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The Thread® - Books and Literary News

The Thread from MPR News

The Thread® is your source for book recommendations and other literary news.

Ask a Bookseller

Ask a Bookseller is a weekly series where The Thread checks in with booksellers around the country about their favorite books of the moment. Listen to Ask a Bookseller to find your next favorite book.

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In 'Somebody's Daughter' Ashley C. Ford confronts the crimes of her father

In 'Somebody's Daughter' Ashley C. Ford confronts the crimes of her father

For many years, Ford didn't know why her dad was in prison. As a teenager, she was shocked to learn he'd been convicted of rape. "With rape, there's no mistake about the intention to harm," she says.
by Terry Gross

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'Lost Letters' lead to new love — and hard choices — in this YA romance

'Lost Letters' lead to new love — and hard choices — in this YA romance

Hannah Reynolds new YA romance “The Summer of Lost Letters” follows teenaged Abby's quest to learn more about her grandmother's past — and a possible love affair captured in mysterious letters.
by Alethea Kontis

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Ask a bookseller: 'Honey Girl,' a charming story about finding the love you deserve

Lauren Nopenz Fairley has seen a surging interest in romance novels during the pandemic at her bookstore, The Curious Iguana, in Frederick, Md. She said her whole staff fell in love with the queer romance novel, “Honey Girl,” by debut author Morgan Rogers.
by Emily Bright

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'Mercury Rising' explores treacherous U.S. attempts to control space

'Mercury Rising' explores treacherous U.S. attempts to control space

In Mercury Rising, historian Jeff Shesol recalls the early days of the U.S. space program, when Cold War fears ruled and no one was sure John Glenn would survive America's first orbital flight.
by Dave Davies

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Former longtime Split Rock Lighthouse keeper on what the job was really like

Former longtime Split Rock Lighthouse keeper on what the job was really like

Lee Radzak was resident site manager at Split Rock for more than 30 years, and is out with a new book about the experience: “The View from Split Rock,” written with Curt Brown.
by Cathy Wurzer

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This family saga finds grace and beauty in ordinary lives, fully lived

This family saga finds grace and beauty in ordinary lives, fully lived

Simon Van Booy's new novel “Night Came With Many Stars” follows several generations of a Kentucky family, their crossroads and choices, their curses and hard memories, their luck and their chances.
by Jason Sheehan

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