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The Thread® - Books and Literary News

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

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Sign up for The Thread newsletter to get reading recommendations from Kerri Miller and other bookworms around the MPR newsroom. Sam Stroozas rounds up local events and Minnesota book news you may have missed.

Ask a Bookseller

Ask a Bookseller is a weekly series where host Emily Bright 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 and produced by Kelly Gordon every Friday at 11 a.m., featuring conversations about books and other literary ideas. Listen to Big Books and Bold Ideas here.

Talking Volumes

Talking Volumes is an annual event series featuring notable authors in conversation about their new books. Presented by MPR News and The Minnesota Star Tribune.

What to read in a time of isolation

What to read in a time of isolation

In times of isolation, a good book may be your closest companion. We explore fiction to turn to during challenging and isolating times.
by Kerri Miller, Marcheta Fornoff and Breann Schossow

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'Tigers, Not Daughters' is haunting — with or without a ghost

'Tigers, Not Daughters' is haunting — with or without a ghost

In Samantha Mabry's new novel, three prickly sisters are haunted, maybe literally, by their fourth, who's died in an accident. She has a message for them, but they may be too sunk in grief to hear it.
by Caitlyn Paxson

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New York comes alive — literally — in 'The City We Became'

New York comes alive — literally — in 'The City We Became'

Three-time Hugo Award winner N.K. Jemisin turns her attention to our world in her new book — or at least, a version of our world in which cities can be born in human form to fight evil.
by Steve Mullis

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In 'The Glass Hotel,' the disasters are smaller but still disruptive

In 'The Glass Hotel,' the disasters are smaller but still disruptive

Emily St. John Mandel's powerful new novel follows a troubled brother and sister who get involved with a crooked hotel magnate whose Ponzi scheme destroys the lives of his investors.
by Michael Schaub

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The Thread: Fiction about islands during a time of isolation

The Thread: Fiction about islands during a time of isolation

In this week’s edition of The Thread, host Kerri Miller kicks off a monthlong series, “Fiction in a time of isolation,” with three novels that celebrate sunny — and solitary — island life.
by Kerri Miller

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'American Poison' aims to show how race is at the root of U.S. problems

'American Poison' aims to show how race is at the root of U.S. problems

Journalist Eduardo Porter has written a book that cuts to the root of racism, tracing it from slavery, Jim Crow, and segregation — and bringing it to today — with unblinking honesty and facts.
by Gabino Iglesias

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Under the quirk, 'Hearts Of Oak' beats with a thoughtful pulse

Under the quirk, 'Hearts Of Oak' beats with a thoughtful pulse

Eddie Robson's slim but punchy new novel is set in an unnamed city, made mostly of wood. The city has a King. The King talks to a cat. It's a gem of offbeat weirdness — with a deeply thoughtful core.
by Jason Heller

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'They're odd and they're eerie': A story collection not to miss

'They're odd and they're eerie': A story collection not to miss

Even as bookstores close for public browsing, many are still serving up orders — and reading recommendations.

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'The Mountains Sing' a song of many voices

'The Mountains Sing' a song of many voices

Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai's new novel is a luminous, complex family saga that stretches across decades of Vietnamese history, from the French colonial period, through war and upheaval to the present day.
by Thúy Đinh

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