Vonnegut
NPR.org Blaft Anthology of Tamil Pulp Fiction, The Vol. II Rakesh Khanna
NPR.org New In Paperback, Oct. 18-24
NPR.org Our Kind of Traitor John Le Carre
NPR.org Three Grisly Tales Of Love And Death In Tinseltown
Talk of the Nation Running the Books Avi Steinberg
Tell Me More Hard Times Require Furious Dancing Alice Walker
Weekend Edition Saturday Jet Age Sam Verhovek
Weekend Edition Saturday How to Read the Air Dinaw Mengestu
Weekend Edition Saturday Autumn’s Promise Shelley Shepard Gray
Weekend Edition Sunday Washington Ron Chernow

October 22, 2010 Posted by | NPR Books Watch | , , , , , , , | Leave a Comment

NPR Books Grid: 10/8-10/14

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 (30 last week)

All Things Considered: 3 (4 LW)

Diane Rehm: 6 (2 LW)

Fresh Air: 5 (1 LW)

Morning Edition: 2 (3 LW)

NPR.org: 5 (3 LW)

Talk of the Nation: 0 (5  LW)

Tell Me More: 0 (0  LW)

Weekend Edition Saturday: 1 (3  LW)

Weekend Edition Sunday: 1 (2 LW)

All Things Considered Our Kind of Traitor John Le Carre
All Things Considered Great House Nicole Krauss
All Things Considered Noma Rene Redzepi
Diane Rehm Backing into Forward* Jules Feiffer
Diane Rehm Making Our Democracy Work* Stephen Breyer
Diane Rehm Good Fight, The Walter Mondale
Diane Rehm Disintegration Eugene Robinson
Diane Rehm False Friend, The Myla Goldberg
Diane Rehm Brave, The Nicholas Evans
Fresh Air Gimme Some Truth* Jon Wiener
Fresh Air Fiery Trial, The Eric Foner
Fresh Air Gun, The C.J. Chivers
Fresh Air Great House Nicole Krauss
Fresh Air Nemesis Philip Roth
Morning Edition Extraordinary, Ordinary People Condoleeza Rice
Morning Edition Fannie Farmer’s Last Supper Chris Kimball
NPR.org Washington Ron Chernow
NPR.org Finkler Question, The Howard Jacobson
NPR.org New In Paperback, Oct. 11-17
NPR.org Fort, The Bernard Cornwell
NPR.org / Monkey See Finkler Question, The Howard Jacobson
Weekend Edition Saturday Zen Ghosts Jon J. Muth
Weekend Edition Sunday Perfect One-Dish Dinners Pam Anderson

October 15, 2010 Posted by | NPR Books Watch | , , , , , , | Leave a Comment

NPR Books Grid: 10/1-10/7

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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.

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TOTAL book stories for the past week: 30 (28 last week)

All Things Considered: 4 (6 LW)

Diane Rehm: 2 (5 LW)

Fresh Air: 1 (6  LW)

Morning Edition: 3 (1 LW)

NPR.org: 3 (3 LW)

Talk of the Nation: 5 (3 LW)

Tell Me More: 0 (1  LW)

Weekend Edition Saturday: 3 (5  LW)

Weekend Edition Sunday: 2 (1  LW)

All Things Considered Warmth of Other Suns, The Isabel Wilkerson
All Things Considered Play Their Hearts Out George Dohrmann
All Things Considered Three Books To Help You Enjoy The Apocalypse
All Things Considered Nemesis Philip Roth
Diane Rehm Last Man on the Mountain* Jennifer Jordan
Diane Rehm Making Our Democracy Work Stephen Breyer
Fresh Air Madame Bovary Gustave Flaubert
Morning Edition Distinegration Eugene Robinson
Morning Edition At Home Bill Bryson
Morning Edition Book Your Trip: Nancy Pearl Picks Tales For Travel
NPR.org How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe Charles Yu
NPR.org Nemesis Philip Roth
NPR.org Vida Patricia Engel
Talk of the Nation Disappearing Spoon, The Sam Kean
Talk of the Nation No Ordinary Joes Larry Colton
Talk of the Nation Angel Island Erika Lee
Talk of the Nation Spiritual Envy Michael Krasny
Talk of the Nation Buzz Katherine Ellison
Weekend Edition Saturday American Grace Robert Putnam
Weekend Edition Saturday Growing Up Laughing Marlo Thomas
Weekend Edition Saturday Silent Season of a Hero Gay Talese
Weekend Edition Sunday Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter Tom Franklin
Weekend Edition Sunday Phone Book, The Ammon Shea

October 8, 2010 Posted by | NPR Books Watch | , , , , , , | 2 Comments

NPR Books Grid: 9/24-9/30

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: 30 (28 last week)

All Things Considered: 6 (5 LW)

Diane Rehm: 5 (4 LW)

Fresh Air: 6 (4  LW)

Morning Edition: 1 (4  LW)

NPR.org: 3 (3 LW)

Talk of the Nation: 4 (3 LW)

Tell Me More: 1 (1 LW)

Weekend Edition Saturday: 3 (2 LW)

Weekend Edition Sunday: 1 (2  LW)

All Things Considered Thomas the Tank Engine Wilbert Awdry
All Things Considered Even Silence Has An End Ingrid Betancourt
All Things Considered Fall of Giants Ken Follett
All Things Considered Room Emma Donoghue
All Things Considered Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead Rick Meyerowitz
All Things Considered You Must Read This / If I Stay Gayle Forman
Diane Rehm Sarah* Robert Gottlieb
Diane Rehm My Lie Meredith Maran
Diane Rehm Secret History of MI6, The Keith Jeffery
Diane Rehm Origins Annie Murphy Paul
Diane Rehm Audacity to Win, The David Plouffe
Fresh Air Parallel Play Tim Page
Fresh Air Juliet, Naked* Nick Hornby
Fresh Air Stalling for Time Gary Noesner
Fresh Air Aftershock Robert Reich
Fresh Air Poisoning the Press Mark Feldstein
Fresh Air Your Republic is Calling You Young-Ha Kim
Morning Edition Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk David Sedaris
NPR.org Sarah Robert Gottlieb
NPR.org Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk David Sedaris
NPR.org Poisoning the Press Mark Feldstein
Talk of the Nation Almost Chimpanzee Jon Cohen
Talk of the Nation Grace of Silence, The Michele Norris
Talk of the Nation Antony and Cleopatra Adrian Keith Goldsworthy
Talk of the Nation Growing Up Laughing Marlo Thomas
Tell Me More Warmth of Other Sunds Isabel Wilkerson
Weekend Edition Saturday I Curse the River of Time Per Peterson
Weekend Edition Saturday Don’t Quit Your Day Job Sonny Brewer
Weekend Edition Saturday Dogfight, A Love Story Matt Burgess
Weekend Edition Sunday Shooting in the Wild Christopher Palmer

October 1, 2010 Posted by | NPR Books Watch | , , , , , , , , | Leave a Comment

   

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