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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.

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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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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.

Characters shine in powerful, dreamy 'The World Doesn't Require You'

Characters shine in powerful, dreamy 'The World Doesn't Require You'

Rion Amilcar Scott's second story collection returns readers to his fictional town of Cross River, Md., site of America's only successful slave uprising, and God is one of the best-known residents.
by Michael Schaub

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'Going Dutch' is a charming, well-observed debut

'Going Dutch' is a charming, well-observed debut

James Gregor's novel about a gay man who falls into an intense relationship with a woman mixes old-fashioned style and contemporary setting. His observations on human nature are precisely rendered.
by Ilana Masad

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A perfect summer book, 'Late Migrations' reminds us of life's beauty and fragility

A perfect summer book, 'Late Migrations' reminds us of life's beauty and fragility

Margaret Renkl's vivid and original essays capture the cycle of life in a new book that will make you want to stay put, reread and savor everything about the moment.
by Maureen Corrigan

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'Into the Planet' captures cave diving's mortal risks — and all its glory

'Into the Planet' captures cave diving's mortal risks — and all its glory

Jill Heinerth's memoir leads with her thoughts as she wonders if she will die underwater, setting the tone for an honest and engaging book about life as one of the world's top cave divers.
by Gabino Iglesias

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'The Outlaw Ocean': A forgotten frontier where slavery and illegal activities abound

'The Outlaw Ocean': A forgotten frontier where slavery and illegal activities abound

Ian Urbina combines stellar investigative reporting skills and straightforward writing to convey what lies on the other side of the ocean — opposite cruise-ship vacations to beautiful beaches.
by Gabino Iglesias

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'Floating Coast' reads like a eulogy to the natural world — with a sliver of hope

'Floating Coast' reads like a eulogy to the natural world — with a sliver of hope

The triumph of this book is how Bathsheba Demuth pulls seemingly disparate threads together into a net of actions and consequences from which the whales, the Yupik, and our children can't escape.
by Genevieve Valentine

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