NPR Books Watch — 3/13-3/19
Here are the NPR interviews for this 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, 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 week: 27
All Things Considered: 5
Day to Day: 1
Diane Rehm: 4
Fresh Air: 3
Morning Edition: 2
News & Notes: 1
NPR.org: 3
Talk of the Nation: 2
Tell Me More: 2
Weekend Edition Saturday: 3
Weekend Edition Sunday: 1
| All Things Considered | Frankly, My Dear | Molly | Haskell | Literary Fiction |
| All Things Considered | American Rust | Philipp | Meyer | Mystery |
| All Things Considered | Torture and Truth | Mark | Danner | Current Events |
| All Things Considered | You Must Read This / Long Long Way | Sebastian | Barry | Literary Fiction |
| All Things Considered | You Must Read This / Delirious New York | Rem | Koolhas | Architecture |
| Day to Day | It’s Not Necessarily the Truth | Jaime | Pressly | Memoir |
| Diane Rehm | Soloist, The | Steve | Lopez | Biography |
| Diane Rehm | Life You Can Save, The* | Peter | Singer | Current Events |
| Diane Rehm | House of Cards | William | Cohan | Business |
| Diane Rehm | Power Rules | Leslie | Gelb | HIstory |
| Fresh Air | Happens Every Day | Isabel | Gillies | Memoir |
| Fresh Air | Extreme Ice Now | James | Balog | Photography |
| Fresh Air | Speaking For Spot | Nancy | Kay | Pets |
| Morning Edition | Believers, The | Zoe | Heller | Literary Fiction |
| Morning Edition | When March Went Mad | Seth | Davis | Sports |
| News & Notes | Obamas, The | Patrik Henry | Bass | Biography |
| NPR.org | Book Tour / Captain Freedom | G. Xavier | Robillard | Graphic Novel |
| NPR.org | Books We Like / In Other Rooms, Other Wonders | Daniyal | Mueenuddin | Short Stories |
| NPR.org | Books We Like / Sum | David | Eagleman | Literary Fiction |
| Talk of the Nation | Pint of Plain | Bill | Barich | History |
| Talk of the Nation | Relentless Pursuit | Donna | Foote | Current Events |
| Tell Me More | Saint on Death Row | Thomas | Cahill | Current Events |
| Tell Me More | Africa | Richard | Dowden | History |
| Weekend Edition Saturday | Grand New Party | Reihan | Salam | Politics |
| Weekend Edition Saturday | My Booky Wook | Russell | Brand | Memoir |
| Weekend Edition Saturday | Blood and Rage | Michael | Burleigh | Politics |
| Weekend Edition Sunday | Victory at Risk | Michael W. | Davidson | Politics |
NPR Books Watch — 3/6-3/12
Here are the NPR interviews for this 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, 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 week: 30
All Things Considered: 6
Day to Day: 1
Diane Rehm: 4
Fresh Air: 2
Morning Edition: 2
News & Notes: 1
NPR.org: 4
Talk of the Nation: 5
Tell Me More: 2
Weekend Edition Sunday: 3
| All Things Considered | Infinity in the Palm of Her Hand | Sandinista Gioconda | Belli | Literary Fiction |
| All Things Considered | Frozen Thames, The | Helen | Humphrey | Short Stories |
| All Things Considered | Lowboy | John | Wray | Literary Fiction |
| All Things Considered | Rebellion of Ronald Reagan, The | James | Mann | History |
| All Things Considered | Out of Captivity | Marc | Gonsalves | Memoir |
| All Things Considered | Way Through Doors | Jesse | Ball | Literary Fiction |
| All Things Considered | Lowboy | John | Wray | Literary Fiction |
| All Things Considered | Inquiries into the Nature of Slow Money | Woody | Tasch | Science |
| Day to Day | Good Books | David | Plotz | Religion |
| Diane Rehm | Picking Cotton | Jennifer | Thompson-Cannino | Memoir |
| Diane Rehm | Sowing Crisis* | Rashid | Khalidi | History |
| Diane Rehm | Cheever | Blake | Bailey | Biography |
| Diane Rehm | Live You Can Save, The | Peter | Singer | Current Events |
| Fresh Air | Most Remarkable Fella, A* | Susan | Loesser | Biography |
| Fresh Air | Books We Like / Jury of Her Peers | Elaine | Showalter | Reference |
| Morning Edition | In Other Rooms, Other Wonders | Daniyal | Mueenuddin | Short Stories |
| Morning Edition | House of Cards | William | Cohan | Business |
| News & Notes | Near Black | Baz | Dreisinger | History |
| NPR.org | Books We Like / Delicate Edible Birds | Lauren | Groff | Short Stories |
| NPR.org | Book Tour / Cutting for Stone | Abraham | Verghese | Literary Fiction |
| NPR.org | Books We Like / Sailor from Gibraltar, The | Marguerite | Duras | Literary Fiction |
| NPR.org | Books We Like / Gamble, The | Thomas E. | Ricks | History |
| Talk of the Nation | Lucy’s Legacy | Donald | Johanson | Science |
| Talk of the Nation | Live Nude Girl | Kathleen | Rooney | Art |
| Talk of the Nation | I Love It When You Talk Retro | Ralph | Keyes | Reference |
| Talk of the Nation | Hands of My Father | Myron | Uhlberg | Memoir |
| Talk of the Nation | Fool | Christopher | Moore | Literary Fiction |
| Tell Me More | Basketball Jones | E. Lynn | Harris | Literary Fiction |
| Tell Me More | Expect to Win | Carla | Harris | Business |
| Weekend Edition Sunday | Fruits of Victory | Elaine | Weiss | History |
| Weekend Edition Sunday | Levittown | David | Kushner | History |
| Weekend Edition Sunday | Kindly Ones, The | Jonathan | Littell | Literary Fiction |
NPR Books Watch — 2/13-2/19
Here are the NPR interviews for this 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, 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 week: 25
All Things Considered: 4
Day to Day: 1
Diane Rehm: 4
Fresh Air: 1
Morning Edition: 2
News & Notes: 1
NPR.org: 4
Talk of the Nation: 2
Tell Me More: 1
Weekend Edition Saturday: 2
Weekend Edition Sunday: 3
| All Things Considered | Americans, The | Robert | Frank | Photography |
| All Things Considered | Soul of a People | David A. | Taylor | History |
| All Things Considered | Other Side of Desire, The | Daniel | Bergner | Health |
| All Things Considered | Murder at the Academy Awards | Joan | Rivers | Mystery |
| Day to Day | 99¢ Only Stores Cookbook, The* | Christiane | Jory | Cooking |
| Diane Rehm | Cutting for Stone | Abraham | Verghese | Literary Fiction |
| Diane Rehm | Abraham Lincoln* | George | McGovern | Biography |
| Diane Rehm | Vagrants, The | Yiyun | Lee | Literary Fiction |
| Diane Rehm | Third Chapter, The | Sara | Lawrence-Lightfoot | Health |
| Fresh Air | Beautiful Struggle, The | Ta-Nehisi | Coates | Biography |
| Morning Edition | Snark | David | Denby | Popular Culture |
| Morning Edition | Pride and Prejudice and Zombies | Seth | Grahame-Smith | Humor |
| News & Notes | Sugar of the Crop | Sana | Butler | History |
| NPR.org | Books We Like / Looking In | Robert | Frank | Photography |
| NPR.org | Book Tour / So Damn Much Money | Robert | Kaiser | Politics |
| NPR.org | How to Live | Henry | Alford | Health |
| NPR.org | Books We Like / Family Planning | Karan | Mahajan | Literary Fiction |
| Talk of the Nation | Pluto Files, The | Neil deGrasse | Tyson | Science |
| Talk of the Nation | Sum | David | Eagleman | Literary Fiction |
| Tell Me More | Giants | John | Stauffer | Biography |
| Weekend Edition Saturday | The Mighty Queens of Freeville | Amy | Dickinson | Memoir |
| Weekend Edition Saturday | Nothing Right | Antonya | Nelson | Short stories |
| Weekend Edition Sunday | Wall St Journal Guide to the End of Wall St | Dave | Kansas | Business |
| Weekend Edition Sunday | Script and Scribble | Kitty Burns | Florey | Reference |
| Weekend Edition Sunday | It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time | Moira | Hodgson | Cooking |
NPR Books Watch — 1/24-2/5
Old news seems to be the news of the week — 7 of 19 book stories featured books more than three months old (perhaps resurrecting hope for our backlist titles)?
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Here are the NPR interviews for this 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, 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 week: 19
All Things Considered: 2
Day to Day: 1
Diane Rehm: 4
Fresh Air: 2
News & Notes: 2
NPR.org: 4
Talk of the Nation: 2
Weekend Edition Sunday: 1
| All Things Considered | Squint | Jose P. | Ramirez | Science |
| All Things Considered | Yankee Years, The | Joe | Torre | Sports |
| Day to Day | Birthday Party, The* | Stanley | Alpert | Memoir |
| Diane Rehm | Survivors Club, The | Ben | Sherwood | Health |
| Diane Rehm | Little Pink House | Jeff | Benedict | Law |
| Diane Rehm | Last Good Nights, The | John | West | Memoir |
| Diane Rehm | Lords of Finance | Liaquat | Ahamed | Business |
| Fresh Air | Tear Down This Myth | Will | Bunch | Politics |
| Fresh Air | Reagan Diaries, The | Douglas | Brinkley, ed. | History |
| News & Notes | Washington | Fergus | Bordewich | History |
| News & Notes | Tim and Tom | Tim | Reid | Entertainment |
| NPR.org | House of Sleep, The | Jonathan | Coe | Literary Fiction |
| NPR.org | Book Tour / American Lion | Jon | Meacham | History |
| NPR.org | Books We Like / Big Rich, The | Bryan | Burrough | History |
| NPR.org | Books We Like / Absolute Sandman 4 | Neil | Gaiman | Graphic Novel |
| Talk of the Nation | Art and Politics of Science | Harold | Varmus | Memoir |
| Talk of the Nation | Stuff of Life, The | Mark | Schultz | Children’s |
| Weekend Edition Sunday | Lark & Termite | Jayne Anne | Phillips | Literary Fiction |
NPR Books Watch — 1/23-1/29
Apparently some fellow named John Updike died this week, yes? Reported on in five separate stories. Neil Gaiman’s Newberry win garnered two stories (Morning Edition and Talk of the Nation last Tuesday) and Jimmy Carter nabbed three interviews with Morning Edition, Fresh Air and Diane Rehm last Tuesday / Wednesday.
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Here are the NPR interviews for this 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, 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 week: 26
All Things Considered: 4
Day to Day: 2
Diane Rehm: 4
Fresh Air: 2
Morning Edition: 4
News & Notes: 1
NPR.org: 5
Talk of the Nation: 3
Weekend Edition Sunday: 1
| NPR.org | Books We Like / Wolves at the Gate | Joss | Whedon | Graphic Novels |
| All Things Considered | Bright Young People | D. J. | Taylor | History |
| All Things Considered | Vile Bodies | Evelyn | Waugh | Literary Fiction |
| All Things Considered | Novelist John Updike Dies | |||
| All Things Considered | Clothes on their Backs, The | Linda | Grant | Literary Fiction |
| Day to Day | Noise: Fiction Inspired by Sonic Youth | Peter | Wild | Entertainment |
| Day to Day | Yankee Years, The | Joe | Torre | Sports |
| Diane Rehm | Big Rich, The | Bryan | Burrough | History |
| Diane Rehm | Snark | David | Denby | Popular Culture |
| Diane Rehm | We Can Have Peace in the Holy Land | Jimmy | Carter | Politics |
| Diane Rehm | Survivors Club, The | Ben | Sherwood | Health |
| Fresh Air | We Can Have Peace In The Holy Land | Jimmy | Carter | Politics |
| Fresh Air | S.: A Novel | John | Updike | Literary Fiction |
| Morning Edition | The Graveyard Book’ Wins Newbery Medal | |||
| Morning Edition | We Can Have Peace In The Holy Land | Jimmy | Carter | Politics |
| Morning Edition | Are readers tired of sports doping books? | |||
| Morning Edition | Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author John Updike Dies At 76 | |||
| News & Notes | Best African American Essays: 2009 | Gerald | Early | Anthology |
| News & Notes | Best African American Fiction: 2009 | Gerald | Early | Anthology |
| NPR.org | Novelist, Essayist John Updike Dead At 76 | |||
| NPR.org | Book Tour / 2666 | Robert | Bolano | Literary Fiction |
| NPR.org | From ‘Rabbit’ To Rain, John Updike Had It Covered | |||
| NPR.org | Books We Like / Paris Review Interviews, The Vol. III | Philip | Gourevitch | Biography |
| Talk of the Nation | Pulitzer Prize-Winning Novelist John Updike Dies | |||
| Talk of the Nation | Graveyard Book, The | Neil | Gaiman | Children’s |
| Talk of the Nation | Billion Dollar Game, The | Allen | St. John | Sports |
| Weekend Edition Sunday | Bitter Road to Freedom | William | Hitchcock | History |
NPR Books Watch — 1/16-1/22
Despite the expected onslaught of inauguration stories, there were still 19 book stories for the week. Several author interviews were rebroadcasts, though (marked with asterisks).
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Here are the NPR interviews for this 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, 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 week: 18
All Things Considered: 4
Day to Day: 1
Diane Rehm: 3
Fresh Air: 5
Morning Edition: 1
NPR.org: 2
Talk of the Nation: 1
Weekend Edition Saturday: 1
| All Things Considered | Wisdom of the Chinese Kitchen | Grace | Young | Cooking |
| All Things Considered | Land of Marvels | Barry | Unsworth | Literary Fiction |
| All Things Considered | Experts Critique Obama The Writer | |||
| All Things Considered | Breakthrough, The | Gwen | Ifill | History |
| Day to Day | eBay Bidders Dreams About Obama Book Realized | |||
| Diane Rehm | Enchantress of Florence* | Salman | Rushdie | Literary Fiction |
| Diane Rehm | Inside Inside* | James | Lipton | Entertainment |
| Diane Rehm | Baptism by Fire | Mark K. | Updegrove | Politics |
| Fresh Air | Cancer on Five Dollars a Day* | Robert | Schimmel | Memoir |
| Fresh Air | Beautiful Struggle, The | Ta-Nehisi | Coates | Memoir |
| Fresh Air | Native Guard | Natasha | Trethewey | Poetry |
| Fresh Air | Wired for War | P.W. | Singer | Science |
| Fresh Air | Reborn | Susan | Sontag | Biography |
| Morning Edition | Food Matters | Mark | Bittman | Cooking |
| NPR.org | Book Tour / Invention of Air, The | Joseph | Priestley | History |
| NPR.org | Books We Like / Bright Young People | D.J. | Taylor | History |
| Talk of the Nation | Well-Dressed Ape, The | Hannah | Holmes | Science |
| Weekend Edition Saturday | Stand Tall, Abe Lincoln | Judith | St. John | Children’s |
NPR Books Watch — 1/2-1/8
The NPR Books Watch is back from the holidays!
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Here are the NPR interviews for this 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, 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 week: 29
All Things Considered: 7 (four books covered in one online review)
Day to Day: 1
Diane Rehm: 3
Fresh Air: 5
Morning Edition: 2
NPR.org: 4
Talk of the Nation: 4
Weekend Edition Sunday: 2
| All Things Considered | Noir | Olivier | Pauvert | Mystery |
| All Things Considered | Daemon | Daniel | Suarez | Mystery |
| All Things Considered | Eclipse | Richard North | Patterson | Mystery |
| All Things Considered | Terminal Freeze | Lincoln | Child | Mystery |
| All Things Considered | Postcards from Tomorrow Square | James | Fallows | Current Events |
| All Things Considered | Damp Squid, A | Jeremy | Butterfield | Reference |
| All Things Considered | Blonde Roots | Bernadine | Evaristo | Literary Fiction |
| All Things Considered | Thirty Days Has September | Christopher | Stevens | Children’s |
| All Things Considered | Go, Tell Michelle | |||
| All Things Considered | Sirens of Chrome | Margery | Krevsky | History |
| Day to Day | Animals Make Us Human | Temple | Grandin | Science |
| Diane Rehm | Things I’ve Been Silent About | Azar | Nafisi | Memoir |
| Diane Rehm | Girl With No Shadow (Rebroadcast) | Joanne | Harris | Literary Fiction |
| Diane Rehm | Street Gang | Michael | Davis | Entertainment |
| Fresh Air | Animals Make Us Human | Temple | Grandin | Science |
| Fresh Air | Lark & Termite | Jayne Anne | Phillips | Literary Fiction |
| Fresh Air | Donald Westlake: Hard-Boiled To The End | Donald | Westlake | |
| Fresh Air | Torture Team | Philippe | Sands | Politics |
| Fresh Air | 30-Day Heartbreak Cure | Catherine | Hickland | Self Help |
| Fresh Air | How Barack Obama Won | Chuck | Todd | Politics |
| Morning Edition | Wovel: Literary Alternative To Browsing Blogs | |||
| Morning Edition | Great Gamble, The | Gregory | Feifer | Current Events |
| News & Notes | Journal for Jordan | Dana | Canedy | Biography |
| NPR.org | Books We Like (Peripheral Vision) | Patricia | Ferguson | Literary Fiction |
| NPR.org | Reborn | Susan | Sontag | Memoir |
| NPR.org | Book Tour (Sea of Poppies) | Amitav | Ghosh | Literary Fiction |
| NPR.org | Books We Like (Omega the Unknown) | Jonathan | Lethen | Graphic Novels |
| Talk of the Nation | One Minute Mysteries | Eric and Natalie | Yoder | Children’s |
| Talk of the Nation | Invention of Air | Steven | Johnson | Science |
| Talk of the Nation | Voluntary Madness | Norah | Vincent | Memoir |
| Talk of the Nation | Here Comes Everybody | Clay | Shirky | Popular Culture |
| Weekend Edition Sunday | Civil Rights Poets Wrote Prologue For Change | |||
| Weekend Edition Sunday | Southern Storm | Noah | Trudeau | History |
Morning Brief — Monday, December 8
Uh-oh. LA Observed says rumors are afloat that NPR West (from which Day to Day and News & Notes are produced) may be shuttered. Which would be really bad news because both shows cover a whole lotta books.
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I’ll be heading off to catch a 20-hour flight shortly. Which may sound bad, but what’s worse is that EVA Air has left me only an hour and 20 minutes to catch my connecting flight. (As any book publicist who has had to arrange a flight for an author overseas knows, airlines are only supposed to sell international connecting flights with at least two hours to spare.) Sketchy.
NPR Books Watch — 11/14-11/20
Here are the NPR interviews for this 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, 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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There were 24 book stories collectively on the national NPR shows this week, which is encouraging, since the number is sometimes under 20, but only 15 of those stories were interviews with authors. Other book-related stories ranged from Obama’s love of comics to travel to Forks, WA (where the vampires live for those of you who have been living under a rock for the past few years) to Quidditch competitions. (I didn’t listen to the story so I’m not quite sure how they work around the flying bit …)
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TOTAL book stories for the week: 24
All Things Considered: 6
Day to Day: 4
Fresh Air: 2
Morning Edition: 3
News & Notes: 1
NPR.org: 4
Talk of the Nation: 2
Tell Me More: 1
Weekend Edition Saturday: 2
| All Things Considered | New York Times | History | ||
| All Things Considered | Wonderland | Jason | Eskenazi | Photography |
| All Things Considered | Three Books … / How To Be Killer At Cocktail Parties | |||
| All Things Considered | Outliers | Malcolm | Gladwell | Business |
| All Things Considered | Do the Right Thing | Mike | Huckabee | Memoir |
| Day to Day | Forever Portfolio | James | Altucher | Business |
| Day to Day | Holy Headshot! | Patrick | Borelli | Entertainment |
| Day to Day | Analyzing Obama’s Love Of Comic Books | |||
| Day to Day | Grown-Up Potter Fans Compete In Quidditch Cup | |||
| Fresh Air | Edge of Medicine | William | Hanson | Medicine |
| Fresh Air | Outtakes from a Marriage | Ann | Leary | Fiction |
| Morning Edition | Annie Leibovitz at Work | Annie | Liebovitz | Photography |
| Morning Edition | Twilight’ Fans’ Destination: Forks, Wash. | |||
| Morning Edition | National Book Awards Honor Matthiessen In Fiction | |||
| News & Notes | Sea is So Wide | Marian Wright | Edelman | Parenting |
| NPR.org | Top Five Crime And Mystery Novels Of 2008 | |||
| NPR.org | Book Tour / More Information Than You Require | John | Hodgman | Humor |
| NPR.org | Knucklehead | Jon | Scieszka | Children’s |
| NPR.org | Give A Book (And Yourself) This Holiday Season | |||
| Talk of the Nation | Unholy Business | Nina | Burleigh | Science |
| Talk of the Nation | Big Boy Rules | Steve | Fainaru | Current Events |
| Tell Me More | Sixty Years, Sixty Voices | Patricia Smith | Melton | History |
| Weekend Edition Saturday | Paging Through History’s Beautiful Science | |||
| Weekend Edition Saturday | End, The | Salvatore | Scibona | Literary Fiction |
NPR Books Watch — 10/10-10/16
Here are the NPR interviews for this 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, 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.
TOTAL book stories for the week: 16
All Things Considered: 2
Day to Day: 2
Fresh Air: 1
Morning Edition: 1
NPR.org: 4
Talk of the Nation: 1
Tell Me More: 2
Weekend Edition Saturday: 2
Weekend Edition Sunday: 1
| All Things Considered | Sarah | Kaylene | Johnson | Biography |
| All Things Considered | Three Books … | Finance | ||
| Day to Day | Factory Girls | Leslie T. | Chang | Current Events |
| Day to Day | Best Foreign Books You’ve Never Heard Of | |||
| Fresh Air | Shadow Factory, The | James | Bamford | Politics |
| Morning Edition | Speaking for Myself | Cherie | Blair | Biography |
| NPR.org | Books We Like / If I Could Write This in Fire | Michelle | Cliff | Short Stories |
| NPR.org | Book Tour / Book of Lies, The | Brad | Meltzer | Mystery |
| NPR.org | Books We Like / Hot, Flat, and Crowded | Thomas | Friedman | Politics |
| NPR.org | Silver Linings Playbook, The | Matthew | Quick | Literary Fiction |
| Talk of the Nation | Toward the Setting Sun | David | Boyle | History |
| Tell Me More | Legends en Espanol | Entertainment | ||
| Tell Me More | Latino Literary Contributions | |||
| Weekend Edition Saturday | Booker Prize: Our London Cabbie’s Review | |||
| Weekend Edition Saturday | Epilogue: A Memoir | Anne | Roiphe | Memoir |
| Weekend Edition Sunday | Prospector, The | J. M. G. | Le Clezio | Literary Fiction |