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NPR's Books We Love 2016

Great reads, every year, thoughtfully curated by NPR. This is the list from 2016, excluding cookbooks.
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Eyes on the Street: The Life of Jane Jacobs (Robert Kanigel)
Eyes on the Street: The Life of Jane Jacobs
1
Robert Kanigel
A Great Reckoning (Louise Penny)
A Great Reckoning
2
Louise Penny
The Vegetarian (Han Kang)
The Vegetarian
3
Han Kang
Hagseed (Margaret Atwood)
Hagseed
4
Margaret Atwood
When Breath Becomes Air (Paul Kalanithi)
When Breath Becomes Air
5
Paul Kalanithi
The Godfather Notebook (Francis Ford Coppola)
The Godfather Notebook
6
Francis Ford Coppola
Standing Water: Poems (Eleanor Chai)
Standing Water: Poems
7
Eleanor Chai
The Only Rule Is It Has to Work: Our Wild Experiment Building a New Kind of Baseball Team (Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller)
The Only Rule Is It Has to Work: Our Wild Experiment Building a New Kind of Baseball Team
8
Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller
The Ballad of Black Tom (Victor Lavalle)
The Ballad of Black Tom
9
Victor Lavalle
The Caped Crusade: Batman and the Rise of Nerd Culture (Glen Weldon)
The Caped Crusade: Batman and the Rise of Nerd Culture
10
Glen Weldon
The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone (Olivia Laing)
The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone
11
Olivia Laing
Patience (Daniel Clowes)
Patience
12
Daniel Clowes
The Latter Days: A Memoir (Judith Freeman)
The Latter Days: A Memoir
13
Judith Freeman
Fellside (M. R. Carey)
Fellside
14
M. R. Carey
Dark Money (Mayer)
Dark Money
15
Mayer
Shrill: Notes From a Loud Woman (Lindy West)
Shrill: Notes From a Loud Woman
16
Lindy West
Central Station (Lavie Tidhar)
Central Station
17
Lavie Tidhar
The High Mountains of Portugal (Yann Martel)
The High Mountains of Portugal
18
Yann Martel
The Abcs of How We Learn: 26 Scientifically Proven Approaches, How They Work, and When to Use Them (By Daniel L. Schwartz, Jessica M. Tsang, Kristen P)
The Abcs of How We Learn: 26 Scientifically Proven Approaches, How They Work, and When to Use Them
19
By Daniel L. Schwartz, Jessica M. Tsang, Kristen P
Alligator Candy: A Memoir (David Kushner)
Alligator Candy: A Memoir
20
David Kushner
Death's End (Liu Cixin)
Death's End
21
Liu Cixin
Boys Among Men: How the Prep-To-Pro Generation Redefined the NBA and Sparked a Basketball Revolution (Jonathan Abrams)
Boys Among Men: How the Prep-To-Pro Generation Redefined the NBA and Sparked a Basketball Revolution
22
Jonathan Abrams
The Sunlight Pilgrims (Jenni Fagan)
The Sunlight Pilgrims
23
Jenni Fagan
The Ultimate Ambition in the Arts of Erudition: A Compendium of Knowledge From the Classical Islamic (Shihab Al-Din Al-Nuwayri, Translated by Elias Muha)
The Ultimate Ambition in the Arts of Erudition: A Compendium of Knowledge From the Classical Islamic
24
Shihab Al-Din Al-Nuwayri, Translated by Elias Muha
Every Anxious Wave (Mo Daviau)
Every Anxious Wave
25
Mo Daviau
American Philosophy: A Love Story (John Kaag)
American Philosophy: A Love Story
26
John Kaag
The Girls (Emma Cline)
The Girls
27
Emma Cline
Pit Bull: The Battle Over an American Icon (Bronwen Dickey)
Pit Bull: The Battle Over an American Icon
28
Bronwen Dickey
Certain Dark Things (Silvia Garcia-Moreno)
Certain Dark Things
29
Silvia Garcia-Moreno
The Girl From Everywhere (Heidi Heilig)
The Girl From Everywhere
30
Heidi Heilig
Lucky Bastard: My Life, My Dad, and the Things I'm Not Allowed to Say on TV (Joe Buck)
Lucky Bastard: My Life, My Dad, and the Things I'm Not Allowed to Say on TV
31
Joe Buck
The Little Red Chairs (Edna O' Brien)
The Little Red Chairs
32
Edna O' Brien
A Study in Scarlet Women (Sherry Thomas)
A Study in Scarlet Women
33
Sherry Thomas
His Bloody Project (Graeme MacRae Burnet)
His Bloody Project
34
Graeme MacRae Burnet
Rogue Heroes: The History of the SAS, Britain's Secret Special Forces Unit That Sabotaged the Nazis (Ben Macintyre)
Rogue Heroes: The History of the SAS, Britain's Secret Special Forces Unit That Sabotaged the Nazis
35
Ben Macintyre
The Obelisk Gate (N.K. Jemison)
The Obelisk Gate
36
N.K. Jemison
Float (Anne Carson)
Float
37
Anne Carson
Seven Brief Lessons on Physics (Carlo Rovelli)
Seven Brief Lessons on Physics
38
Carlo Rovelli
Carry Me: A Novel (Peter Behrens)
Carry Me: A Novel
39
Peter Behrens
The Mirror Thief (Martin Seay)
The Mirror Thief
40
Martin Seay
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