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 2065–2112 of 4371

2020Fiction & literature

Missionaries: A Novel

Phil Klay

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2020Graphic novels

Moms

Yeong-shin Ma, translated by Janet Hong

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2020Fiction & literature

Monogamy: A Novel

Sue Miller

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2020Mystery & crime

Moonflower Murders: A Novel

Anthony Horowitz

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2020Nonfiction

Mosquito Supper Club: Cajun Recipes From A Disappearing Bayou

Melissa M. Martin

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2020Nonfiction

MS-13: The Making Of America's Most Notorious Gang

Steven Dudley

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2020Poetry

Music For The Dead And Resurrected: Poems

Valzhyna Mort

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2020Nonfiction

Mutations: The Many Strange Faces Of Hardcore Punk

Sam McPheeters

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2020Nonfiction

My Autobiography Of Carson McCullers: A Memoir

Jenn Shapland

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2020Young readers

My Best Friend

Julie Fogliano, illustrated by Jillian Tamaki

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2020Fiction & literature

My Town: An Artist’s Life In London

David Gentleman

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2020Nonfiction

Neon Girls: A Stripper's Education In Protest And Power

Jennifer Worley

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2020Science fiction & fantasy

Network Effect: A Murderbot Novel

Martha Wells

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2020Fiction & literature

New Waves: A Novel

Kevin Nguyen

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2020Nonfiction

New World Sourdough: Artisan Techniques For Creative Homemade Fermented Breads

Bryan Ford

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2020Nonfiction

Night Letters: Gulbuddin Hekmatyar And The Afghan Islamists Who Changed The World

Chris Sands with Fazelminallah Qazizai

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2020Nonfiction

No Filter: The Inside Story Of Instagram

Sarah Frier

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2020Nonfiction

No Rules Rules: Netflix And The Culture Of Reinvention

Reed Hastings and Erin Meyer

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2020Poetry

Notes From An Apocalypse: A Personal Journey To The End Of The World And Back

Mark O'Connell

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2020Graphic novels

Notes On A Case Of Melancholia: Or, A Little Death

Nicholas Gurewitch

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2020Nonfiction

Notes On A Silencing: A Memoir

Lacy Crawford

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2020Poetry

Obit

Victoria Chang

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2020Nonfiction

Once I Was You: A Memoir Of Love And Hate In A Torn America

Maria Hinojosa

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2020Nonfiction

One Life

Megan Rapinoe and Emma Brockes

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2020Fiction & literature

One Night Two Souls Went Walking

Ellen Cooney

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2020Fiction & literature

One To Watch: A Novel

Kate Stayman-London

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2020Nonfiction

Ottolenghi Flavor: A Cookbook

Yotam Ottolenghi and Ixta Belfrage

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2020Young readers

Outside In

Deborah Underwood, illustrated by Cindy Derby

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2020Poetry

Overstated: A Coast-to-Coast Roast Of The 50 States

Colin Quinn

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2020Nonfiction

Owls Of The Eastern Ice: A Quest To Find And Save The World's Largest Owl

Jonathan C. Slaght

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2020Fiction & literature

Party Of Two

Jasmine Guillory

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2020Science fiction & fantasy

Perestroika In Paris: A Novel

Jane Smiley

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2020Nonfiction

Pie Academy: Master The Perfect Crust And 255 Amazing Fillings

Ken Haedrich

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2020Mystery & crime

Piranesi

Susanna Clarke

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2020Fiction & literature

Pizza Girl: A Novel

Jean Kyoung Frazier

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2020Young readers

Planet Omar: Accidental Trouble Magnet

Zanib Mian, illustrated by Nasaya Mafaridik

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2020Nonfiction

Political Sign (Object Lessons)

Tobias Carroll

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2020Poetry

Postcolonial Love Poem

Natalie Diaz

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2020Young readers

Prairie Lotus

Linda Sue Park

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2020Science fiction & fantasy

Processed Cheese: A Novel

Stephen Wright

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2020Nonfiction

Quick & Delicious: 100 Recipes To Cook In 30 Minutes Or Less

Gordon Ramsay

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2020Nonfiction

Race Against Time: A Reporter Reopens The Unsolved Murder Cases Of The Civil Rights Era

Jerry Mitchell

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2020Nonfiction

Race For Profit: How Banks And The Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

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2020Young readers

Raybearer

Jordan Ifueko

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2020Fiction & literature

Real Life: A Novel

Brandon Taylor

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2020Fiction & literature

Recipe For Persuasion: A Novel

Sonali Dev

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2020Fiction & literature

Red Pill: A Novel

Hari Kunzru

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2020Nonfiction

Remembrance

Rita Woods

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