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From our summer round-up of Books We Love, NPR staffers give recommendations for books they literally loved - all about romance.
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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.
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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.
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It was selected for Oprah Winfrey's book club and made into a film starring Oscar-winning actor Cillian Murphy.
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The book uses humor to tell a story of a disintegrating marriage and a breast cancer diagnosis.
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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.
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Traci Thomas, host and creator of the podcast "The Stacks," shares audiobook suggestions of both classic and newer works.
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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.
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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.
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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.