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The Nonfiction Books NPR Staffers Have Loved So Far This Year

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5 Ways to Read More Books This Summer

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Three Bay Area Nonprofits Win Literary Arts Grants

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‘American Rambler’ Traces the Path, and Truth-Squads the Tale, of Johnny Appleseed

An illustration of four badminton players playing on a grassy court that is shaped like an open book.

15 Books NPR Critics Can’t Wait for This Summer

An illustration of an Indigenous child wearing a white dress smiling gleefully as her parents watch on proudly.

A Dazzling New Children’s Book Honors an Indigenous Teen Heroine From California

5 Books You Won’t Want to Put Down This Summer

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In ‘The Young Will Remember,’ a Korean War Reporter Gets Stuck Behind Enemy Lines

In ‘Coyoteland,’ the Territorial East Bay Isn’t Just for Animals

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