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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings cover

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Maya Angelou

Mentioned 5 months ago

NPR News: 02-08-2026 8AM EST

Maya Angelou's autobiography was banned by Utah's Davis and Granite school districts under a sensitive materials law, leading her estate to join a lawsuit challenging the legislation.

The update follows the banning of Angelou's autobiography, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, by Utah's Davis and Granite school districts.

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Heal Faster

Victoria Maizes M.D.

Mentioned 5 months ago

NPR News: 02-02-2026 11PM EST

Physician Victoria Mazes was mentioned as the author of this book, which focuses on opportunities for people to make changes regarding heart disease prevention.

Physician Victoria Mazes is the author of Heal Faster.

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Explosives, matches and fireworks,

Joseph Reilly

Mentioned 5 months ago

NPR News: 01-27-2026 8AM EST

The segment mentioned Fireworks as a children's book illustrated by Katya Chen, about kids playing on a summer day that ends with a fireworks show.

The Caldecott Award for Illustration has been presented to Katya Chen for illustrating the children's book Fireworks. It's about children playing on a summer day culminating in a firework show.

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All the Blues in the Sky

Renée Watson

Mentioned 5 months ago

NPR News: 01-27-2026 8AM EST

The host noted that Renee Watson authored All the Blues in the Sky, describing it as a novel that deals with grief.

She authored All the Blues in the Sky, a novel dealing with grief.

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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Hunter S. Thompson

Mentioned 5 months ago

NPR News: 01-24-2026 5PM EST

The counterculture figure, Hunter S. Thompson, was best known as the author of this book. Authorities reaffirmed that his death was a suicide, following a review requested by his widow.

The counterculture figure was best known as the author of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

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AS I LAY DYING

WILLIAM FAULKNER

Mentioned 6 months ago

NPR News: 01-01-2026 8AM EST

It was noted that the novel entered the public domain after 95 years of copyright.

Books like William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying and the first four Nancy Drew detective novels.

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The Demon of River Heights (Nancy Drew Graphic Novels

Stefan Petrucha

Mentioned 6 months ago

NPR News: 01-01-2026 8AM EST

It was mentioned that the first four Nancy Drew detective novels have entered the public domain after 95 years.

Books like William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying and the first four Nancy Drew detective novels.

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The Let Them Theory

Mel Robbins

Mentioned 6 months ago

NPR News: 12-29-2025 11AM EST

It was highlighted as the sole nonfiction title in the top10 list, focusing on the art of not caring about other people's opinions.

The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins is about the art of not caring about other people's opinions.

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The Women

Kristin Hannah

Mentioned 6 months ago

NPR News: 12-29-2025 11AM EST

It was noted as the numberone mostcheckedout book on the Libby library app in 2025, a novel about a U.S. Army nurse serving in Vietnam.

The Women by Kristen Hanna came out last year. It's about a U.S. Army nurse who serves in Vietnam. It was the number one most checked out book on Libby, the public library app, and in numerous libraries, including the one in Charlotte, North Carolina, where Harold Escalante works.

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Sweet Tooth

Sarah Fennel

Mentioned 6 months ago

NPR News: 12-24-2025 8AM EST

It was identified as the biggestselling baking cookbook of the year, highlighted amid a notable boom in baking cookbook sales.

Now the biggest-selling baking cookbook of the year is called Sweet Tooth by online influencer Sarah Fennell.

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Waiting to Exhale

Terry McMillan

Mentioned 6 months ago

NPR News: 12-22-2025 11AM EST

The hosts mentioned they were revisiting the novel on the season finale of their program.

On the season finale of Books We've Loved, we're hanging out with four friends looking for love in all the wrong places. We are revisiting Terry McMillan's Waiting to Exhale with Brittany Luce from It's Been a Minute.

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The Connection Cure

Julia Hotz

Mentioned 1 year ago

NPR News: 07-15-2025 3PM EDT

The book was cited as a new work by journalist Julia Hotz that discusses social prescribing and its health benefits.

This approach is called social prescribing, says journalist Julia Hotz, who's written about this in her new book, The Connection Cure, The Prescriptive Power of Movement, Nature, Art, and Belonging.

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Hotel Ukraine

The Final Arkady Renko Novel

It was noted as Smith's final book, released shortly before his death.

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the release of Smith's final book, Hotel Ukraine.

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It was noted as Smith's final book, released shortly before his death.

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the release of Smith's final book, Hotel Ukraine.

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