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NPR's Books We Love 2016

Great reads, every year, thoughtfully curated by NPR. This is the list from 2016, excluding cookbooks.
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Eyes on the Street: The Life of Jane Jacobs (Robert Kanigel)
Eyes on the Street: The Life of Jane Jacobs (Robert Kanigel)
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A Great Reckoning (Louise Penny)
A Great Reckoning (Louise Penny)
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The Vegetarian (Han Kang)
The Vegetarian (Han Kang)
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Hagseed (Margaret Atwood)
Hagseed (Margaret Atwood)
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When Breath Becomes Air (Paul Kalanithi)
When Breath Becomes Air (Paul Kalanithi)
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The Godfather Notebook (Francis Ford Coppola)
The Godfather Notebook (Francis Ford Coppola)
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Standing Water: Poems (Eleanor Chai)
Standing Water: Poems (Eleanor Chai)
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The Only Rule Is It Has to Work: Our Wild Experiment Building a New Kind of Baseball Team (Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller)
The Only Rule Is It Has to Work: Our Wild Experiment Building a New Kind of Baseball Team (Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller)
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The Ballad of Black Tom (Victor Lavalle)
The Ballad of Black Tom (Victor Lavalle)
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The Caped Crusade: Batman and the Rise of Nerd Culture (Glen Weldon)
The Caped Crusade: Batman and the Rise of Nerd Culture (Glen Weldon)
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The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone (Olivia Laing)
The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone (Olivia Laing)
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Patience (Daniel Clowes)
Patience (Daniel Clowes)
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The Latter Days: A Memoir (Judith Freeman)
The Latter Days: A Memoir (Judith Freeman)
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Fellside (M. R. Carey)
Fellside (M. R. Carey)
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Dark Money (Mayer)
Dark Money (Mayer)
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Shrill: Notes From a Loud Woman (Lindy West)
Shrill: Notes From a Loud Woman (Lindy West)
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Central Station (Lavie Tidhar)
Central Station (Lavie Tidhar)
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The High Mountains of Portugal (Yann Martel)
The High Mountains of Portugal (Yann Martel)
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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 (By Daniel L. Schwartz, Jessica M. Tsang, Kristen P)
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Alligator Candy: A Memoir (David Kushner)
Alligator Candy: A Memoir (David Kushner)
21
Death's End (Liu Cixin)
Death's End (Liu Cixin)
22
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 (Jonathan Abrams)
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The Sunlight Pilgrims (Jenni Fagan)
The Sunlight Pilgrims (Jenni Fagan)
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The Ultimate Ambition in the Arts of Erudition: A Compendium of Knowledge From the Classical Islamic (Shihab Al-Din Al-Nuwayri, Translated by Elias Muha)
The Ultimate Ambition in the Arts of Erudition: A Compendium of Knowledge From the Classical Islamic (Shihab Al-Din Al-Nuwayri, Translated by Elias Muha)
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Every Anxious Wave (Mo Daviau)
Every Anxious Wave (Mo Daviau)
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American Philosophy: A Love Story (John Kaag)
American Philosophy: A Love Story (John Kaag)
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The Girls (Emma Cline)
The Girls (Emma Cline)
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Pit Bull: The Battle Over an American Icon (Bronwen Dickey)
Pit Bull: The Battle Over an American Icon (Bronwen Dickey)
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Certain Dark Things (Silvia Garcia-Moreno)
Certain Dark Things (Silvia Garcia-Moreno)
30
The Girl From Everywhere (Heidi Heilig)
The Girl From Everywhere (Heidi Heilig)
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Lucky Bastard: My Life, My Dad, and the Things I'm Not Allowed to Say on TV (Joe Buck)
Lucky Bastard: My Life, My Dad, and the Things I'm Not Allowed to Say on TV (Joe Buck)
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The Little Red Chairs (Edna O' Brien)
The Little Red Chairs (Edna O' Brien)
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A Study in Scarlet Women (Sherry Thomas)
A Study in Scarlet Women (Sherry Thomas)
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His Bloody Project (Graeme MacRae Burnet)
His Bloody Project (Graeme MacRae Burnet)
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Rogue Heroes: The History of the SAS, Britain's Secret Special Forces Unit That Sabotaged the Nazis (Ben Macintyre)
Rogue Heroes: The History of the SAS, Britain's Secret Special Forces Unit That Sabotaged the Nazis (Ben Macintyre)
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The Obelisk Gate (N.K. Jemison)
The Obelisk Gate (N.K. Jemison)
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Float (Anne Carson)
Float (Anne Carson)
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Seven Brief Lessons on Physics (Carlo Rovelli)
Seven Brief Lessons on Physics (Carlo Rovelli)
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Carry Me: A Novel (Peter Behrens)
Carry Me: A Novel (Peter Behrens)
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The Mirror Thief (Martin Seay)
The Mirror Thief (Martin Seay)
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