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A Kids’ Guide to Phone-Free Fun, From the Author of ‘The Anxious Generation’

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Meet San Francisco’s New Youth Poet Laureates

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In Carolina Ixta’s New Novel, Teens Fight Against Pollution for a ‘Few Blue Skies’

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‘Who Is America at 250?’ Interrogates the Principles of the Land of the Free

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Book covers of: Audition, by Katie Kitamura; Buckeye, by Patrick Ryan; Cursed Daughters, by Oyinkan Braithwaite; Death of the Author, by Nnedi Okorafor; The Emperor of Gladness, by Ocean Vuong; The Feather Detective: Mystery, Mayhem, and the Magnificent Life of Roxie Laybourne, by Chris Sweeney; Flashlight, by Susan Choi; Heart the Lover, by Lily King; Katabasis, by R.F. Kuang; Little Bosses Everywhere: How the Pyramid Scheme Shaped America, by Bridget Read; The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny, by Kiran Desai; Mother Mary Comes to Me, by Arundhati Roy; Only Son, by Kevin Moffett; The Rest of Our Lives, by Benjamin Markovits; She's Under Here: A Memoir, by Karen Palmer; She's Under Here: A Memoir, by Karen Palmer; Tilt, by Emma Pattee; Vulture, by Phoebe Greenwood; What We Can Know, by Ian McEwan; The Wilderness, by Angela Flournoy; Wreck, by Catherine Newman

20 Recommendations From NPR for Your 2026 Book Club

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Legendary SF Punk Zine ‘Search & Destroy’ Finally Gets a Reprint

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California’s First Mysterious Cult Scandal Happened in Santa Rosa

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10 Books We’re Looking Forward to in Early 2026

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Put These 12 Eye-Opening Nonfiction Books on Your 2026 Reading List

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