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NPR's Books We Love 2016 - Page 6

Great reads, every year, thoughtfully curated by NPR. This is the list from 2016, excluding cookbooks.
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The Underground Railroad (Colson Whitehead)
The Underground Railroad
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Colson Whitehead
American Housewife (Helen Ellis)
American Housewife
202
Helen Ellis
Rolling Blackouts: Dispatches From Turkey, Syria, and Iraq (Sarah Glidden)
Rolling Blackouts: Dispatches From Turkey, Syria, and Iraq
203
Sarah Glidden
Sons and Daughters of Ease and Plenty (Ramona Ausubel)
Sons and Daughters of Ease and Plenty
204
Ramona Ausubel
Landmarks (Robert MacFarlane)
Landmarks
205
Robert MacFarlane
The Border of Paradise: A Novel (Esmé Weijun Wang)
The Border of Paradise: A Novel
206
Esmé Weijun Wang
Sex Object (Jessica Valenti)
Sex Object
207
Jessica Valenti
The Story of a Brief Marriage: A Novel (Anuk Arudpragasam)
The Story of a Brief Marriage: A Novel
208
Anuk Arudpragasam
A Rage for Order (Robert F. Worth)
A Rage for Order
209
Robert F. Worth
Swing Time (Zadie Smith)
Swing Time
210
Zadie Smith
Knockout: Stories (John Jodzio)
Knockout: Stories
211
John Jodzio
What Belongs to You (Garth Greenwell)
What Belongs to You
212
Garth Greenwell
When the Sea Turned to Silver (Grace Lin)
When the Sea Turned to Silver
213
Grace Lin
The Point Is: Making Sense of Birth, Death, and Everything in Between (Lee Eisenberg)
The Point Is: Making Sense of Birth, Death, and Everything in Between
214
Lee Eisenberg
The One Hundred Nights of Hero: A Graphic Novel (Isabel Greenberg)
The One Hundred Nights of Hero: A Graphic Novel
215
Isabel Greenberg
Hot Dog Taste Test (Lisa Hanawalt)
Hot Dog Taste Test
216
Lisa Hanawalt
Homegoing (Yaa Gyasi)
Homegoing
217
Yaa Gyasi
Another Brooklyn (Jacqueline Woodson)
Another Brooklyn
218
Jacqueline Woodson
Native: Dispatches From an Israeli-Palestinian Life (Sayed Kashua)
Native: Dispatches From an Israeli-Palestinian Life
219
Sayed Kashua
My Name Is Lucy Barton (Elizabeth Strout)
My Name Is Lucy Barton
220
Elizabeth Strout
The Widow (Fiona Barton)
The Widow
221
Fiona Barton
The Theoretical Foot (M.F.K. Fisher)
The Theoretical Foot
222
M.F.K. Fisher
Zero K (Don Delillo)
Zero K
223
Don Delillo
Madonnaland: And Other Detours Into Fame and Fandom (Alina Simone)
Madonnaland: And Other Detours Into Fame and Fandom
224
Alina Simone
The Summer Before the War (Helen Simonson)
The Summer Before the War
225
Helen Simonson
The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between (Hisham Matar)
The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between
226
Hisham Matar
Possession: The Curious History of Private Collectors From Antiquity to the Present (Erin Thompson)
Possession: The Curious History of Private Collectors From Antiquity to the Present
227
Erin Thompson
Alive, Alive Oh!: And Other Things That Matter (Diana Athill)
Alive, Alive Oh!: And Other Things That Matter
228
Diana Athill
Hidden Figures (Margot Lee Shetterly)
Hidden Figures
229
Margot Lee Shetterly
Ways to Disappear (Idra Novey)
Ways to Disappear
230
Idra Novey
The Queen of the Night (Alexander Chee)
The Queen of the Night
231
Alexander Chee
The Yid (Paul Goldberg)
The Yid
232
Paul Goldberg
Sweetbitter (Stephanie Danler)
Sweetbitter
233
Stephanie Danler
The Hating Game (Sally Thorne)
The Hating Game
234
Sally Thorne
Faith Volume 1: Hollywood and Vine (Jody Houser, Illustrated by Francis Portela and Ma)
Faith Volume 1: Hollywood and Vine
235
Jody Houser, Illustrated by Francis Portela and Ma
Dark Matter (Blake Crouch)
Dark Matter
236
Blake Crouch
Darktown: A Novel (Thomas Mullen)
Darktown: A Novel
237
Thomas Mullen
Vision Volume 1: Little Worse Than a Man (Tom King, Illustrated by Gabriel Hernandez Walta)
Vision Volume 1: Little Worse Than a Man
238
Tom King, Illustrated by Gabriel Hernandez Walta
Selected Poems, 1968-2014 (Paul Muldoon)
Selected Poems, 1968-2014
239
Paul Muldoon
White Trash (Isenberg)
White Trash
240
Isenberg
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