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The author of When Bad Things Happen to Good People reflects on his life and his relationship with God. He says God has gotten used to the things that he's not capable of and he's come to terms with what God's not capable of.

In the bucolic setting of The Twin by Gerbrand Bakker, the joys and pitfalls of sibling rivalry are given new life. Author Amy Waldman says the book's sparse prose and stark setting provide the backdrop for a moving story of familial resentment.

Hockey season is underway and NPR followed one hopeful rookie in the NHL, Mitchell Gibson, as he started the season with the Washington Capitals.

In last night's Game 4, the San Francisco Giants pummeled the Kansas City Royals in an 11-4 victory. The win has tied the World series with two games apiece.

Fifteen Oregon counties are designated "extreme risk" for COVID-19 due to high infection rates. Linn County's public health office is working to convince residents to get their shots.

Fifty great stories about 50 galvanizing songs, plus essays, conversations and a wild and wonderful playlist: It's all here. Explore the entirety of NPR's American Anthem series.

Nonfiction shelves are full of memoirs by people who can't actually write. They're brought to you by authors who suppress their own ego to write in a famous voice — in exchange for a hefty check.

Author Mara Altman got tired of hiding her hairy, sweaty self from the world, and set out to reframe the shame in her latest book of essays — part memoir, part scientific exploration, part manifesto.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Rep. Adam Schiff, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, about the aborted strike on Iran Thursday night.

In his new novel, Philip Roth sets a fictional yet plausible polio outbreak in his New Jersey hometown. Set in 1944, Nemesis describes the fear that plagued the country in the years before the vaccine was developed.