Curated category · 2006—2025

Best fiction & literature

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

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2023Fiction & literature

Absolution

Alice McDermott

NPR Books We Love

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Bellies

Nicola Dinan

NPR Books We Love

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Berlin

Bea Setton

NPR Books We Love

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Big Swiss

Jen Beagin

NPR Books We Love

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Cousins

Aurora Venturini, translated by Kit Maude

NPR Books We Love

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Day

Michael Cunningham

NPR Books We Love

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Dayswork

Chris Bachelder and Jennifer Habel

NPR Books We Love

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Evil Eye

Etaf Rum

NPR Books We Love

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Family Meal

Bryan Washington

NPR Books We Love

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Glassworks

Olivia Wolfgang-Smith

NPR Books We Love

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Hang the Moon

Jeannette Walls

NPR Books We Love

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Happy Place

Emily Henry

NPR Books We Love

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Homestead

Melinda Moustakis

NPR Books We Love

2023Fiction & literature

Idlewild

James Frankie Thomas

NPR Books We Love

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In Memoriam

Alice Winn

NPR Books We Love

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Kantika

Elizabeth Graver

NPR Books We Love

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Lone Women

Victor LaValle

NPR Books We Love

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Mater 2-10

Hwang Sok-yong, translated by Sora Kim-Russell and Youngjae Josephine Bae

NPR Books We Love

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Mobility

Lydia Kiesling

NPR Books We Love

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Mr. Texas

Lawrence Wright

NPR Books We Love

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North Woods

Daniel Mason

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

2023Fiction & literature

The Bee Sting

Paul Murray

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