Kalyani Saxena

Looking for more fiction books to read? NPR's Books We Love has suggestions

Ivy Buck, Denise Couture, Justine Kenin, Emiko Tamagawa, Kalyani Saxena

Readers are always looking for new books and, don't you know, NPR's Books We Love has tons of suggestions! We hear staff picks for great novels to check out from 2025.

A raccoon is seen at the Simon Bolivar National Zoological Park and Botanical Garden in San Jose, Costa Rica, on April 22, 2024. (Photo by Ezequiel Becerra/AFP via Getty Images)

Raccoons are showing early signs of domestication, new study finds

Kalyani Saxena, Peter O'Dowd

A new study finds the notoriously adorable trash bandits in urban areas are showing early signs of domestication.

Tini's Thanksgiving mac & cheese. (Elissa Nadworny/Here & Now)

Take it cheesy: Chef Tini breaks down her viral Thanksgiving mac and cheese recipe

Kalyani Saxena

If you're looking for a mac and cheese recipe that will blow your family away, you may want to take a look at Tini's recipe.

The cast of "Grow." (Courtesy of Fathom Entertainment)

Jeremy Swift on his villain era in 'Grow,' a movie about growing giant pumpkin

Kalyani Saxena, Peter O'Dowd

Jeremy Swift is best known for his loveable turn as Leslie Higgins in "Ted Lasso” or his role as Septimus Spratt in “Downton Abbey. But in the new film “Grow,” he dabbles in some villainy.

A 'grue jay' is a natural hybrid of the blue jay and green jay. (Courtesy of Brian R. Stokes)

Meet the 'grue jay,' a natural hybrid between the blue jay and green jay

Kalyani Saxena, Peter O'Dowd

It could be the first natural hybrid between the two species.

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Grandson of Oct. 7 hostages reflects on two years since the attack

Kalyani Saxena

On Oct. 7, 2023, both of Daniel Lifshitz's grandparents were kidnapped from their kibbutz in southern Israel and held hostage inside Gaza.

What is the state of free speech after Charlie Kirk's killing?

Kalyani Saxena, Robin Young

In the wake of Charlie Kirk's death, some Americans have lost their jobs for their posts about the killing on social media.