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Inside Out & Back Again

Butterfly Yellow

Listen, Slowly

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3 Crackling Young Adult Reads To Welcome Fall

September 16, 2019 • Time to put down the beach reads and pick up some substantive, immersive new young adult books — from a monstrous fantasy, to a refugee's tale, to a story that brings new meaning to haunted houses.

NPR's Book Concierge: Our Guide To 2015's Great Reads

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NPR's Book Concierge: Our Guide To 2015's Great Reads

December 8, 2015 • The Book Concierge is back and all new for 2015! Explore more than 260 standout titles picked by NPR staff and critics.

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100 Best Books

The Ultimate Backseat Bookshelf: 100 Must-Reads For Kids 9-14

August 5, 2013 • We've curated this list of 100 favorite books for kids, based on recommendations from more than 2,000 of our readers.

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Book Award Winner's Tale Echoes Those Told By Other Vietnamese Refugees

November 29, 2011 • Thanhha Lai's novel for young people, Inside Out & Back Again, conveys the wonders of being rescued in 1975 during an operation led by the USS Kirk. Last year, NPR shared other tales of that operation from refugees and U.S. sailors.

'Salvage The Bones' Takes Top Fiction Honors At The National Book Awards

Jesmyn Ward, winner of the National Book Award for Fiction for her book Salvage the Bones, poses at the National Book Awards Wednesday night. Tina Fineberg/AP hide caption

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'Salvage The Bones' Takes Top Fiction Honors At The National Book Awards

November 17, 2011 • In a celebratory National Book Awards on Wall Street last night, Stephen Greenblatt took the nonfiction award for Swerve, while, in a surprise turn in fiction, Jesmyn Ward won for Salvage the Bones.