Kalyani Saxena

Summer is great for some sizzling reads and NPR staff have recommendations for romance novels from our Books We Love list.

Most of social media is like a highlight reel. People put pictures from their amazing vacations or celebrate major accomplishments. The Endless Thread team talks with a woman who created a space online to share ordinary, and yes, even dull moments with others.

Readers are always looking for new books and, don't you know, NPR's Books We Love has tons of suggestions! We hear staff picks for great novels to check out from 2025.

A new study finds the notoriously adorable trash bandits in urban areas are showing early signs of domestication.

It could be the first natural hybrid between the two species.

On Oct. 7, 2023, both of Daniel Lifshitz's grandparents were kidnapped from their kibbutz in southern Israel and held hostage inside Gaza.

NPR's Books We Love list has lots of great reads, as recommended by our staffers, including Stephen Graham Jones' latest novel and Fredrik Backman's summer story about the friendship of four teens.

The catastrophic floods along the Guadalupe River killed at least 135 people. Survivors are still trying to make sense of what happened.

Across the country, dewy-eyed members of the class of 2025 are getting their moment in a cap and gown. But they’re not the only ones.

NPR staff recommend four young adult novels: "Heir," "Annie LeBlanc is Not Dead Yet," "The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette For Young Ladies of Mad Science," and "Dragonfruit."