Black Bookstores Face Increased Demand Amid Protests Against Racism

Some Black-owned bookstores are facing a sudden demand — new customers are seeking books to help navigate America's moment of racial reckoning.

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'The Stakes Are Far Higher Than They've Ever Been': Trump's Niece Pens Tell-All

Mary Trump offers a scathing portrait of the president in a book that very nearly was blocked from publication. Now its publisher is bumping up the release date.(Image credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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Coronavirus And Drinking Games: Author Of New Book Sees Commonalities

Adam Kucharski, author of the new book The Rules Of Contagion, talks about how to predict the spread (and end) of contagious events, from viruses to internet trends.(Image credit: Basic Books)

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'We've Got To Learn From Our History,' 'Demagogue' Author Warns

Author Larry Tye chronicles Sen. Joseph McCarthy's infamous smear campaign in a new book. He says both McCarthy and Trump are "bullies" who exploit fears and "point fingers when they're attacked."(Image credit: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)

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'Want' Captures The Precariousness Of America's Middle Class

The family at the center of Lynn Steger Strong's novel is on the brink of bankruptcy. Want is a portrait of how close to the edge people are — despite the seeming safeguard of middle-class jobs.(Image credit: Macmillan )

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In 'Members Only,' Pandya Examines Brown Space Between Black And White

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Sameer Pandya, author of the new book: Members Only.

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Journalist Kim Wall's Parents Show She Was More Than A Victim In 'A Silenced Voice'

Kim Wall was 30 when she was killed by a source. Her parents are working to make sure her name will not be a warning but a tag under ambitious investigative pieces, a line on resumes, a calling card.(Image credit: Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images)

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Privilege Takes Many Forms In 'Friends And Strangers'

J. Courtney Sullivan's new novel examines the relationship between a mother and her child's caregiver — both women with significant degrees of privilege, despite their surface economic differences.(Image credit: Knopf)

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The Debate Over The Word Irregardless. Is It A Word?

Merriam-Webster has confirmed that "irregardless" is a word in the dictionary, despite concerns from teachers that it is not.

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'Bright Precious Thing' Encompasses Memories Unleashed By #MeToo Movement

Like most good memoirs, Gail Caldwell's latest is a reassessment of life choices, roads taken and others foregone. "At some point you shuffle the cards and call the deck a life," she writes.(Image credit: Random House)

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