Podcasts about books we love

Have you tucked into a romance novel lately? If not, you might be in the minority of readers. Romance sales are soaring. Last year, they grew twice as fast as the rest of the fiction market. In the past, the genre’s commercial value was widely accepted - romance books have always been big sellers. But now, its literary merit is being recognized, too. So this Valentine’s Day, there’s more reason than ever to find love in a stack of books. And we won’t leave you hunting. GUESTS: Charlie Hunts, owner of Charlie’s Queer Books in Seattle Ren Rice, owner of The Romance Era Bookstore in Vancouver, WA Jenna Zarzycki, a librarian with the King County public library system. RELATED LINKS: NPR producer shares her pick of romance novels from our annual Books We Love list — KUOW A surprising genre of romance novels is gaining popularity — KUOW The Romance Era Bookshop Charlie’s Queer Books Thank you to the supporters of KUOW. You help make this show possible! If you want to help out, go to kuow.org/donate/soundsidenotes. Soundside is a production of KUOW in Seattle, a proud member of the NPR Network.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

I recently posted a question on Facebook. The question was, “What is a book you have read, where you can honestly look back and say that after you read it, you made a tangible life-change for the better? What is the book, and what was the change?” About 75 people shared around 60 books. They could easily testify to the knowledge they received from the books, but very few could specify the change they made as a result. I have some thoughts on this. Sign up for your $1/month trial period at shopify.com/kevin Go to shipstation.com and use code KEVIN to start your free trial. Get 20% off your first probiotic membership order at pendulumlife.com/drivesyou Go to cozyearth.com/driven and use code DRIVEN for an exclusive 40% discount Use my promo code WHATDRIVESYOU for 10% off on any CleanMyMac's subscription plans Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The "Sound of Ideas" is sharing some of their favorite segments from 2024, and among those were conversations with Ketanji Brown Jackson, Amy Tan, and a discussion about NPR's "Books We Love."

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Welcome back to Espresso Epilogues, a podcast where two besties talk about books over coffee. Today we're bringing you guys some of our favorite nonfiction books, and honestly there's something here for everyone. Favorite philosophy books, memoirs, books about the world, and more -- this episode has range and we hope you find something you like. Thank you for listening! Connect with us on ⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠ for memes and other good things ;) For partnerships, ideas or feedback: espressoepilogues@gmail.com

This week on SouthBound, we are replaying host Tommy Tomlinson's 2023 conversation with photographer Kate Medley. Her book “Thank You Please Come Again,” about gas station food in the South, was just named one of NPR's "Books We Love" for 2024.

NPR's host of "Book of the Day" AndrewLimbong joins to talk about the 2024 edition of "Books We Love" as well as how the app can be the perfect gift finder for the readers on your list. Plus we take listener calls to recommend their favorites.

Host Lauren Korn speaks with Andrew Limbong about NPR's 2024 interactive book list of staff favorites, “Books We Love.”

Host Lauren Korn speaks with Andrew Limbong about NPR's 2024 interactive book list of staff favorites, “Books We Love.”

The 2024 edition of Books We Love is here. Each year, NPR staffers and critics submit their favorite reads of the year across genres. Those selections are compiled into a reading guide, where you can sort by filters, including Book Club Ideas, The States We're In, Rather Short or Rather Long. In today's episode, NPR's Andrew Limbong and Steve Inskeep discuss some of the 350+ books chosen by staff this year, including their own picks.To listen to Book of the Day sponsor-free and support NPR's book coverage, sign up for Book of the Day+ at plus.npr.org/bookofthedayLearn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

CapRadio releases audited 2024 financial reports, revealing $10M in debt and its repayment plans. Also, how charitable donations help wield political power. Finally, NPR's annual “Books We Love.” CapRadio Releases 2024 Audit

Please welcome author Ronni Diamondstein to this episode of “Getting to the Heart of Why We Write!”

Join us for an episode that is bound to add to your never-ending TBR list. This week we've got books from each color of the rainbow, so grab your notebook to add these incredible novels to your list! Please give us a follow on the socials @ MissWillasBookClubPod and leave us a review! Books mentioned: Red: The Fragile Threads of Power by V.E. Schwab The Holdout by Graham Moore A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas Orange: Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros Love Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood Yellow: The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon Recursion by Blake Crouch Gold: Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J Maas Green: The Memory of Babel by Christelle Dabos Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson A Forbidden Fate by Kaven Hirning Blue: A Fate Inked in Blood by Danielle Jensen A Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein Purple: A Shadow Crown by Melissa Blair Ink Bood Sister Scribe by Emma Torzs Between Wrath and Mercy by Jess Wisecup White: Ruthless Vows by Rebecca Ross The Poppy War by RF Kuang Black: My Dark Beast by Olivia Wildenstein Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/misswillasbookclub/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/misswillasbookclub/support

This is the first of three episodes inspired by the incredible time we had at Fated Mates Live in Brooklyn. During the event (which was so so fun we love every single one of you who came!), we asked guests Nikki Payne, Kate Clayborn and Lauren Billings of Christina Lauren to choose an interstitial topic they would like us to tackle on the show. Lauren chose a great one: Exceptions to our rules, meaning…tropes we don't care for that are done really really well. So! This one is for everyone who's ever asked Jen for Secret Baby or Virgin Heroes and anyone who's ever asked Sarah for Friends to Lovers or Spies. We talk about the books that make us go…not that…but maybe that? We also want to thank the following publishers and authors for their incredible generosity in making sure that almost every attendee of the Live went home with a romance novel. We are so lucky to share Romancelandia with you: Avon Books, Ballantine Books, Blue Box Press, Dell, Grand Central/Forever, Gallery Books, Lauren Blakely, LJ Evans, Pippa Grant, Ana Huang, Parker S. Huntington & LJ Shen, Elle Kennedy, Avery Maxwell, Ava Miles, Max Monroe, Kathryn Nolan, Amari Nylix, Meghan Quinn, Piper Rayne, P Rayne, Stephanie Rose, Lucy Score, & TL Swan.Photo credits: Stephanie KeithShow NotesWe had the very best time at Fated Mates Live, and it wouldn't have been nearly as fun without Lauren being there. Christina Lauren's newest book, The Paradise Problem, is out May 14th. Preorder it now, and check out their tour schedule to go see them (they're even more terrific in person) when they're near you!Solar eclipses are very cool, and Jen really should have gone home…. as it turns out, 95% is not anything like 100%! If you have the chance, you should go get in that path of totality. Jen's brother Erik was at his office rooftop in downtown Cleveland and saw people getting married, and also took a very cool video at totality. New York earthquake twitter was pretty funny, too. Jen, staunchly anti- virgin heroes since 2018.Kevin Costner's speech about luck from Bull Durham. The book about women in the CIA is called The Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA by Liza Mundy.

NPR's Books We Love is a roundup of favorite books of the year, sorted and tagged to help you find exactly what you're looking for. From the meet cutes to the happy endings and through all the ups and downs in between, we're recommending great books for people who love love and romance.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

Wondering where to find more information about cleansing and fasting? Tune into this Mini Drop episode! In today's episode of the Well Drop Podcast, we delve into a few books we love. These books have impacted our mental and physical health, and we want to share all of this valuable information with you. We also discuss transgenerational trauma and the important process of working through it and releasing it. During this conversation, we also talk through hormones, fasting, and its effect on the female cycle. Overall, this episode offers guidance on reading material that can enhance your health knowledge. What we discuss: The Clarity Cleanse Transgenerational traumaFast Like A Girl Tips for reading moreFind more from Dina and Amber:Website: www.thewelldrop.comInstagram: www.instagram.com/thewelldrop

Lily Brooks-Dalton is the bestselling author of The Light Pirate, which was the runner-up for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, a #1 Indie Next pick, a Good Morning America Book Club selection, one of NPR's "Books We Love," and a New York Times Editors' Pick. Her previous novel, Good Morning, Midnight, which was the inspiration for the film adaptation The Midnight Sky and her memoir, Motorcycles I've Loved, was a finalist for the Oregon Book Award. Her work has been translated into 18 languages. A former writer-in-residence at The Kerouac House and The Studios of Key West, she currently lives in Los Angeles. We talked about writing climate fiction, making time to feel grief, pacing the story so that hope only comes after a proper time to mourn, listening to intuition, remaking the world after catastrophe, magic, and literary structure.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

NPR's Books We Love is a roundup of favorite books of the year, sorted and tagged to help you find exactly what you're looking for. Today, we're highlighting books about show business, including a memoir, a history of the Oscars, and a biography about two iconic film critics.

It's the most wonderful time of the year: Books We Love season! In today's episode, Pop Culture Happy Hour host Linda Holmes and our own Andrew Limbong sit down to chat about some of the best books they read in 2023. From Ringmaster — a biography of former WWE chairman and CEO Vince McMahon — to Prom Mom, a thriller about teenage exes looking back on their very dangerous past, Linda and Andrew find unexpected common ground in the bigger themes behind their respective selections.

NPR's Books We Love is a roundup of favorite books of the year, sorted and tagged to help you find exactly what you're looking for. Recommendations come in from critics and contributors and today, we're highlighting picks from NPR staff.

NPR's Books We Love tool helps readers find great new releases. And revisiting a conversation about homelessness around the state.

POLITICO'S “California Playbook” joins us with the latest in state politics. Plus, the number of evictions in California remains high across large counties. Finally, NPR's 2023 “Books We Love” selections. ‘California Playbook' , co-author of POLITICO's California Playbook, discusses the latest in state politics including California congressional retirements, how the Israel-Hamas war is creating divisions within the Democratic Party, as well as an upcoming debate this week between Gov. Gavin Newsom and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.   Evictions on the Rise The number of Californians facing eviction was relatively low during a statewide moratorium put in place during the pandemic. In the year after it ended, Calmatters found that cases soared and still remain high in large counties, despite a nearly decade-long trend of declining evictions. Calmatters reporter Jeanne Kuang joins Insight to discuss the reasons underlying the spike, what the situation looks like in the greater Sacramento region, and the implications for both landlords and tenants. NPR's 2023 ‘Books We Love' For those who enjoy a new book, there is help to relieve the choice paralysis while combing through a bookstore. For the past decade, NPR has curated its “Books We Love,” an interactive reading guide based on staff and critics' selections of their top picks of the year. And the 2023 edition is now live. There are nearly 400 books to choose from, which can feel intimidating, but you can mix and match genre tags to find the right book. Andrew Limbong is NPR's Arts Desk Reporter, and host of the “Book We Love” podcast, and talks about this year's Books We Love selections.  

Host Lauren Korn speaks with Andrew Limbong about NPR's interactive book list of staff favorites, “Books We Love.”

Host Lauren Korn speaks with Andrew Limbong about NPR's interactive book list of staff favorites, “Books We Love.”

Back for its 11th year, Books We Love curates NPR staff and critics' favorite books of the year. You can discover your next great read or find the perfect gift for a literary loved one using our interactive guide. With more than 380 books to choose from, you can filter your search with various tags, including "Book Club Ideas," "Seriously Great Writing," and "Staff Picks." In today's episode, Andrew Limbong speaks with All Things Considered host Ari Shapiro about some of the beloved books compiled in Books We Love 2023.

Beth Golay & Suzanne Perez speak with NPR's Andrew Limbong about this year's Books We Love.

Perdita Finn is the co-founder with her husband Clark Strand of the nondenominational international fellowship called The Way of the Rose. Perdita and Clark were guests on the Spirituality+Health Podcast a few years ago to discuss their book The Way of the Rose: The Radical Path of the Divine Feminine Hidden in the Rosary. Perdita has studied with many spiritual teachers and has apprenticed with the psychic Suzan Saxman, with whom she wrote a book called The Reluctant Psychic. Perdita's new book is Take Back the Magic: Conversations With the Unseen World, included in the 2023 Books We Love feature in our September/October issue. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Perdita Finn is the co-founder with her husband Clark Strand of the nondenominational international fellowship called The Way of the Rose. Perdita and Clark were guests on the Spirituality+Health Podcast a few years ago to discuss their book The Way of the Rose: The Radical Path of the Divine Feminine Hidden in the Rosary. Perdita has studied with many spiritual teachers and has apprenticed with the psychic Suzan Saxman, with whom she wrote a book called The Reluctant Psychic. Perdita's new book is Take Back the Magic: Conversations With the Unseen World, included in the 2023 Books We Love feature in our September/October issue. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Norman Rosenthal is a world-renowned psychiatrist and best-selling author who was the first person to describe seasonal affective disorder (SAD) and to pioneer the use of light therapy in its treatment. He did this during his 20 years at the National Institute of Mental Health. Dr. Rosenthal's newest book (which was featured in our Sept/Oct 2023 Books We Love feature) is Defeating SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder): A Guide to Health and Happiness Through All Seasons. You can also read his essay “How Meditation Can Help Combat Seasonal Affective Disorder” on spiritualityhealth.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Norman Rosenthal is a world-renowned psychiatrist and best-selling author who was the first person to describe seasonal affective disorder (SAD) and to pioneer the use of light therapy in its treatment. He did this during his 20 years at the National Institute of Mental Health. Dr. Rosenthal's newest book (which was featured in our Sept/Oct 2023 Books We Love feature) is Defeating SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder): A Guide to Health and Happiness Through All Seasons. You can also read his essay “How Meditation Can Help Combat Seasonal Affective Disorder” on spiritualityhealth.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. David Rosmarin is an associate professor at Harvard Medical School, a program director at McLean Hospital, and founder of Center for Anxiety. He's an international expert on spirituality and mental health, and his work has been featured in Scientific American, the Boston Globe, the Wall Street Journal, and the New York Times. His new book, Thriving With Anxiety: 9 Tools to Make Your Anxiety Work for You, is featured in the Books We Love portion of the September/October 2023 issue of Spirituality+Health Magazine. You can learn more about his work at dhrosmarin.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. David Rosmarin is an associate professor at Harvard Medical School, a program director at McLean Hospital, and founder of Center for Anxiety. He's an international expert on spirituality and mental health, and his work has been featured in Scientific American, the Boston Globe, the Wall Street Journal, and the New York Times. His new book, Thriving With Anxiety: 9 Tools to Make Your Anxiety Work for You, is featured in the Books We Love portion of the September/October 2023 issue of Spirituality+Health Magazine. You can learn more about his work at dhrosmarin.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We know you read on your own. But we also know you read together. Today we're recommending some great books for your next book club.

Us? Not talk about an Ali Hazelwood book? NEVER GONNA HAPPEN.We LOVED Ali's latest enemies-to-lovers novel Love, Theoretically, which pits an experimental physicist against a theoretical physicist and trust us when we say that that combo is WAY hotter than you'd think. Elsie and Jack miiiight just be our new favorite STEMinist couple (no offense, Adam and Olive). Listen to find out why we think this is Ali's best book yet, all the ways in which we identified with Elsie, and what the best Twilight movie is (it's relevant, we swear).Love, Theoretically is on shelves now!

There's nothing as exciting as a great mystery or a thriller. The unreal and the all too real combine to give a good scare, with often something to say about the world. Today we're recommending some great mysteries and thrillers.

We've talked a lot recently about having a balance between enjoying your summer and preparing for the school year. If you're looking for an easy way to prepare and learn new strategies this summer, our favorite way to accomplish that is by reading a professional development book for teachers. To help you get started right away, we've compiled a list of books we think you'd enjoy.Find a list of all of our teacher professional development books here!For all the resources mentioned in this episode, head to the show notes:https://www.secondstorywindow.net/podcast/professional-development-for-teachersConnect with us on Instagram @2ndstorywindowShop our teacher-approved resourcesMentioned in this episode:Teacher TipsDo you have a teacher-approved tip you would like to share with our listeners? Send it to hello@secondstorywindow.net OR send us your tip in a voice recording at https://www.speakpipe.com/teacherapproved. We would love to feature your tip on an upcoming podcast episode!Join the waitlist for our NEW membership: https://www.secondstorywindow.net/waitlist

Love stories are close to many of our hearts. We want to swoon, maybe laugh and cry, we want that romance. Today we're recommending great books for people who love love stories.

Books can take you anywhere. Across oceans, across borders, to places you may have never seen. And those books are some of the ones that we treasure the most. Today we're recommending great books that take you around the world.

It's that time of year when all you can think about is “how long until summer vacation?” So how do you keep kids engaged? Find a book they love. How? We hear from a group of 4th graders in Los Angeles who have a few suggestions. Some are Book Club for Kids podcast episodes. Just click on the links: Dog Man - Dav Pilkey The Bad Guys - Aaron Blabey Harry Potter series - J.K Rowling The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane - Kate DiCamillo Ordinary People Change the World series The Witches - Roald Dahl Keeper of the Lost Cities - Shannon Messenger Land of Stories - Chris Colfer Thirst - Varsha Bajaj The Giver - Lois Lowry The Lightning Thief: Percy Jackson and the Olympians - Rick Riordan Baseball books Pig the Stinker - Aaron Blabey Wings of Fire (the graphic novel) - Tui T. Sutherland Wayside School series - Louis Sachar Big Ideas for Curious Minds: an Introduction to Philosophy Lots more book suggestions on our "Books We Love" page of the website. And check out Kids Radio LA, the podcast from the students at Atwater STEAM Elementary (and Mr. R!)     

NPR's Books We Love is full of stories. The feature rounds up fiction and nonfiction of many different kinds, and it gives you lots of ways to find what you might love, too. Today we're recommending great books for people who love show business, including a fictional take on a popular gossip Instagram account, a love story, and a memoir.

Looking for your next great read? These kids at the Orange County  Maker Faire have another shelf of suggestions! PS: it IS a Maker Faire, so host Kitty Felde talks to one young train enthusiast about his special invention. Book list at the Books We Love page of our website www.bookclubforkids.org.

On this episode we are celebrating black authors we love. We talk about Melissa and Kevin Fredericks who wrote "Marriage be Hard" and Khadeen and Devale Ellis who wrote "Me Over We."Get their book -  Marriage Be Hard : https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/679095/marriage-be-hard-by-kevin-and-melissa-fredericks/Get their book - Me Over We: https://bookshop.org/p/books/we-over-me-the-counterintuitive-approach-to-getting-everything-you-want-from-your-relationship-devale-ellis/18695380?ean=9780593577608You can watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/OalLOik_-qA About the hosts:Tabitha Brown is the world's favorite mom and auntie! She is an Emmy Nominated actress and show host, a 2 time New York Times Best Selling author and a 2 time NAACP Image Award winner. Follow Tabitha Brown: https://www.instagram.com/iamtabithabrown/https://www.iamtabithabrown.com/Chance Brown is a father, mentor, entrepreneur, and youth basketball coach. If you ask him, he'll tell you he is a professional human! Follow Chance Brown: https://www.instagram.com/teamchancebasketball/

NPR's Books We Love is full of stories. The feature rounds up fiction and nonfiction of many different kinds, and it gives you lots of ways to find what you might love, too. Today, we're diving into the category of nonfiction and highlighting some of our favorite picks.

NPR's Books We Love is full of stories. The feature rounds up fiction and nonfiction of many different kinds, and it gives you lots of ways to find what you might love, too. Today, we're diving into the category of realistic fiction – the stories that may not be literally true, but they feel true to the world that people encounter when they walk out the door.

Books We Love is a yearly labor of love here at NPR. Every year, the Books We Love team solicits recommendations from NPR staff and book critics and culls through them, creating an interactive reading guide you can use to find the perfect book for you or someone you love. Today, we're talking staff picks.

ABC News political director Rick Klein and NBC senior congressional reporter Scott Wong discuss the latest moves in the lame-duck Congress to avert a rail strike. And, this weekend, one of the NFL's most controversial players will step back onto the field. The Ringer's Lindsay Jones reminds us of the sexual assault allegations against Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson and what to expect. Then, Andrew Limbong, host of NPR's "Book of the Day" podcast, talks about NPR's Books We Love site, which has more than 400 suggestions for great reads from the staff at NPR.

The latest edition of NPR's Books We Love project rounded up hundreds of book recommendations from critics, writers and NPR journalists to try to give you just the read you're looking for. Today, we're giving recommendations for our favorite books about identity and culture.

NPR's annual Books We Love project rounded up hundreds of books that scratch whatever your reading itch might be. Today, we're going to talk about some of the nonfiction we loved.

The latest edition of NPR's Books We Love project rounded up hundreds of books to try to give you just the read you're looking for. Today, we're talking about some of the books we loved in 2021 about life in the United States, present and past.

The latest edition of NPR's Books We Love project rounded up hundreds of book recommendations from critics, writers and NPR journalists to try to give you just the read you're looking for. Today, we're talking about the love story.