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On reading EVERY VALLEY by Charles King, Nicole Lacroix "was transported to the 18th Century and the Enlightenment—an epic journey with characters that feel as vivid and dramatic as those in fiction. It was like reading The Count of Monte Cristo or Dickens’ Bleak House." weta.org/fm/classical...
A Riveting Read on the Creation of Handel’s Messiah
Nicole Lacroix speaks with Charles King, author of Every Valley: The Desperate Lives and Troubled Times That Made Handel's Messiah, an epic journey behind Handel's Messiah.
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November 25, 2025 at 4:47 PM
On reading EVERY VALLEY by Charles King, Nicole Lacroix "was transported to the 18th Century and the Enlightenment—an epic journey with characters that feel as vivid and dramatic as those in fiction. It was like reading The Count of Monte Cristo or Dickens’ Bleak House." weta.org/fm/classical...
KING OF KINGS by Scott Anderson is "a cautionary tale, offering a window onto gross foreign policy missteps on the part of the United States that continue to reverberate to this day." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/b...
100 Notable Books of 2025
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November 25, 2025 at 3:14 PM
KING OF KINGS by Scott Anderson is "a cautionary tale, offering a window onto gross foreign policy missteps on the part of the United States that continue to reverberate to this day." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/b...
One of our favorite gift-guides of the season is here! It's time for @npr.org "Books We Love" apps.npr.org/best-books/#...
Books We Love
Here are 380+ great reads from 2025 handpicked just for you by NPR staffers and trusted critics.
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November 24, 2025 at 4:44 PM
One of our favorite gift-guides of the season is here! It's time for @npr.org "Books We Love" apps.npr.org/best-books/#...
SECOND LIFE by @amandahess.bsky.social is named one of Audible's 10 best books on wellness of 2025! www.audible.com/blog/article...
The 10 best well-being books of 2025
From step-by-step guidance on overcoming obstacles, to fresh and empowering methods for achieving your goals, these are 2025's best listens for well-being.
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November 21, 2025 at 8:18 PM
SECOND LIFE by @amandahess.bsky.social is named one of Audible's 10 best books on wellness of 2025! www.audible.com/blog/article...
Looking for a gift for the basketball fan in your life? A HOLLYWOOD ENDING by @yaronweitzman.bsky.social has "plenty to dish" on the LeBron Lakers! via @wsj.com www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
Holiday Gift Books: Sports
After the game is over, reading to keep a fan’s flame alive.
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November 21, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Looking for a gift for the basketball fan in your life? A HOLLYWOOD ENDING by @yaronweitzman.bsky.social has "plenty to dish" on the LeBron Lakers! via @wsj.com www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
"This extensively reported account chronicles the at times turbulent, at times triumphant partnership between these two icons...Weitzman’s insights extend beyond the team’s road to victory." @newyorker.com on A HOLLYWOOD ENDING by @yaronweitzman.bsky.social. www.newyorker.com/best-books-2...
What We’re Reading
Reviews of notable new fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.
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November 20, 2025 at 9:38 PM
"This extensively reported account chronicles the at times turbulent, at times triumphant partnership between these two icons...Weitzman’s insights extend beyond the team’s road to victory." @newyorker.com on A HOLLYWOOD ENDING by @yaronweitzman.bsky.social. www.newyorker.com/best-books-2...
We were all obsessed with MY SISTER, THE SERIAL KILLER! In her new book, CURSED DAUGHTERS, author Oyin Braithwaite goes even deeper, crafting an unforgettable story of first loves and family secrets. Watch her on the @todayshow.com: www.today.com/video/-curse...
Oyinkan Braithwaite Talks Motivation to Write ‘Cursed Daughters’
Author Oyinkan Braithwaite joins TODAY’s Jenna Bush Hager and guest co-host Olivia Munn to talk about her Read with Jenna pick “Cursed Daughters” and what motivated her to write it. Then, she answers ...
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November 20, 2025 at 4:32 PM
We were all obsessed with MY SISTER, THE SERIAL KILLER! In her new book, CURSED DAUGHTERS, author Oyin Braithwaite goes even deeper, crafting an unforgettable story of first loves and family secrets. Watch her on the @todayshow.com: www.today.com/video/-curse...
EVERY VALLEY by Charles King is being adapted for the screen by Christopher Hampton! Read more from Deadline:
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Oscar-Winning Screenwriter Christopher Hampton Adapting Charles King Book ‘Every Valley’ On Origins Of Handel’s ‘Messiah’ For Walden Media
An 'Every Valley' feature adaptation penned by Christopher Hampton and produced by Walden Media is in development.
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November 20, 2025 at 3:18 PM
EVERY VALLEY by Charles King is being adapted for the screen by Christopher Hampton! Read more from Deadline:
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"Filled with liberating accounts of the varied responses to violence, [GIRLS PLAY DEAD] cracked open chambers of my hardened heart." @kyledillonhertz.bsky.social talks to @jenpercy.bsky.social author of GIRLS PLAY DEAD for @interviewmagazine.com.web.brid.gy www.interviewmagazine.com/literature/w...
What Jen Percy Discovered About Sexual Violence While Writing "Girls Play Dead"
Earlier this month, the National Magazine Award-winning writer joined us to discuss her new book, a comprehensive investigation into peoples' physical responses to sexual violence.
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November 19, 2025 at 8:47 PM
"Filled with liberating accounts of the varied responses to violence, [GIRLS PLAY DEAD] cracked open chambers of my hardened heart." @kyledillonhertz.bsky.social talks to @jenpercy.bsky.social author of GIRLS PLAY DEAD for @interviewmagazine.com.web.brid.gy www.interviewmagazine.com/literature/w...
@yaronweitzman.bsky.social, author of A HOLLYWOOD ENDING, joins The Right Time with Bomani Jones to talk Lakers & LeBron: youtu.be/Dh6OPgBUMxU?...
LeBron's Bizarre relationship with the Lakers, how will his time in Los Angeles end? | Bomani Jones
YouTube video by The Right Time with Bomani Jones
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November 19, 2025 at 7:37 PM
@yaronweitzman.bsky.social, author of A HOLLYWOOD ENDING, joins The Right Time with Bomani Jones to talk Lakers & LeBron: youtu.be/Dh6OPgBUMxU?...
"Tupac Shakur was a deeply political artist, shaped by the radical left-wing traditions of black America. A new biography finally does justice to this side of his life and work." @jacobinmagazin.bsky.social on WORDS FOR MY COMRADES by @deanvannguyen.bsky.social jacobin.com/2025/11/tupa... 🔥
Tupac Shakur Was Forged in a Revolutionary Political Culture
Tupac Shakur was a deeply political artist, shaped by the radical left-wing traditions of black America. A new biography finally does justice to this side of his life and work.
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November 19, 2025 at 3:34 PM
"Tupac Shakur was a deeply political artist, shaped by the radical left-wing traditions of black America. A new biography finally does justice to this side of his life and work." @jacobinmagazin.bsky.social on WORDS FOR MY COMRADES by @deanvannguyen.bsky.social jacobin.com/2025/11/tupa... 🔥
Congratulations, Maria Reva! Her novel ENDLING wins the Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Prize for fiction: www.cbc.ca/books/maria-...
Maria Reva, Leanne Betasamosake Simpson among 2025 Writers' Trust literary prize winners | CBC Books
More than $375,000 was given out across seven prizes, recognizing fiction, non-fiction and poetry.
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November 18, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Congratulations, Maria Reva! Her novel ENDLING wins the Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Prize for fiction: www.cbc.ca/books/maria-...
Weijian Shan recommends STRANGERS IN THE LAND by @michaelluo.bsky.social via @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
The 82 Books That Top Business Leaders Couldn’t Put Down
Our annual list of what powerful people across the globe found essential reading this year.
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November 18, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Weijian Shan recommends STRANGERS IN THE LAND by @michaelluo.bsky.social via @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Lovingly scrolling the Kirkus reviews best nonfiction of 2025! 😍 Featuring: KING OF KINGS by Scott Anderson, STRANGERS IN THE LAND by @michaelluo.bsky.social, BOOK OF LIVES by Margaret Atwood, GIRLS PLAY DEAD by @jenpercy.bsky.social, and MORE: www.kirkusreviews.com/best-of/2025...
Best of 2025 | Kirkus Reviews
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November 18, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Lovingly scrolling the Kirkus reviews best nonfiction of 2025! 😍 Featuring: KING OF KINGS by Scott Anderson, STRANGERS IN THE LAND by @michaelluo.bsky.social, BOOK OF LIVES by Margaret Atwood, GIRLS PLAY DEAD by @jenpercy.bsky.social, and MORE: www.kirkusreviews.com/best-of/2025...
Need help finding a holiday gift? @nytimes.com recommends the Pentecost & Parker series by Stephen Spotswood for readers who love historical thrillers! www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Let Us Help You Find Your Next Book: Historical Fiction
Whether you're looking for a classic or the latest and greatest, start here.
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November 17, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Need help finding a holiday gift? @nytimes.com recommends the Pentecost & Parker series by Stephen Spotswood for readers who love historical thrillers! www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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BOOK REVIEW: Born to Run or Not to Run? The Pivotal Crossroad for a Conflicted Rock Star
Biographer Peter Ames Carlin latest book explores one of the most pivotal moments in Bruce Springsteen’s career by Dave Anthony, Host, Garage to Stadiums music history podcast
“I have seen rock and...
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November 10, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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“This is a #book that will make you see the world quite differently—while also eliciting gasps of recognition. Passionate, erudite and punchy, #Prophecy will linger long in the memory.”
—Tim Harford @timharford.ft.com, author of The Data Detective
—Tim Harford @timharford.ft.com, author of The Data Detective
November 17, 2025 at 10:35 AM
“This is a #book that will make you see the world quite differently—while also eliciting gasps of recognition. Passionate, erudite and punchy, #Prophecy will linger long in the memory.”
—Tim Harford @timharford.ft.com, author of The Data Detective
—Tim Harford @timharford.ft.com, author of The Data Detective
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Drumrolls, please! I’m thrilled to share the cover for my forthcoming #book from @doubledaybooks.bsky.social
(Penguin Random House), #PROPHECY. This is the best book I’ve written: the boldest, the most innovative, the most personal. I have poured my soul into it like never before. 1/
(Penguin Random House), #PROPHECY. This is the best book I’ve written: the boldest, the most innovative, the most personal. I have poured my soul into it like never before. 1/
November 17, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Drumrolls, please! I’m thrilled to share the cover for my forthcoming #book from @doubledaybooks.bsky.social
(Penguin Random House), #PROPHECY. This is the best book I’ve written: the boldest, the most innovative, the most personal. I have poured my soul into it like never before. 1/
(Penguin Random House), #PROPHECY. This is the best book I’ve written: the boldest, the most innovative, the most personal. I have poured my soul into it like never before. 1/
EMPIRE OF PAIN and JAMES number among Audible’s 50 best audiobooks of the 21st century. www.audible.com/blog/best-au...
50 listens that define the 21st century (so far)
Explore the standouts that represent the best of the past 25 years.
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November 16, 2025 at 11:54 PM
EMPIRE OF PAIN and JAMES number among Audible’s 50 best audiobooks of the 21st century. www.audible.com/blog/best-au...
"To talk about consent in black-and-white terms is to ignore the subliminal power dynamics at play that are shaping our behaviors." @jenpercy.bsky.social author of GIRLS PLAY DEAD for Oprah Daily: www.oprahdaily.com/life/wholene...
What Joining a Cult Taught Me About Consent
Jen Percy knew there was something off about her new “meditation center” but kept returning anyway. Years later, she would recognize this pattern repeating in her interactions with men and, eventually...
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November 13, 2025 at 5:29 PM
"To talk about consent in black-and-white terms is to ignore the subliminal power dynamics at play that are shaping our behaviors." @jenpercy.bsky.social author of GIRLS PLAY DEAD for Oprah Daily: www.oprahdaily.com/life/wholene...
Jen Percy, author of GIRLS PLAY DEAD, talked to @lithub.com.web.brid.gy about the craft of writing, women talking, and survival: lithub.com/jen-percy-on...
Jen Percy on Self-Preservation, Playing Dead, and Writing About Gendered Violence
The first time I encountered Jen Percy’s work she was reading it herself, in Iowa City, in a subterranean venue at a graduate students reading series called Anthology. The essay involved a guinea p…
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November 13, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Jen Percy, author of GIRLS PLAY DEAD, talked to @lithub.com.web.brid.gy about the craft of writing, women talking, and survival: lithub.com/jen-percy-on...
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"I am drawn to the uncanny, to the ghost stories, to the ‘something’s not quite right’ stories."
Tryphena Yeboah's interview with Oyinkan Braithwaite on her new book "Cursed Daughters” (@doubledaybooks.bsky.social) is out now.
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Tryphena Yeboah's interview with Oyinkan Braithwaite on her new book "Cursed Daughters” (@doubledaybooks.bsky.social) is out now.
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“I am drawn to the uncanny”: Oyinkan Braithwaite on "Cursed Daughters" - Chicago Review of Books
In Cursed Daughters, Oyinkan Braithwaite tackles a provocative and mysterious premise of reincarnation and the legacy of generational trauma in a Nigerian household. At the heart of the novel is the F...
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November 11, 2025 at 5:06 PM
"I am drawn to the uncanny, to the ghost stories, to the ‘something’s not quite right’ stories."
Tryphena Yeboah's interview with Oyinkan Braithwaite on her new book "Cursed Daughters” (@doubledaybooks.bsky.social) is out now.
chireviewofbooks.com/2025/11/11/i...
Tryphena Yeboah's interview with Oyinkan Braithwaite on her new book "Cursed Daughters” (@doubledaybooks.bsky.social) is out now.
chireviewofbooks.com/2025/11/11/i...
“@jenpercy.bsky.social's writing is consistently lovely, even when her subject is almost unbearably dark. Readers are swept along on the tide of her imagery.” — @washingtonpost.com
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Review | ‘Girls Play Dead’ is a captivating, myth-busting look at sexual assault
Acclaimed journalist Jen Percy’s new book investigates the ways many women freeze or shrink in response to violent attacks.
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November 10, 2025 at 8:49 PM
“@jenpercy.bsky.social's writing is consistently lovely, even when her subject is almost unbearably dark. Readers are swept along on the tide of her imagery.” — @washingtonpost.com
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"A more melancholy and romantic key with this layered exploration of several generations of women in one Nigerian family haunted by a matrilineal love curse, which dooms them to pursue men who run “like water in their palms.”" @nytimes.com on CURSED DAUGHTERS: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/b...
8 New Books We Love This Week
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November 7, 2025 at 3:28 PM
"A more melancholy and romantic key with this layered exploration of several generations of women in one Nigerian family haunted by a matrilineal love curse, which dooms them to pursue men who run “like water in their palms.”" @nytimes.com on CURSED DAUGHTERS: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/b...
"Braithwaite’s prose is lush and spooky." A RAVE from @nytimes.com Book Review for CURSED DAUGHTERS: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/b...
Jenna Bush Book Club Pick: A Cursed Family Saga
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November 6, 2025 at 6:37 PM
"Braithwaite’s prose is lush and spooky." A RAVE from @nytimes.com Book Review for CURSED DAUGHTERS: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/b...