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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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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.

'Permanent Record' captures the confusing moments between adolescence and adulthood

'Permanent Record' captures the confusing moments between adolescence and adulthood

Mary H.K. Choi has a gift for creating characters so complex and real that they jump right off the page — like the eccentrically named Pablo Neruda Rind, aimless hero of her new Permanent Record.
by Caitlyn Paxson

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A gateway to Greek mythology

“I rarely use the word ‘beautiful’ for fiction,” said bookseller Lillian Schmid. “But this is just really a beautiful novel.”
by Tracy Mumford

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Hear Margaret Atwood read from 'The Testaments,' her sequel to 'The Handmaid's Tale'

Hear Margaret Atwood read from 'The Testaments,' her sequel to 'The Handmaid's Tale'

In this recording, exclusive to NPR, Atwood returns to the world of The Handmaid's Tale, reading from her long-awaited sequel. Some 15 years after the first book, it introduces a few new voices.
by Petra Mayer

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For many authors, celebrity book clubs are a ticket to success

For many authors, celebrity book clubs are a ticket to success

Booksellers often talk about discoverability — the ability to help readers find books publishers want them to buy. And increasingly, celebrity book clubs are a way to get books into readers' hands.
by Lynn Neary

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'The Testaments' takes us back to Gilead for a fast-paced, female-centered adventure

'The Testaments' takes us back to Gilead for a fast-paced, female-centered adventure

Margaret Atwood's long-awaited sequel to The Handmaid's Tale brings readers new voices (and one familiar one) and a whole new view of Gilead, the dystopian theocracy that was once the United States.
by Danielle Kurtzleben

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Margaret Atwood, Salman Rushdie headline 2019 Booker Prize shortlist

Margaret Atwood, Salman Rushdie headline 2019 Booker Prize shortlist

Atwood made the list for her sequel to The Handmaid's Tale, and Rushdie for his reimagining of Don Quixote. Chigozie Obioma, Elif Shafak, Lucy Ellmann and Bernardine Evaristo round out the finalists.
by Colin Dwyer

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