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NPR's 2025 Books We Love (Abridged)

Books from NPRs 2025 'Books We Love' list, my abridged version. These are books I *think* will be good-to-great based on ratings and my interpretation of excerpts and synopses. A few bonus books that I really enjoyed from 2025 as well.
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A Feast for the Eyes (Alex Crespo)
A Feast for the Eyes
1
Alex Crespo
A/S/L (Jeanne Thornton)
A/S/L
2
Jeanne Thornton
Abundance (Ezra Klein & Derek Thompson)
Abundance
3
Ezra Klein & Derek Thompson
All of Us Murderers (KJ Charles)
All of Us Murderers
4
KJ Charles
American Kings: A Biography of the Quarterback (Seth Wickersham)
American Kings: A Biography of the Quarterback
5
Seth Wickersham
Automatic Noodle (Annalee Newitz)
Automatic Noodle
6
Annalee Newitz
Breadcrumbs: Coming of Age in Post-Soviet Poland (Kasia Babis)
Breadcrumbs: Coming of Age in Post-Soviet Poland
7
Kasia Babis
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil (V.E. Schwab)
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
8
V.E. Schwab
Claire McCardell: The Designer Who Set Women Free (Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson)
Claire McCardell: The Designer Who Set Women Free
9
Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson
Crooks (Lou Berny)
Crooks
10
Lou Berny
Cursed Daughters (Oyinkan Braithwaite)
Cursed Daughters
11
Oyinkan Braithwaite
Daikon (Samuel Hawley)
Daikon
12
Samuel Hawley
Death of the Author (Nnedi Okorafor)
Death of the Author
13
Nnedi Okorafor
Defiant: The Story of Robert Smalls (Rob Edwards, Illustrated by Sean Damien Hill and A)
Defiant: The Story of Robert Smalls
14
Rob Edwards, Illustrated by Sean Damien Hill and A
Dwelling (Emily Hunt Kivel)
Dwelling
15
Emily Hunt Kivel
Everything Is Tuberculosis (John Green)
Everything Is Tuberculosis
16
John Green
Ginseng Roots: A Memoir (Craig Thompson)
Ginseng Roots: A Memoir
17
Craig Thompson
Girl on Girl (Sophie Gilbert)
Girl on Girl
18
Sophie Gilbert
Glitz, Glam, and a Damn Good Time: How Mamie Fish, Queen of the Gilded Age, Partied Her Way to Power (Jennifer Wright)
Glitz, Glam, and a Damn Good Time: How Mamie Fish, Queen of the Gilded Age, Partied Her Way to Power
19
Jennifer Wright
Happy Land (Dolen Perkins-Valdez)
Happy Land
20
Dolen Perkins-Valdez
How to Share an Egg (Bonnie Reichert)
How to Share an Egg
21
Bonnie Reichert
I, Medusa (Ayana Gray)
I, Medusa
22
Ayana Gray
Is a River Alive? (Robert MacFarlane)
Is a River Alive?
23
Robert MacFarlane
Katabasis (R. F. Kuang)
Katabasis
24
R. F. Kuang
Last Seen (Judith Giesberg)
Last Seen
25
Judith Giesberg
Little Bosses Everywhere: How the Pyramid Scheme Shaped America (Bridget Read)
Little Bosses Everywhere: How the Pyramid Scheme Shaped America
26
Bridget Read
Lorne (Susan Morrison)
Lorne
27
Susan Morrison
Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist (Liz Pelly)
Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist
28
Liz Pelly
Mother Emanuel: Two Centuries of Race, Resistance, and Forgiveness in One Charleston Church (Kevin Sack)
Mother Emanuel: Two Centuries of Race, Resistance, and Forgiveness in One Charleston Church
29
Kevin Sack
Murder Ballads (Katy Horan)
Murder Ballads
30
Katy Horan
My Friends (Fredrik Backman)
My Friends
31
Fredrik Backman
My Name Is Emilia Del Valle (Isabel Allende)
My Name Is Emilia Del Valle
32
Isabel Allende
Never Thought I'd End Up Here (Ann Liang)
Never Thought I'd End Up Here
33
Ann Liang
Not My Type (E. Jean Carroll)
Not My Type
34
E. Jean Carroll
On Muscle (Bonnie Tsui)
On Muscle
35
Bonnie Tsui
Perfect Victims: And the Politics of Appeal (Mohammed El-Kurd)
Perfect Victims: And the Politics of Appeal
36
Mohammed El-Kurd
Raising Hare (Chloe Dalton)
Raising Hare
37
Chloe Dalton
Rules for Ruin (Mimi Matthews)
Rules for Ruin
38
Mimi Matthews
Scarlet Morning (ND Stevenson)
Scarlet Morning
39
ND Stevenson
Shattered Lands: Five Partitions and the Making of Modern Asia (Sam Dalrymple)
Shattered Lands: Five Partitions and the Making of Modern Asia
40
Sam Dalrymple
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