For Valentine's Day, pick up a book on love and relationships

Need something to get you in the spirit of Valentine’s Day? Try a date with a good book.

Valentine’s Day reads aren’t always lovey-dovey romance novels, says Traci Thomas, creator of “The Stacks” podcast. She says any book that examines love and relationships is a good pick for the holiday.

“Some of them are very far from what you might expect,” Thomas says. “I just think about books that tell interesting stories, and I think some of our most interesting stories about love and relationships also include grief, or desire, or maybe some fighting. All the things that make us feel the most human.”

Emiko Tamagawa produced and edited this interview for broadcast with Todd Mundt. Grace Griffin adapted it for the web.