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 2977–3024 of 4371

2017Nonfiction

Ali: A Life

Jonathan Eig

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2017Fiction & literature

All Grown Up

Jami Attenberg

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2017Fiction & literature

Amanda Wakes Up: A Novel

Alisyn Camerota

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2017Nonfiction

American Fire: Love, Arson, And Life In A Vanishing Land

Monica Hesse

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2017Science fiction & fantasy

American War: A Novel

Omar El Akkad

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2017Young readers

Amina's Voice

Hena Khan

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2017Nonfiction

An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business And How You Can Take It Back

Elisabeth Rosenthal

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2017Nonfiction

An Odyssey: A Father, A Son, And An Epic

Daniel Mendelsohn

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2017Science fiction & fantasy

An Unkindness Of Ghosts

Rivers Solomon

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2017Mystery & crime

An Unkindness Of Magicians

Kat Howard

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2017Nonfiction

And Your Daughters Shall Prophesy: Stories From The Byways Of American Women And Religion

Adrian Shirk

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2017Nonfiction

Anne Boleyn, A King's Obsession: A Novel

Alison Weir

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2017Fiction & literature

Anything Is Possible: A Novel

Elizabeth Strout

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2017Nonfiction

Arabia Felix: The Danish Expedition Of 1761-1767

Thorkild Hansen, translated by James McFarlane and Kathleen McFarlane

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2017Nonfiction

At The Lightning Field

Laura Raicovich

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2017Nonfiction

Autonomous: A Novel

Annalee Newitz

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2017Poetry

Autopsy: Poems

Donte Collins

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2017Nonfiction

Autumn

Karl Ove Knausgaard

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2017Fiction & literature

Autumn: A Novel

Ali Smith

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2017Nonfiction

Back Pocket Pasta: Inspired Dinners To Cook On The Fly

Colu Henry

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2017Poetry

Bad Dreams And Other Stories

Tessa Hadley

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2017Young readers

Baking Class: 50 Fun Recipes Kids Will Love To Bake!

Deanna F. Cook

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2017Graphic novels

Baking With Kafka

Tom Gauld

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2017Mystery & crime

Based On A True Story: A Novel

Delphine de Vigan

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2017Nonfiction

Basketball (and Other Things): A Collection Of Questions Asked, Answered, Illustrated

Shea Serrano, illustrated by Arturo Torres

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2017Nonfiction

Bellevue: Three Centuries Of Medicine And Mayhem At America's Most Storied Hospital

David Oshinsky

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2017Nonfiction

Between Them: Remembering My Parents

Richard Ford

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2017Young readers

Beyond The Bright Sea

Lauren Wolk

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2017Young readers

Bird, Balloon, Bear

Il Sung Na

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2017Graphic novels

Black Bolt Vol. 1: Hard Time

Saladin Ahmed, illustrated by Christian Ward

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2017Nonfiction

Bleaker House: Chasing My Novel To The End Of The World

Nell Stevens

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2017Young readers

Blue Sky White Stars

Sarvinder Naberhaus, illustrated by Kadir Nelson

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2017Young readers

Bolivar

Sean Rubin

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2017Nonfiction

Botox Nation: Changing The Face Of America

Dana Berkowitz

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2017Graphic novels

Boundless

Jillian Tamaki

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2017Fiction & literature

Breathless

Beverly Jenkins

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2017Nonfiction

Brimstone

Cherie Priest

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2017Nonfiction

Bunk: The Rise of Hoaxes, Humbug, Plagiarists, Phonies, Post-Facts, And Fake News

Kevin Young

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2017Poetry

Calling A Wolf A Wolf

Kaveh Akbar

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2017Nonfiction

Chai, Chaat & Chutney: A Street Food Journey Through India

Chetna Makan

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2017Nonfiction

Chemistry: A Novel

Weike Wang

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2017Nonfiction

Chester B. Himes: A Biography

Lawrence P. Jackson

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2017Nonfiction

Cinemaps: An Atlas Of 35 Great Movies

Andrew DeGraff, with essays by A.D. Jameson

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2017Young readers

City Of Saints And Thieves

Natalie C. Anderson

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2017Fiction & literature

Conversations With Friends: A Novel

Sally Rooney

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2017Nonfiction

Cook Japanese At Home

Kimiko Barber

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2017Nonfiction

Cork Dork: A Wine-Fueled Adventure Among The Obsessive Sommeliers, Big Bottle Hunters, And Rogue Scientists Who Taught Me To Live For Taste

Bianca Bosker

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2017Young readers

Crown: An Ode To The Fresh Cut (Denene Millner Books)

Derrick Barnes, illustrated by Gordon C. James

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