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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.

Big Books and Bold Ideas

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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Sign up for The Thread newsletter to get reading recommendations from Kerri Miller and other bookworms around the MPR newsroom. Find reviews for new releases, as well as hidden gems you may have missed.

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.

In 'Doxology,' the comedy is never quite in tune

In 'Doxology,' the comedy is never quite in tune

Nell Zink is a very funny writer, but the comedy never quite works in her new novel, which follows two aging punks and their daughter, from the Lower East Side of Manhattan in the '80s to D.C. today.
by Lily Meyer

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'The Undying' catalogs the unceasing losses of a breast cancer diagnosis

'The Undying' catalogs the unceasing losses of a breast cancer diagnosis

Arriving the year before an election that could set healthcare and disability policy for decades, Anne Boyer's memoir warns us of the human costs of any system that prioritizes profit over lives.
by Sascha Cohen

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Amitav Ghosh: 'The world of fact is outrunning the world of fiction'

Amitav Ghosh: 'The world of fact is outrunning the world of fiction'

Ghosh's latest book, Gun Island, is a modern retelling of a Bengali myth. He believes old legends have a lot to teach us about how to think about the catastrophic effects of climate change.
by Ari Shapiro

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Reporters dig into Justice Kavanaugh's past, allegations of misconduct against him

Reporters dig into Justice Kavanaugh's past, allegations of misconduct against him

A new book by The New York Times' Robin Pogrebin and Kate Kelly extends the investigation into the SCOTUS justice's history, chases down sexual misconduct allegations and considers his years since.
by Terry Gross

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In 'Wildhood,' scientists see similarities in adolescent humans and other animals

In 'Wildhood,' scientists see similarities in adolescent humans and other animals

Understanding the lives of animals can illuminate our own — and those of loved adolescents too. But authors Barbara Natterson-Horowitz and Kathryn Bowers at times push cross-species links too far.
by Barbara J. King

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Fall books for your must-read list

Fall books for your must-read list

Fall brings big books. MPR’s Kerri Miller, Stephanie Curtis and Tracy Mumford share the titles on their must-read lists this season.
by MPR News Staff

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3 crackling young adult reads to welcome fall

3 crackling young adult reads to welcome fall

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.
by Caitlyn Paxson

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'The Divers' Game' depicts an unimaginably unjust, all too believably cruel

'The Divers' Game' depicts an unimaginably unjust, all too believably cruel

In author Jesse Ball's universe, which runs too closely parallel to our own, human worth has been reduced, negated, argued out of existence. But it has left an echo, one with a haunting symphony.
by Jason Heller

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