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 145–192 of 271

2015Science fiction & fantasy

Seveneves: A Novel

Neal Stephenson

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2015Young readers

Shadowshaper

Daniel José Older

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2015Graphic novels

Showa: A History of Japan 1953-1989

Shigeru Mizuki, translated by Zack Davisson

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2015Nonfiction

Showdown: Thurgood Marshall And The Supreme Court Nomination That Changed America

Wil Haygood

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2015Poetry

Single, Carefree, Mellow: Stories

Katherine Heiny

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2015Nonfiction

Sisters In Law: How Sandra Day O'Connor And Ruth Bader Ginsburg Went To The Supreme Court And Changed The World

Linda Hirshman

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2015Science fiction & fantasy

Slade House: A Novel

David Mitchell

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2015Nonfiction

Slice Harvester: A Memoir In Pizza

Colin Atrophy Hagendorf

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2015Science fiction & fantasy

Sorcerer To The Crown: A Sorcerer Royal Novel

Zen Cho

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2015Science fiction & fantasy

Speak: A Novel

Louisa Hall

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2015Nonfiction

Spectacle: The Astonishing Life Of Ota Benga

Pamela Newkirk

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2015Mystery & crime

Spy Games

Adam Brookes

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2015Graphic novels

Step Aside, Pops: A Hark! A Vagrant Collection

Kate Beaton

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2015Nonfiction

Strangers Drowning: Grappling With Impossible Idealism, Drastic Choices, And The Overpowering Urge To Help

Larissa MacFarquhar

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2015Fiction & literature

Summerlong: A Novel

Dean Bakopolous

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2015Young readers

SuperMutant Magic Academy

Jillian Tamaki

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2015Graphic novels

Tales From The Loop

Simon Stalenhag

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2015Poetry

Tales Of The Marvellous And News Of The Strange

translated by Malcolm C. Lyons, illustrated by Coralie Bickford-Smith

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2015Poetry

Ted Hughes: The Unauthorised Life

Jonathan Bate

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2015Nonfiction

Television Is The New Television: The Unexpected Triumph Of Old Media In The Digital Age

Michael Wolff

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2015Graphic novels

The Arab Of The Future: A Childhood In The Middle East, 1978-1984: A Graphic Memoir

Riad Sattouf

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2015Nonfiction

The Argonauts

Maggie Nelson

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2015Nonfiction

The Art Of Memoir

Mary Karr

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2015Nonfiction

The Battle Of Versailles: The Night American Fashion Stumbled Into The Spotlight And Made History

Robin Givhan

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2015Young readers

The Bear Ate Your Sandwich

Julia Sarcone-Roach

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2015Nonfiction

The Big Green Tent: A Novel

Ludmila Ulitskaya, translated by Polly Gannon

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2015Mystery & crime

The Blondes: A Novel

Emily Schultz

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2015Fiction & literature

The Bollywood Bride

Sonali Dev

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2015Fiction & literature

The Book Of Aron: A Novel

Jim Shepard

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2015Science fiction & fantasy

The Buried Giant: A Novel

Kazuo Ishiguro

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2015Poetry

The Complete Stories

Clarice Lispector, translated by Katrina Dodson

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2015Science fiction & fantasy

The Country Of Ice Cream Star

Sandra Newman

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2015Young readers

The Court Of Fives

Kate Elliott

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2015Mystery & crime

The Crossing (Bosch)

Michael Connelly

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2015Nonfiction

The Dark Net: Inside The Digital Underworld

Jamie Bartlett

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2015Science fiction & fantasy

The Daughters: A Novel

Adrienne Celt

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2015Mystery & crime

The Dead Mountaineer's Inn: One More Last Rite For The Detective Genre

Boris Strugatsky, Arkady Strugatsky, translated by Josh Billings

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2015Science fiction & fantasy

The Dirty Dust: Cré Na Cille

Máirtín Ó Cadhain, translated by Alan Titley

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2015Fiction & literature

The Double Life Of Liliane

Lily Tuck

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2015Graphic novels

The Familiar, Volume 1: One Rainy Day In May

Mark Z. Danielewski

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2015Science fiction & fantasy

The Fifth Season

N.K. Jemisin

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2015Poetry

The First Collection Of Criticism By A Living Female Rock Critic

Jessica Hopper

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2015Fiction & literature

The Fishermen: A Novel

Chigozie Obioma

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2015Nonfiction

The Fly Trap

Fredrik Sjöberg, translated by Thomas Teal

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2015Science fiction & fantasy

The Galaxy Game

Karen Lord

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2015Fiction & literature

The Gap Of Time: A Novel

Jeanette Winterson

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2015Mystery & crime

The Ghost Network: A Novel

Catie Disabato

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2015Mystery & crime

The Girl In The Spider's Web: A Lisbeth Salander Novel

David Lagercrantz

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