Nov 14, 2012 — What are the best of the books? NPR Books looks at this year's National Book Award nominees for fiction and nonfiction. These 10 books -- which tell the stories of a young drug smuggler, lovable philanderers, holograms in the Saudi desert and more -- inspired, informed and entertained readers.
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Hear The 2012 National Book Award Nominees
by Sophie Adelman
Nov 14, 2012 — What are the best of the books? NPR Books looks at this year's National Book Award nominees for fiction and nonfiction. These 10 books -- which tell the stories of a young drug smuggler, lovable philanderers, holograms in the Saudi desert and more -- inspired, informed and entertained readers.Publishers, reporters and authors gathered Tuesday at the New School in New York City to celebrate this year's exceptional nominees for the National Book Awards. In advance of the awards on Wednesday night, NPR recorded the 10 nominated authors for fiction and nonfiction reading from their works.
These 10 books — which tell the stories of a young drug smuggler, lovable philanderers, holograms in the Saudi desert, and more — inspired, informed and entertained readers in 2012.
Hear two winners — Louise Erdrich and Katherine Boo — and eight finalists as they read from some of the year's best books.
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