Curated category · 2006—2025

Best fiction & literature

Award-winning and editorially recommended fiction & literature across twenty years, organized for discovery rather than sales ranking.

Selections
931
Authors
750
Lists & prizes
2

Showing 865–912 of 931

2014Fiction & literature

The Dead Lake

Hamid Ismailov

NPR Books We Love

2014Fiction & literature

The Hilltop: A Novel

Assaf Gavron, translated by Steven Cohen

NPR Books We Love

2013Fiction & literature

My Education

Susan Choi

NPR Books We Love

2013Fiction & literature

The Best Man

Kristan Higgins

NPR Books We Love

2013Fiction & literature

The Goldfinch

Donna Tartt

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

2013Fiction & literature

The Lowland

Jhumpa Lahiri

NPR Books We Love