NPR's Book of the Day

Andrew Limbong

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Booking Overview

A daily literary interview show focused on timely books across genres, it typically features authors discussing new fiction, nonfiction, memoirs, and occasional notable public figures promoting books. Agencies could credibly pitch published authors with a timely release, memoirists, and experts whose books address culturally relevant subjects; booking is medium difficulty, with the strongest opportunities tied to a clear new-book launch and an NPR-relevant angle.

Metrics

Episodes: 1289

Frequency: Daily

Rating: 4.2/5.0

Estimated listeners: 10k-100k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: USA

Instagram: 8.0M followers

Contact Information

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Host

Andrew Limbong - NPR editor and podcast host known for covering books, publishing, and culture.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium
Typical Credentials:  
Published authors with a new or timely book, including novelists, memoirists, and nonfiction writers; notable public figures may also appear when promoting a book with a strong cultural or policy angle.
Required Achievements:  
Published books, National media coverage, Leadership or public-service experience

Recent Guest Discussions

Daniel Mason - Academic Life In Rural Vermont, Procrastination, Russian Folktales, And Imagining Rural America.

Shannon Sanders - Ancestral Hauntings, Multigenerational Storytelling, And Rural Family Inheritance.

Deb Haaland - Her Memoir A Voice Like Mine, Her New Mexico Gubernatorial Candidacy, Native American History, And Federal Natural-resources Policy.

Gregg Hurwitz - A Family’s Mysterious Humanoid Artificial-intelligence Assistant And The Need For Safeguards Around Artificial Intelligence.

Recent Topics

Literature, Books, Authors, Fiction, Nonfiction

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
NPR's Book of the Day
:

In 'I Made You Up Inside My Head,' the stories of three strangers become intertwined

August 04, 2026

I Made You Up Inside My Head is Marta Pérez-Carbonell’s debut novel. In the book, three strangers have a surprise encounter on an overnight train. A woman named Alicia meets Terence and Mick. One of them is a writer at the center of a literary scandal, having ripped off the life of a man who has since gone missing – and Alicia gets pulled into their story. In today’s episode, Pérez-Carbonell and Weekend Edition’s Scott Simon discuss the novel’s multilayered nature and how the author approache...

Sen. Raphael Warnock argues that progressives should bring spirituality to politics

August 03, 2026

Before Sen. Raphael Warnock, a Georgia Democrat, became the state's junior U.S. senator, he was selected to serve as senior pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia. His new book, The Crooked Places Made Straight: Reflections on the Moral Meaning of America, argues that democracy is "the political enactment of a spiritual idea." In today’s episode, Warnock talks to Morning Edition host Michel Martin about the relationship between faith and politics.Support public media with NPR+ ...

Novels by Ben Reeves and Matt Haig look at life through the eyes of death (literally)

July 31, 2026

Support public media with NPR+ and enjoy perks for over 25 podcasts like this one. This show’s perks include sponsor-free listening. Learn more at plus.npr.org.Two new novels use death to shed new light on life, but these aren’t depressing reads. In Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt, the Grim Reaper gets a little too attached to the people he meets along the way. In today’s episode, author Ben Reeves speaks with All Things Considered’s Scott Detrow about publishing his debut novel aft...

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