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NPR Bestsellers: Hardcover Fiction, Week Of May 21, 2015

4:03pm May 22, 2015

In Anne Enright's The Green Road, Rosaleen Madigan's four grown children find themselves reunited under their mother's roof after she announces she's selling their childhood home. It debuts at No. 14.

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NPR Bestsellers: Hardcover Nonfiction, Week Of May 21, 2015

4:03pm May 22, 2015

Photographer Sally Mann tells her family's history through images and words in Hold Still. It debuts at No. 8.

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NPR Bestsellers: Paperback Fiction, Week Of May 21, 2015

4:03pm May 22, 2015

Ruth Reichl tells a story of food, love and redemption in Delicious!, which appears at No. 15.

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NPR Bestsellers: Paperback Nonfiction, Week Of May 21, 2015

4:03pm May 22, 2015

Things That Matter, a collection of essays from conservative columnist Charles Krauthammer, appears at No. 9.

How Heroin Made Its Way From Rural Mexico To Small-Town America

5:58am May 22, 2015

by NPR Staff

With pizza delivery as a model, Mexican cartels revolutionized the heroin trade, making it easily available in smaller U.S. communities. Journalist Sam Quinones has the story in his new book.

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'Seveneves' Blows Up The Moon — And That's Just The Beginning

12:43pm May 21, 2015

by Jason Sheehan

Neal Stephenson's new epic starts big and gets bigger. Critic Jason Sheehan says that while the book can bog down in details, if the world really were ending, you'd want Stephenson by your side.

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The World Of 'Gracekeepers' Is Immersed In Water — And Secrets

7:18am May 21, 2015

by Jason Heller

Kirsty Logan's debut novel follows a traveling circus floating through a drowned world where "damplings" aspire to live on the rare patches of land, and hints of magic provide a fairytale feel.

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The Science Of 'Collected Fiction' Is Pure Magic

12:51pm May 20, 2015

by Amal El-Mohtar

Finnish sci-fi author Hannu Rajaniemi's new collection spans everything from haunted spacesuits to the HMV logo. Reviewer Amal El-Mohtar says her only criticism is that not every story is perfect.

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In 'Out Of Line,' The Many, Many Acts Of Jules Feiffer

7:22pm May 19, 2015

by NPR Staff

At 86, Jules Feiffer has drawn comic strips, written books and plays, and is now experimenting with graphic novels. A new compilation, Out of Line, takes an extensive look at his many careers.

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A Former Country Girl Catches Fire In 'The Love Object'

7:06pm May 19, 2015

by Alan Cheuse

Edna O'Brien's first novel was burned in the small Irish village of her birth. The Love Object collects more than 30 of her fiery tales of religion and repression in "a land of sacrificial women."

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