From The Ivy League To 'The X-Files': David Duchovny's Big Break
Before he became Fox Mulder, Duchovny was working on his Ph.D. in literature at Yale. He was going to be a poet — or maybe a novelist — or maybe a playwright ...
Books
In 'Wondering Who You Are,' A Man Wakes Up And Doesn't Know His Wife
Sonya Lea and her husband Richard Bandy had been married for more than 20 years when he had to have an operation for a rare cancer. Since then, he's been piecing together the puzzle of his past.
An Unlikely Pair Form A Wily Duo In 'Crooked Heart'
An orphan boy becomes friends with the scheming woman who takes him in in Lissa Evans' new novel, Crooked Heart. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with her about her WWII-era novel.
'Fresh Air' Remembers 'Billy Bathgate' Author E. L. Doctorow
Doctorow, who died Tuesday at the age of 84, was the author of dozens of novels, many of which combined fictional characters and real people in a historical context. Originally broadcast in 1989.
Retracing Ralph Waldo Emerson's Steps In A Now 'Unchanged Eden'
A century and a half ago, the poet and philosopher headed to New York's Adirondack Mountains with some notable pals. Today, we follow his journey with a new crew, the help of a painting and a book.
NPR Bestsellers: Week Of July 23, 2015
The lists are compiled from weekly surveys of close to 500 independent bookstores nationwide.
NPR Bestsellers: Hardcover Fiction, Week Of July 23, 2015
Harper Lee's novel To Set a Watchman, is set two decades after her Pulitzer Prize–winning masterpiece, To Kill a Mockingbird. It debuts at No. 1.
NPR Bestsellers: Hardcover Nonfiction, Week Of July 23, 2015
Ta-nehisi Coates' new book Between The World And Me is written as an open letter to his teenage son. It debuts at No. 2.
NPR Bestsellers: Paperback Fiction, Week Of July 23, 2015
At No. 10, Jodi Picoult's Leaving Time tells the story of an abandoned teen's search for answers about her disappeared parents.
NPR Bestsellers: Paperback Nonfiction, Week Of July 23, 2015
At No. 9, You Are A Bad Ass is an irreverent guide to achieving happiness by eliminating self-sabotaging beliefs and behaviors.