NPR’S BOOK OF THE DAY
- 'Big Fan' investigates fandom from darts and football to Taylor Swift June 4, 2026Sportswriter Joe Posnanski and TV writer Michael Schur say their new book is for everyone who has risked their emotional health over a sports team. Big Fan took the co-authors across the United States and beyond as they investigated fans of football, chess, Taylor Swift and more. In today’s episode, they tell NPR’s Scott Simon […]
- Ben Crump says 'Worse Than a Lie' is a legal thriller wrapped in Black culture June 3, 2026In his debut novel, the civil rights attorney Ben Crump imagines a horrific crime that feels all too real. In Worse Than a Lie, a Black ex-police officer is shot 10 times by white officers in Chicago. The book’s hero Attorney Beau Lee Cooper must find out what actually happened in order to seek justice. […]
