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NPR's Staff Pick Books of 2014

NPR compiled the best 250 titles published in 2014. Here are the best of the best: the staff favorites of the year.
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A Long Way Home: A Memoir (Saroo Brierley)
A Long Way Home: A Memoir
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Saroo Brierley
All Our Names (Dinaw Mengestu)
All Our Names
2
Dinaw Mengestu
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See
3
Anthony Doerr
All the Truth Is Out (Matt Bai)
All the Truth Is Out
4
Matt Bai
The American Mission (Matthew Palmer)
The American Mission
5
Matthew Palmer
An Unnecessary Woman (Rabih Alameddine)
An Unnecessary Woman
6
Rabih Alameddine
Another Man's War: The Story of a Burma Boy in Britain's Forgotten Army (Barnaby Phillips)
Another Man's War: The Story of a Burma Boy in Britain's Forgotten Army
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Barnaby Phillips
Apples of Uncommon Character: Heirlooms, Modern Classics, and Little-Known Wonders (Rowan Jacobsen)
Apples of Uncommon Character: Heirlooms, Modern Classics, and Little-Known Wonders
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Rowan Jacobsen
Aviary Wonders Inc. Spring Catalog and Instruction Manual (Kate Samworth)
Aviary Wonders Inc. Spring Catalog and Instruction Manual
9
Kate Samworth
The Ballad of a Small Player (Lawrence Osborne)
The Ballad of a Small Player
10
Lawrence Osborne
Beethoven: Anguish and Triumph (Jan Swafford)
Beethoven: Anguish and Triumph
11
Jan Swafford
Being Mortal : Medicine and What Matters in the End (Atul Gawande)
Being Mortal : Medicine and What Matters in the End
12
Atul Gawande
Belzhar (Meg Wolitzer)
Belzhar
13
Meg Wolitzer
Blood Will Out: The True Story of a Murder, a Mystery, and a Masquerade (Walter Kirn)
Blood Will Out: The True Story of a Murder, a Mystery, and a Masquerade
14
Walter Kirn
The Bone Clocks (David Mitchell)
The Bone Clocks
15
David Mitchell
The Book of Strange New Things (Michel Faber)
The Book of Strange New Things
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Michel Faber
Boy, Snow, Bird (Helen Oyeyemi)
Boy, Snow, Bird
17
Helen Oyeyemi
The Broken Road: From the Iron Gates to Mount Athos (Patrick Leigh Fermor)
The Broken Road: From the Iron Gates to Mount Athos
18
Patrick Leigh Fermor
Brothas Be, Yo Like George, Ain't That Funkin' Kinda Hard on You? (George Clinton)
Brothas Be, Yo Like George, Ain't That Funkin' Kinda Hard on You?
19
George Clinton
Brown Girl Dreaming (Jacqueline Woodson)
Brown Girl Dreaming
20
Jacqueline Woodson
California (Edan Lepucki)
California
21
Edan Lepucki
Can't and Won't (Lydia Davis)
Can't and Won't
22
Lydia Davis
Check the Technique: More Liner Notes for Hip-Hop Junkies (Brian Coleman)
Check the Technique: More Liner Notes for Hip-Hop Junkies
23
Brian Coleman
Dataclysm: Who We Are (When We Think No One's Looking) (Christian Rudder)
Dataclysm: Who We Are (When We Think No One's Looking)
24
Christian Rudder
Debbie Doesn't Do It Anymore (Walter Mosley)
Debbie Doesn't Do It Anymore
25
Walter Mosley
Delancey: A Man, a Woman, a Restaurant, a Marriage (Molly Wizenberg)
Delancey: A Man, a Woman, a Restaurant, a Marriage
26
Molly Wizenberg
The Divide: American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap (Matt Taibbi)
The Divide: American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap
27
Matt Taibbi
Do Not Sell at Any Price: The Wild, Obsessive Hunt for the World's Rarest 78Rpm Records (Amanda Petrusich)
Do Not Sell at Any Price: The Wild, Obsessive Hunt for the World's Rarest 78Rpm Records
28
Amanda Petrusich
Dog Whistle Politics: How Coded Racial Appeals Have Reinvented Racism and Wrecked the Middle Class (Ian Haney López)
Dog Whistle Politics: How Coded Racial Appeals Have Reinvented Racism and Wrecked the Middle Class
29
Ian Haney López
El Deafo (Cece Bell)
El Deafo
30
Cece Bell
Emeralds Included: A Jana Bibi Adventure (Betsy Woodman)
Emeralds Included: A Jana Bibi Adventure
31
Betsy Woodman
The Empathy Exams
The Empathy Exams
32
Everything I Never Told You (Celeste Ng)
Everything I Never Told You
33
Celeste Ng
The Farm (Tom Rob Smith)
The Farm
34
Tom Rob Smith
The Fever (Megan Abbott)
The Fever
35
Megan Abbott
Firebird (Misty Copeland and Christopher Myers)
Firebird
36
Misty Copeland and Christopher Myers
Fourth of July Creek (Smith Henderson)
Fourth of July Creek
37
Smith Henderson
The Girl Next Door (Ruth Rendell)
The Girl Next Door
38
Ruth Rendell
The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden (Jonas Jonasson)
The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden
39
Jonas Jonasson
The Good Spy: The Life and Death of Robert Ames (Kai Bird)
The Good Spy: The Life and Death of Robert Ames
40
Kai Bird
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