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 1681–1728 of 4371

2021Graphic novels

My Begging Chart

Keiler Roberts

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2021Fiction & literature

My Brilliant Life: A Novel

Ae-ran Kim, translated by Chi-Young Kim

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2021Nonfiction

My Broken Language: A Memoir

Quiara Alegría Hudes

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2021Mystery & crime

My Heart Is a Chainsaw

Stephen Graham Jones

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2021Poetry

My Monticello: Fiction

Jocelyn Nicole Johnson

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2021Mystery & crime

My Sweet Girl: A Novel

Amanda Jayatissa

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2021Nonfiction

Names for Light: A Family History

Thirii Myo Kyaw Myint

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2021Young readers

Nicky & Vera: A Quiet Hero of the Holocaust and the Children He Rescued

Peter Sis

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2021Graphic novels

Night Bus

Zuo Ma, translated by Orion Martin

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2021Fiction & literature

Night Came With Many Stars: A Novel

Simon Van Booy

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2021Poetry

Night Rooms: Essays

Gina Nutt

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2021Young readers

Nina: A Story of Nina Simone

Traci N. Todd, illustrated by Christian Robinson

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2021Fiction & literature

Nives: A Novel

Sacha Naspini

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2021Science fiction & fantasy

No Gods, No Monsters: A Novel

Cadwell Turnbull

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2021Fiction & literature

No One Is Talking About This: A Novel

Patricia Lockwood

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

2021Nonfiction

Nonbinary: A Memoir

Genesis P-Orridge

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2021Science fiction & fantasy

Noor

Nnedi Okorafor

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2021Young readers

Not Here to Be Liked

Michelle Quach

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2021Science fiction & fantasy

Notes From the Burning Age

Claire North

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2021Fiction & literature

Oh William!: A Novel

Elizabeth Strout

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2021Science fiction & fantasy

On Fragile Waves: A Novel

E. Lily Yu

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2021Poetry

On Freedom: Four Songs of Care and Constraint

Maggie Nelson

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2021Poetry

On Girlhood: 15 Stories from the Well-Read Black Girl Library

Glory Edim

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2021Nonfiction

On Juneteenth

Annette Gordon-Reed

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

2021Fiction & literature

One Last Stop: A Novel

Casey McQuiston

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2021Mystery & crime

Our Woman in Moscow

Beatriz Williams

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2021Fiction & literature

Outlawed: A Novel

Anna North

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2021Science fiction & fantasy

Palmares

Gayl Jones

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2021Nonfiction

Pastoral Song: A Farmer's Journey

James Rebanks

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2021Poetry

People From My Neighborhood

Hiromi Kawakami translated by Ted Goossen

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2021Nonfiction

People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present

Dara Horn

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2021Fiction & literature

People We Meet on Vacation

Emily Henry

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2021Poetry

Pilgrim Bell: Poems

Kaveh Akbar

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2021Poetry

Playlist for the Apocalypse: Poems

Rita Dove

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2021Poetry

Poet Warrior: A Memoir

Joy Harjo

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2021Poetry

Pop Song: Adventures in Art and Intimacy

Larissa Pham

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2021Nonfiction

Pregnant Girl: A Story of Teen Motherhood, College, and Creating a Better Future for Young Families

Nicole Lynn Lewis

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2021Nonfiction

Putting It Together: How Stephen Sondheim and I Created Sunday in the Park with George

James Lapine

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2021Mystery & crime

Quiet in Her Bones

Nalini Singh

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2021Fiction & literature

Radha & Jai’s Recipe for Romance

Nisha Sharma

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2021Fiction & literature

Ramadan Ramsey: A Novel

Louis Edwards

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2021Mystery & crime

Razorblade Tears: A Novel

S.A.Cosby

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2021Nonfiction

Real Estate: A Living Autobiography

Deborah Levy

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2021Fiction & literature

Red Island House: A Novel

Andrea Lee

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2021Young readers

Redemptor

Jordan Ifueko

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2021Nonfiction

Refugee High: Coming of Age in America

Elly Fishman

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2021Nonfiction

Remember: The Science of Memory and the Art of Forgetting

Lisa Genova

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2021Young readers

Revolution in Our Time: The Black Panther Party’s Promise to the People

Kekla Magoon

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