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NPR's Books We Love 2017 - Page 5

Great reads, every year, thoughtfully curated by NPR. This is the list from 2017, excluding cookbooks.
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Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race (Reni Eddo-Lodge)
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race
Reni Eddo-Lodge
162
Lucia the Luchadora (Cynthia Leonor Garza)
Lucia the Luchadora
Cynthia Leonor Garza
163
Stanton: Lincoln's War Secretary (Walter Stahr)
Stanton: Lincoln's War Secretary
Walter Stahr
164
The Mountain (Paul Yoon)
The Mountain
Paul Yoon
165
Solar Bones (Mike McCormack)
Solar Bones
Mike McCormack
166
The Inkblots: Hermann Rorschach, His Iconic Test, and the Power of Seeing (Damion Searls)
The Inkblots: Hermann Rorschach, His Iconic Test, and the Power of Seeing
Damion Searls
167
The Potlikker Papers: A Food History of the Modern South (John T. Edge)
The Potlikker Papers: A Food History of the Modern South
John T. Edge
168
The Book of Joan (Lidia Yuknavitch)
The Book of Joan
Lidia Yuknavitch
169
My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness (Kabi Nagata)
My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness
Kabi Nagata
170
Miss Kopp's Midnight Confessions (Amy Stewart)
Miss Kopp's Midnight Confessions
Amy Stewart
171
4 3 2 1 (Paul Auster)
4 3 2 1
Paul Auster
172
The Year I Was Peter the Great (Marvin Calb)
The Year I Was Peter the Great
Marvin Calb
173
Royal City Volume 1: Next of Kin (Jeff Lemire)
Royal City Volume 1: Next of Kin
Jeff Lemire
174
Shutter Volume 5: So Far Beyond (Joe Keatinge)
Shutter Volume 5: So Far Beyond
Joe Keatinge
175
The Red (Tiffany Reisz)
The Red
Tiffany Reisz
176
Difficult Women (Roxane Gay)
Difficult Women
Roxane Gay
177
Janesville (Amy Goldstein)
Janesville
Amy Goldstein
178
Easternization: Asia's Rise and America's Decline From Obama to Trump and Beyond (Gideon Rachman)
Easternization: Asia's Rise and America's Decline From Obama to Trump and Beyond
Gideon Rachman
179
Electric Arches (Eve L.Ewing)
Electric Arches
Eve L.Ewing
180
Scandalous Ever After (Theresa Romain)
Scandalous Ever After
Theresa Romain
181
We Are Never Meeting in Real Life (Samantha Irby)
We Are Never Meeting in Real Life
Samantha Irby
182
At the Lightning Field (Laura Raicovich)
At the Lightning Field
Laura Raicovich
183
Sex and Rage (Eve Babitz)
Sex and Rage
Eve Babitz
184
Out in the Open (Jesús Carrasco)
Out in the Open
Jesús Carrasco
185
The Secret Lives of Color (Kassia St. Clair)
The Secret Lives of Color
Kassia St. Clair
186
Bunk: The True Story of Hoaxes, Hucksters, Humbug, Plagiarists, Forgeries, and Phonies (Kevin Young)
Bunk: The True Story of Hoaxes, Hucksters, Humbug, Plagiarists, Forgeries, and Phonies
Kevin Young
187
What Happened (Hillary Clinton)
What Happened
Hillary Clinton
188
Literally Show Me a Healthy Person (Darcie Wilder)
Literally Show Me a Healthy Person
Darcie Wilder
189
Isadora (Amelia Gray)
Isadora
Amelia Gray
190
Literature Class, Berkeley 1980 (Julio Cortázar)
Literature Class, Berkeley 1980
Julio Cortázar
191
Autumn (Karl Ove Knausgaard)
Autumn
Karl Ove Knausgaard
192
The Alice Network (Kate Quinn)
The Alice Network
Kate Quinn
193
We Need to Talk (How to Have Conversations That Matter)
We Need to Talk
How to Have Conversations That Matter
194
Pretending Is Lying (Dominique Goblet)
Pretending Is Lying
Dominique Goblet
195
My Life, My Love, My Legacy (Coretta Scott King and Rev. Dr. Barbara Reynolds)
My Life, My Love, My Legacy
Coretta Scott King and Rev. Dr. Barbara Reynolds
196
The Woman Who Smashed Codes (NPR)
The Woman Who Smashed Codes
NPR
197
The Mother of All Questions (Rebecca Solnit)
The Mother of All Questions
Rebecca Solnit
198
The Cold Eye (Laura Anne Gilman)
The Cold Eye
Laura Anne Gilman
199
Bad Dreams and Other Stories (Tessa Hadley)
Bad Dreams and Other Stories
Tessa Hadley
200
The Unwomanly Face of War (Svetlana Alexievich)
The Unwomanly Face of War
Svetlana Alexievich
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