Books

From our summer round-up of Books We Love, NPR staffers give recommendations for books they literally loved - all about romance.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Julia Riew about her book, "The Last Tiger." It's a fantasy inspired by her grandparents' lives during a dark period in Korea's history.

It centers around Daphne, a British-Jamaican girl growing up in 1980s London and her relationship with a Jamaican boy, Connie, who is in Britain illegally.

It was selected for Oprah Winfrey's book club and made into a film starring Oscar-winning actor Cillian Murphy.

The book uses humor to tell a story of a disintegrating marriage and a breast cancer diagnosis.

Chef David Nayfeld has been cooking with his kid since she was 2. In a new book, Dad, What's for Dinner?, he shares easy ways to involve kids in meal prep, and a weeknight recipe for meatballs.

Traci Thomas, host and creator of the podcast "The Stacks," shares audiobook suggestions of both classic and newer works.

With this debut novel of an immigrant torn between the U.S. and Nigeria, Esther Ifesinachi Okonkwo takes her place among the writers who have ably investigated the idea of home.

On Wild Card, well-known guests answer the kinds of questions we often think about but don't talk about. Author Jason Reynolds talks about the realities of caregiving for his aging mom.

New books published this week include a nostalgic graphic history of video games, a queer, complicated and hopeful novel set in Nigeria, and a biography of a forensic ornithologist.