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 1297–1344 of 4371

2022Nonfiction

Mother Ocean Father Nation: A Novel

Nishant Batsha

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2022Fiction & literature

Mother of Strangers: A Novel

Suad Amiry

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2022Nonfiction

Mothercare: On Obligation, Love, Death, and Ambivalence

Lynne Tillman

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2022Mystery & crime

Mouth to Mouth: A Novel

Antoine Wilson

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2022Nonfiction

Mr. B: George Balanchine's 20th Century

Jennifer Homans

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2022Young readers

Muhammad Najem, War Reporter: How One Boy Put the Spotlight on Syria

Muhammad Najem and Nora Neus, illustrated by Julie Robine

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2022Mystery & crime

My Annihilation: A Novel

Fuminori Nakamura, translated by Sam Bett

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2022Young readers

My Brother Is Away

Sara Greenwood, illustrated by Luisa Uribe

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2022Young readers

My Parents Won't Stop Talking!

Emma Hunsinger and Tillie Walden

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2022Nonfiction

Nasty, Brutish, and Short: Adventures in Philosophy with My Kids

Scott Hershovitz

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2022Science fiction & fantasy

Nettle & Bone

T. Kingfisher

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2022Poetry

Night of the Living Rez: Stories

Morgan Talty

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2022Fiction & literature

Nightcrawling: A Novel

Leila Mottley

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2022Nonfiction

Nomad Century: How Climate Migration Will Reshape Our World

Gaia Vince

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2022Science fiction & fantasy

Nona the Ninth

Tamsyn Muir

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2022Young readers

Noor and Bobby

Praline Gay-Para, illustrated by Lauranne Quentric, and translated by Alyson Waters

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2022Fiction & literature

Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance: A Novel

Alison Espach

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2022Poetry

Now Do You Know Where You Are

Dana Levin

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2022Fiction & literature

Nuclear Family: A Novel

Joseph Han

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2022Fiction & literature

Olga Dies Dreaming: A Novel

Xochitl Gonzalez

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2022Fiction & literature

On the Rooftop: A Novel

Margaret Wilkerson Sexton

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2022Young readers

One for All: A Novel

Lillie Lainoff

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2022Fiction & literature

One True Loves

Elise Bryant

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2022Young readers

Ophelia After All

Racquel Marie

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2022Science fiction & fantasy

Ordinary Monsters: A Novel

J.M. Miro

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2022Nonfiction

Origin: A Genetic History of the Americas

Jennifer Raff

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2022Nonfiction

Ottolenghi Test Kitchen: Extra Good Things

Noor Murad and Yotam Ottolenghi

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2022Fiction & literature

Our Last Days in Barcelona

Chanel Cleeton

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2022Fiction & literature

Our Missing Hearts: A Novel

Celeste Ng

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2022Science fiction & fantasy

Our Wives Under the Sea: A Novel

Julia Armfield

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2022Fiction & literature

Paradais

Fernanda Melchor, translated by Sophie Hughes

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2022Fiction & literature

Partners in Crime: A Novel

Alisha Rai

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2022Science fiction & fantasy

Patricia Wants to Cuddle: A Novel

Samantha Allen

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2022Nonfiction

Persiana Everyday

Sabrina Ghayour

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2022Nonfiction

Plant-Based India: Nourishing Recipes Rooted in Tradition

Sheil Shukla

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2022Nonfiction

Portrait of a Thief: A Novel

Grace D. Li

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2022Science fiction & fantasy

Present Tense Machine: A Novel

Gunnhild Øyehaug, translated by Sophie Hughes

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2022Poetry

Punks: New & Selected Poems

John Keene

On 2 lists: NPR Books We Love, National Book Award for Poetry

2022Poetry

Rainbow Rainbow: Stories

Lydia Conklin

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2022Fiction & literature

Ramón and Julieta

Alana Quintana Albertson

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2022Fiction & literature

Recitatif: A Story

Toni Morrison

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2022Nonfiction

Red Paint: An Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk

Sasha taqʷšəblu LaPointe

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2022Young readers

Red Scare: A Graphic Novel

Liam Francis Walsh

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2022Mystery & crime

Reputation: A Novel

Sarah Vaughan

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2022Poetry

Reward System: Stories

Jem Calder

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2022Nonfiction

River of the Gods: Genius, Courage, and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile

Candice Millard

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2022Poetry

Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks

Patrick Radden Keefe

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2022Fiction & literature

Roses, in the Mouth of a Lion: A Novel

Bushra Rehman

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