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NPR Books We Love

NPR Books We Love selections, presented by recognition year. Each entry links to the selector’s first-party record.

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4371
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2024Graphic novels

Woman, Life, Freedom

Marjane Satrapi, translated by Una Dimitrijevic

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2024Fiction & literature

Women's Hotel

Daniel M. Lavery

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2024Fiction & literature

Worry

Alexandra Tanner

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2024Science fiction & fantasy

You Dreamed of Empires

Álvaro Enrigue, translated by Natasha Wimmer

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2024Graphic novels

Zodiac: A Graphic Memoir

Ai Weiwei with Elettra Stamboulis, illustrated by Gianluca Costantini

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2023Young readers

A Walk in the Woods

Nikki Grimes, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney and Brian Pinkney

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2023Fiction & literature

Absolution

Alice McDermott

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2023Mystery & crime

Age of Vice

Deepti Kapoor

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2023Young readers

An American Story

Kwame Alexander, illustrated by Dare Coulter

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2023Young readers

Bea Wolf

Zach Weinersmith, illustrated by Boulet

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2023Fiction & literature

Bellies

Nicola Dinan

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2023Young readers

Beneath

Cori Doerrfeld

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