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NPR's Books We Love 2017 - Page 3

Great reads, every year, thoughtfully curated by NPR. This is the list from 2017, excluding cookbooks.
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Dear Friend, From My Life I Write to You in Your Life (Yiyun Li)
Dear Friend, From My Life I Write to You in Your Life
Yiyun Li
82
The Dark Dark (Samantha Hunt)
The Dark Dark
Samantha Hunt
83
Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut (Derrick Barnes)
Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut
Derrick Barnes
84
What We Lose (Zinzi Clemmons)
What We Lose
Zinzi Clemmons
85
Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Political Life (Robert Dallek)
Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Political Life
Robert Dallek
86
Out of Wonder (Kwame Alexander)
Out of Wonder
Kwame Alexander
87
The Dry (Jane Harper)
The Dry
Jane Harper
88
Her Body and Other Parties (Carmen Maria Machado)
Her Body and Other Parties
Carmen Maria Machado
89
One, Two, Three, More (Helen Levitt)
One, Two, Three, More
Helen Levitt
90
Baking With Kafka (Tom Gauld)
Baking With Kafka
Tom Gauld
91
The Best We Could Do (Thi Bui)
The Best We Could Do
Thi Bui
92
Conversations With Friends (Sally Rooney)
Conversations With Friends
Sally Rooney
93
The Refugees (Viet Thanh Nguyen)
The Refugees
Viet Thanh Nguyen
94
The Pearl Thief (Elizabeth Wein)
The Pearl Thief
Elizabeth Wein
95
Lucky You (Erika Carter)
Lucky You
Erika Carter
96
Gorbachev: His Life and Times (William Taubman)
Gorbachev: His Life and Times
William Taubman
97
Smile (Roddy Doyle)
Smile
Roddy Doyle
98
Sourdough (Robin Sloan)
Sourdough
Robin Sloan
99
The Little French Bistro (Nina George)
The Little French Bistro
Nina George
100
The Complete Stories of Leonora Carrington (Leonora Carrington)
The Complete Stories of Leonora Carrington
Leonora Carrington
101
Black Bolt Vol. 1: Hard Time (Saladin Ahmed)
Black Bolt Vol. 1: Hard Time
Saladin Ahmed
102
The Book of Dust (Philip Pullman)
The Book of Dust
Philip Pullman
103
The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine (Lindsey Fitzharris)
The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine
Lindsey Fitzharris
104
The Ninth Hour (Alice Mcdermott)
The Ninth Hour
Alice Mcdermott
105
Fierce Kingdom (Gin Phillips)
Fierce Kingdom
Gin Phillips
106
An Odyssey: A Father, a Son, and an Epic (Daniel Mendelsohn)
An Odyssey: A Father, a Son, and an Epic
Daniel Mendelsohn
107
The Heirs (Susan Rieger)
The Heirs
Susan Rieger
108
Touch (Courtney Maum)
Touch
Courtney Maum
109
Little Fires Everywhere (Celeste Ng)
Little Fires Everywhere
Celeste Ng
110
Grace and the Fever (Zan Romanoff)
Grace and the Fever
Zan Romanoff
111
The Book of Mistakes (Corinna Luyken)
The Book of Mistakes
Corinna Luyken
112
Dadland (Keggie Carew)
Dadland
Keggie Carew
113
Ordinary Beast (Nicole Sealey)
Ordinary Beast
Nicole Sealey
114
Luna Wolf Moon (Ian MacDonald)
Luna Wolf Moon
Ian MacDonald
115
And Your Daughters Shall Prophesy: Stories From the Byways of American Women and Religion (Adrian Shirk)
And Your Daughters Shall Prophesy: Stories From the Byways of American Women and Religion
Adrian Shirk
116
When Dimple Met Rishi (Sandhya Menon)
When Dimple Met Rishi
Sandhya Menon
117
My Darling Detective (Howard Norman)
My Darling Detective
Howard Norman
118
Swimming Lessons (Claire Fuller)
Swimming Lessons
Claire Fuller
119
The Inexplicable Logic of My Life (Benjamin Alire Sáenz)
The Inexplicable Logic of My Life
Benjamin Alire Sáenz
120
Bleaker House: Chasing My Novel to the End of the World (Nell Stevens)
Bleaker House: Chasing My Novel to the End of the World
Nell Stevens
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