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NPR's Books We Love 2016 - Page 3

Great reads, every year, thoughtfully curated by NPR. This is the list from 2016, excluding cookbooks.
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Over the Plain Houses (Julia Franks)
Over the Plain Houses
Julia Franks
82
Nix (Hill)
Nix
Hill
83
Mothering Sunday (Graham Swift)
Mothering Sunday
Graham Swift
84
Missing, Presumed (Susie Steiner)
Missing, Presumed
Susie Steiner
85
The Gustav Sonata (Rose Tremain)
The Gustav Sonata
Rose Tremain
86
Kill the Boyband (Golda)
Kill the Boyband
Golda
87
Necessity (Jo Walton)
Necessity
Jo Walton
88
The Romanovs: 1613-1918 (Simon Sebag Montefiore)
The Romanovs: 1613-1918
Simon Sebag Montefiore
89
A Promise of Fire (Amanda Bouchet)
A Promise of Fire
Amanda Bouchet
90
The Selfishness of Others: An Essay on the Fear of Narcissism (Kristin Dombek)
The Selfishness of Others: An Essay on the Fear of Narcissism
Kristin Dombek
91
The Glass Universe: How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars (Dava Sobel)
The Glass Universe: How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars
Dava Sobel
92
32 Yolks (Ripert)
32 Yolks
Ripert
93
You'll Grow Out of It (Jessi Klein)
You'll Grow Out of It
Jessi Klein
94
I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life (Ed Yong)
I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
Ed Yong
95
Lily and Dunkin (Donna Gephart)
Lily and Dunkin
Donna Gephart
96
This Census Taker (China Mieville)
This Census Taker
China Mieville
97
By Gaslight (Steven Price)
By Gaslight
Steven Price
98
Fear the Drowning Deep (Sarah Glenn Marsh)
Fear the Drowning Deep
Sarah Glenn Marsh
99
Exit, Pursued by a Bear (E. K. Johnston)
Exit, Pursued by a Bear
E. K. Johnston
100
Monstress (Marjorie Liu)
Monstress
Marjorie Liu
101
Pretty Deadly Volume 2: The Bear (Kelly Sue Deconnick, Illustrated by Emma Ríos)
Pretty Deadly Volume 2: The Bear
Kelly Sue Deconnick, Illustrated by Emma Ríos
102
Imbeciles: The Supreme Court, American Eugenics, and the Sterilization of Carrie Buck (Adam Cohen)
Imbeciles: The Supreme Court, American Eugenics, and the Sterilization of Carrie Buck
Adam Cohen
103
Highly Illogical Behavior (John Corey Whaley)
Highly Illogical Behavior
John Corey Whaley
104
Jane Steele (Lyndsay Faye)
Jane Steele
Lyndsay Faye
105
Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life (Ruth Franklin)
Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life
Ruth Franklin
106
Hunters in the Dark: A Novel (Lawrence Osborne)
Hunters in the Dark: A Novel
Lawrence Osborne
107
The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye (Sonny Liew)
The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye
Sonny Liew
108
Kookooland (Gloria Norris)
Kookooland
Gloria Norris
109
King Baby (Kate Beaton)
King Baby
Kate Beaton
110
Crosstalk (Connie Willis)
Crosstalk
Connie Willis
111
Wolf Hollow (Lauren Wolk)
Wolf Hollow
Lauren Wolk
112
Noonday (Pat Barker)
Noonday
Pat Barker
113
Born a Crime (Trevor Noah)
Born a Crime
Trevor Noah
114
Urban Forests: A Natural History of Trees and People in the American Cityscape (Jill Jonnes)
Urban Forests: A Natural History of Trees and People in the American Cityscape
Jill Jonnes
115
The Heavenly Table: A Novel (Donald Ray Pollock)
The Heavenly Table: A Novel
Donald Ray Pollock
116
Paper Girls Volume 1 (Brian K Vaughan, Jared K Fletcher, Matthew Wilson)
Paper Girls Volume 1
Brian K Vaughan, Jared K Fletcher, Matthew Wilson
117
Kill 'em and Leave (James McBride)
Kill 'em and Leave
James McBride
118
Innocents and Others (Dana Spiotta)
Innocents and Others
Dana Spiotta
119
I'm Thinking of Ending Things (Iain Reid)
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Iain Reid
120
Labyrinth Lost (Zoraida Córdova)
Labyrinth Lost
Zoraida Córdova
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