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The Thread® - Books and Literary News

The Thread from MPR News

The Thread® is your source for book recommendations and other literary news.

Ask a Bookseller

Ask a Bookseller is a weekly series where The Thread checks in with booksellers around the country about their favorite books of the moment. Listen to Ask a Bookseller to find your next favorite book.

Big Books and Bold Ideas

Big Books and Bold Ideas is a weekly series hosted by Kerri Miller every Friday at 11 a.m., featuring conversations about books and other literary ideas. Listen to Big Books and Bold Ideas here.

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Sign up for The Thread newsletter to get reading recommendations from Kerri Miller and other bookworms around the MPR newsroom. Find reviews for new releases, as well as hidden gems you may have missed.

Talking Volumes

Talking Volumes is back for its 25th season. Join us at the Fitzgerald Theater for four special events with renowned authors, celebrating our anniversary with a special $25 ticket price for MPR members and Star Tribune subscribers. Buy tickets here.

'The Poet's House' is a droll coming-of-age story — and an absolute keeper of a novel

'The Poet's House' is a droll coming-of-age story — and an absolute keeper of a novel

Jean Thompson's novel follows an insecure young woman as she's drawn into a clique of poets. “The Poet's House” is a story about the corrosive power of shame and the primal fear of sounding stupid.
by Maureen Corrigan

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Here are the 14 books that NPR staff and critics are loving the most so far this year

Here are the 14 books that NPR staff and critics are loving the most so far this year

Every year, we ask NPR staff and contributors to tell us about their favorite books. From a list of 167 books so far this year, here are the 14 that the most people chose as their top pick.
by Miranda Mazariegos

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Novelist Jakob Guanzon on the divide between scarcity and 'Abundance'

Novelist Jakob Guanzon on the divide between scarcity and 'Abundance'

Can a life be measured in dollars and cents? That’s the question at the heart of Jakob Guanzon’s debut novel, “Abundance,” which follows a father and son living on the razor’s edge of poverty.
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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Ask a Bookseller: 'The Overnight Guest' is a suspenseful ride

Ask a Bookseller: 'The Overnight Guest' is a suspenseful ride

Heather Gudenkauf is both a New York Times Bestselling Novelist and a local favorite at the River Lights Bookstore in Dubuque, Iowa. River Lights bookseller Angela Kircher heartily recommends Gudenkauf’s newest thriller/mystery, “The Overnight Guest.” 
by Emily Bright

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Travel the world without leaving your home with these 10 books

Travel the world without leaving your home with these 10 books

From Lahore's red-light district and the streets of Mexico to a fantastical underwater land of Korean fable, here are some picks that can immerse you in worlds wholly unlike your own.
by Rachel Martin, Miranda Mazariegos and Maureen Pao

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Activist Robin Marty on her 'Handbook for a Post-Roe America'

Activist Robin Marty on her 'Handbook for a Post-Roe America'

Activist and writer Robin Marty feared being prescient when she published “Handbook for a Post-Roe America” in 2019. Now that we are here, she talks with host Kerri Miller about what abortion care will look like after the fall of Roe.
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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Ask a Bookseller: A summer thriller debut by a Twin Cities author

Ask a Bookseller: A summer thriller debut by a Twin Cities author

Jennifer Jubenville of the Bookstore at Fitger’s in Duluth says there’s nothing like a good thriller for a summer read, and she recommends checking out Joshua Moehling’s debut, “And There He Kept Her.”
by Emily Bright

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