NPR Bestsellers: Hardcover Nonfiction, Week Of January 8, 2015
Bill O'Reilly and historian Martin Dugard explore the mysterious circumstances surrounding the death of Gen. George S. Patton. It appears at No. 7.
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NPR Bestsellers: Paperback Fiction, Week Of January 8, 2015
In Jenny Offill's Dept. of Speculation, a wife reexamines her marriage in an effort to figure out what went wrong. It appears at No. 14.
NPR Bestsellers: Paperback Nonfiction, Week Of January 8, 2015
Author Pat Conroy chronicles his efforts to reconcile with his harsh father in The Death of Santini, which appears at No. 15.
This Weekend, Pick Up The Pieces With 'Gabi'
In our Weekend Reads series, NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Meg Medina about Isabel Quintero's novel, Gabi, a Girl in Pieces. It's the story of a Mexican-American teenager struggling with her identity.
In 'Partisan Divide,' Former Congressmen Look For Answers
Robert Siegel speaks with former Congressmen Martin Frost and Tom Davis, co-authors of the new book The Partisan Divide, about the new Congress and how political differences might be bridged.
Humans On Display In 'Hall Of Small Mammals'
Author Thomas Pierce has a new book of animal-centered short stories, Hall of Small Mammals. He talks with NPR's Rachel Martin about his book, which toes a line between the bizarre and the mundane.
Sound And Fury (And Then A Little More Fury) In 'Against The Country'
Reviewer Jason Sheehan calls Ben Metcalf's Against the Country meandering, challenging and "almost the definition" of a screed against the idea that virtue is found in rural places. Also, he loved it.
Try On 'Black Suit' For A Beautifully Real Approach To Grief
Jason Reynolds' new young adult novel, The Boy in the Black Suit, begins on familiar ground. But this tale of a boy dealing with his mother's death is tragic, funny, hopeful and almost too realistic.
Remembering 'Generation Mex' Writer And Proud Outsider Michele Serros
Serros wrote about being a bicultural Chicana who was influenced by both her working-class, Mexican-American heritage and Southern California pop culture. She died Sunday at the age of 48.
Confident Tales Of 'Small Mammals,' Funny Videos And Childhood Ghosts
Thomas Pierce's debut story collection, Hall of Small Mammals, focuses on finding the surreal within the mundane. Reviewer Michael Schaub calls Pierce "an endlessly incisive and engaging writer."