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Best Books 2016: NPR

NPR Book Concierge's 2016 Top picks of books published within 2016. Children's Literature and Cookbooks are not included.
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13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl (Mona Awad)
13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl
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Mona Awad
32 Yolks (Ripert)
32 Yolks
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Ripert
The Abcs of How We Learn: 26 Scientifically Proven Approaches, How They Work, and When to Use Them (By Daniel L. Schwartz, Jessica M. Tsang, Kristen P)
The Abcs of How We Learn: 26 Scientifically Proven Approaches, How They Work, and When to Use Them
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By Daniel L. Schwartz, Jessica M. Tsang, Kristen P
The Abundance: Narrative Essays Old and New (Annie Dillard)
The Abundance: Narrative Essays Old and New
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Annie Dillard
Addlands: A Novel (Tom Bullough)
Addlands: A Novel
5
Tom Bullough
Alive, Alive Oh!: And Other Things That Matter (Diana Athill)
Alive, Alive Oh!: And Other Things That Matter
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Diana Athill
All That Man Is: A Novel (David Szalay)
All That Man Is: A Novel
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David Szalay
All the Birds in the Sky (Charlie Jane Anders)
All the Birds in the Sky
8
Charlie Jane Anders
All the Single Ladies (Traister)
All the Single Ladies
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Traister
Alligator Candy: A Memoir (David Kushner)
Alligator Candy: A Memoir
10
David Kushner
American Housewife (Helen Ellis)
American Housewife
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Helen Ellis
American Philosophy: A Love Story (John Kaag)
American Philosophy: A Love Story
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John Kaag
And I Darken (Kiersten White)
And I Darken
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Kiersten White
The Angel of History: A Novel (Rabih Alameddine)
The Angel of History: A Novel
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Rabih Alameddine
Another Brooklyn: A Novel (Jacqueline Woodson)
Another Brooklyn: A Novel
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Jacqueline Woodson
The Arab of the Future 2: A Childhood in the Middle East, 1984-1985: A Graphic Memoir (Riad Sattouf)
The Arab of the Future 2: A Childhood in the Middle East, 1984-1985: A Graphic Memoir
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Riad Sattouf
Around the Way Girl: A Memoir (Taraji P. Henson, With Denene Millner)
Around the Way Girl: A Memoir
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Taraji P. Henson, With Denene Millner
The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye (Sonny Liew)
The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye
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Sonny Liew
As Good as Gone: A Novel (Larry Watson)
As Good as Gone: A Novel
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Larry Watson
The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World's Most Precious Manuscripts (Joshua Hammer)
The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World's Most Precious Manuscripts
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Joshua Hammer
The Ballad of Black Tom (Victor Lavalle)
The Ballad of Black Tom
21
Victor Lavalle
Barkskins (Annie Proulx)
Barkskins
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Annie Proulx
The Beach at Night (By Elena Ferrante, Illustrated by Mara Cerri, Tran)
The Beach at Night
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By Elena Ferrante, Illustrated by Mara Cerri, Tran
Before the Fall (Hawley)
Before the Fall
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Hawley
Beginner's Guide: Love and Other Chemical Reactions (Six De Los Reyes)
Beginner's Guide: Love and Other Chemical Reactions
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Six De Los Reyes
Behold the Dreamers (Imbolo Mbue)
Behold the Dreamers
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Imbolo Mbue
The Best American Comics 2016 (Roz Chast (Editor))
The Best American Comics 2016
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Roz Chast (Editor)
The Bitch Is Back: Older, Wiser, and (Getting) Happier (Cathi Hanauer (Editor))
The Bitch Is Back: Older, Wiser, and (Getting) Happier
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Cathi Hanauer (Editor)
Black Lotus: A Woman's Search for Racial Identity (Sil Lai Abrams)
Black Lotus: A Woman's Search for Racial Identity
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Sil Lai Abrams
Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet (Ta-Nehisi Coates, Illustrated by Brian Stelfreeze)
Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet
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Ta-Nehisi Coates, Illustrated by Brian Stelfreeze
The Book of Magic: From Antiquity to the Enlightenment (Brian Copenhaver (Editor))
The Book of Magic: From Antiquity to the Enlightenment
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Brian Copenhaver (Editor)
The Border of Paradise: A Novel (Esmé Weijun Wang)
The Border of Paradise: A Novel
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Esmé Weijun Wang
Borderline (Mishell Baker)
Borderline
33
Mishell Baker
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood (Trevor Noah)
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
34
Trevor Noah
Born to Run (Bruce Springsteen)
Born to Run
35
Bruce Springsteen
Boys Among Men: How the Prep-To-Pro Generation Redefined the NBA and Sparked a Basketball Revolution (Jonathan Abrams)
Boys Among Men: How the Prep-To-Pro Generation Redefined the NBA and Sparked a Basketball Revolution
36
Jonathan Abrams
The Bricks That Built the Houses (Kate Tempest)
The Bricks That Built the Houses
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Kate Tempest
Bullies: A Friendship (Alex Abramovich)
Bullies: A Friendship
38
Alex Abramovich
Burn Baby Burn (Meg Medina)
Burn Baby Burn
39
Meg Medina
By Gaslight: A Novel (Steven Price)
By Gaslight: A Novel
40
Steven Price
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