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 3121–3168 of 4371

2017Poetry

Men Without Women: Stories

Haruki Murakami, translated by Philip Gabriel and Theodore Goossen

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2017Fiction & literature

Mikhail And Margarita: A Novel

Julie Lekstrom Himes

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2017Young readers

Miles Morales: Spider-Man (A Marvel YA Novel)

Jason Reynolds

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2017Nonfiction

Milk Street: The New Home Cooking

Christopher Kimball

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2017Young readers

Minecraft: The Island: A Novel

Max Brooks

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2017Fiction & literature

Miss Kopp's Midnight Confessions

Amy Stewart

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2017Young readers

Moxie: A Novel

Jennifer Mathieu

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2017Nonfiction

Mozart's Starling

Lyanda Lynn Haupt

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2017Fiction & literature

Mrs. Fletcher: A Novel

Tom Perrotta

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2017Young readers

Muddy: The Story Of Blues Legend Muddy Waters

Michael Mahin, illustrated by Evan Turk

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2017Fiction & literature

My Absolute Darling: A Novel

Gabriel Tallent

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2017Graphic novels

My Brother's Husband

Gengoroh Tagame, translated by Anne Ishii

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2017Mystery & crime

My Darling Detective

Howard Norman

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2017Graphic novels

My Favorite Thing Is Monsters

Emil Ferris

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2017Graphic novels

My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness

Nagata Kabi

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2017Nonfiction

My Life, My Love, My Legacy

Coretta Scott King, as told to Barbara Reynolds

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2017Nonfiction

Nabokov's Favorite Word Is Mauve: What The Numbers Reveal About The Classics, Bestsellers, And Our Own Writing

Ben Blatt

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2017Fiction & literature

New People

Danzy Senna

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2017Science fiction & fantasy

Norse Mythology

Neil Gaiman

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2017Mystery & crime

Not A Sound: A Novel

Heather Gudenkauf

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2017Young readers

Now

Antoinette Portis

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2017Fiction & literature

On Second Thought

Kristan Higgins

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2017Poetry

One Day We'll All Be Dead And None Of This Will Matter: Essays

Scaachi Koul

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2017Nonfiction

One, Two, Three, More

Helen Levitt

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2017Poetry

Ordinary Beast: Poems

Nicole Sealey

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2017Nonfiction

Otis Redding: An Unfinished Life

Jonathan Gould

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2017Science fiction & fantasy

Out In The Open: A Novel

Jesus Carrasco

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2017Young readers

Out Of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets

Kwame Alexander, Chris Colderley and Marjory Wentworth, illustrated by Ekua Holmes

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2017Fiction & literature

Pachinko

Min Jin Lee

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

2017Young readers

Piecing Me Together

Renee Watson

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2017Graphic novels

Pretending Is Lying

Dominique Goblet, translated by Sophie Yanow

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2017Fiction & literature

Pretty Face

Lucy Parker

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2017Nonfiction

Priestdaddy: A Memoir

Patricia Lockwood

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2017Young readers

Priscilla Gorilla

Barbara Bottner, illustrated by Michael Emberley

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2017Mystery & crime

Quicksand

Malin Persson Giolito

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2017Young readers

Refugee

Alan Gratz

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2017Science fiction & fantasy

Reincarnation Blues: A Novel

Michael Poore

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2017Nonfiction

Richard Nixon: The Life

John A. Farrell

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2017Mystery & crime

Righteous

Joe Ide

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2017Young readers

Rise Of The Jumbies

Tracey Baptiste

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2017Mystery & crime

River Of Teeth

Sarah Gailey

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2017Graphic novels

Royal City Volume 1: Next Of Kin

Jeff Lemire

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2017Graphic novels

Run For It: Stories Of Slaves Who Fought For Their Freedom

Marcelo D'Salete

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2017Fiction & literature

Salt Houses: A Novel

Hala Alyan

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2017Nonfiction

Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering The Elements Of Good Cooking

Samin Nosrat, illustrated by Wendy MacNaughton

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2017Fiction & literature

Scandalous Ever After (Romance Of The Turf Book 2)

Theresa Romain

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2017Nonfiction

Selection Day: A Novel

Aravind Adiga

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2017Fiction & literature

Sex And Rage: A Novel

Eve Babitz

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