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All About Books — 288 episodes
“Five Weeks in the Country” by Francine Prose.
“The Feather Wars” by James McCommons
"Cherry Baby" by Rainbow Rowell
An interview with Dr. Maria Nazos on her book of poetry "Pulse".
“The River Has Roots” by Amal El-Mohtar
“Ghost Town” by Tom Perrotta
“Killer Potential” by Hannah Deitch
“Human Nature" by Dr. Kate Marvel
“Black Moses” by Caleb Gayle.
“Vigil” by George Saunders
“Audition” by Katie Kitamura
“Good People”, a novel by Patmeena Sabit
“The Things We Do Not Say” by Elizabeth Strout
Home gardening with an emphasis on ecology and native plants.
“The Lilac People” by Milo Todd.
The 2026 One Book - One Lincoln 3 finalist selections
“This Beautiful, Ridiculous City” Kay Sohini
“Is a River Alive?” by Robert McFarland.
“Small Ceremonies” by Kyle Edwards
“Sea of Grass" by Dave Hage and Josephine Marcotty
“What We Can Know” by Ian McEwan.
An interview with UNL Cather scholar Dr. Melissa Holmstead.
Great Black Hope by Rob Franklin
Ravelings: Essays on Love, Loss, and Wonder by Lisa Knopp
“The Antidote” by Karen Russell.
“Patchwork: A Graphic Biography of Jane Austen” by Kate Evans
"The Land in Winter: a Novel" by Andrew Miller
“A Long Winter” by Colm Tobin
"The Garden Against Time" by Olivia Laing
“The Best of Intentions" by Larkin Powell
“The Correspondent” by Virginia Evans
An interview with the director of the PBS program The Librarians
“Flashlight: a Novel” by Susan Choi
"Next of Kin" by Gabrielle Hamilton
"Memorial Day” by Geraldine Brooks
"Memorial Day" by Geraldine Brooks
“Hard by a Great Forest” by Leo Vardiashvili
“Precipice” by Robert Harris
An interview with author Dan Chaon on his new novel "One of Us"
A holiday gift guide for very young readers.
The annual gift guide for book lovers.
“Somebody Is Walking on Your Grave” by Mariana Enriquez
“What Art Does: an Unfinished Theory" by Brian Eno
“Goethe’s Oak: a Holocaust Memorial” by John Price
"Frankenstein" by Mary Shelly
“Whiskey Tender" by Deborah Jackson Taffa
“Wilder Weather" by Dr. Barbara Boustead.
“Challenger" by Adam Higginbotham.
“I’ll Be Right Here". by Amy Bloom
“Good Soil:The Education of an Accidental Farmhand” by Jeff Chu
“James” by Percival Everett
“The Unauthorized Biography of Lincoln, NE” by Matt Steinhausen
“On the Hippie Trail" by Rick Steves
“Clutch” An Education at Work”.by Linda Pawlenty
"The Hidden Life of Trees" by Peter Wohlleben
“Becoming Earth” by Ferris Jabr
“Tell Me Everything” by Elizabeth Strout
“Martyr!” by Kaveh Akbar
“Robert F. Kennedy:The Road Not Taken” by Dennis &Laura Crawford
“Feeding Ghosts” by Tessa Hulls
An introduction to Nebraska author, Loren Eiseley
“A Refiner’s Fire” by Donna Leon
“Mrs Dalloway” by Virginia Woolf
“Inside Nebraska Courthouses" by Settle & Grossbart
Guest reviewer Richard Graham on new graphic novels
“Wandering Stars” by Tommy Orange
Guest reviewer Kiersten Hill on the current Romance genre.
Bill Kelly on the "Once Again" podcast series
“Why We Remember” by Dr. Charan Ranganath
“1999: The Year Low Culture Conquered America" by Ross Benes
PBS documentary film maker Dawn Logsdon on "Free for All"
“Meditations for Mortals" by Oliver Burkeman
“Anita de Monte Laughs Last: a Novel” by Xochitl Gonzalez
The AI technology race. "Supremacy" by Parmy Olson.
“Black Woods, Blue Sky" by Eowyn Ivey
“The Golden Gate” by Amy Chua
“Reagan: His Life and Legend” by Max Boot
“Whale Fall” by Elizabeth O’Connor
“Book and Dagger” by Elyse Graham.
“The Mighty Red”, a novel by Louise Erdrich,
“A Different Metaphor” by Kevin Shinn
“Orbital: a Novel” by Samantha Harvey,
“The Safe Keep” by Yael van der Wouden
“The House of Doors” by Tan Twan Eng
“How to Read a Book: a Novel” by Monica Wood
“Hidden Libraries" by Diana Helmuth
"Long Island" by Colm Toibin
“The Wren, The Wren” by Anne Enright
The annual holiday gift guide for readers.
“The Exceptions" by Kate Zernike
“Foot Soldier: New and Selected Poems” by John Stevens Berry
"The Talk" a graphic novel by Darrin Bell
“Into Whooperland" by Michael Forsberg
"The Mystery Guest" by Nita Prose
“A Fever in the Heartland” Timothy Eagans
“The Biography of X” by Catherine Lacey
“Mott Street” by Ava Chin.
An interview with author and illustrator Amy Tan.
“The Berry Pickers” by Amanda Peters
"How to Say Babylon” by Safiya Sinclair
An Interview with James Locklear. “In the Country of the Kaw"
“The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store” by James McBride.
“Life Lessons from a Parasite" by Dr. John Janovy
“The Peacock and the Sparrow” by J.S. Berry,
“The Yellow Bus” by Loren Long
“North Woods” by Daniel Mason.
“Moonrise Over New Jessup” by Jamila Minnicks
Introduction to the Mystery Genre pt. 2: Author and Title Guide
Introduction to the Mystery Genre Pt. 1
"Somehow: Thoughts on Love" by Anne Lamott
“In Memoriam” by Alice Winn
“Dancing with the Octopus" by Debora Harding
“Creative Genius: The Art of the Nebraska Capitol”
“Not the End of the World" by Hannah Ritchie
"The Nebraska Sandhills” from the University of NE Press
“Blaze Me a Sun” by Christoffer Carlsson
“The Titanic Survivors Book Club” by Timothy Schaffert
“King: a Life” by Jonathan Eig.
"The Last Devil to Die" by Richard Osman
Guest reader Amy Mather of Omaha Public Libraries
“Foster” by Claire Keegan
An interview with Sarah McCammon, her book is "The Exvangelicals
Dr. Dolores Simpson-Kirkland shares the books she re-reads.
"Enchantment" by Katherine May & "Awe" by Dacher Keltner
“The War Begins in Paris”. by Ted Wheeler
“A Sand County Almanac” by Aldo Leopold.
“How Can I Help You” by Laura Sims
“Portrait of a City: Lincoln, Nebraska" by Bruce Pauley
“Chasing Bright Medusas” by Benjamin Taylor
"Tell Me Everything" by Erika Krouse
Guest reader Rev. Dr. Jim Keck on re reading religious texts
“The End of Drum Time” by Hanna Pylväinen
“Dinners with Ruth" by Nina Totenberg
"The Mysteries" by Bill Watterson
Part 2 of our conversation with UNL English Prof. Steve Buhler
UNL Professor of English Stephen Buhler on why we re-read.
"All My Knotted Up Life" by Beth Moore
Guest reader Eric Buchanan on his favorite books to read again
An introduction to Agatha Christie and her works by Scott Clark
Leslie Huerta returns with book suggestions for holiday gifts.
“Ted Kooser: More Than a Local Wonder" by C. Ketner & P. Wallace
Guest reader Mary Kay Roth on sharing books with adult children.
An interview with John J Waters about his novel "River CIty One"
Nebraska State Peot Matt Mason on re-reading his favorite books.
“It Goes So Fast: the Year of No Do Overs.” by Mary Louise Kelly
Author Tosca Lee on her favorite books she returns to.
An interview with Bison rancher and writer Dan O'Brien
“In Old God’s Time” by Sebastian Barry.
Guest reader JoAnne Young talks about why she re-reads
“His Name is George Floyd" by Robert Samuels & Toluse Olorunnipa
“The Best Strangers in the World” by Ari Shapiro
"The Mystery of Hunting's End" by Mignon Eberhart
“The Crane Wife: a Memoir in Essays” by C.J. Hauser
“Nebraska Volleyball: The Origin Story” by John Mabry
“Bitch: On the Female of the Species” by Lucy Cooke
“Lessons in Chemistry” by Bonnie Garmus.
“Birding While Indian: a Mixed Blood Memoir” by Thomas Gannon
“Horse” by Geraldine Brooks
An interview with Michael James about Alzheimer's caregiving.
“Trust” by Hernan Diaz
"Easy Beauty" by Chloe Cooper Jones
"Elsewhere: a Novel" by Alexis Shaitkin
An interview with Nebraska author Tosca Lee
“Take All to Nebraska” by Sophus Keith Winter
"The Rabbit Hutch" by Tess Gunty
“Seeking Fortune Elsewhere: Stories” by Sindya Bhanoo.
Rachel Olsen talks about the 68th Annual Cather Conference
"The Maid" by Nita Prose
“The Blue Window” by Suzanne Berne
“Under the Skin” by Linda Villarosa
An interview with history professor and author Jim Downs
“The Escape Artist" by Jonathan Freeland
“The Furrows” by Namwali Serpell
"The Swimmers" by Julie Otsuka
“Also a Poet” by Ada Calhoun
"Bad Actors" by Mick Herron
An interview with "My Nebraska" author Bob Wirz
“Pickard County Atlas” by Chris Harding Thornton.
"The Memory of Souls" by Cliff Taylor
"Ducks" by Kate Deaton and "Acting Class" by Nick Drnaso.
“Constructing a Nervous System” by Margo Jefferson
An inverview with Ladette Randolph,author of "Private Way"
“Demon Copperhead” by Barbara Kingsolver
“Prairie Up!” by Benjamin Vogt
“Sea of Tranquility” by Emily St John Mandel
“Field Guide to a Hybrid Landscape” by Dana Fritz
Guest Don Macke offers his ideas for the This is Nebraska series
“Bittersweet" by Susan Cain
"The Marriage Portrait" by Maggie O’Farrell
Clark Whitehorn of UNL Press on books that tell Nebraska's story
Holiday gift suggestions for younger readers
The annual Holiday Gift Guide for book lovers
"Confluence" a biography of John Gottschalk by George Ayoub
A History / True Crime book, "Hell's Half Acre" by Susan Jonusas
“The Evening Hero” by Marie Myung-Ok Lee
Dan Nieman offers suggestions for One Book - One Nebraska
“The Sweet Remnants of Summer” by Alexander McCall Smith
"Sleepwalk" by Dan Chaon
“How the Word is Passed” by Clint Smith
"Accelerated" by Brian Ardinger
"French Braid" by Anne Tyler
“Lucy by the Sea” by Elizabeth Strout
“Cloud Cuckoo Land” by Anthony Doerr
“Trailed" by Kathryn Miles
Omaha writer Ted Wheeler on contemporary Nebraska authors
"Rebel with a Clause" by Ellen Jovin
"Deer Season" by Erin Flanagan
“This is Nebraska – Books that Tell Our Story”
A look back at Willa Cather's 1922 novel "One of Ours"
"Poet Warrior: A Memoir" by Joy Harjo
“The People of Lincoln” by Randy Bretz
“The Five Wounds” by Kirstin Valdez-Quade
“A Life in Light: Meditations on Impermanence” by Mary Pipher
“75 Years on 4 Strings” by UNL Professor Hans Sturm
“Pastoral Song” by James Rebanks
“At the Corner of Fantasy and Main” by Matt Mason
The One Book-One Lincoln finalists.
“Matrix” by Lauren Groff
“Shadow Migration: Mapping a Life.” by Suzanne Ohlmann
"The Wrong End of the Telescope" by Rabih Alameddine
“The Doctors Blackwell" by Janice Nimura
“Now Is the Time for Trees" by Dan Lambe
“Eat Your Woolly Mammoths!" by James Solheim
An interview with author B.J. Hollars and his son Henry.
A look at the epidemic of loneliness“Seek You” by Kristen Radtke
"Lincoln" from the Postcard History Series. E. Zimmer & J. McKee
“A World on the Wing" by Scott Weidensaul.
“Painting Time” by Maylis de Kerengal
“Oh William!” by Elizabeth Strout
"Relcamation" by Lisa Tschauner
“The Future We Choose" by Figueres and Rivett-Carnac
"Velvet Was the Night" by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
"On Juneteenth" by Annette Gordon-Reed
“Red Comet” by Heather Clark
“Rhinos in Nebraska” by Alison Pearce Stevens
“Libertie” by Kaitlyn Greenidge.
“Last Night at the Telegraph Club” by Malinda Lo
“A Town Called Solace” by Mary Lawson
"Yellow Bird" by Sierra Crane Murdoch
“Zorrie” by Laird Hunt,
Holiday gift ideas for adult readers
Holiday Gift ideas for young readers with Vicky Wood
“The Lincoln Highway: a Novel” by Amor Towles
“China Room” by Sunjeev Sahota
“Cokie: A Life Well Lived.” by Steve Roberts
“The Splendid and the Vile” by Erik Larsen.
“The Secret to Super Human Strength” by Alison Bechdel
“Piranesi” by Susanna Clarke
"Nebraska History Moments" by David Bristow
"The Perfume Thief" by Timothy Schaffert
The Vanishing Half” by Brit Bennet
“The Only Wonderful Things" by Melissa Homestead
The “Friend Zone” series by Abby Jimenez.
“Carville's Cure: by Pam Fessler”
“Tomatoes for Neela” by Padma Lakshmi
“Temporary” by Hillary Leichter
"The Seed Keeper” by Diane Wilson
"A Knock at Midnight” by Brittany Barnett
Introduction to Nebraska author, Mari Sandoz
"Oak Flat" by Lauren Redniss.
"Hamnet: the Story of a Plague" by Maggie O'Farrell
UNL English Professor Stephen Buhler's summer reading list.
“Leave the World Behind” by Rumaan Alam
“Code Girls” by Liza Mundy.
"Wilmington's Lie" by David Zucchino
“Deacon King Kong” by James McBride.
"Breasts and Eggs" by Mieko Kawakami.
"Transcendent Kingdom" by Yaa Gyasi.
“Children of the Land”, Marcelo Hernandez Castillo
“Rural Rebellion" by Ross Benes
“Interior Chinatown” by Charles Yu
“Pickard County Atlas” by Chris Harding Thorton
“Hidden Prairie" by Chris Helzer
“Hidden Valley Road” by Robert Kolker.
"The Least Interesting Place." by Matt Steinhousen
“Run Me to Earth” by Paul Yoon
"More in Time" a tribute to NE poet Ted Kooser
“Becoming Wild” by Carl Safina
“The Lives of Edie Pritchard” by Larry Watson
The secret life of birds. "The Bird Way" by Jennifer Ackerman.
Author Steven Wingate and his new novel "The Leave-Takers"
“Afterlife” by Julia Alvarez
"Redhead by the Side of the Road: a Novel" by Anne Tyler.
. “The Confessions of Frannie Langton” by Sara Collins
“Minor Feelings” by Cathy Park Hong
“Here We Are” by Graham Swift
“Paper Bullets” by Jeffrey Jackson
“The Less You Know About Us” by Axton Betz-Hamilton