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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
3
The Vegetarian (Han Kang)
The Vegetarian
Han Kang
4
Hagseed (Margaret Atwood)
Hagseed
Margaret Atwood
5
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
7
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
9
The Ballad of Black Tom (Victor Lavalle)
The Ballad of Black Tom
Victor LaValle
10
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
14
Fellside (M. R. Carey)
Fellside
M. R. Carey
15
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
17
Central Station (Lavie Tidhar)
Central Station
Lavie Tidhar
18
The High Mountains of Portugal (Yann Martel)
The High Mountains of Portugal
Yann Martel
19
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
20
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
23
The Sunlight Pilgrims (Jenni Fagan)
The Sunlight Pilgrims
Jenni Fagan
24
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
25
Every Anxious Wave (Mo Daviau)
Every Anxious Wave
Mo Daviau
26
American Philosophy: A Love Story (John Kaag)
American Philosophy: A Love Story
John Kaag
27
The Girls (Emma Cline)
The Girls
Emma Cline
28
Pit Bull: The Battle Over an American Icon (Bronwen Dickey)
Pit Bull: The Battle Over an American Icon
Bronwen Dickey
29
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
31
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
32
The Little Red Chairs (Edna O' Brien)
The Little Red Chairs
Edna O' Brien
33
A Study in Scarlet Women (Sherry Thomas)
A Study in Scarlet Women
Sherry Thomas
34
His Bloody Project (Graeme MacRae Burnet)
His Bloody Project
Graeme Macrae Burnet
35
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
36
The Obelisk Gate (N.K. Jemison)
The Obelisk Gate
N.K. Jemison
37
Float (Anne Carson)
Float
Anne Carson
38
Seven Brief Lessons on Physics (Carlo Rovelli)
Seven Brief Lessons on Physics
Carlo Rovelli
39
Carry Me: A Novel (Peter Behrens)
Carry Me: A Novel
Peter Behrens
40
The Mirror Thief (Martin Seay)
The Mirror Thief
Martin Seay
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