NPR Books Watch Contest 6/20-6/26
A little late this week, but here is the grid for last week.
Anyone who emails me the imprints of all the books listed (or houses if no imprint is available) will win the NPR Books Grid for the prior week that includes, in addition to the information below, interviewer, pub date, imprint, post-interview Amazon ranking, pre-interview ranking (if the book was mentioned on Shelf Awareness and I was able to look up the number before the interview), and interview hyperlink.
TOTAL book stories: 21
All Things Considered: 3
BookTour: 1
Bryant Park Project: 2
Fresh Air: 1
Morning Edition: 3
News & Notes: 1
NPR.org: 4
Talk of the Nation: 1
Tell Me More: 1
Weekend Edition Saturday: 2
Weekend Edition Sunday: 2
| All Things Considered | James Boys, The | Richard | Liebmann-Smith | Literary Fiction |
| All Things Considered | Three Books … | |||
| All Things Considered | Three Books / Dinner Diaries | Betsy | Block | Food |
| BookTour | Story of a Marriage, The | Andrew Sean | Greer | Literary Fiction |
| Bryant Park Project, The | Shack, The | William P. | Young | Christian |
| Bryant Park Project, The | Atmospheric Disturbances | Rivka | Galchen | Mystery |
| Fresh Air | My Stroke of Insight | Jill Bolte | Taylor | Biography |
| Morning Edition | Off the Deep End | Hodding | Carter | Sports |
| Morning Edition | Voices in the Palace | Tian | Fu | Literary Fiction |
| Morning Edition | Candy Bombers, The | Andrei | Cherny | History |
| News & Notes | All About the Beat | John | McWhorter | Entertainment |
| NPR.org | Books We Like / Slumberland | Paul | Beatty | Literary Fiction |
| NPR.org | Books We Like / Daughters of the North | Sarah | Hall | Literary Fiction |
| NPR.org | Books We Like / Rabbi’s Cat 2, The | Joann | Sfar | Graphic Novel |
| NPR.org | Books We Like / When You Are Engulfed in Flames | David | Sedaris | Literary Fiction |
| Talk of the Nation | This Land is Their Land | Barbara | Ehrenreich | Current Affairs |
| Tell Me More | Say You’re One of Them | Uwem | Akpan | Literary Fiction |
| Weekend Edition Saturday | What Does China Think? | Mark | Leonard | Politics |
| Weekend Edition Saturday | Laughing Without An Accent | Firoozeh | Dumas | Memoir |
| Weekend Edition Sunday | World Before Her, The | Deborah | Weisgall | Literary Fiction |
| Weekend Edition Sunday | Rising Tide | John | Barry | History |
Morning Brief — Monday, June 30
Joan Reeves of Sling Words posts about agent and editor blogs.
