Books

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Robinne Lee about her new novel, Crash Into Me. It's a multigenerational, multiracial story of a marriage at a crossroads and the complexity of life in the U.S.

A biography of Hannibal Lecter. A meditation on trees. A memoir by a child prodigy violinist. A treatise on the way we poop. These are just a few of the nonfiction books our NPR colleagues are enjoying.

Soundgarden guitarist Kim Thayil writes about the ascent of the first grunge band to sign with a major label and the death of lead singer Chris Cornell in his memoir, "A Screaming Life."

The novel is the first work translated from Mandarin Chinese to win the award, which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year.

The book centers around 13-year-old Jimmy, who's left reeling the summer after his mother dies.

From the Emotional Roller Coaster to the Worry-go-round, cartoonist Gemma Correll walks us through her brain's not-so-amusing amusement park in a darkly funny memoir.

The book comes out April 21.

"The Golden Compass" is the first book of what would become his best-selling fantasy trilogy, "His Dark Materials."

In 2019, 19-year-old Zac Brettler leapt towards the River Thames from a fifth-floor luxury apartment in central London. Patrick Radden Keefe investigates the story of the teen's double life in a new book.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with America's beloved late-night TV host Arsenio Hall who writes of the ups and downs of his remarkable career in his new memoir, "Arsenio."