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Book Concierge: Music Book Recommendations
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Book Concierge: Music Book Recommendations

Every year, NPR brings together some of the best books in a searchable, explorable guide called the Book Concierge. It can help you find exactly the read you're looking for. Today we're talking about some of the best books for music lovers that show up in this year's guide.

Book Concierge: Music Book Recommendations

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U.S. Cyber Weapons Were Leaked — And Are Now Being Used Against Us, Reporter Says

New York Times reporter Nicole Perlroth says it may take years to fully understand the extent of the SolarWinds cyber security breach. Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption

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U.S. Cyber Weapons Were Leaked — And Are Now Being Used Against Us, Reporter Says

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New York Times reporter Nicole Perlroth says the U.S. went from having the world's strongest cyber arsenal to becoming most susceptible to attack. Her book is This is How They Tell Me The World Ends.

U.S. Cyber Weapons Were Leaked — And Are Now Being Used Against Us, Reporter Says

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'We Run The Tides' Pulls You Into The Rough Seas Of Female Adolescence
Harper Collins

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'We Run The Tides' Pulls You Into The Rough Seas Of Female Adolescence

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Vendela Vida's novel centers on four 13-year-old girls who are perched on the edge of adulthood — and the recognition that some things they do or say now will change who they become as adults.

'We Run The Tides' Pulls You Into The Rough Seas Of Female Adolescence

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'The Good Girls' Aims To Uncover The Story Behind The Deaths Of Two Indian Girls

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'The Good Girls' Aims To Uncover The Story Behind The Deaths Of Two Indian Girls

Two young, inseparable teenage girls were found hanging side by side from a mango tree in a small village in India in May 2014. Author Sonia Faleiro investigates their deaths in a new book.

'The Good Girls' Aims To Uncover The Story Behind The Deaths Of Two Indian Girls

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A Doc Was Mad That People Die From Preventable Diseases. So He Wrote A Book About It

Dr. Eugene Richardson in a helicopter during the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone, where he worked as a clinical lead for Partner in Health's response to the outbreak. He is the author of the new book Epidemic Illusions: On the Coloniality of Global Public Health. Katie Barron hide caption

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A Doc Was Mad That People Die From Preventable Diseases. So He Wrote A Book About It

Harvard professor Dr. Eugene Richardson explores colonialism's impact on global health in Epidemic Illusions: On the Coloniality of Global Public Health.

Overflowing 'Year Abroad' Is A Travelogue, A Coming-Of-Age Tale And A Mafia Thriller
Riverhead

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Overflowing 'Year Abroad' Is A Travelogue, A Coming-Of-Age Tale And A Mafia Thriller

Chang-Rae Lee's new novel — about a college kid from New Jersey who ends up following a Chinese immigrant entrepreneur on a business trip — is part, travelogue, coming-of-age tale and thriller.

Overflowing 'Year Abroad' Is A Travelogue, A Coming-Of-Age Tale And A Mafia Thriller

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New Translation Shares The Voice Of A Poet Who Wrote As Intensely As She Lived

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New Translation Shares The Voice Of A Poet Who Wrote As Intensely As She Lived

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Danish poet Tove Ditlevsen took her own life in 1976. A newly translated version of her three-part memoir traces the sometimes amusing, sometimes painful turns of her unconventional life.

New Translation Shares The Voice Of A Poet Who Wrote As Intensely As She Lived

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Author Digs Into Family's 'Smalltime' Mob Operation, Finds Family Secrets

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Author Digs Into Family's 'Smalltime' Mob Operation, Finds Family Secrets

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Russell Shorto's grandfather was a mob boss in the industrial town of Johnstown, Pa. Shorto writes about the family havoc that resulted from his grandfather's operation in his new memoir, Smalltime.

Author Digs Into Family's 'Smalltime' Mob Operation, Finds Family Secrets

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