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 1921–1968 of 4371

2020Poetry

Beowulf: A New Translation

Maria Dahvana Headley

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2020Science fiction & fantasy

Bestiary: A Novel

K-Ming Chang

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2020Nonfiction

Between Two Fires: Truth, Ambition, And Compromise In Putin's Russia

Joshua Yaffa

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2020Nonfiction

Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close

Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman

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2020Fiction & literature

Black Bottom Saints: A Novel

Alice Randall

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2020Young readers

Black Heroes Of The Wild West

James Otis Smith

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2020Science fiction & fantasy

Black Sun

Rebecca Roanhorse

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2020Fiction & literature

Black Sunday: A Novel

Tola Rotimi Abraham

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2020Mystery & crime

Blacktop Wasteland: A Novel

S.A. Cosby

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2020Mystery & crime

Blackwood

Michael Farris Smith

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2020Nonfiction

Blood On The River: A Chronicle Of Mutiny And Freedom On The Wild Coast

Marjoleine Kars

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2020Nonfiction

Born To Be Public

Greg Mania

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2020Nonfiction

Breath: The New Science Of A Lost Art

James Nestor

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2020Nonfiction

Broken Faith: Inside The Word Of Faith Fellowship, One Of America's Most Dangerous Cults

Mitch Weiss and Holbrook Mohr

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2020Fiction & literature

Burnt Sugar: A Novel

Avni Doshi

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2020Nonfiction

Capital And Ideology

Thomas Piketty, translated by Arthur Goldhammer

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2020Nonfiction

Caste: The Origins Of Our Discontents

Isabel Wilkerson

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2020Mystery & crime

Catherine House: A Novel

Elisabeth Thomas

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2020Young readers

Cemetery Boys

Aiden Thomas

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2020Nonfiction

Children Of The Land: A Memoir

Marcelo Hernandez Castillo

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2020Young readers

Clap When You Land

Elizabeth Acevedo

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2020Nonfiction

Clean: The New Science Of Skin

James Hamblin

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2020Fiction & literature

Cleanness

Garth Greenwell

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2020Poetry

Collective Gravities

Chloe N. Clark

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2020Nonfiction

Conditional Citizens: On Belonging In America

Laila Lalami

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2020Fiction & literature

Conjure Women: A Novel

Afia Atakora

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2020Nonfiction

Cook With Me: 150 Recipes For The Home Cook

Alex Guarnaschelli

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2020Nonfiction

Cooking For One: Scaled Recipes, No-Waste Solutions, And Time-Saving Tips

America's Test Kitchen

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2020Nonfiction

Cool Beans: The Ultimate Guide To Cooking With The World's Most Versatile Plant-Based Protein, With 125 Recipes

Joe Yonan

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2020Nonfiction

Cool Town: How Athens, Georgia, Launched Alternative Music And Changed American Culture

Grace Elizabeth Hale

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2020Nonfiction

Counterpoint: A Memoir Of Bach And Mourning

Philip Kennicott

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2020Fiction & literature

Creatures: A Novel

Crissy Van Meter

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2020Fiction & literature

Crooked Hallelujah

Kelli Jo Ford

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2020Poetry

Dance On Saturday: Stories

Elwin Cotman

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2020Graphic novels

Dancing After TEN

Vivian Chong and Georgia Webber

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2020Nonfiction

Dancing Man: A Broadway Choreographer's Journey

Bob Avian with Tom Santopietro

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2020Poetry

Dark Blood Comes From The Feet

Emma J. Gibbon

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2020Fiction & literature

Days Of Distraction: A Novel

Alexandra Chang

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2020Fiction & literature

Deacon King Kong: A Novel

James McBride

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

2020Young readers

Dear Justyce

Nic Stone

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2020Nonfiction

Desert Notebooks: A Road Map For The End Of Time

Ben Ehrenreich

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2020Nonfiction

Dessert Person: Recipes And Guidance For Baking With Confidence

Claire Saffitz

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2020Nonfiction

Dinner In French: My Recipes By Way Of France

Melissa Clark

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2020Nonfiction

Dirt: Adventures In Lyon As A Chef In Training, Father, And Sleuth Looking For The Secret Of French Cooking

Bill Buford

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2020Mystery & crime

Djinn Patrol On The Purple Line

Deepa Anappara

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2020Young readers

Each Of Us A Desert

Mark Oshiro

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2020Nonfiction

East: 120 Vegan And Vegetarian Recipes From Bangalore To Beijing

Meera Sodha

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2020Nonfiction

Eat A Peach: A Memoir

David Chang with Gabe Ulla

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