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Pop Culture Happy Hour

Books We Love: No Biz Like Show Biz

Pop Culture Happy Hour

NPR

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4.511.6K Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2023

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

NPR's Books We Love is full of stories. The feature rounds up fiction and nonfiction of many different kinds, and it gives you lots of ways to find what you might love, too. Today we're recommending great books for people who love show business, including a fictional take on a popular gossip Instagram account, a love story, and a memoir.

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If you're listening to our show, there's a pretty good chance that you're interested

0:07.8

in show business, and there's also a pretty good chance that you're a reader.

0:12.2

So we thought, let's combine those two interests.

0:16.0

I'm Stephen Thompson.

0:17.0

Today we are recommending great books for people who love show business on Paw Culture

0:21.6

Happy Hour from NPR.

0:29.1

Joining me today is Paw Culture Happy Hour Producer Candice Lim, hey Candice.

0:32.9

Hi Stephen.

0:34.2

So every year NPR puts together a grand and glorious labor of love.

0:39.0

It's a package called Books We Love.

0:41.7

In each year, the books we love team gather up recommendations from a huge assortment

0:46.0

of NPR staff and book critics.

0:48.6

Those recommendations are then assigned searchable tags and entered into an interactive

0:52.9

reading guide that's perfect for anyone looking to discover, buy, or share books.

0:58.4

You can filter books by subject and by genre, and you can pick more general filters that

1:02.9

help narrow down the selections according to your interests.

1:06.2

One of those filters is called No Biz Like Show Biz, Candice Lim, my literate friend.

1:12.8

What is your first show business pick?

1:14.9

Well Stephen, I want to start off hot.

1:17.2

I want to start off strong.

1:19.1

My first pick is A Non-Please by Du Mois.

1:22.4

Du Mois is an anonymous Instagram account that posts celebrity blind items.

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