NPR’s long awaited picks for the year 2017. Surely something for everyone!
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Our Guide To 2017’s Great Reads
- 18 And Life On Skid Row
- 300 Arguments: Essays
- 4 3 2 1: A Novel
- 5 Worlds Book 1: The Sand Warrior
- A.D.: After Death
- Accident!
- Affluence Without Abundance: The Disappearing World Of The Bushmen
- After Kathy Acker: A Literary Biography
- After the Fall (How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again)
- Age Of Anger: A History Of the Present
- Akata Warrior
- Ali: A Life
- The Alice Network: A Novel
- All Grown Up
- Amanda Wakes Up: A Novel
- American War: A Novel
- Amina’s Voice
- An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business And How You Can
Take It Back
- An Odyssey: A Father, A Son, And An Epic
- An Unkindness Of Ghosts
- An Unkindness Of Magicians
- The Animators: A Novel
- Anne Boleyn, A King’s Obsession: A Novel
- The Answers: A Novel
- Anything Is Possible: A Novel
- The Apparitionists: A Tale of Phantoms, Fraud, Photography, And The Man Who
Captured Lincoln’s Ghost
- Arabia Felix: The Danish Expedition Of 1761-1767
- The Art Of Starving: A Novel
- At The Lightning Field
- Autopsy: Poems
- Autumn
- Autumn: A Novel
- Back Pocket Pasta: Inspired Dinners To Cook On The Fly
- The Backstagers Volume 1
- Baking Class: 50 Fun Recipes Kids Will Love To Bake!
- Baking With Kafka
- Based On A True Story: A Novel
- Basketball (and Other Things): A Collection Of Questions Asked, Answered, Illustrated
- The Beautiful Country And The Middle Kingdom: America And China, 1776 To The
Present
- Bellevue: Three Centuries Of Medicine And Mayhem At America’s Most Storied Hospital
- The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir
- The Bettencourt Affair: The World’s Richest Woman And The Scandal That Rocked Paris
- Between Them: Remembering My Parents
- Beyond The Bright Sea
- Bird, Balloon, Bear
- Black Bolt Vol. 1: Hard Time
- Bleaker House: Chasing My Novel To The End Of The World
- The Blood Of Emmett Till
- Blue Sky White Stars
- Bolivar
- The Book Of Dust Volume One: La Belle Sauvage
- The Book Of Joan: A Novel
- The Book Of Mistakes
- Botox Nation: Changing The Face Of America
- Boundless
- Bunk: The Rise of Hoaxes, Humbug, Plagiarists, Phonies, Post-Facts, And Fake
News
- The Burning Girl: A Novel
- The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister’s Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine
- Calling A Wolf A Wolf
- Chai, Chaat & Chutney: A Street Food Journey Through India
- The Changeling: A Novel
- Chester B. Himes: A Biography
- The Child: A Novel
- Cinemaps: An Atlas Of 35 Great Movies
- City Of Saints And Thieves
- The Cold Eye (The Devil’s West Book 2)
- The Color Of Law: A Forgotten History Of How Our Government Segregated America
- The Color Of Our Sky: A Novel
- The Comfort Food Diaries: My Quest For The Perfect Dish To Mend A Broken Heart
- A Conspiracy In Belgravia (The Lady Sherlock Series)
- Cook Japanese At Home
- The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History In The Old South
- Cork Dork: A Wine-Fueled Adventure Among The Obsessive Sommeliers, Big Bottle
Hunters, And Rogue Scientists Who Taught Me To Live For Taste
- Crown: An Ode To The Fresh Cut (Denene Millner Books)
- Dadland
- Dare Not Linger: The Presidential Years
- Days Without End: A Novel
- Dear Friend, From My Life I Write To You In Your Life
- Dear Ijeawele, Or A Feminist Manifesto In Fifteen Suggestions
- Devil’s Bargain: Steve Bannon, Donald Trump, And The Storming Of The Presidency
- Difficult Women
- Dining In: Highly Cookable Recipes
- Dinner In An Instant: 75 Modern Recipes For Your Pressure Cooker, Multicooker And Instant Pot
- Do I Make Myself Clear?: Why Writing Well Matters
- Draft No. 4: On The Writing Process
- Dreaming The Beatles: The Love Story Of One Band And The Whole World
- The Dry: A Novel
- Eartha
- Easternization: Asia’s Rise And America’s Decline From Obama To Trump And Beyond
- Eat Only When You’re Hungry: A Novel
- Electric Arches
- Enemy Of The Good
- Everything Is Flammable
- A Face Like Glass
- The Family Imprint: A Daughter’s Portrait Of Love And Loss
- Far From The Tree
- Felix Yz
- Fierce Kingdom: A Novel
- Fire!!: The Zora Neale Hurston Story
- The First Rule Of Punk
- Five-Carat Soul
- The Force: A Novel
- Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Political Life
- From Here To Eternity: Traveling The World To Find The Good Death
- Frontier
- Ghost Of The Innocent Man: A True Story Of Trial And Redemption
- Ghosts Of The Tsunami: Death And Life In Japan’s Disaster Zone
- Glass Houses: A Novel
- Golden Hill: A Novel Of Old New York
- The Golden House: A Novel
- Good Booty: Love And Sex, Black And White, Body And Soul In American Music
- Goodbye, Vitamin: A Novel
- Gorbachev: His Life And Times
- Greater Gotham: A History Of New York City From 1898 To 1919
- A Greyhound, A Groundhog
- The Gulf: The Making of An American Sea
- Harmless Like You: A Novel
- Hate To Want You: Forbidden Hearts
- The Hate U Give
- The Hearts Of Men: A Novel
- The Heirs: A Novel
- Hello, Universe
- Her Every Fear: A Novel
- Her Right Foot
- Here We Are: Notes For Living On Planet Earth
- History of Wolves: A Novel
- Hollow: A Novel
- Hostage
- House Of Names: A Novel
- House Of Women
- Human Acts: A Novel
- Hunger: A Memoir Of (My) Body
- I Survived The American Revolution, 1776
- I’m Just No Good At Rhyming: And Other Nonsense For Mischievous Kids And
Immature Grown-Ups
- Ill Will: A Novel
- The Inexplicable Logic Of My Life
- Inside Studio 54
- Iraq +100: The First Anthology Of Science Fiction To Have Emerged From Iraq
- Isadora: A Novel
- Istanbul And Beyond: Exploring The Diverse Cuisines Of Turkey
- Jade City
- Janesville: An American Story
- Keeping On Keeping On
- Kill All Normies: Online Culture Wars From 4Chan And Tumblr To Trump And The Alt-Right
- Killers Of The Flower Moon: The Osage Murders And The Birth Of The FBI
- L’Appart: The Delights And Disasters Of Making My Paris Home
- Lady Killers: Deadly Women Throughout History
- Lea: A Novel
- The Leavers: A Novel
- The Legend Of Rock, Paper, Scissors
- Leopard At The Door: A Novel
- Lilli De Jong: A Novel
- Lines
- Literary Witches: A Celebration Of Magical Women Writers
- Literature Class, Berkeley 1980
- Little Fires Everywhere
- The Little French Bistro: A Novel
- Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America
- Lotus: A Novel
- Love, Santa
- Lucia The Luchadora
- Lucky Boy
- Lucky You: A Novel
- Luna: Wolf Moon: A Novel
- Madame President: The Extraordinary Journey Of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
- Made For Love: A Novel
- Magpie Murders: A Novel
- Manhattan Beach: A Novel
- Marlena: A Novel
- The Marrow Thieves
- Meddling Kids: A Novel
- Meet Me In The Bathroom: Rebirth And Rock And Roll In New York City 2001-2011
- Memory’s Last Breath: Field Notes On My Dementia
- Mikhail And Margarita: A Novel
- Miles Morales: Spider-Man (A Marvel YA Novel)
- Milk Street: The New Home Cooking
- Minecraft: The Island: A Novel
- The Ministry Of Utmost Happiness: A Novel
- The Misfortune Of Marion Palm: A Novel
- Miss Kopp’s Midnight Confessions
- The Mother Of All Questions
- Moxie: A Novel
- Mozart’s Starling
- Mrs. Fletcher: A Novel
- Muddy: The Story Of Blues Legend Muddy Waters
- My Absolute Darling: A Novel
- My Brother’s Husband
- My Darling Detective
- My Favorite Thing Is Monsters
- My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness
- Nabokov’s Favorite Word Is Mauve: What The Numbers Reveal About The Classics,
Bestsellers, And Our Own Writing
- The New Analog: Listening And Reconnecting In A Digital World
- The New Odyssey: The Story Of The Twenty-First Century Refugee Crisis
- New People
- The Ninth Hour: A Novel
- Norse Mythology
- Not A Sound: A Novel
- Now
- One Day We’ll All Be Dead And None Of This Will Matter: Essays
- One, Two, Three, More
- Ordinary Beast: Poems
- Otis Redding: An Unfinished Life
- Out In The Open: A Novel
- The Palestinian Table
- The Pearl Thief
- A Perfect Day
- The Pho Cookbook: Easy To Adventurous Recipes For Vietnam’s Favorite Soup And
Noodles
- Piecing Me Together
- The Portable Nineteenth-Century African American Women Writers
- The Potlikker Papers: A Food History Of The Modern South
- The Power
- The President’s Keepers: Those Keeping Zuma In Power And Out Of Prison
- Priestdaddy: A Memoir
- Priscilla Gorilla
- Quicksand
- The Radium Girls: The Dark Story Of America’s Shining Women
- Refugee
- The Refugees
- Richard Nixon: The Life
- Righteous
- Rise Of The Jumbies
- The River Bank: A Sequel To Kenneth Grahame’s The Wind In The Willows
- River Of Teeth
- The Rules Do Not Apply: A Memoir
- The Rules Of Magic
- Run For It: Stories Of Slaves Who Fought For Their Freedom
- Salt Houses: A Novel
- Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering The Elements Of Good Cooking
- The Sarah Book
- The Scent Of Jasmine: Coming Of Age In Jerusalem And Damascus
- The Secret Lives Of Color
- Selection Day: A Novel
- A Separation: A Novel
- The Seventh Function Of Language: A Novel
- Sex And Rage: A Novel
- Shadowhouse Fall
- Shattered: Inside Hillary Clinton’s Doomed Campaign
- Shining City: A Novel
- Shutter Volume 5: So Far Beyond
- Sin Bravely: A Memoir Of Spiritual Disobedience
- Sing, Unburied, Sing: A Novel
- The Sioux Chef’s Indigenous Kitchen
- Smile: A Novel
- Smitten Kitchen Every Day: Triumphant And Unfussy New Favorites
- Solar Bones: A Novel
- Solid State
- Sour Heart
- Sourdough: A Novel
- South And West: From A Notebook
- Spoonbenders: A Novel
- Standard Deviation: A Novel
- Stanton: Lincoln’s War Secretary
- Startup: A Novel
- Stay With Me: A Novel
- Stephen Florida
- The Stone Sky
- The Storm Before The Storm: The Beginning Of The End Of The Roman Republic
- The Strange Case Of The Alchemist’s Daughter
- Strange Practice (A Dr. Greta Helsing Novel)
- The Strays: A Novel
- Sunshine State: Essays
- Sweet: Desserts From London’s Ottolenghi
- Swimmer Among the Stars
- Swimming Lessons
- Sympathy
- Tasting Georgia: A Food And Wine Journey In The Caucasus
- Teeth: The Story Of Beauty, Inequality, And The Struggle For Oral Health In America
- Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay In 40 Questions
- Tenements, Towers and Trash: An Unconventional Illustrated History Of New York City
- Theft By Finding: Diaries (1977-2002)
- They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us: Essays
- This Is Just My Face: Try Not To Stare
- A Thousand Coloured Castles
- Thousand Star Hotel
- Too Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud: The Rise And Reign Of The Unruly Woman
- Too Much And Not The Mood: Essays
- The Totally Unscientific Study Of The Search For Human Happiness
- Town Is By The Sea
by Joanne Schwartz, illustrated by Sydney Smith
- Triangle
- Trust No Aunty
- Turtles All The Way Down
- The Twelve Lives Of Samuel Hawley: A Novel
- The Twenty Days Of Turin: A Novel
- Twin Peaks: The Final Dossier
- Two Kinds Of Truth
- Tyrannosaurus Rex Vs. Edna The Very First Chicken
- Universal Harvester: A Novel
- The Unwomanly Face Of War: An Oral History Of Women In World War II
- WHEREAS: Poems
- Walkaway: A Novel
- The Way Of The Hare
- We Are Never Meeting In Real Life.: Essays
- We Need To Talk: How To Have Conversations That Matter
- What Happened
- What She Ate: Six Remarkable Women And The Food That Tells Their Stories
- What We Lose: A Novel
- When’s My Birthday?
- Where The Water Goes: Life And Death Along The Colorado River
- White Tears: A Novel
- Why I’m No Longer Talking To White People About Race
- Why We Sleep: Unlocking The Power Of Sleep And Dreams
- The Wide Circumference Of Love
- Wild Things: The Joy Of Reading Children’s Literature As An Adult
- The Wine Lover’s Daughter: A Memoir
- Winter Tide (The Innsmouth Legacy)
- Wishtree
- Wolf In The Snow
- The Woman Who Smashed Codes: A True Story Of Love, Spies, And The Unlikely
Heroine Who Outwitted America’s Enemies
- Wonder Valley: A Novel
- The World Broke In Two: Virginia Woolf, T. S. Eliot, D. H. Lawrence, E. M. Forster, And The Year That Changed Literature
- World Without Mind: The Existential Threat Of Big Tech
- The Year I Was Peter The Great: 1956 – Khrushchev, Stalin’s Ghost, and a Young American in Russia
- You & A Bike & A Road
- You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me: A Memoir
- literally show me a healthy person