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 913–960 of 4371

2023Fiction & literature

Once More With Feeling

Elissa Sussman

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2023Nonfiction

Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever

Matt Singer

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2023Nonfiction

Ordinary Notes

Christina Sharpe

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2023Nonfiction

Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears

Michael Schulman

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2023Nonfiction

Our Hideous Progeny

C.E. McGill

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2023Young readers

Our Incredible Library Book (and the wonderful journeys it took)

Caroline Crowe, illustrated by John Joseph

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2023Nonfiction

Our Migrant Souls: A Meditation on Race and the Meanings and Myths of “Latino”

Héctor Tobar

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2023Mystery & crime

Our Share of Night

Mariana Enriquez, translated by Megan McDowell

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2023Nonfiction

Outrageous: A History of Showbiz and the Culture Wars

Kliph Nesteroff

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2023Nonfiction

Owner of a Lonely Heart: A Memoir

Beth Nguyen

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2023Young readers

Parachute Kids: A Graphic Novel

Betty C. Tang

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2023Fiction & literature

Pay As You Go

Eskor David Johnson

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2023Science fiction & fantasy

People Collide

Isle McElroy

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2023Fiction & literature

Pineapple Street

Jenny Jackson

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2023Nonfiction

Pockets: An Intimate History of How We Keep Things Close

Hannah Carlson

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2023Nonfiction

Poverty, by America

Matthew Desmond

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2023Mystery & crime

Prom Mom: A Thriller

Laura Lippman

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2023Poetry

Promises of Gold

José Olivarez, translated by David Ruano González

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2023Young readers

Promposal

RaeChell Garrett

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2023Literary fiction

Prophet Song

Paul Lynch

On 2 lists: NPR Books We Love, Booker Prize

2023Poetry

Quietly Hostile: Essays

Samantha Irby

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2023Young readers

Rainbow Shopping

Qing Zhuang

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2023Nonfiction

Raw Dog: The Naked Truth About Hot Dogs

Jamie Loftus

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2023Nonfiction

Real Self-Care: A Transformative Program for Redefining Wellness (Crystals, Cleanses, and Bubble Baths Not Included)

Pooja Lakshmin

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2023Nonfiction

Recoding America: Why Government Is Failing in the Digital Age and How We Can Do Better

Jennifer Pahlka

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2023Young readers

Remember

Joy Harjo, illustrated by Michaela Goade

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2023Nonfiction

Ringmaster: Vince McMahon and the Unmaking of America

Abraham Josephine Riesman

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2023Nonfiction

Road to Surrender: Three Men and the Countdown to the End of World War II

Evan Thomas

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2023Graphic novels

Roaming

Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki

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2023Poetry

Roman Stories

Jhumpa Lahiri, translated by Jhumpa Lahiri and Todd Portnowitz

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2023Fiction & literature

Romantic Comedy

Curtis Sittenfeld

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2023Nonfiction

Romney: A Reckoning

McKay Coppins

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2023Fiction & literature

Roommates: A Totally Uplifting, Dramatic and Emotional Women's Fiction Novel

Ola Tundun

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2023Fiction & literature

Rootless

Krystle Zara Appiah

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2023Nonfiction

Rough Sleepers: Dr. Jim O’Connell’s Urgent Mission to Bring Healing to Homeless People

Tracy Kidder

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2023Young readers

Ruby Lost and Found

Christina Li

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2023Nonfiction

Safe and Sound: A Renter-Friendly Guide to Home Repair

Mercury Stardust

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2023Graphic novels

Shubeik Lubeik

Deena Mohamed

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2023Poetry

Sidle Creek

Jolene McIlwain

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2023Mystery & crime

Sing Her Down

Ivy Pochoda

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2023Mystery & crime

Small Mercies: A Detective Mystery

Dennis Lehane

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2023Nonfiction

Soil: The Story of a Black Mother's Garden

Camille T. Dungy

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2023Science fiction & fantasy

Some Desperate Glory

Emily Tesh

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2023Fiction & literature

Someone Else's Shoes

Jojo Moyes

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2023Fiction & literature

Something Wild & Wonderful

Anita Kelly

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2023Science fiction & fantasy

Sordidez

E.G. Condé

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2023Nonfiction

Spare

Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex

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2023Science fiction & fantasy

Starling House

Alix E. Harrow

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