Important subjects are dealt with in a small space. Loyalty, family, love and fear- these are explored in a spare, new novel, "Waiting for Eden" by Elliot Ackerman. It follows a soldier horribly burned and damaged in Iraq who can no longer communicate. The soldier's story is told by his dead friend.

Talented writers start out as hungry readers. On this week’s “All About Books” renowned novelist and UNL professor of English, Chigozie Obioma shares how his love of reading started with his father telling him stories while he was recovering from malaria.

On a spring morning in 1986, fire alarms went off at the Los Angeles Public Library. 7 hours later, 400,000 books were consumed, with almost twice as many damaged. “The Library Book” by Susan Orlean investigates the fire and the larger story of libraries in our country

The assumption is that a Midwestern state like Kansas is where LGBT people flee from. The book, "No Place Like Home” by C.J. Janovy is about the people who stayed in their hometowns and fought to change hearts and minds. Hear an interview with the author on this week’s “All About Books”.

Abandoned by his parents, Horace searches for where he belongs. On this week’s “All About Books", the novel, “Don’t Skip Out on Me” by Willie Vlautin follows a young man, half-Mexican and half-Irish torn between the remote Nevada ranch of his aging foster parents, and the boxing ring.

Novelist, Poet, Playwright and Editor of Prairie Schooner. Chancellor Professor of English at UNL, Kwame Dawes is the guest on this week’s “All About Books.” His new novel, “Bivouac” is set in the political turmoil of 1980’s Jamaica. He talks about his personal connection to this story and how it d...

Advances in technology have changed scientists understanding of how life forms evolve. The simple tree and branch analogy of evolution has become tangled. This week’s “All About Books” program reviews a well-written book on this complicated topic. “The Tangled Tree: a Radical New History of Life” by...

In the 1950’s, a federal relocation project introduced Native Americans into Oakland California. A new novel, “There, There” by Tommy Orange, follows these urban, modern people. This week’s All About Books welcomes guest reviewer Shirley Sneve Executive Director of Vision Maker Media, for a look at...

The community reading event “One Book – One Lincoln” has announced the three finalists to vote on. NET Radio’s “All About Books” invited David Smith, who serves on the “One Book - One Lincoln” selection committee to talk about two of the books: The Great Believers” and “The Far Away Brothers” The t...

25 years ago, Nebraska author Mary Pipher’s book “Reviving Ophelia” started a world-wide conversation about girls and their challenges. From conversations with today’s young women, an updated version of the book has been written by Mary Pipher and Sara Pipher Gilliam. "All About Books" host Pat Leac...