Amy Bloom’s set of sweet, accessible novellas, Where the God of Love Hangs Out, makes this week’s list at No. 10. » E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us View full post on NPR Topics:...

In The Kind Diet, No. 5 on this week’s list, actress, vegan and animal rights activist Alicia Silverstone makes the case for a meat and dairy free diet as the path to a healthy body and a healthy planet. She provides roadmaps for those looking to phase out animal products, those looking...

Howard Zinn’s iconic book, A People’s History of the United States, first published in 1980, transformed the way many Americans view history by focusing on voices that other historians had long ignored. In the wake of Zinn’s death, this seminal work returns to the bestseller...

Things fall apart in Louise Erdrich’s Shadow Tag. A woman’s gift to science yields medical miracles — and outrage — in The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. What will America be like with one-third more people? A strangely optimistic answer in The Next Hundred Million....