How our treatment of animals is adversely impacting the climate here on earth.

Thomas Perry adds yet another novel to his impressive body of work.

After publishing 41 novels James Lee Burke has a new story collection, his third.

Remembering the tragic loss of a brother.

An interview with Gwen Agna.

Shining a light on some great Bosnian writers.

A thrilling and epic adventure story set in Africa in 1935.

Looking back at 30 years of author interviews.

A conversation with Rabbi Aubrey L. Glazer.

The statistics will shock you. The reality is sobering.

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American history and the freedom to be funny.

A dreamy conversation with the New Yorker Cartoonist Roz Chast.

A Book Nook flashback to the year 2008.

The second installment in a sizzling new series.

What turned Lee Harvey Oswald into a killer? Was it his mother?

One of our greatest living crime novelists wrote a memoir about his ambulatory passions.

An urban historian examines rural America.

A classic interview with the late Tony Horwitz.

This book went straight to #1.

How do we listen? Can we ever listen enough?

Indigenous women were going missing in Oklahoma in this thriller set in 2008.

Amy Rigby returned to the program to discuss her fantastic music memoir.

The author of "Under the Tuscan Sun" returned to the program for the sequel.

When dealing with the changing climate we have a choice: work with nature, or against it.

Ten years ago Bill Bryson made his final appearance on the program.

Vick Mickunas interviews Tom Schaefer to find out what the connection is between poet Emily Dickinson and an island off the coast on Maine.

Chris Woodyard's fascination with death has filled her life.

John Scalzi's latest book, "Starter Villain," is another superb example of why Scalzi has become one of the best selling science fiction writers on the planet.

A writer's loss of confidence in his own work inspired this amazing novel.

A debut novel that got a lot of attention.

Shuly X. Cawood returns with her latest poetry collection.

Barbara Winslow chronicled the women's liberation movement in Seattle.

Ragnar Jónasson returned to the program with a novel he co-wrote with the Prime Minister of Iceland.

This book contains a fictional account of the final days of the Russian monarchy.

Detailing the rise and fall of the Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar.

Ann Cleeves returned to the program with her latest book in the Matthew Venn series.

We dug up this interview with Chris Woodyard that we made when she was out publicizing her book "Ghost Hunter's Guide to Haunted Ohio."

Another conversation with the effervescent Kathleen Rooney.

Katrina Kittle returned to the program with her heart warming new novel.

Before there was ever a public broadcasting system in the USA there were "educational" broadcasters.

Erin Flanagan wrote a novel about a really creepy friendship. So good.

A cautionary tale of two brothers who lost a lot of money gambling.

Joe R. Lansdale returned to the program after a long hiatus.

An eminent Scottish poet remembers his childhood in this brilliant memoir.

M. Ruth Myers returned to the program to introduce the first book in her new series.

Adrian McKinty returns with a new Sean Duffy book and reissues of all the others.

The British tabloids have developed an unsavory reputation. Sandie Jones has written a mystery that reveals the sinister inner workings of that world.

Thriller author Reed Farrel Coleman talks about his latest series, Sleepless City.

The Mick Hardin series keeps rolling right along through the hills of Kentucky.

Laura Lippman's latest novel will leave readers breathless.

This author believes Theodore Roosevelt was one of our greatest presidents.

Book number #15 in the popular crime fiction series set in Ohio Amish country.

Nobody has made more appearances in the Book Nook than James Lee Burke.

This history of chimney sweeping in the United States was written by a guy I have known since high school.

Just over a century ago hardly anybody in America knew how to swim.

A veteran Time Magazine reporter's first book was a biography of Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.

The history of presidential impersonation is a fascinating one.

Wally Lamb was one of the hottest authors on the planet when he made his first appearance on the program.

Melissa Adelman just published her first novel and this is an impressive debut.

The first ever radio appearance by an author who has just published her first book.

Unveil author interview tales and indulge in Block's incredible storytelling. A must-read for mystery enthusiasts.

The day the author of Ruby Fruit Jungle came to Yellow Springs, Ohio.

S.A. Cosby is one of the hottest authors in the crime fiction universe.

Remembering a former classmate named Philip Gerard.

Artificial Intelligence, threat? Or promise? And other brainy topics.

The brave young woman who battled the Nazi death machine.

Brendan Slocumb wedded his passion for music with a love for detective stories while imagining this dynamic novel.

The little known story of the remarkable U.S. Senator who protected the birds.

Jonathan Raban was one of the great travel writers, although he despised the term.

My final conversation with the author of "Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People?"

Frank Bill has written a gritty fictional homage to his father who served in the Vietnam War.