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Every guest on NPR's Book of the Day

1338 guests, ranked by how many people never want them back.

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   Eric Deggans

   Revisiting ‘Kitchen Confidential’ · Dec 2025

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   Erika L. Sánchez

   Two authors explore ideals and stresses of Latino culture and immigration · Sep 2022

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   Erin Somers

   'The Ten Year Affair,' 'Sex of the Midwest' look at the role of sex in domestic life · Nov 2025

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   Esther Yi

   Fandom acts as an antidote for loneliness in 'Y/N' · Mar 2023

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   Ethelene Whitmire

   A new book focuses on a queer, Black, WWII-era translator who risked safety for love · Feb 2026

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   Evan Drellich

   From the Astros to Colin Kaepernick, two books revisit monumental sports stories · Mar 2023

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   Fabienne Josaphat

   In 'Kingdom of No Tomorrow,' a young woman joins the Black Panther Party · Dec 2024

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   Fatemeh Jamalpour

   'For the Sun After Long Nights' is a history of Iran’s Woman, Life, Freedom Movement · Oct 2025

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   Fatimah Asghar

   'When We Were Sisters' details the pain and perseverance of orphanhood · Oct 2022

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    Francesca Royster
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    Franny Choi

    Two poetry collections find beauty in unexpected places · 2 episodes

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    Fred Brathwaite

    Fab 5 Freddy’s 'Everybody’s Fly' is a backstage pass to NYC’s new wave hip hop scene · Mar 2026

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    Frye Gaillard

    A new book shows how the South – and its history – shapes our nation · Jun 2022

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    Gabino Iglesias

    Gabino Iglesias' 'House of Bone and Rain' is a tale of vengeance in Puerto Rico · Aug 2024

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    Gabriela Garcia

    In 'Of Women And Salt,' women weave the future out of scraps · Jan 2022

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    Garrard Conley

    'All The World Beside' explores a queer relationship in a 1700s Puritan community · Apr 2024

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    George M. Johnson

    'All Boys Aren't Blue' honors coming of age as a queer Black boy · 2 episodes

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    Gin Phillips

    Two new murder mysteries: 'Ruby Falls' and 'The Secret Lives of Murderers' Wives' · Mar 2026

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    Glenn Boozan

    For Mother's Day, two books that tackle motherhood · 2 episodes

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    Gothataone Moeng

    'Call and Response' is an ode to the women and girls of Botswana · Feb 2023

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    Grace Lin
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    Gregory Maguire

    'Hiddensee' is a 'Nutcracker'-inspired novel from the author of 'Wicked' · Dec 2025

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    Greta Johnsen

    Revisiting ‘Gone Girl’ · Nov 2025

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    Gulchehra Hoja

    'A Stone Is Most Precious Where It Belongs' is a memoir of the Uyghur experience · Mar 2023

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    Gwen Kirby

    Tap dancing Twizzlers, cockroach warriors, and fairy tales! Oh my! · 2 episodes

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    Haili Blassingame

    Two romance books give opposite takes on love, relationships and the absence of both · Jun 2026

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    Hana Videen

    Two books examine the evolution of the English language · Jun 2023

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    Hanna Pylväinen

    Two National Book Awards finalists take on climate extremes · 2 episodes

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    Harriet Constable

    'The Instrumentalist' is a story about music, imagination and Anna Maria della Pietà · Sep 2024

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    Hatem Aly
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    Helen McDonald

    Two books on fatherhood to help celebrate Sunday · Jun 2022

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    Helena Andrews-Dyer

    'The Mamas' views parenting through the lenses of race, class, and gentrification · Sep 2022

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    Hester Kaplan

    In 'Twice Born,' a daughter discovers her father through his biography of Mark Twain · Jan 2026

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    Huda Fahmy

    Surviving high school in 'Huda F Are You?' · Dec 2021

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    Ilona Bannister

    Two new murder mysteries cleverly explore the meta — in two very different ways · May 2026

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    Ilyan Woo

    Two books trace enslaved people's journey to freedom in the 19th century · 2 episodes

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    Iuliia Mendel

    Zelenskyy aide gives insight on war in Ukraine in 'The Fight for Our Lives' · Sep 2022

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    J. Courtney Sullivan

    Two summer mysteries unravel in 'The Cliffs' and 'The God of the Woods' · Jul 2024

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    Jabari Asim

    Enslaved people imagine freedom and beyond in 'Yonder' · Feb 2022

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    Jacob Geller

    ‘How a Game Lives,’ ‘How to Save the Internet’ show the best and worst of life online · Dec 2025

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