Selector archive · 2013—2025

NPR Books We Love

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

Selections: 4371
Authors: 3585
Lists & prizes: 9

Showing 865–912 of 4371

2023Fiction & literature

Kantika

Elizabeth Graver

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2023Nonfiction

King: A Life

Jonathan Eig

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2023Fiction & literature

Künstlers in Paradise

Cathleen Schine

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2023Nonfiction

Land of Milk and Honey

C Pam Zhang

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2023Science fiction & fantasy

Landscapes

Christine Lai

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2023Nonfiction

Leg: The Story of a Limb and the Boy Who Grew From It

Greg Marshall

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2023Nonfiction

Lesbian Love Story: A Memoir In Archives

Amelia Possanza

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2023Young readers

Like Lava In My Veins

Derrick Barnes, illustrated by Shawn Martinbrough

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2023Nonfiction

Liliana’s Invincible Summer: A Sister’s Search for Justice

Cristina Rivera Garza

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2023Nonfiction

Limitless: The Federal Reserve Takes on a New Age of Crisis

Jeanna Smialek

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2023Fiction & literature

Lone Women

Victor LaValle

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2023Nonfiction

Loot

Tania James

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2023Nonfiction

Losing Our Religion: An Altar Call for Evangelical America

Russell Moore

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2023Nonfiction

Lou Reed: The King of New York

Will Hermes

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2023Poetry

Love and Other Flight Delays

Denise Williams

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2023Nonfiction

Lunar Love

Lauren Kung Jessen

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2023Nonfiction

Madonna: A Rebel Life

Mary Gabriel

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2023Young readers

Maggie Lou, Firefox

Arnolda Dufour Bowes, illustrated by Karlene Harvey

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2023Nonfiction

Make It Japanese: Simple Recipes for Everyone: A Cookbook

Rie McClenny with Sanaë Lemoine

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2023Young readers

Mama Shamsi at the Bazaar

Mojdeh Hassani and Samira Iravani, illustrated by Maya Fidawi

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2023Young readers

Mascot

Charles Waters and Traci Sorell

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2023Nonfiction

Mass Supervision: Probation, Parole, and the Illusion of Safety and Freedom

Vincent Schiraldi

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2023Nonfiction

Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey From Slavery to Freedom

Ilyon Woo

On 2 lists: NPR Books We Love, The New York Times — 10 Best Books

2023Fiction & literature

Mater 2-10

Hwang Sok-yong, translated by Sora Kim-Russell and Youngjae Josephine Bae

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2023Young readers

Mexikid

Pedro Martín

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2023Graphic novels

Mimosa

Archie Bongiovanni

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2023Fiction & literature

Mobility

Lydia Kiesling

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2023Nonfiction

MoneyZen: The Secret to Finding Your 'Enough'

Manisha Thakor with Lisa Sweetingham

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2023Nonfiction

Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma

Claire Dederer

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2023Science fiction & fantasy

Monstrilio

Gerardo Sámano Córdova

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2023Nonfiction

More Is More: Get Loose in the Kitchen: A Cookbook

Molly Baz

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2023Fiction & literature

Mr. Texas

Lawrence Wright

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2023Fiction & literature

Much Ado About Nada

Uzma Jalaluddin

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2023Young readers

My Father, the Panda Killer

Jamie Jo Hoang

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2023Young readers

My Head Has a Bellyache: And More Nonsense for Mischievous Kids and Immature Grown-Ups

Chris Harris, illustrated by Andrea Tsurumi

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2023Mystery & crime

My Murder

Katie Williams

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2023Nonfiction

My Name Is Barbra

Barbra Streisand

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2023Graphic novels

My Picture Diary

Fujiwara Maki, translated by Ryan Holmberg

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2023Young readers

My Powerful Hair

Carole Lindstrom, illustrated by Steph Littlebird

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2023Young readers

My Strange Shrinking Parents

Zeno Sworder

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2023Science fiction & fantasy

Nestlings

Nat Cassidy

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2023Nonfiction

Night Vision: Seeing Ourselves through Dark Moods

Mariana Alessandri

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2023Poetry

Nineteen Claws and a Black Bird: Stories

Agustina Bazterrica, translated by Sarah Moses

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2023Mystery & crime

None of This Is True

Lisa Jewell

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2023Fiction & literature

North Woods

Daniel Mason

On 2 lists: NPR Books We Love, The New York Times — 10 Best Books

2023Mystery & crime

Old God's Time

Sebastian Barry

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2023Fiction & literature

On a Woman’s Madness

Astrid Roemer, translated by Lucy Scott

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2023Nonfiction

On Minimalism: Documenting a Musical Movement

Kerry O’Brien and William Robin (editors)

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