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February 14, 2006 Art, a listener from central Pennsylvania, recommends this story of a Norwegian pioneer's family: "Hardly a winter passes when I don't think about the struggles faced by the Per Hansa family in the bitter [Dakota Territory] winters."

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February 8, 2006 Robyn, who listens to WETA in the Washington, D.C. area, recommends this novel about the struggles of a young Jewish boy. "Many people can relate to Asher's conflict — the tension between loyalty to family and community and the desire to fulfill one's own destiny."

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February 2, 2006 Listener Paul from Cedar Falls, Iowa, recommends the biographical series on Martin Luther King Jr. by author Taylor Branch.

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January 25, 2006 "This book speaks to me loud and clear," writes Ted, who listens to KWMU in St. Louis. "I have recommended this book to nearly every man I know who likes women, music and movies."

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January 16, 2006 Listener Ann Marie says: this novel "stayed on my mind for a long time and made me THINK." Ann Marie listens to WAMU in Washington, D.C.

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January 10, 2006 Kasia, who listens to member station KUT in Austin, recommends Dave Eggers' story collection. "His stream of consciousness style of writing fit[s] perfectly with a shorter form."

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January 3, 2006 Cory, who listens to member station WUWM in Wisconsin, says that this book about the popular search engine Google is a "fascinating and slightly scary look at what's behind the friendly Google interface."

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December 29, 2005 Listener Teresa is halfway through this examination of the heart's cultural role throughout history and "feeling gallantly wiser about so much. [I] cannot wait to crawl back in tonight to learn more about this beating organ that has given us life since the beginning."

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December 26, 2005 Listener Theresa recommends this memoir of surviving drug abuse and its sequel, My Friend Leonard. "Don't let the swear words discourage you from reading," she writes.

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December 14, 2005 " The lessons the author learns are so real that they are unreal," says listener Hillary about this memoir. The author was a British woman who married an American serviceman and moved to Montana.

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