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NPR staffers share their favorite romance novels for summer Books We Love

Christina Cala, Hafsa Fathima, Brittney Melton, Lauren Migaki

From our summer round-up of Books We Love, NPR staffers give recommendations for books they literally loved - all about romance.

Young adult fiction recommendations from NPR's 2024 Books We Love

Hafsa Fathima, Elizabeth Blair, Dhanika Pineda, Kalyani Saxena

NPR staff recommend four young adult novels: "Heir," "Annie LeBlanc is Not Dead Yet," "The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette For Young Ladies of Mad Science," and "Dragonfruit."

NPR staffers share their favorite fiction of 2024 so far

Lauren Migaki, Elissa Nadworny , Beck Harlan, Hafsa Fathima, Christina Cala

NPR staffers recommend five of this year's new novels for summer reading: "The Ministry of Time," "The Familiar," "Come and Get It," "Memory Place," and "Sex, Lies and Sensibility."

Need a new mystery or sci-fi book for the new year? Try one of these reads

Hafsa Fathima, Leah Donnella, Nicolette Khan

From NPR's Books We Love list, we hear reviews for several mystery and sci-fi books including "Nona the Ninth," "Birds of Maine," and "The Daughter of Doctor Moreau."

Encore: New musical 'Bhangin' It' centers a competitive college bhangra dancer

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A new musical at San Diego's La Jolla Playhouse celebrates bhangra, one of India's traditional styles of dancing.

New musical 'Bhangin' It' revolves around a competitive college bhangra dancer

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A new musical at San Diego's La Jolla Playhouse celebrates bhangra, one of India's traditional styles of dancing.

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International students went to Ukraine to study. Now many worry they can't escape

Adrian Florido, Hafsa Fathima

An Indian medical student in Sumy says she and classmates had to use snow for drinking water while they await hopeful evacuation to flee the Russian invasion of Ukraine.