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NPR's Staff Pick Books of 2014

NPR compiled the best 250 titles published in 2014. Here are the best of the best: the staff favorites of the year.
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A Long Way Home: A Memoir (Saroo Brierley)
A Long Way Home: A Memoir (Saroo Brierley)
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All Our Names (Dinaw Mengestu)
All Our Names (Dinaw Mengestu)
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All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
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All the Truth Is Out (Matt Bai)
All the Truth Is Out (Matt Bai)
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The American Mission (Matthew Palmer)
The American Mission (Matthew Palmer)
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An Unnecessary Woman (Rabih Alameddine)
An Unnecessary Woman (Rabih Alameddine)
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Another Man's War: The Story of a Burma Boy in Britain's Forgotten Army (Barnaby Phillips)
Another Man's War: The Story of a Burma Boy in Britain's Forgotten Army (Barnaby Phillips)
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Apples of Uncommon Character: Heirlooms, Modern Classics, and Little-Known Wonders (Rowan Jacobsen)
Apples of Uncommon Character: Heirlooms, Modern Classics, and Little-Known Wonders (Rowan Jacobsen)
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Aviary Wonders Inc. Spring Catalog and Instruction Manual (Kate Samworth)
Aviary Wonders Inc. Spring Catalog and Instruction Manual (Kate Samworth)
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The Ballad of a Small Player (Lawrence Osborne)
The Ballad of a Small Player (Lawrence Osborne)
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Beethoven: Anguish and Triumph (Jan Swafford)
Beethoven: Anguish and Triumph (Jan Swafford)
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Being Mortal : Medicine and What Matters in the End (Atul Gawande)
Being Mortal : Medicine and What Matters in the End (Atul Gawande)
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Belzhar (Meg Wolitzer)
Belzhar (Meg Wolitzer)
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Blood Will Out: The True Story of a Murder, a Mystery, and a Masquerade (Walter Kirn)
Blood Will Out: The True Story of a Murder, a Mystery, and a Masquerade (Walter Kirn)
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The Bone Clocks (David Mitchell)
The Bone Clocks (David Mitchell)
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The Book of Strange New Things (Michel Faber)
The Book of Strange New Things (Michel Faber)
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Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi
Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi
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The Broken Road: From the Iron Gates to Mount Athos (Patrick Leigh Fermor)
The Broken Road: From the Iron Gates to Mount Athos (Patrick Leigh Fermor)
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Brothas Be, Yo Like George, Ain't That Funkin' Kinda Hard on You? (George Clinton)
Brothas Be, Yo Like George, Ain't That Funkin' Kinda Hard on You? (George Clinton)
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Brown Girl Dreaming (Jacqueline Woodson)
Brown Girl Dreaming (Jacqueline Woodson)
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California (Edan Lepucki)
California (Edan Lepucki)
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Can't and Won't (Lydia Davis)
Can't and Won't (Lydia Davis)
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Check the Technique: More Liner Notes for Hip-Hop Junkies (Brian Coleman)
Check the Technique: More Liner Notes for Hip-Hop Junkies (Brian Coleman)
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Dataclysm: Who We Are (When We Think No One's Looking) (Christian Rudder)
Dataclysm: Who We Are (When We Think No One's Looking) (Christian Rudder)
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Debbie Doesn't Do It Anymore (Walter Mosley)
Debbie Doesn't Do It Anymore (Walter Mosley)
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Delancey: A Man, a Woman, a Restaurant, a Marriage (Molly Wizenberg)
Delancey: A Man, a Woman, a Restaurant, a Marriage (Molly Wizenberg)
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The Divide: American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap (Matt Taibbi)
The Divide: American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap (Matt Taibbi)
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Do Not Sell at Any Price: The Wild, Obsessive Hunt for the World's Rarest 78Rpm Records (Amanda Petrusich)
Do Not Sell at Any Price: The Wild, Obsessive Hunt for the World's Rarest 78Rpm Records (Amanda Petrusich)
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Dog Whistle Politics: How Coded Racial Appeals Have Reinvented Racism and Wrecked the Middle Class (Ian Haney López)
Dog Whistle Politics: How Coded Racial Appeals Have Reinvented Racism and Wrecked the Middle Class (Ian Haney López)
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El Deafo (Cece Bell)
El Deafo (Cece Bell)
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Emeralds Included: A Jana Bibi Adventure (Betsy Woodman)
Emeralds Included: A Jana Bibi Adventure (Betsy Woodman)
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The Empathy Exams
The Empathy Exams
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Everything I Never Told You (Celeste Ng)
Everything I Never Told You (Celeste Ng)
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The Farm (Tom Rob Smith)
The Farm (Tom Rob Smith)
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The Fever (Megan Abbott)
The Fever (Megan Abbott)
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Firebird (Misty Copeland and Christopher Myers)
Firebird (Misty Copeland and Christopher Myers)
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Fourth of July Creek (Smith Henderson)
Fourth of July Creek (Smith Henderson)
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The Girl Next Door (Ruth Rendell)
The Girl Next Door (Ruth Rendell)
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The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden (Jonas Jonasson)
The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden (Jonas Jonasson)
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The Good Spy: The Life and Death of Robert Ames (Kai Bird)
The Good Spy: The Life and Death of Robert Ames (Kai Bird)
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