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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.

Selections
4371
Authors
3585
Lists & prizes
9

Showing 97–144 of 4371

2025Fiction & literature

Fundamentally

Nussaibah Younis

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2025Fiction & literature

Girl Dinner

Olivie Blake

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2025Fiction & literature

Good Dirt

Charmaine Wilkerson

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2025Young readers

Hansel and Gretel

Stephen King, illustrated by Maurice Sendak

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2025Mystery & crime

Heartwood

Amity Gaige

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2025Poetry

History Matters

David McCullough, Dorie McCullough Lawson (contributor), Michael Hill (contributor)

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2025Science fiction & fantasy

Hungerstone

Kat Dunn

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2025Fiction & literature

Isola

Allegra Goodman

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2025Young readers

J vs. K

Jerry Craft and Kwame Alexander

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2025Mystery & crime

Killing Stella

Marlen Haushofer, translated by Shaun Whiteside

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