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NPR staff recommends romance novels this summer
Summer is great for some spicy reading and the NPR staff has recommendations for romance novels from our Books We Love list.
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Jem Calder’s debut novel is ‘I Want You to Be Happy’: NPR
Farrar, Straus and Giroux The first novel by English author Jem Calder, I want to be happy, Reports from the front lines of modern-day dating. His book is good – but the news is not good. A man of about 30, who has recently broken off his engagement with his long-term girlfriend, meets a young
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Nathaniel Rich’s boisterous heist drama: NPR
George Orwell famously wrote that there is a constant struggle to see what is right in front of one’s nose. This may be truer than ever. These days we barely register things that seemed downright bizarre 20 years ago – like people staring at their phones at a busy intersection. The unnatural begins to seem
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Apache chef Nephi Craig says native cooking saved his life: NPR
Nephi Craig’s mother is White Mountain Apache and his father is Dene Navajo. He grew up on both reservations. Ari Carter Craig/Penguin Random House hide caption toggle caption Ari Carter Craig/Penguin Random House Nephi Craig, founder of Native American Culinary AssociationHe credits teaching him about eating, cooking and indigenous food with saving his life. Craig
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Jonathan Swan, Maggie Haberman’s book ‘Regime Change’ explains Trump’s second term: NPR
A gold-colored object engraved with the word “President” rests on the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office of the White House on November 10, 2025. Jacqueline Martin/AP hide caption toggle caption Jacqueline Martin/AP the new York Times Journalist Jonathan Swan has spent the past 11 years covering President Trump through three political campaigns, his first
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New July books by Colson Whitehead, Sigrid Nunez, Daniel Mason and more: NPR
I regret to tell you that I will have to keep this introduction brief. Not because there’s any shortage of things to say about July’s notable new releases; It includes many different flavors of award-winning journalists and writers of concern about our bleak ecological future and data-dominated present, as well as welcoming several beloved novelists.
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A divorce coach explains how to end a marriage on good terms: NPR
Karen McEnany is a certified divorce coach, certified co-parenting specialist, and author of the book The Good Divorce: How to End Your Marriage Without Destroying Your Family. Wiley/Jossey-Bass/NPR, Nicole Wickens/NPR hide caption toggle caption Wiley/Jossey-Bass/NPR, Nicole Wickens/NPR When? Karen McEnany Facing divorce about 15 years ago, she says, she feared what impact it would have
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A Dazzling Survey of American History: NPR
Just in time for the United States’ controversial 250th anniversary, historian David S. Reynolds’ latest book, two ships, Helps us realize that any country that can’t agree on its origin story is destined for divisive times. two ships is about the complex, combined legacies of the landing of the Mayflower, which carried Pilgrims to Plymouth,
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‘Opting Out’ is a new graphic novel from ‘genderqueer’ author Maia Kobabe: NPR
opting out © 2026, Maiya Kobabe and Swati “Lucky” Sreekumar, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. Graphics used with permission graphics hide caption toggle caption graphics In a key scene from the new middle grade graphic novel opting out, 12-year-old Sachi’s father is encouraging her: “You don’t start out good at something. You get better and