NPR Bestsellers: Hardcover Nonfiction, Week Of March 26, 2015
Gretchen Rubin examines daily habits and how to change them in Better Than Before, which debuts at No. 6.
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NPR Bestsellers: Paperback Fiction, Week Of March 26, 2015
At No. 11, Michael Connelly's The Burning Room follows Harry Bosch as he investigates a man's death from an injury sustained nine years earlier.
NPR Bestsellers: Paperback Nonfiction, Week Of March 26, 2015
Arianna Huffington offers tips for creating a healthy work-life balance in Thrive. It appears at No. 14.
Do You Believe In Ghosts? You Might After Reading This Book
Sante Fe's most famous ghost is Hannah Nordhaus' great-great-grandmother. Her new book, American Ghost, is mix of memoir, cultural history, genealogical detective story and paranormal investigation.
'Lost Boys Symphony' Blurs The Lines Between Reality And Madness
Mark Andrew Ferguson's debut novel has time travel, but it isn't science fiction. It has teenagers, but it's not YA. Instead, it's a tale of intense friendship, first love, and serious mental illness.
A Shimmy Into English Shakes The Dirt Off This Irish Classic
In Máirtín Ó Cadhain's The Dirty Dust, the dead don't just talk. They won't shut up. Yet this inventive novel, first written in Irish, has long been sealed from English-speaking readers — until now.
For Banks 'Too Big To Jail,' Prosecutors Count On A Promise To Behave
A conviction can be fatal for a big company. So in some cases prosecutors have been holding off on punishing firms that have broken the law. In return, the companies vow to clean up their act.
Ia, Ia, YA! 'Harrison Squared' Is A Tentacular Teen Adventure
Daryl Gregory ventures into the murky waters of young adult fiction in Harrison Squared, the story of a boy in a creepily Lovecraftian town, searching for sea monsters and his missing mother.
'Cheated' Out Of An Education: Book Replays UNC's Student-Athlete Scandal
Authors Jay Smith and Mary Willingham explain how the school steered athletes to pass-through courses in order to keep players eligible.
'Hausfrau' Strips Down Its Modern-Day Madame Bovary
Debut novelist Jill Alexander Essbaum's heroine is a deeply unhappy married woman who seeks solace in sexual encounters. Essbaum says it's through those encounters that "we see where she's busted."