Dante Guides A Husband Through Grief 'In A Dark Wood'
Joseph Luzzi used Dante's epic poem "The Divine Comedy" to get him through the grief of his wife's sudden death. NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with Luzzi.
Books
Deep Connections Link The Stories In 'Louisa Meets Bear'
NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with Lisa Gornick about her new collection of short stories, Louisa Meets Bear. The stories chart the way small decisions can ripple through seemingly unconnected lives.
Biker Bars And Holy Rollers Smolder In 'Freedom's Child'
NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Jax Miller about her debut thriller, Freedom's Child. Miller found inspiration for the title character in her own battle with drug addiction.
In 'History,' Money Makes The World Go 'Round
Argentinian novelist Alan Pauls' latest kicks off as so many good stories do: With a dead body and a disappearing briefcase full of cash. Critic Juan Vidal calls Pauls a "master builder" of fiction.
Floating Eyeballs, Trained Bees: History's Most Cringeworthy Crusaders
The new book The League Of Regrettable Superheroes lovingly recounts the deeply goofy world of weird crusaders that popped up and, just as quickly, disappeared.
NPR Bestsellers: Week Of June 4, 2015
The lists are compiled from weekly surveys of close to 500 independent bookstores nationwide.
NPR Bestsellers: Hardcover Fiction, Week Of June 4, 2015
Make Something Up, a compilation of 21 stories and one novella by Chuck Palahniuk, debuts at No. 12.
NPR Bestsellers: Hardcover Nonfiction, Week Of June 4, 2015
In Triggers, which debuts at No. 14, Marshall Goldsmith and Mark Reiter explain how to overcome potentially damaging psychological triggers.
NPR Bestsellers: Paperback Fiction, Week Of June 4, 2015
At No. 13, Graeme Simsion's The Rosie Project tells the story of a man trying to find a wife and a woman trying to find her father.
NPR Bestsellers: Paperback Nonfiction, Week Of June 4, 2015
Appearing at No. 11, Hampton Sides' In The Kingdom of Ice recounts a doomed 19th-century naval expedition to the North Pole and the crew's struggle for survival in the Arctic.