NPR Bestsellers: Hardcover Fiction, Week Of May 7, 2015
Early Warning, the second book in Jane Smiley's Last Hundred Years trilogy, continues her tale of an Iowa farming family. It debuts at No. 10.
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NPR Bestsellers: Hardcover Nonfiction, Week Of May 7, 2015
Neurologist Oliver Sacks looks back on his life and career in On the Move, which debuts at No. 7.
NPR Bestsellers: Paperback Fiction, Week Of May 7, 2015
A judge is called upon to decide the fate of a sick teenager in Ian McEwan's The Children Act, which appears at No. 9.
NPR Bestsellers: Paperback Nonfiction, Week Of May 7, 2015
At No. 7, Tom Robbins applies his signature verbal gusto to his own life story in Tibetan Peach Pie.
'Fresh Air' Remembers Mystery Novelist Ruth Rendell
The British author wrote crime novels for 50 years, many featuring Chief Inspector "Reg" Wexford. Rendell died May 2. Originally broadcast in 1989 and 2005.
Six Weeks In World War I Transformed How Wars Are Fought
NPR's Robert Siegel talks with historian Diana Preston about her book A Higher Form of Killing: Six Weeks in World War I That Forever Changed the Nature of Warfare.
'The Argonauts' Is A Voyage Through Parenting, Partnership And Transition
Maggie Nelson's philosophical memoir uses her pregnancy — and her partner Harry's gender transition — to explore larger questions about the changing ways we approach marriage and motherhood.
Flexible, Fluid 'Revision' Bounces From Rom-Com To Sci-Fi
What if you could rewrite reality? Andrea Phillips' debut novel follows an unambitious barista whose life is turned upside down when she discovers a website that lets her change lives with a click.
Book Review: 'The New World'
NPR's Alan Cheuse reviews the novel, The New World, by Chris Adrian and Eli Horowitz.
How NASA's Space Race Helped To Integrate The South
Writers Richard Paul and Steven Moss's new book is called We Could Not Fail. It's about the first African-Americans to work for NASA. They profile 10 African-American scientists and engineers.