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NPR's Books We Love 2014

Great reads, every year, thoughtfully curated by NPR. This is the list from 2014, excluding cookbooks
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Some Dead Genius (Lenny Kleinfeld)
Some Dead Genius
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Lenny Kleinfeld
The Fever (Megan Abbott)
The Fever
2
Megan Abbott
All the Truth Is Out (Matt Bai)
All the Truth Is Out
3
Matt Bai
The Apex Book of World SF (Lavie Tidhar)
The Apex Book of World SF
4
Lavie Tidhar
The Book of Unknown Americans (Cristina Henriquez)
The Book of Unknown Americans
5
Cristina Henriquez
The Empathy Exams
The Empathy Exams
6
The Unamericans (Molly Antopol)
The Unamericans
7
Molly Antopol
The Universal Tone: Bringing My Story to Light (Carlos Santana)
The Universal Tone: Bringing My Story to Light
8
Carlos Santana
Empress Dowager Cixi (Jung Chang)
Empress Dowager Cixi
9
Jung Chang
The Man With the Compound Eyes (Wu Ming-Yi)
The Man With the Compound Eyes
10
Wu Ming-Yi
The Zone of Interest (Martin Amis)
The Zone of Interest
11
Martin Amis
Martian (Andy Weir)
Martian
12
Andy Weir
Poking a Dead Frog: Conversations With Today's Top Comedy Writers (Mike Sacks)
Poking a Dead Frog: Conversations With Today's Top Comedy Writers
13
Mike Sacks
The Sixth Extinction (Elizabeth Kolbert)
The Sixth Extinction
14
Elizabeth Kolbert
Euphoria (Lily King)
Euphoria
15
Lily King
Panic in a Suitcase (Yelena Akhtiorskaya)
Panic in a Suitcase
16
Yelena Akhtiorskaya
Heap House (Edward Carey)
Heap House
17
Edward Carey
Your Illustrated Guide to Becoming One With the Universe (Yumi Sakugawa)
Your Illustrated Guide to Becoming One With the Universe
18
Yumi Sakugawa
Dear Committee Members (Julie Schumacher)
Dear Committee Members
19
Julie Schumacher
Every Day Is for the Thief (Teju Cole)
Every Day Is for the Thief
20
Teju Cole
2Am at the Cats Pyjamas
2Am at the Cats Pyjamas
21
Horrorstor (Grady Hendrix)
Horrorstor
22
Grady Hendrix
The Ploughmen (Kim Zupan)
The Ploughmen
23
Kim Zupan
Bitter Eden (Tatamkhulu Afrika)
Bitter Eden
24
Tatamkhulu Afrika
The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine and the Miracle That Set Them Free (Héctor Tobar)
The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine and the Miracle That Set Them Free
25
Héctor Tobar
Pretty Deadly (Kelly Sue Deconnick)
Pretty Deadly
26
Kelly Sue Deconnick
An Unnecessary Woman (Rabih Alameddine)
An Unnecessary Woman
27
Rabih Alameddine
Electric City (Elizabeth Rosner)
Electric City
28
Elizabeth Rosner
Wonderland (Stacey D'erasmo)
Wonderland
29
Stacey D'erasmo
Fatale (Ed Brubaker & Sean Phillips)
Fatale
30
Ed Brubaker & Sean Phillips
The Broken Road: From the Iron Gates to Mount Athos (Patrick Leigh Fermor)
The Broken Road: From the Iron Gates to Mount Athos
31
Patrick Leigh Fermor
The Tropic of Serpents (Marie Brennan)
The Tropic of Serpents
32
Marie Brennan
One Kick (Chelsea Cain)
One Kick
33
Chelsea Cain
The Empire of Necessity: Slavery, Freedom, and Deception in the New World (Greg Grandin)
The Empire of Necessity: Slavery, Freedom, and Deception in the New World
34
Greg Grandin
Walt Before Skeezix (Frank King)
Walt Before Skeezix
35
Frank King
The True American
The True American
36
Things I've Learned From Dying (David R. Dow)
Things I've Learned From Dying
37
David R. Dow
Valour and Vanity (Mary Robinette Kowal)
Valour and Vanity
38
Mary Robinette Kowal
The Map Thief: The Gripping Story of an Esteemed Rare-Map Dealer Who Made Millions Stealing Priceles (Michael Blanding)
The Map Thief: The Gripping Story of an Esteemed Rare-Map Dealer Who Made Millions Stealing Priceles
39
Michael Blanding
Rules of Summer (Shaun Tan)
Rules of Summer
40
Shaun Tan
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