NPR Bestsellers: Week Of April 9, 2015
The lists are compiled from weekly surveys of close to 500 independent bookstores nationwide.
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NPR Bestsellers: Hardcover Fiction, Week Of April 9, 2015
A young American married couple goes in search of the Loch Ness monster after they're disgraced at a high society event. Sara Gruen's At the Water's Edge debuts at No. 5.
NPR Bestsellers: Hardcover Nonfiction, Week Of April 9, 2015
In her new book Between You & Me, The New Yorker's long-time copy editor Mary Norris delves in to the world of grammar, editing and pencil sharpeners. It debuts at No. 8.
NPR Bestsellers: Paperback Fiction, Week Of April 9, 2015
Appearing at No. 14, David Baldacci's The Escape follows John Puller as he joins a manhunt for his own brother.
NPR Bestsellers: Paperback Nonfiction, Week Of April 9, 2015
At No. 13, Elizabeth Warren reflects on hard-won political lessons in A Fighting Chance.
Meditating On Maisie Dobbs, Our Favorite Intuitive Detective Psychologist
This trip in the Time Machine, we're looking back at Jacqueline Winspear's well-loved Maisie Dobbs books. Reviewer Bobbi Dumas says there are interesting times ahead for the nurse-turned-sleuth.
Queen Victoria's Childhood Story To Be Published
A short story written by Queen Victoria when she was just 10 years old is to be published for the first time in June.
Renata Adler, Taking A Buzz Saw To The 'Tall Timber'
This new volume collects some of the uncompromising writer's greatest hits, from her coverage of the march on Selma to Monica Lewinsky, and of course her famous takedown of film critic Pauline Kael.
USPS Picks Perfect Line For Maya Angelou Stamp — If Only It Were Hers
A limited-edition stamp from the U.S. Postal Service, which was intended to honor the late poet, bears a quote that was actually written by a different author.
'The Only Words' Remembers Love And Science After The Apocalypse
Jeffrey Rotter's new novel follows a young man searching for connection in a post-apocalyptic America. Critic Jason Heller calls it a "humbling monument to the sorrow, and the power, of loneliness."