Books

Musician Peter Wolf joined NHPR's Rick Ganley in March 2025 to discuss his memoir, Waiting on the Moon.

The Republican-backed legislation would prohibit books depicting nudity and other acts intended for “sexual desire” in New Hampshire public schools.

“Quiero que la gente comprenda mejor la experiencia de los inmigrantes”, dijo Ana Hebra Flaster sobre su libro.

A young Stanford graduate caught between worlds of race and class, glamour and tragedy, a friend’s mysterious death and his own arrest. Pulled into the court system and mandated treatment, he finds himself in an absurd but dangerous situation: his class protects him, but his race does not.

Annie is nine months pregnant and shopping for a crib when a massive earthquake hits Portland, Oregon. We follow her journey across a transformed city as she walks and reflects on life and hopes for the future.

An exploration of family bonds in turn-of-the-millennium Singapore. Two estranged sisters must weigh the value of ambition versus familial love and home.

A coming-of-age novel set in the schoolyards, nightclubs, and alleyways of a gritty, post-industrial town in Yorkshire, England. Three girls are inseparable, but as they grow up and away from one another, a long-festering secret threatens to rip the trio apart.

Three star players on a high school football team are accused of violence by another student. Their secrets, and the secrets of their parents, threaten to shatter the community in a novel of race, class, and privilege.

Journalist Mo Rocca joined NHPR's Julia Furukawa in June 2024 to discuss his latest book, "Roctogenarians."

Author Richard Powers joined NHPR's Julia Furukawa in October 2024 to discuss his latest book, "Playground."