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 145–192 of 931

2024Fiction & literature

Martyr!

Kaveh Akbar

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

2024Fiction & literature

Memory Piece

Lisa Ko

NPR Books We Love

2024Fiction & literature

Mina's Matchbox

Yoko Ogawa, translated by Stephen B. Snyder

NPR Books We Love

2024Fiction & literature

My Friends

Hisham Matar

NPR Books We Love

2024Fiction & literature

Old King

Maxim Loskutoff

NPR Books We Love

2024Fiction & literature

Ready or Not

Cara Bastone

NPR Books We Love

2024Fiction & literature

Rental House

Weike Wang

NPR Books We Love

2024Fiction & literature

Sandwich

Catherine Newman

NPR Books We Love

2024Fiction & literature

Small Rain

Garth Greenwell

NPR Books We Love

2024Fiction & literature

Swift River

Essie Chambers

NPR Books We Love

2024Fiction & literature

The Horse

Willy Vlautin

NPR Books We Love

2024Fiction & literature

The Stone Home

Crystal Hana Kim

NPR Books We Love

2024Fiction & literature

The Women

Kristin Hannah

NPR Books We Love

2024Fiction & literature

Us Fools

Nora Lange

NPR Books We Love

2024Fiction & literature

Victim

Andrew Boryga

NPR Books We Love

2024Fiction & literature

Whale Fall

Elizabeth O’Connor

NPR Books We Love

2024Fiction & literature

Women's Hotel

Daniel M. Lavery

NPR Books We Love