
The Week's Best Stories From NPR Books
This week: Meg Wolitzer, Charles Frazier, Jo Nesbo, Nafissa Thompson-Spires and James Sexton.'No One Meant To Be In My Office': A Divorce Lawyer's Tips On Staying Together
'This Guy Had Really Done A Great Job Before I Started': Jo Nesbo's 'Macbeth'
Meg Wolitzer's 'Female Persuasion' Honors The Women Who Helped Her On Her Way
Piskor says there's a pop-art, retro feel to his work " that just doesn't exist in any Marvel or DC comics right now." Marvel Comics hide caption
Martin Luther King Jr. stands with fellow civil rights leaders on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tenn., on April 3, 1968 — one day before he was assassinated while standing in approximately the same place. From left are Hosea Williams, Jesse Jackson, King and Ralph Abernathy. Charles Kelly/AP hide caption
An 'Exhausted' Martin Luther King Jr.'s Final 31 Hours
Madeleine Albright Warns: Don't Let Fascism Go 'Unnoticed Until It's Too Late'
Former Marine Corps Lt. Col. Kate Germano worked to hold female recruits to tougher standards. Then, she says, she was fired for it. Courtesy of Ars Nova Images hide caption
Ousted Marine Commander Aims To 'Fight Like A Girl' Against Gender Bias In Marines
Mindfulness gurus Geneen Roth and Ed Espe Brown have long championed the idea that how we relate to food affects other aspects of our lives. In new super-personal essay collections, they reassess their past self-help advice. Neil Webb/Getty Images/Ikon Images hide caption
Wade (Tye Sheridan) is the teen hero of Spielberg's latest big-budget action flick Ready Player One, based on the novel of the same name. Jaap Buitendijk/Warner Bros. hide caption
The life of musician Larry Norman, pictured left, is chronicled in Why Should the Devil Have All the Good Music?: Larry Norman and the Perils of Christian Rock Kristy Douglas/Courtesy of the Larry Norman Estate hide caption