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Books in the National Media October 2025 |
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The Floating Mystery at Emerald Pond
by Henry Winkler
While participating in the Spring Games, Willow and her friends encounter plastic debris throughout the pond that endangers the animals during the events. Featured on Today.
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Twice: A Novel
by Mitch Albom
Young Alfie Logan can rewind any moment for a do-over -- but must accept the results of his second try -- and having navigated through adolescence and finding seemingly lasting love with Gianna, he must confront an impossible choice when his power unravels during a casino arrest. Featured on Good Morning America.
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Luna and the Witch Throw a Halloween Party
by Dan Murphy
In this whimsical Halloween tale by an award-winning actress and her creative partner, an aspiring young witch teams up with a quirky bruja to throw the ultimate spooky party and learns about magic, teamwork and the power of persistence along the way. Featured on Today.
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Gone Before Goodbye
by Reese Witherspoon
When disgraced combat surgeon Maggie McCabe takes a secretive job treating a powerful man overseas, his sudden disappearance pulls her into a deadly conspiracy forcing her on the run to uncover the truth and clear her name. Featured on CBS Mornings.
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Poems & Prayers: Lyrics for Livin'
by Matthew McConaughey
A well-known actor and bestselling author of Greelights offers an inspirational collection. Featured on The Drew Barrymore Show.
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Truly
by Lionel Richie
Recounts the life of a shy Tuskegee-born musician who rose to global fame and persisted through decades of cultural shifts, musical milestones and personal challenges, offering a behind-the-scenes account of his evolving artistry and enduring public presence. Featured on The Kelly Clarkson Show.
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How We Grow Up: Understanding Adolescence
by Matt Richtel
A compelling, research-driven exploration of how the modern world collides with the evolving adolescent brain, revealing why today's teens face unprecedented mental health challenges and how understanding neurobiology can help guide them through this critical life stage. Featured on Book TV.
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Told You So
by Mayci Neeley
Candidly explores a woman's journey from strict Mormon upbringing through college struggles, single motherhood, and personal loss, revealing her path to resilience and self-discovery, and her role in the cultural phenomenon of MomTok. Featured on All Things Considered.
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Paper Girl : A Memoir of Home and Family in a Fractured America
by Beth Macy
The author, who grew up poor in Urbana, Ohio, in the 70s and 80s, faces the darkness in her family and community, people she loves wholeheartedly, even the ones she sometimes struggles to like, and in facing the truth finds sparks of human dignity. Featured on Fresh Air.
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White House by the Sea: A Century of the Kennedys at Hyannis Port
by Kate Storey
Drawing from conversations with family members, friends, neighbors, household and security staff, this multigenerational story of the Kennedy family as seen through their Hyannis Port compound on Cape Cod provides a sweeping history of an American dynasty that has left an indelible mark on our nation's politics and culture. Featured on Book TV.
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I Wrote This for Attention
by Lukas Gage
This raw and darkly funny memoir from the White Lotus and Euphoria actor looks at growing up in a fractured family and his battles with addiction and mental health while chasing fame as he personal chaos into healing and self-acceptance. Featured on Watch What Happens Live.
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Who is Government?: The Untold Story of Public Service
by Michael Lewis
The government is a vast, complex system that Americans pay for, rebel against, rely upon, dismiss, and celebrate. It's also our shared resource for addressing the biggest problems of society. And it's made up of people, mostly unrecognized and uncelebrated, doing work that can be deeply consequential and beneficial to everyone. Michael Lewis invited his favorite writers to find someone doing an interesting job for the government and write about them in a special in-depth series for the Washington Post.The stories they found are unexpected, riveting, and inspiring, including a former coal miner devoted to making mine roofs less likely to collapse, saving thousands of lives; an IRS agent straight out of a crime thriller; and the manager who made the National Cemetery Administration the best-run organization, public or private, in the entire country. Each essay shines a spotlight on the essential behind-the-scenes work of exemplary federal employees. Whether they're digitizing archives, chasing down cybercriminals, or discovering new planets, these public servants are committed to their work and universally reluctant to take credit. Expanding on the Washington Post series, the vivid profiles in Who Is Government? blow up the stereotype of the irrelevant bureaucrat. They show how the essential business of government makes our lives possible, and how much it matters. Featured on CBS Mornings.
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The Man of Many Fathers: Life Lessons Disguised As a Memoir
by Roy Wood
Reflecting on his own upbringing and the many unconventional mentors who shaped him—from ex-cons and comedians to co-workers and celebrities— man explores the lessons that guided his journey into fatherhood with humor, vulnerability and purpose. Featured on Jimmy Kimmel Live.
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A Journey North: Jefferson, Madison, and the Forging of a Friendship
by Louis P. Masur
These topics, scattered as they might seem at first, reflect the breadth of these men's interests in entomology, racial classification, botany, and linguistics and their ideas about horticulture, history, and anthropology. The northern journey allows u sto see Jefferson and Madison in a different light, not just as politicians, but as tourists and friends. The journey, from May 21 to June 16, 1791, was taken at a precarious moment. Political parties had emerged that pitted Jefferson and Madison on one side and Alexander Hamilton and John Adams on the other, feuding over issues that would determine the future of the nation. The trip provided escape from the cauldron of political engagement and its toll on their spirits and physical well-being. A gambol through upstate New York and parts of New England offered them the promise of recovering both. Featured on Book TV.
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Shade: The Promise of a Forgotten Natural Resource
by Sam Bloch
Studies the overlooked importance of shade in urban environments, tracing its historical role in city design, examining how its absence contributes to health and social disparities, and highlighting efforts by planners and innovators to reintroduce shade as a vital tool for climate resilience. Featured on Book TV.
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