NPR Bestsellers: Hardcover Nonfiction, Week Of May 14, 2015
Willie Nelson looks back on his life and career in It's a Long Story, which debuts at No. 11.
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NPR Bestsellers: Paperback Fiction, Week Of May 14, 2015
In The Invention of Wings, Sue Monk Kidd traces three decades in the lives of a slave and her reluctant owner. It appears at No. 3.
NPR Bestsellers: Paperback Nonfiction, Week Of May 14, 2015
At No. 6, Cat Warren's What the Dog Knows looks at the abilities of working canines.
'Pope And Mussolini' Tells The 'Secret History' Of Fascism And The Church
Historian David Kertzer says the Catholic Church lent strength and legitimacy to Mussolini's fascist regime. Kertzer recently won a Pulitzer Prize for his book. Originally broadcast Jan. 25, 2014.
'Black Snow' Is A Lyrical Landscape Of Hope And Menace
Former Dublin newsman Paul Lynch's new novel follows an Irish farmer in 1945, struggling against adversity. Critic Alan Cheuse says Lynch's prose is so gorgeous, it makes him want to give up writing.
'Millionaire' Tracks One Man's Fruitful Obsession With The Bard Of Avon
Andrea Mays' new book digs into the history of Washington, D.C.'s Folger Shakespeare Library, the legacy of oilman Henry Clay Folger — who, like William Shakespeare, found his greatest fame in death.
Misadventures And Absurdist Charm Take Root In 'George Orwell's House'
In Andrew Ervin's comic novel, a disillusioned advertising executive rents the cottage once inhabited by dystopian author George Orwell. Critic Maureen Corrigan says the funny book has a serious core.
A Fortune In Folios: One Man's Hunt For Shakespeare's First Editions
Henry Folger once spent nearly a year's salary on a William Shakespeare first folio. In The Millionaire and the Bard, Andrea Mays chronicles his obsession with collecting the playwright's work.
In 'Paddy Buckley' Suffering Through Four Last Days With Dark Comedy
Jeremy Massey's debut novel centers on an undertaker with magical abilities — like communicating with dogs and flies. Critic Jason Sheehan says Massey has an eye for black humor.
'Nimona' Shifts Shape And Takes Names — In Sensible Armor, Of Course
Comics creator Noelle Stevenson has written for Boom! Studios and Marvel's new female Thor. Her webcomic Nimona, about a young shapeshifter with a streak of villainy, has just been released as a book.