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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.
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Daniel Coyle has written extensively on how people thrive and perform at their best. His new book looks at how people can flourish in their everyday lives. -
The "Sound of Ideas" assembles another panel of area readers to recommend books from across the spectrum that they think folks should read in 2026. -
The book "How to Winter" explores how people in cold-weather climates embrace their surroundings and enjoy the winter months. -
The Price of Democracy tells the history of taxation from colonization to the present day. It's essential reading for anyone who cares about preserving democracy. -
Fresh Air's book critic says her picks tilt a bit to nonfiction, but the novels that made the cut redress the imbalance by their sweep and intensity. Karen Russell's The Antidote was her favorite. -
Every year, we ask NPR staff and book critics to share their favorite titles in our annual Books We Love guide. Here are 8 fiction picks that were standout stars. -
Nobel winners Olga Tokarczuk and Peter Handke bring us a reissue and a new book respectively this week. Also, a story from a fictional African country and a commentary on beauty. -
NPR's annual interactive reading guide Books We Love is back with over 380 new recommendations published in 2025. -
Author Rabih Alameddine won for his novel The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother). Other winners include a book for young people about orphans on the run in Iran during World War II. -
The book by Northeast Ohio native Brad Ricca explores Houdini's contempt for Spiritualism as what he considered a fraudulent imitation of magic.
