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Nancy Pearl

  • Nancy Pearl Unearths Great Summer Reads
    Nancy Pearl
    For Nancy Pearl, beach reading doesn't mean light reading. NPR's go-to librarian has dug up a diverse mix of titles old and new — a selection of mystery, memoir and more.
  • Librarian Nancy Pearl's Picks For The Omnivorous Reader
    Nancy Pearl
    The only thing that these books have in common is that NPR's go-to librarian likes them a lot. Nancy Pearl's self-described "higgledy-piggledy" list includes a book of cartoons, a Civil War history, a coming-of-age story, a spy novel and more.
  • 7 Books With Personality: Nancy Pearl's 2011 Picks
    Nancy Pearl
    NPR's go-to librarian would like you to meet some friends of hers — from six novels and one work of history. As you read, these artfully developed characters will become more and more real. Pearl says that when the stories ended, she was left longing for the people she'd met between the pages.