NPR Bestsellers: Hardcover Fiction, Week Of February 12, 2015

Published February 13, 2015 at 1:03 PM HST

Debuting at No. 4, Nick Hornby's Funny Girl imagines the lives of the creative team behind a fictional BBC sitcom.

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