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Australian Cyberthriller 'Amnesia' Echoes Julian Assange Story

11:31am January 10, 2015

by NPR Staff

Peter Carey's novel opens as a hacker's computer virus is unlocking prison cells around the world. He says, "Assange was the reason I started writing the book, but I didn't want to write about [him]."

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NPR Bestsellers: Week Of January 8, 2015

4:03pm January 09, 2015

The lists are compiled from weekly surveys of close to 500 independent bookstores nationwide.

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NPR Bestsellers: Hardcover Fiction, Week Of January 8, 2015

4:03pm January 09, 2015

In Graeme Simsion's The Rosie Effect, a new husband prepares for fatherhood the only way he knows how: research. It debuts at No. 6.

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NPR Bestsellers: Hardcover Nonfiction, Week Of January 8, 2015

4:03pm January 09, 2015

Bill O'Reilly and historian Martin Dugard explore the mysterious circumstances surrounding the death of Gen. George S. Patton. It appears at No. 7.

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NPR Bestsellers: Paperback Fiction, Week Of January 8, 2015

4:03pm January 09, 2015

In Jenny Offill's Dept. of Speculation, a wife reexamines her marriage in an effort to figure out what went wrong. It appears at No. 14.

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NPR Bestsellers: Paperback Nonfiction, Week Of January 8, 2015

4:03pm January 09, 2015

Author Pat Conroy chronicles his efforts to reconcile with his harsh father in The Death of Santini, which appears at No. 15.

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This Weekend, Pick Up The Pieces With 'Gabi'

1:38pm January 09, 2015

by NPR Staff

In our Weekend Reads series, NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Meg Medina about Isabel Quintero's novel, Gabi, a Girl in Pieces. It's the story of a Mexican-American teenager struggling with her identity.

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In 'Partisan Divide,' Former Congressmen Look For Answers

6:29pm January 08, 2015

Robert Siegel speaks with former Congressmen Martin Frost and Tom Davis, co-authors of the new book The Partisan Divide, about the new Congress and how political differences might be bridged.

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Humans On Display In 'Hall Of Small Mammals'

10:12am January 08, 2015

Author Thomas Pierce has a new book of animal-centered short stories, Hall of Small Mammals. He talks with NPR's Rachel Martin about his book, which toes a line between the bizarre and the mundane.

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Sound And Fury (And Then A Little More Fury) In 'Against The Country'

10:03am January 08, 2015

by Jason Sheehan

Reviewer Jason Sheehan calls Ben Metcalf's Against the Country meandering, challenging and "almost the definition" of a screed against the idea that virtue is found in rural places. Also, he loved it.