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NPR's Books We Love 2016 - Page 3

Great reads, every year, thoughtfully curated by NPR. This is the list from 2016, excluding cookbooks.
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Over the Plain Houses (Julia Franks)
Over the Plain Houses
81
Julia Franks
Nix (Hill)
Nix
82
Hill
Mothering Sunday (Graham Swift)
Mothering Sunday
83
Graham Swift
Missing, Presumed (Susie Steiner)
Missing, Presumed
84
Susie Steiner
The Gustav Sonata (Rose Tremain)
The Gustav Sonata
85
Rose Tremain
Kill the Boyband (Golda)
Kill the Boyband
86
Golda
Necessity (Jo Walton)
Necessity
87
Jo Walton
The Romanovs: 1613-1918 (Simon Sebag Montefiore)
The Romanovs: 1613-1918
88
Simon Sebag Montefiore
A Promise of Fire (Amanda Bouchet)
A Promise of Fire
89
Amanda Bouchet
The Selfishness of Others: An Essay on the Fear of Narcissism (Kristin Dombek)
The Selfishness of Others: An Essay on the Fear of Narcissism
90
Kristin Dombek
The Glass Universe: How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars (Dava Sobel)
The Glass Universe: How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars
91
Dava Sobel
32 Yolks (Ripert)
32 Yolks
92
Ripert
You'll Grow Out of It (Jessi Klein)
You'll Grow Out of It
93
Jessi Klein
I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life (Ed Yong)
I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
94
Ed Yong
Lily and Dunkin (Donna Gephart)
Lily and Dunkin
95
Donna Gephart
This Census Taker (China Mieville)
This Census Taker
96
China Mieville
By Gaslight (Steven Price)
By Gaslight
97
Steven Price
Fear the Drowning Deep (Sarah Glenn Marsh)
Fear the Drowning Deep
98
Sarah Glenn Marsh
Exit, Pursued by a Bear (E. K. Johnston)
Exit, Pursued by a Bear
99
E. K. Johnston
Monstress (Marjorie Liu)
Monstress
100
Marjorie Liu
Pretty Deadly Volume 2: The Bear (Kelly Sue Deconnick, Illustrated by Emma Ríos)
Pretty Deadly Volume 2: The Bear
101
Kelly Sue Deconnick, Illustrated by Emma Ríos
Imbeciles: The Supreme Court, American Eugenics, and the Sterilization of Carrie Buck (Adam Cohen)
Imbeciles: The Supreme Court, American Eugenics, and the Sterilization of Carrie Buck
102
Adam Cohen
Highly Illogical Behavior (John Corey Whaley)
Highly Illogical Behavior
103
John Corey Whaley
Jane Steele (Lyndsay Faye)
Jane Steele
104
Lyndsay Faye
Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life (Ruth Franklin)
Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life
105
Ruth Franklin
Hunters in the Dark: A Novel (Lawrence Osborne)
Hunters in the Dark: A Novel
106
Lawrence Osborne
The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye (Sonny Liew)
The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye
107
Sonny Liew
Kookooland (Gloria Norris)
Kookooland
108
Gloria Norris
King Baby (Kate Beaton)
King Baby
109
Kate Beaton
Crosstalk (Connie Willis)
Crosstalk
110
Connie Willis
Wolf Hollow (Lauren Wolk)
Wolf Hollow
111
Lauren Wolk
Noonday (Pat Barker)
Noonday
112
Pat Barker
Born a Crime (Trevor Noah)
Born a Crime
113
Trevor Noah
Urban Forests: A Natural History of Trees and People in the American Cityscape (Jill Jonnes)
Urban Forests: A Natural History of Trees and People in the American Cityscape
114
Jill Jonnes
The Heavenly Table: A Novel (Donald Ray Pollock)
The Heavenly Table: A Novel
115
Donald Ray Pollock
Paper Girls Volume 1 (Brian K Vaughan, Jared K Fletcher, Matthew Wilson)
Paper Girls Volume 1
116
Brian K Vaughan, Jared K Fletcher, Matthew Wilson
Kill 'em and Leave (James McBride)
Kill 'em and Leave
117
James McBride
Innocents and Others (Dana Spiotta)
Innocents and Others
118
Dana Spiotta
I'm Thinking of Ending Things (Iain Reid)
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
119
Iain Reid
Labyrinth Lost (Zoraida Córdova)
Labyrinth Lost
120
Zoraida Córdova
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