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 3889–3936 of 4371

2015Poetry

Thinking About It Only Makes It Worse (And Other Lessons From Modern Life)

David Mitchell

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2015Poetry

Thirteen Ways Of Looking: Fiction

Colum McCann

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2015Poetry

Three Moments Of An Explosion: Stories

China Miéville

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2015Fiction & literature

Tiny Little Thing

Beatriz Williams

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2015Young readers

Toys Meet Snow: Being The Wintertime Adventures Of A Curious Stuffed Buffalo, A Sensitive Plush Stingray, And A Book-Loving Rubber Ball

Emily Jenkins, illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky

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2015Poetry

Tropisms

Nathalie Sarraute, translated by Maria Jolas

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2015Nonfiction

True Thai: Real Flavors For Every Table

Hong Thaimee

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2015Graphic novels

Two Brothers

Gabriel Bá and Fabio Moon

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2015Fiction & literature

Under The Udala Trees

Chinelo Okparanta

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2015Fiction & literature

Undermajordomo Minor: A Novel

Patrick deWitt

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2015Nonfiction

Unfinished Business: Women Men Work Family

Anne-Marie Slaughter

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2015Science fiction & fantasy

Uprooted

Naomi Novik

On 2 lists: NPR Books We Love, Nebula Award for Best Novel

2015Nonfiction

V Is For Vegetables: Inspired Recipes & Techniques For Home Cooks — From Artichokes To Zucchini

Michael Anthony

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2015Science fiction & fantasy

Vermilion

Molly Tanzer

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2015Young readers

Waiting

Kevin Henkes

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2015Fiction & literature

We Are Pirates

Daniel Handler

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2015Nonfiction

We Were Brothers

Barry Moser

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2015Nonfiction

Welcome To Braggsville

T. Geronimo Johnson

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2015Fiction & literature

When A Scot Ties the Knot: Castles Ever After

Tessa Dare

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2015Science fiction & fantasy

Where The Bird Sings Best

Alejandro Jodorowsky, translated by Alfred MacAdam

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2015Fiction & literature

White Light

Vanessa Garcia

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2015Nonfiction

Widow Basquiat: A Love Story

Jennifer Clement

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2015Nonfiction

Words Without Music: A Memoir

Philip Glass

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2015Young readers

Yard Sale

Eve Bunting, illustrated by Lauren Castillo

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2015Young readers

Your Alien

Tammi Sauer, illustrated by Goro Fujita

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2014Fiction & literature

10:04: A Novel

Ben Lerner

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2014Young readers

100 Sideways Miles

Andrew Smith

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2014Fiction & literature

2 A.M. At The Cat's Pajamas

Marie-Helene Bertino

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2014Fiction & literature

A Bollywood Affair

Sonali Dev

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2014Literary fiction

A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing

Eimear McBride

On 2 lists: NPR Books We Love, Women’s Prize for Fiction

2014Nonfiction

A Long Way Home: A Memoir

Saroo Brierley

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2014Nonfiction

A Painter's Progress: A Portrait Of Lucian Freud

David Dawson

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2014Young readers

A Snicker Of Magic

Natalie Lloyd

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2014Nonfiction

Afterparty

Daryl Gregory

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2014Young readers

Ah-Ha To Zig-Zag: 31 Objects From Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Maira Kalman

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2014Fiction & literature

All Our Names

Dinaw Mengestu

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2014Nonfiction

All The Light We Cannot See: A Novel

Anthony Doerr

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

2014Nonfiction

All The Truth Is Out: The Week Politics Went Tabloid

Matt Bai

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2014Nonfiction

An Unnecessary Woman

Rabih Alameddine

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2014Fiction & literature

An Untamed State

Roxane Gay

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2014Fiction & literature

Ancient Oceans Of Central Kentucky

David Connerley Nahm

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2014Science fiction & fantasy

Ancillary Sword

Anne Leckie

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2014Nonfiction

Another Man's War: The Story Of A Burma Boy In Britain's Forgotten Army

Barnaby Phillips

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2014Nonfiction

Apples Of Uncommon Character: Heirlooms, Modern Classics, And Little-Known Wonders

Rowan Jacobsen

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2014Science fiction & fantasy

Area X: The Southern Reach Trilogy: Annihilation; Authority; Acceptance

Jeff VanderMeer

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2014Young readers

Aviary Wonders Inc. Spring Catalog And Instruction Manual

Kate Samworth

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2014Poetry

Bad Feminist: Essays

Roxane Gay

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2014Nonfiction

Baking Chez Moi: Recipes From My Paris Home To Your Home Anywhere

Dorie Greenspan

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