NPR Topics: Books

Writer David Treuer's Ojibwe mother saw America as a country that tried to destroy her people. For his father, a Jewish refugee, the U.S. was the country that saved his life.

It is hard not to fall in love with Katherine Browne, the eager to please, mini-skirted narrator in Barbara Trapido's 40-plus-year-old debut novel, reissued this month.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with writer Lawrence Wright about his latest book, "Redemption: Faith, Justice, and Sisterhood on Death Row."

Scary stories are more than fun, they're big business.

(Image credit: Ryan Benk)

As the American Girl doll company celebrates its 40th anniversary, Samantha has turned 25 — and is the subject of a new historical fiction novel by author Fiona Davis.

(Image credit: Lanna Apisukh for NPR)