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NHPR Books

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NHPR Books combines all the literary content produced by New Hampshire Public Radio. Tune in for author interviews from our series Writers on a New England Stage, Authors on Main, and Check This Out!

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35%

Guest openness

Selective

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Questions about NHPR Books

What is NHPR Books about?

NHPR Books combines all the literary content produced by New Hampshire Public Radio. Tune in for author interviews from our series Writers on a New England Stage, Authors on Main, and Check This Out!

Who hosts NHPR Books?

NHPR Books is hosted by NHPR. The show has published 173 episodes to date.

What has NHPR Books covered recently?

Recent episodes include "Stephanie Soileau's 'Should the Waters Take Us' & New York Times critic" (23 October 2026, 28 minutes), "Check This Out: In "Retro," Jessica Goldstein creates a luxury time-travel agency" (16 October 2026, 28 minutes), and "Jodi Picoult" (6 October 2026, 51 minutes).

How often does NHPR Books publish?

NHPR Books publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 47 minutes across 173 episodes.

How hard is it to get booked on NHPR Books?

Booking probability for NHPR Books is 35%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. NHPR Books requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. NHPR Books's contact route on record: verified email.

Who should pitch NHPR Books?

The strongest fits for NHPR Books are News, Magazine & Book Publishing. NHPR Books has an arts audience.

About the host

NHPR hosts NHPR Books, an arts podcast with 173 episodes published.

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Recent episodes

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  • NHPR Books

    Stephanie Soileau's 'Should the Waters Take Us' & New York Times critic

    Oct 23, 202628 min

    A sweeping four-century debut novel that travels from France to Acadia to the bayous of Southern Louisiana. Plus, New York Times literary critic Dwight Garner on today's literary landscape.

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    Check This Out: In "Retro," Jessica Goldstein creates a luxury time-travel agency

    Oct 16, 202628 min

    An unemployed actress lands her dream job guiding wealthy clients on luxury time-travel tours through history. And on the Book Biz, an unlikely theme night idea that’s sold out Fenway and selling books.

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    Jodi Picoult

    Oct 6, 202651 min

    Coming up on NHPR Books is a conversation between NHPR's Rebecca Lavoie and the New Hampshire Book Festival’s keynote speaker and bestselling New Hampshire author, Jodi Picoult. We’ll hear about her latest novel Hollow...

  • NHPR Books

    R.F. Kuang

    Sep 30, 202651 min

    A conversation from Writers on a New England Stage with NHPR's Jackie Harris and NY Times bestselling author, Rebecca F. Kuang. We’ll hear about her newest novel Taipei Story – an intimate story of a Mandarin student...

  • NHPR Books

    Lisa Gardner

    Sep 22, 202651 min

    New York Times bestselling suspense author Lisa Gardner joins NHPR's Zoe Mitchell to discuss her latest standalone novel, You’ll Be Sorry. We dive into the dark complexities of family, deception, and greed in a town...

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    Writers on a New England Stage: Ariel Lawhon

    Sep 17, 202651 min

    Join Ariel Lawhon & Julia Barnett at Writers on a New England Stage in NH for an intimate conversation about Lawhon's newest historical fiction novel, The Pirate Queen.

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    Colson Whitehead - Authors on Main 2026

    Sep 9, 202651 min

    Authors on Main brings world-class writers to Concord, N.H. In this episode, beloved author Colson Whitehead visits the Capitol Center for the Arts to sit down with NHPR’s Julia Barnett and discuss the third and final...

  • NHPR Books

    Barbara McQuade - The Fix

    Aug 13, 202651 min

    Former federal prosecutor Barbara McQuade joins NHPR's Rick Ganley, to talk about her book The Fix: Saving America from the Corruption of a Mob-Style Government

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    Jenny Lawson

    Jul 10, 202629 min

    Authors on Main brings world-class writers to Concord, N.H. In this episode, beloved author Jenny Lawson visits the Capitol Center for the Arts to sit down with NHPR’s Rebecca Lavoie and discuss her latest book, How to...

  • NHPR Books

    Check This Out: Find your next summer read

    Jul 3, 202650 min

    Some favorite authors offer their suggestions for summer reading, plus host Rachel Barenbaum has some books by New England authors to recommend.

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    Check This Out: Yu-Mei Balasingamchow & 'Names Have Been Changed' plus Katherine Center

    Jun 25, 202650 min

    This debut novel is about an itinerant Singaporean ex-con hiding from her past in different countries. And on our Book Biz segment, author Katherine Center reflects on her 20-year publishing career.

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    Check This Out: Portia Elan & 'Homebound' plus the boom in audiobooks

    Jun 18, 202650 min

    The debut novel "Homebound'" features four lives entangled across time by a computer game, saved to a floppy disk in the 1980s. And on our Book Biz segment, how audiobooks are changing publishing.

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    Check This Out: Bar Fridman-Tell & 'Honeysuckle' plus book critic Ron Charles

    Jun 11, 202650 min

    An unsettling debut novel blending romance, horror, and fairy tale elements, with nods to Frankenstein, plus in our Book Biz segment, the future of literary criticism.

  • NHPR Books

    H.M. Wolfe & 'Daggermouth' and why romance rules publishing

    Jun 5, 202650 min

    A viral dystopian romance set in a corrupt surveillance state, following a mercenary who botches the assassination of the president’s son.
 And on the Book Biz segment, the romance genre as the engine of publishing.

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    Check This Out: Susan Donovan Bernhard & 'Westerly'

    May 28, 202650 min

    A sweeping family saga that traces the intertwined lives of three generations of women, moving from war-torn Germany and Ireland to coastal Maine.

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    Check This Out: Tolani Akinola & 'Leave Your Mess at Home' plus the Book Biz

    May 21, 202650 min

    In this debut novel, we meet a Nigerian-American family set on a crash course towards each other. Plus, on our Book Biz segment, the role of agents in publishing today.

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    Check This Out: Stacia Stark & 'We Who Will Die'

    May 14, 202645 min

    In this romantasy set in a Roman-inspired world ruled by vampires, a young woman faces a deadly competition where survival depends on mastering forbidden powers.

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    Check This Out: Daniyal Mueenuddin & 'This Is Where the Serpent Lives' plus the Book Biz

    May 7, 202653 min

    Through intertwining narratives, the novel follows a cast of characters in Pakistan, taking us from the chaotic cities to lawless feudal countryside. And in the Book Biz segment, how A.I. is affecting publishing.

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    Check This Out: Judy Batalion & 'The Last Woman of Warsaw' plus digital-first publishing

    Apr 30, 202650 min

    This historical novel takes us to Poland in the late 1930s, where two young Jewish women must work together to find a missing teacher while storm clouds gather around them.

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    Check This Out: Rebecca Lehmann & 'The Beheading Game'

    Apr 23, 202644 min

    We all know what happened to Henry VIII’s second wife, Anne Boleyn, but what if she woke up the day after her execution and took it upon herself to seek justice?

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