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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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Big Books and Bold Ideas is a weekly series hosted by Kerri Miller every Friday at 11 a.m., featuring conversations about books and other literary ideas. Listen to Big Books and Bold Ideas here.

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Talking Volumes

Talking Volumes is back for its 25th season. Join us at the Fitzgerald Theater for four special events with renowned authors, celebrating our anniversary with a special $25 ticket price for MPR members and Star Tribune subscribers. Buy tickets here.

Librarian Nancy Pearl shares 4 fantastic books for the end of 2019

Librarian Nancy Pearl shares 4 fantastic books for the end of 2019

Our go-to librarian says there are plenty of readers who find that "fiction gives you the truth of history and nonfiction gives you the facts." With that in mind, she shares some new titles.
by Nancy Pearl

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In 'Parker Looks Up,' a 2-year-old shares a moment with Michelle Obama

In 'Parker Looks Up,' a 2-year-old shares a moment with Michelle Obama

In 2018, a photo of Parker Curry looking at a portrait of Michelle Obama went viral. Within a week, she got to meet the first lady. Parker tells the story in a new book she co-authored with her mom.
by Samantha Balaban

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'Reverie' dreams outside the box

'Reverie' dreams outside the box

Ryan LaSala's new novel imagines a world where people get swept up in dangerous, all-encompassing dreams — and only a damaged, anmesiac kid and his friends have the power to fight them.
by Caitlyn Paxson

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'This Book Is Not For You' -- but it is

'This Book Is Not For You' -- but it is

This book is almost impossible to describe without revealing too much, according to bookseller Sarah Wilson: “It’s very intriguing, it’s got a very dark, humorous edge to it.”
by Tracy Mumford

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Got a young reader on your holiday gift list? Here are some options

Got a young reader on your holiday gift list? Here are some options

Are you shopping for gifts for that special child or teenager in your life? How about a book? On Friday, MPR News host Angela Davis was joined by two local children’s book experts. They offered up some of the best titles for kids and teens this holiday season.
by Jim Bickal, Mike Moen, Angela Davis and Karen Zamora

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'1973: Rock at the Crossroads' acts as a mirror for one moment in time

'1973: Rock at the Crossroads' acts as a mirror for one moment in time

Via popular music, Andrew Grant Jackson paints a vivid portrait of a year that was the last gasp of an age of possibility, when idealism gave way to economic recession and cynical disillusionment.
by Michael Schaub

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'At the Mountains of Madness,' spheroid space monsters are just like us

'At the Mountains of Madness,' spheroid space monsters are just like us

Gou Tanabe's graphic novel adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's novella makes its monsters both terrifying and weirdly human. Even if space spheres aren't your thing, Tanabe's art still prompts wonder.
by Etelka Lehoczky

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