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NPR Bestsellers: Week Of May 16, 2013

NPR Books - Fri, 05/17/2013 - 10:00am

The lists are compiled from weekly surveys of close to 500 independent bookstores nationwide.

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NPR Bestsellers: Paperback Nonfiction, Week Of May 16, 2013

NPR Books - Fri, 05/17/2013 - 10:00am

Appearing at No. 12, Paul French explores a British schoolgirl's murder in Midnight In Peking.

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NPR Bestsellers: Hardcover Fiction, Week Of May 16, 2013

NPR Books - Fri, 05/17/2013 - 10:00am

Sookie Stackhouse has one last adventure in Charlaine Harris' Dead Ever After. It debuts at No. 4.

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NPR Bestsellers: Paperback Fiction, Week Of May 16, 2013

NPR Books - Fri, 05/17/2013 - 10:00am

Bring Up The Bodies, Hilary Mantel's tale of Anne Boleyn, arrives on the paperback list at No. 9.

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Essay: Beautiful Creatures

New York Times Sunday Book Review - Fri, 05/17/2013 - 9:35am
Charles Kingsley’s 150-year-old morality fable reflects the contradictory impulses of the Victorian era.    

‘The Humanity Project,’ by Jean Thompson

New York Times Sunday Book Review - Fri, 05/17/2013 - 9:34am
At the center of the plot lines in Jean Thompson’s novel is a philanthropist who wants to bribe people into virtue.    

Inside the List

New York Times Sunday Book Review - Fri, 05/17/2013 - 9:32am
“Happy, Happy, Happy” by Phil Robertson is No. 1 on the hardcover nonfiction list — the second best seller spawned by the reality show “Duck Dynasty.”    

Paperback Row

New York Times Sunday Book Review - Fri, 05/17/2013 - 9:32am
Paperback books of particular interest.    

Editors’ Choice

New York Times Sunday Book Review - Fri, 05/17/2013 - 9:32am
Recently reviewed books of particular interest.    

‘Jacob’s Folly,’ by Rebecca Miller, and More

New York Times Sunday Book Review - Fri, 05/17/2013 - 9:30am
New books by Rebecca Miller, Louisa Hall, Thea Goodman, MacKenzie Bezos and Naomi Alderman.    

‘To Save Everything, Click Here,’ by Evgeny Morozov

New York Times Sunday Book Review - Fri, 05/17/2013 - 9:28am
The digital-age transparency we’ve grown accustomed to may threaten the spirit of democracy, Evgeny Morozov warns.    

‘The Letters of William Gaddis’

New York Times Sunday Book Review - Fri, 05/17/2013 - 9:24am
William Gaddis’s letters reveal the struggle and self-doubt behind the novels.    

A Novel and Essay Collection by Elinor Lipman

New York Times Sunday Book Review - Fri, 05/17/2013 - 9:21am
A novel and essay collection by Elinor Lipman showcase her urbanity and optimism.    

‘All the Great Prizes,’ by John Taliaferro

New York Times Sunday Book Review - Fri, 05/17/2013 - 9:20am
From the birth of the Republican Party to the Spanish-American War, John Hay was a seminal 19th-century figure.    

Audiobooks: ‘The Ernest Hemingway Audiobook Library’

New York Times Sunday Book Review - Fri, 05/17/2013 - 9:20am
A comprehensive collection of Ernest Hemingway’s novels, nonfiction and short stories.    

Audiobooks: ‘Let’s Explore Diabetes With Owls,’ by David Sedaris

New York Times Sunday Book Review - Fri, 05/17/2013 - 9:17am
Stuck in traffic with David Sedaris.    

Audiobooks: When Words Sing

New York Times Sunday Book Review - Fri, 05/17/2013 - 9:17am
Recording an audiobook requires talent, discipline and a lot of coffee.    

‘Woke Up Lonely,’ by Fiona Maazel

New York Times Sunday Book Review - Fri, 05/17/2013 - 9:16am
Fiona Maazel’s antic new novel examines the contradictory but concurrent urges for solitude and intimacy.    

Tom Drury’s ‘Pacific’

New York Times Sunday Book Review - Fri, 05/17/2013 - 9:16am
The troubles of Tom Drury’s characters seem to stretch back into the inscrutable past, and out into an equally murky future.    

‘Top of the Morning,’ by Brian Stelter

New York Times Sunday Book Review - Fri, 05/17/2013 - 9:15am
Brian Stelter recounts the intrigue, infighting and personal crises in the morning TV shows’ ratings wars.    

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