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Monday, November 26, 2012
Paperback Nonfiction Bestsellers
NPR Bestsellers: Paperback Nonfiction, Week Of November 22, 2012
November 26, 2012 Jordan Matter's Dancers Among Us shows artists performing in unexpected places. It appears at No. 9.
Hardcover Nonfiction Bestsellers
NPR Bestsellers: Hardcover Nonfiction, Week Of November 22, 2012
November 26, 2012 Jon Meacham's Thomas Jefferson paints a rich portrait of the third president. It debuts at No. 1.
Paperback Fiction Bestsellers
NPR Bestsellers: Paperback Fiction, Week Of November 22, 2012
November 26, 2012 The Snow Child, Eowyn Ivey's bleak portrayal of 1920 Alaska, appears at No. 12.
Independent Bookstores Find Their Footing
November 26, 2012 Independent bookstores have weathered competition from big chains, Amazon and now e-books. But NPR's Lynn Neary reports that this year's holiday shopping season looks like an improvement on past years, as booksellers offer quality hardcovers and their own take on e-readers.
Hardcover Fiction Bestsellers
NPR Bestsellers: Hardcover Fiction, Week Of November 22, 2012
November 26, 2012 Alice Munro's new story collection makes ordinary existence seem extraordinary. It debuts at No. 8.
Author Interviews
Mantel Takes Up Betrayal, Beheadings In 'Bodies'
November 26, 2012 Hilary Mantel is the first woman to win the Man Booker Prize twice, first for her 2009 novel, Wolf Hall, and now for that book's 2012 sequel, Bring Up the Bodies. The novels are part of a historical fiction trilogy about Tudor England and the events surrounding the reign of King Henry VIII.
You Must Read This
Strange Fruit And Stranger Dreams In The Deep South
November 26, 2012 The Battlefield Where The Moon Says I Love You may be more than 15,000 lines of almost entirely unpunctuated poetry, but author Steve Stern says this Southern gothic fun house is so bewitching you'll have to finish it. Do you have a favorite impossible book? Tell us in the comments.
Author Interviews
Memoir Traces How Cartoonist Lost Her 'Marbles'
November 26, 2012 Just before her 30th birthday, Ellen Forney received a diagnosis that finally explained her super-charged highs and debilitating lows: bipolar disorder. In Marbles, a new graphic memoir, Forney recalls both the pain and the humor of her path to stability.
Sunday, November 25, 2012
Author Interviews
Uncovered Letters Reveal A New Side Of William Styron
November 25, 2012 The momentous life of Pulitzer Prize winner William Styron is now chronicled in more than 1,000 of his letters compiled by his widow, Rose Styron. The collection is called, Selected Letters of William Styron.
Author Interviews
Old Newspapers, New Perspectives On The American Revolution
November 25, 2012 For his new book, archivist Todd Andrlik tracked down 18th century newspapers to provide a sense of the Revolution as it actually unfolded. Andrlik says the newspapers preserve things that didn't make it into history textbooks — like the fact that the Boston Tea Party was not universally popular.
Saturday, November 24, 2012
Author Interviews
A White Face With A Forgotten African Family
November 24, 2012 Growing up blond-haired and blue-eyed in Southern California, Joe Mozingo always thought his family name was Italian. In his book Fiddler on Pantico Run, he tells the family's secret, buried in 300 years of American history.
Book Reviews
New 'Tune,' Same Key From Cartoonist Derek Kirk Kim
November 24, 2012 The author of the widely acclaimed Same Difference returns with a new graphic novel. An engaging tale of disaffected 20-somethings, Tune will feel familiar to fans of Kim's earlier work. Maybe a little too familiar — until the aliens arrive.
