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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.

Ask a bookseller: Prairie Lights in Iowa City

Ask a bookseller: Prairie Lights in Iowa City

Every week, The Thread checks in with booksellers around the country about their favorite books of the moment. This week, we have a recommendations for poetry and a haunting novel.
by Tracy Mumford

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A kitty leads a double life in Beatrix Potter's posthumously published tale

A kitty leads a double life in Beatrix Potter's posthumously published tale

The unfinished work is a curious afterword to Potter's beloved catalog. But perhaps the best thing about 'The Tale of Kitty-in-Boots' is that it will likely send readers back to Potter's original work.
by Maureen Corrigan

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In 'Ghost Talkers,' the spies are actual spooks

In 'Ghost Talkers,' the spies are actual spooks

Mary Robinette Kowal's new book imagines a version of World War I where mediums serve in the British Army, and newly dead soldiers are vital sources of information about what's happening at the front.
by Jason Sheehan

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If you lose everything you've written, start a new novel

If you lose everything you've written, start a new novel

Nathan Hill's novel "The Nix" is a mother-son story at heart, but it spins through everything from video games to Norwegian folklore, and the 1968 Chicago riots to the Occupy Wall Street movement.
by MPR News Staff

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