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'Liliane' Builds A Life From Fragments Of Memory

8:07pm September 09, 2015

by Jane Ciabattari

Young Liliane reads Bonjour Tristesse with her father in Italy, Peyton Place with her mother in Maine — and author Lily Tuck builds the disparate pieces of her life into a compelling portrait.

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'Black Earth' Explores Dangers Of Misunderstanding The Holocaust

6:40pm September 09, 2015

NPR's Robert Siegel speaks with author Timothy Snyder about his new book, Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning. He says Nazi Germany's strategy was the destruction of states.

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NPR Bestsellers: Week Of September 3, 2015

4:03pm September 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 September 3, 2015

4:03pm September 09, 2015

X, the latest in Sue Grafton's "Alphabet" mystery series, debuts at No. 5.

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NPR Bestsellers: Hardcover Nonfiction, Week Of September 3, 2015

4:03pm September 09, 2015

In Rising Strong, social scientist Brené Brown explains the value of vulnerability. It debuts at No. 6.

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NPR Bestsellers: Paperback Fiction, Week Of September 3, 2015

4:03pm September 09, 2015

At No. 14, Jodi Picoult's Leaving Time follows a 13-year-old whose parents disappear under mysterious circumstances.

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NPR Bestsellers: Paperback Nonfiction, Week Of September 3, 2015

4:03pm September 09, 2015

In The Short And Tragic Life Of Robert Peace, Jeff Hobbs tells the story of an African-American Yale graduate and marijuana dealer. It appears at No. 3.

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'Don Quixote' Speaks To The 'Quality Of Being A Dreamer'

3:06pm September 09, 2015

NPR's Robert Siegel speaks with Ilan Stavans about his book, Quixote: The Novel and the World. Stavans was inspired by the Miguel de Cervantes' classic, Don Quixote, which turns 400 this year.

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No Solace In 'Visiting Privilege,' But Plenty Of Truth

1:27pm September 09, 2015

by Michael Schaub

No one escapes unscathed in Joy Williams' brilliant, brutal new story collection. Critic Michael Schaub calls Williams our poet laureate of loss, whose work is full of hope and perverse joy.

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Funny, Touching 'Bream' Has Echoes Of Steve Martin And Woody Allen

4:22pm September 08, 2015

by Heller McAlpin

Jesse Eisenberg specializes in playing (and writing about) jittery, antisocial nerds. Critic Heller McAlpin says the wonder is the empathy he brings to the sad sacks in his new story collection.