NPR Bestsellers: Hardcover Nonfiction, Week Of August 20, 2015
Rinker Buck's The Oregon Trail recounts the author's old-fashioned journey down the historic route. It appears at No. 9.
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NPR Bestsellers: Paperback Fiction, Week Of August 20, 2015
In Big Little Lies, Liane Moriarty follows the fallout of a riot at a school trivia night that leaves someone dead. It appears at No. 10.
NPR Bestsellers: Paperback Nonfiction, Week Of August 20, 2015
In Black Mass, Dick Lehr and Gerard O'Neill recount James "Whitey" Bulger's rise to the top of Boston's drug trade while he was also informing for the FBI. It appears at No. 13.
Gothic Poetry And Grim Necessity In 'Shattered Wings'
Aliette de Bodard's new novel is set in a postapocalyptic Paris, devastated by a magical war between factions of fallen angels. It's a gritty mix of high gothic poetry and knotty angelic rivalries.
How Close Are We Really To A Robot-Run Society?
From self-driving cars to automated warehouses, humans are being pushed out of the equation. Soon, robots will "do a million other things we can't even conceive of," author John Markoff says.
In 'Not A Game,' The Story Of A Star Player And A Hard Fall
Sportswriter Kent Babb talks about his new book Not A Game: The Incredible Rise and Unthinkable Fall of Allen Iverson.
The Heat Is On With These Summer Romance Novels
NPR Books is focusing on romance novels this summer. And our recommendations are not so-called "bodice rippers" or historical romances — they're contemporary.
BuzzFeed's Saeed Jones Recommends Books Of Transformation For Summer
NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Saeed Jones, literary editor at BuzzFeed, about his picks for summer reading. He recommends books where a character goes on some sort of journey.
Stretch Your Summer Reading List Into Southern Territory
NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Kyle Jones of the Bitter Southerner about some highly-anticipated books coming from Southern writers this summer.
'The Automobile Club' Tours Egypt's Troubled History
Alaa Al Aswany's new book sets the dynamics of a fallen family and an elitist car club against the tensions of post-World War II Egypt, but a clunky translation and too many plots keep the brakes on.