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Science fiction author Ted Chiang wrote the short story that became the movie "Arrival." He talks with host Scott Detrow.

NPR staff recommend four young adult novels: "Heir," "Annie LeBlanc is Not Dead Yet," "The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette For Young Ladies of Mad Science," and "Dragonfruit."

Michael Kramer and Kate Reading have become popular audiobook narrators, spending 62 hours at the microphone for one recent book.

The German filmmaker reflects on his unusual life and the curiosity that has fueled his career in the memoir, Every Man for Himself and God Against All. Originally broadcast Oct. 25, 2023.

NPR has rounded up more than 350 of our favorite books this year. Today, we're focusing on biographies and memoirs.

Caroline Crampton developed excessive health anxiety after being treated for cancer as a teen. In A Body Made of Glass she chronicles her experience with hypochondria and the history of the condition.

Set in a small Irish village in the weeks leading up to Christmas 1962, Niall Williams' latest novel avoids cliché by investing specificity and life into characters and places.

Trump's pick to lead the FBI may test internal guardrails, historian and J. Edgar Hoover biographer Beverly Gage tells Morning Edition.

The term brain rot first appeared in Henry David Thoreau's famous Walden, according to the Oxford University Press. How did he use it -- and what might he have made of its modern meaning?

Every year, we ask NPR staff and book critics to share their favorite titles in our annual Books We Love guide. Behind the scenes, it's fun to spot trends and see what gets nominated again and again.