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

Tickets are now available for our 26th season. Join award-winning journalist and MPR News host Kerri Miller (and special guest host Catharine Richart) as they talk with authors including Stacey Abrams, Patricia Lockwood, Misty Copeland, John Grisham, and Kate Baer. 

'Lab Girl': An illuminating memoir of a woman in science

'Lab Girl': An illuminating memoir of a woman in science

Hope Jahren was raised in Austin, Minn., where she escaped to the cornfields as a teenager. Her fascination with plants has continued ever since, to her current role as a geobiology professor at the University of Hawaii.
by MPR News Staff

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'The Dream Life of Astronauts' is a journey to emotional deep space

'The Dream Life of Astronauts' is a journey to emotional deep space

Patrick Ryan's book of short stories is set around Cape Canaveral, Fla., during the 1960s and '70s. Critic Maureen Corrigan says it's the best new short story collection she's read in light years.
by Maureen Corrigan

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Two brilliantly written novels from Mexico head up a wave of literary talent

Two brilliantly written novels from Mexico head up a wave of literary talent

Critic John Powers says there's a boom in good fiction emerging from Mexico. He recommends "Among Strange Victims," by Daniel Saldaña París, and "The Transmigration of Bodies," by Yuri Herrera.
by John Powers

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'I write about awful people,' says Gay Talese

'I write about awful people,' says Gay Talese

"I'm a little bit drawn to what is forbidden," Talese adds, and he draws readers along with him in his latest book, "The Voyeur's Motel," based on the journals of an innkeeper who spied on his guests.

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