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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.

Kids these Days ... are reading Nietzsche in the 'Burbs'

Kids these Days ... are reading Nietzsche in the 'Burbs'

It's easy to make fun of disgruntled teenagers, but in his funny new “Nietzsche and the Burbs,” author Lars Iyer depicts them accurately and with real sensitivity, never mocking or condescending.
by Michael Schaub

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Librarian Nancy Pearl shares 4 fantastic books for the end of 2019

Librarian Nancy Pearl shares 4 fantastic books for the end of 2019

Our go-to librarian says there are plenty of readers who find that "fiction gives you the truth of history and nonfiction gives you the facts." With that in mind, she shares some new titles.
by Nancy Pearl

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Sprawling 'Revisionaries' impresses and exasperates in equal measures

Sprawling 'Revisionaries' impresses and exasperates in equal measures

A.R. Moxon's surreal, inexplicable novel is a literary puzzle box that takes place across at least four levels of reality, in at least five typefaces — and yet, it's compulsively readable.
by Amal El-Mohtar

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In 'Parker Looks Up,' a 2-year-old shares a moment with Michelle Obama

In 'Parker Looks Up,' a 2-year-old shares a moment with Michelle Obama

In 2018, a photo of Parker Curry looking at a portrait of Michelle Obama went viral. Within a week, she got to meet the first lady. Parker tells the story in a new book she co-authored with her mom.
by Samantha Balaban

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'Reverie' dreams outside the box

'Reverie' dreams outside the box

Ryan LaSala's new novel imagines a world where people get swept up in dangerous, all-encompassing dreams — and only a damaged, anmesiac kid and his friends have the power to fight them.
by Caitlyn Paxson

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'This Book Is Not For You' -- but it is

'This Book Is Not For You' -- but it is

This book is almost impossible to describe without revealing too much, according to bookseller Sarah Wilson: “It’s very intriguing, it’s got a very dark, humorous edge to it.”
by Tracy Mumford

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Got a young reader on your holiday gift list? Here are some options

Got a young reader on your holiday gift list? Here are some options

Are you shopping for gifts for that special child or teenager in your life? How about a book? On Friday, MPR News host Angela Davis was joined by two local children’s book experts. They offered up some of the best titles for kids and teens this holiday season.
by Jim Bickal, Mike Moen, Angela Davis and Karen Zamora

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