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NPR's Books We Love 2018

Great reads, every year, thoughtfully curated by NPR. This is the list from 2018, excluding cookbooks.
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Unclaimed Baggage (Jen Doll)
Unclaimed Baggage
1
Jen Doll
Monument: Poems: New and Selected (Natasha Trethewey)
Monument: Poems: New and Selected
2
Natasha Trethewey
The Mars Room (Rachel Kushner)
The Mars Room
3
Rachel Kushner
Exit Stage Left (Mark Russell)
Exit Stage Left
4
Mark Russell
A Gift From Darkness (Patience Ibrahim)
A Gift From Darkness
5
Patience Ibrahim
Homelands (Alfredo Corchado)
Homelands
6
Alfredo Corchado
84K (Claire North)
84K
7
Claire North
From Twinkle, With Love (Sandhya Menon)
From Twinkle, With Love
8
Sandhya Menon
An American Marriage (Tayari Jones)
An American Marriage
9
Tayari Jones
Chesapeake Requiem (Earl Swift)
Chesapeake Requiem
10
Earl Swift
That Kind of Mother (Rumaan Alam)
That Kind of Mother
11
Rumaan Alam
The Mirage Factory: Illusion, Imagination, and the Invention of Los Angeles (Gary Krist)
The Mirage Factory: Illusion, Imagination, and the Invention of Los Angeles
12
Gary Krist
Milkman (Anna Burns)
Milkman
13
Anna Burns
Ana Maria Reyes Does Not Live in a Castle (Hilda Eunice Burgos)
Ana Maria Reyes Does Not Live in a Castle
14
Hilda Eunice Burgos
The Female Persuasion (Meg Wolitzer)
The Female Persuasion
15
Meg Wolitzer
The Hollow of Fear (Sherry Thomas)
The Hollow of Fear
16
Sherry Thomas
Leadership: In Turbulent Times (Doris Kearns Goodwin)
Leadership: In Turbulent Times
17
Doris Kearns Goodwin
Come Again (Nate Powell)
Come Again
18
Nate Powell
Beneath a Ruthless Sun (Gilbert King)
Beneath a Ruthless Sun
19
Gilbert King
If You See Me, Don't Say Hi (Neel Patel)
If You See Me, Don't Say Hi
20
Neel Patel
All You Can Ever Know (Nicole Chung)
All You Can Ever Know
21
Nicole Chung
The Night Diary (Veera Hiranandani)
The Night Diary
22
Veera Hiranandani
Rage Becomes Her (Soraya Chemaly)
Rage Becomes Her
23
Soraya Chemaly
A Cruelty Special to Our Species (Emily Jungmin Yoon)
A Cruelty Special to Our Species
24
Emily Jungmin Yoon
Number One Chinese Restaurant (Lillian Li)
Number One Chinese Restaurant
25
Lillian Li
Melmoth (Sarah Perry)
Melmoth
26
Sarah Perry
The World Only Spins Forward (Isaac Butler)
The World Only Spins Forward
27
Isaac Butler
Creative Quest (Questlove)
Creative Quest
28
Questlove
Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women's Anger (Rebecca Traister)
Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women's Anger
29
Rebecca Traister
Night Moves (Jessica Hopper)
Night Moves
30
Jessica Hopper
The Dragon Slayer (Jamie Hernandez)
The Dragon Slayer
31
Jamie Hernandez
Ninety-Nine Glimpses of Princess Margaret (Craig Brown)
Ninety-Nine Glimpses of Princess Margaret
32
Craig Brown
Conspiracy (Ryan Holiday)
Conspiracy
33
Ryan Holiday
There Will Be No Miracles Here (Casey Gerald)
There Will Be No Miracles Here
34
Casey Gerald
My Sister, the Serial Killer (Oyinkan Braithwaite)
My Sister, the Serial Killer
35
Oyinkan Braithwaite
Space Opera (Cathrynne Valente)
Space Opera
36
Cathrynne Valente
Fascism (Madeleine Albright)
Fascism
37
Madeleine Albright
Heart Berries (Terese Marie Mailhot)
Heart Berries
38
Terese Marie Mailhot
Small Animals (Kim Brooks)
Small Animals
39
Kim Brooks
Dactyl Hill Squad (Daniel Jose Older)
Dactyl Hill Squad
40
Daniel Jose Older
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