Books

Virginia Evans' debut novel, The Correspondent, was a sleeper hit of 2025. The book tells the story of a divorced woman in her 70s through her letters to her friends, kids, loved ones and strangers.

Author and illustrator John Klassen

Quiara Alegría Hudes' novel was inspired by Siddhartha and other classic tales of men seeking enlightenment. It's about a mother in Philadelphia who buys a bus ticket, leaving her daughter behind.

Originally published under a pseudonym, Banville's Quirke mystery series follows a troubled Dublin coroner who dwells in the basement morgue of a hospital.

What does it feel like to truly own something? Children's book author and illustrator Jon Klassen is trying to give young children that feeling with a trilogy of board books. The first is Your Truck.

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with author Gabriel Tallent about his new novel Cruxand why not taking risks doesn't always guarantee a safety net.

The book follows the lives of a young American girl and a Tibetan boy, thought to be a reincarnated holy lama, as their stories slowly braid together.

Former Nickelodeon star Jennette McCurdy is out with her fiction debut "Half His Age," which tells the story of a teen girl who enters a sexual relationship with her teacher.

On the day Griffiths married author Salman Rushdie, her longtime best friend died unexpectedly. Eleven months later, Rushdie was stabbed multiple times while being interviewed on stage.

Journalist and author Josiah Hesse was raised an evangelical Christian in Mason City, Iowa. But he eventually left the church and the state.