The big list of summer 2024 book recommendations from your local librarians
For Under the Radar's annual summer reading special, three of our local librarians return with their curated lists for summer, including thrillers, histories, young adult stories, romance and mysteries.
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NPR staffers pick their favorite fiction reads of 2024
At work: hardworking news journalists. At home: omnivorous fiction readers. We asked our colleagues what they've enjoyed most this year and here are the titles they shared. -
Poet Kwame Alexander shares lessons on love and fatherhood in ‘Why Fathers Cry At Night’
This non-traditional memoir is Kwame Alexander’s vulnerable journey to express his love for the people closest to him, including his children. -
Colson Whitehead channels the paranoia and fear of 1970s NYC in 'Crook Manifesto'
"My early '70s New York is dingy and grimy," the Pulitzer Prize-winning author says. Whitehead's sequel to Harlem Shuffle centers on crime at every level. Originally broadcast July 24, 2023. -
Two new novels investigate what makes magic, what is real and imagined
Both of these novels, Pages of Mourning and The Cemetery of Untold Stories, from an emerging writer and a long-celebrated one, respectively, walk an open road of remembering love, grief, and fate. -
How Western Massachusetts inspired Andrea Hairston's latest sci-fi novel
The Afrofuturist author talks about her new novel "Archangels of Funk." -
Wellesley College alum writes debut novel set at the school
Author Ann Zhao says her YA book, "Dear Wendy," speaks to people like her. -
In 'The Ritual Effect,' behavioral scientist explains the power of rituals
Michael Norton, the Harold M. Brierly Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, delves into the impact of rituals in his new book. -
'Wicked' author Gregory Maguire goes behind the curtain on Elphaba's origin story
His 1995 book “Wicked” has been turned into a wildly successful Broadway musical and a film adaptation. -
Garrard Conley hopes to 'unerase' queer history in Puritan New England with 'All the World Beside'
The "Boy Erased" author joins GBH News to discuss his new novel, "All the World Beside." -
Journalist Sarah Gristwood delved into women's diaries for new book 'Secret Voices'
For her new book “Secret Voices: A Year of Women’s Diaries,” journalist and historian Sarah Gristwood spent time doing something that some people consider verboten: Reading other people’s private writings.
