Bill Bryson

Books by Bill Bryson

Notes from a Small Island

by Bill Bryson
- Paperback, 324 pages
In a Sunburned Country

by Bill Bryson
- Paperback, 335 pages
At Home

A Short History of Private Life

by Bill Bryson
- Paperback, 577 pages
A Walk in the Woods

Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail

by Bill Bryson
- Paperback, 284 pages
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid

A Memoir

by Bill Bryson
- Hardcover, 270 pages

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Who We Are: The Great Migration, The History Of Hallways And Wisdom From Italian Grandmothers

October 06, 2011 4:27 PM

Philip Roth explores a fictional New Jersey polio epidemic in 1944, while humorist David Sedaris offers animal fables, Isabel Wilkerson looks at black America's Great Migration, Bill Bryson examines the history of private life and Adriana Trigiani channels her grandmothers' wisdom.

Three Books...

Three Travel Logs For Your Summer Staycation

by Molly Hart

August 17, 2011 7:00 AM

Couldn't afford that scuba trip in Indonesia? Didn't have time to hike the Grand Canyon? Fortunately, for those who couldn't quite make it out of town this summer, there's an alternative route for exploration. And all you need is a couch, a cold drink and these three books.

Author Interviews

Bryson's 'Short History' Of Household Objects

October 14, 2010 2:55 PM

Acclaimed author and travel writer Bill Bryson has pointed his compass at his own house in the English countryside. At Home: A Short History of Private Life, explores the history of the world through the rooms of his home and the objects that fill them.

Author Interviews

At Bryson's House, 'Home' Is Where The History Is

October 05, 201012:00 AM

Bill Bryson is known for exploring far-flung places, but he found inspiration for his most recent book after a hike through his own old, Victorian house in England. At Home: A Short History of Private Life explores the history of domesticity — from making beds, to the long history of hallways.

Interviews

Bill Bryson: Time Traveling in 'Thunderbolt Kid'

October 28, 2006 4:02 PM

The noted travel writer has been to many of the Earth's more exotic places. But he returns to familiar territory with a new memoir. The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid takes a warm look at Bryson's formative years in 1950s Des Moines, Iowa.

Read Any Good Books?

'A Walk in the Woods' by Bill Bryson

October 02, 2006 5:35 PM

Leslie, a middle-school teacher who listens to WETA in Washington, D.C., said she had no time for grown-up books until she pulled Bryson's hiking memoir off the shelf.

Books

Humor Books to Combat the SAD Season

Steve Inskeep and Nancy Pearl

December 13, 200412:00 AM

Librarian Nancy Pearl gets a jump on the winter solstice and Seasonal Affective Disorder (or SAD), that period of the year when many readers fall into a rut of ill humor. She shares her picks for books that beat the winter-weather blues with NPR's Steve Inskeep.

Business

Judge: Unredeemed Borders Gift Cards Are Worthless

Customers walk out of a Borders Bookstore on July 22, 2011 in San Francisco, Calif., as the chain began liquidating.

Author Interviews

Fictional 'Mothers' Reveal Facts Of A Painful Adoption Process

Books

Book News: Newly Found Pearl Buck Novel To Be Published This Fall

At her desk in the study of her Philadelphia townhouse in 1967, Pearl Buck looks at a bound volume of the magazine Asia from 1925 that contained her first published work.

Book Reviews

A Different Kind Of Immigrant Experience In 'Americanah'

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Bill Bryson

Books by Bill Bryson

Notes from a Small Island

In a Sunburned Country

At Home

A Short History of Private Life

A Walk in the Woods

Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail

The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid

A Memoir

Bill Bryson has written books about:

NPR stories about Bill Bryson

New In Paperback

Who We Are: The Great Migration, The History Of Hallways And Wisdom From Italian Grandmothers

Three Books...

Three Travel Logs For Your Summer Staycation

Author Interviews

Bryson's 'Short History' Of Household Objects

Author Interviews

At Bryson's House, 'Home' Is Where The History Is

Interviews

Bill Bryson: Time Traveling in 'Thunderbolt Kid'

Read Any Good Books?

'A Walk in the Woods' by Bill Bryson

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Humor Books to Combat the SAD Season

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Bill Bryson

Books by Bill Bryson

A Short History of Private Life

Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail

A Memoir

Bill Bryson has written books about:

NPR stories about Bill Bryson

More From Books

Business

Judge: Unredeemed Borders Gift Cards Are Worthless

Author Interviews

Fictional 'Mothers' Reveal Facts Of A Painful Adoption Process

Books

Book News: Newly Found Pearl Buck Novel To Be Published This Fall

Book Reviews

A Different Kind Of Immigrant Experience In 'Americanah'

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