NPR Topics: Books

Journalist Gil Durán argues that a small circle of Silicon Valley billionaires and venture capitalists have concluded that democracy is in their way — and that they should be governing in its place.

Living in the desert is "not for everybody," says Watkins. Her home, in the Mojave Desert near Death Valley, is staggeringly beautiful and brutal. Her new novel Yellow Pine shares this landscape.

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The famous author's short story, 'There will come soft rains' predicted a world where machines would take over after August 4th, 2026.

Writer Nina LaCour talks about her new novel -- Meet Me in the Garden -- a post World War II Great Migration story that follows three sisters as they shift their lives from New Orleans to Los Angeles - and the difficult life choices they face.

NPR's Juana Summers speaks to New York Times-bestselling author Naima Coster about her newest novel, 'Take What You Can,' an exploration of growing into parenthood with chosen family.