NPR's Best Books of 2016

101.
The Story of a Brief Marriage
The Story of a Brief Marriage 3.81 avg rating — 3,107 ratings
101.
The Beach at Night
The Beach at Night 3.45 avg rating — 2,564 ratings
103.
32 Yolks: From My Mother's Table to Working the Line
32 Yolks: From My Mother's Table to Working the Line 3.96 avg rating — 7,454 ratings
103.
The Gustav Sonata
The Gustav Sonata 3.88 avg rating — 12,247 ratings
105.
The Angel of History
The Angel of History 3.83 avg rating — 1,506 ratings
105.
Sweetbitter
Sweetbitter 3.33 avg rating — 77,692 ratings
107.
Terminal Lance: The White Donkey
Terminal Lance: The White Donkey 4.43 avg rating — 2,026 ratings
107.
Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat
Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat 3.95 avg rating — 5,757 ratings
107.
The Fox Was Ever the Hunter
The Fox Was Ever the Hunter 3.42 avg rating — 2,131 ratings
110.
Multiple Choice
Multiple Choice 3.89 avg rating — 6,541 ratings
111.
Reputations
Reputations 3.71 avg rating — 3,039 ratings
112.
Faith, Vol. 1: Hollywood and Vine
Faith, Vol. 1: Hollywood and Vine 3.64 avg rating — 3,393 ratings
113.
Jazz Day: The Making of a Famous Photograph
Jazz Day: The Making of a Famous Photograph 4.22 avg rating — 760 ratings
114.
The Hating Game
The Hating Game 3.86 avg rating — 805,455 ratings
115.
American Philosophy: A Love Story
American Philosophy: A Love Story
by: John Kaag
3.84 avg rating — 1,507 ratings
116.
Kill 'Em and Leave: Searching for James Brown and the American Soul
Kill 'Em and Leave: Searching for James Brown and the American Soul 3.90 avg rating — 2,880 ratings
116.
I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
by: Ed Yong
4.18 avg rating — 30,339 ratings
116.
Standing Water: Poems
Standing Water: Poems 3.86 avg rating — 80 ratings
119.
Noonday (Life Class, #3)
Noonday (Life Class, #3) 3.78 avg rating — 2,007 ratings
119.
Sons and Daughters of Ease and Plenty
Sons and Daughters of Ease and Plenty 3.24 avg rating — 4,793 ratings
121.
Every Anxious Wave
Every Anxious Wave
by: Mo Daviau
3.51 avg rating — 3,078 ratings
121.
Chronicle of a Last Summer
Chronicle of a Last Summer 3.19 avg rating — 1,064 ratings
123.
Addlands
Addlands 3.55 avg rating — 256 ratings
124.
Losing It
Losing It 2.50 avg rating — 3,245 ratings
125.
The Jazz of Physics: The Secret Link Between Music and the Structure of the Universe
The Jazz of Physics: The Secret Link Between Music and the Structure of the Universe 3.63 avg rating — 1,330 ratings
125.
Black Panther (2016-2018) #1
Black Panther (2016-2018) #1 3.88 avg rating — 6,662 ratings
127.
The Storyteller
The Storyteller
by: Evan Turk
4.05 avg rating — 1,088 ratings
127.
Born to Run
Born to Run 4.19 avg rating — 53,088 ratings
129.
The Mirror Thief
The Mirror Thief 3.01 avg rating — 2,070 ratings
129.
Monstress, Volume 1: Awakening
Monstress, Volume 1: Awakening 3.96 avg rating — 65,669 ratings
131.
Patience
Patience 3.88 avg rating — 11,556 ratings
131.
Les Diners de Gala
Les Diners de Gala 4.39 avg rating — 394 ratings
133.
Trouble Boys: The True Story of the Replacements
Trouble Boys: The True Story of the Replacements
by: Bob Mehr
4.55 avg rating — 4,311 ratings
134.
The Vanishing Velázquez: A 19th-Century Bookseller's Obsession with a Lost Masterpiece
The Vanishing Velázquez: A 19th-Century Bookseller's Obsession with a Lost Masterpiece 3.83 avg rating — 1,902 ratings
135.
Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right
Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right 4.31 avg rating — 26,734 ratings
135.
The High Mountains of Portugal
The High Mountains of Portugal 3.39 avg rating — 20,770 ratings
137.
Kill the Boy Band
Kill the Boy Band 3.52 avg rating — 8,428 ratings
138.
The Theoretical Foot
The Theoretical Foot 3.07 avg rating — 191 ratings
139.
They May Not Mean To, But They Do
They May Not Mean To, But They Do 3.57 avg rating — 5,371 ratings
140.
Things from the Flood (Tales from the Loop, #2)
Things from the Flood (Tales from the Loop, #2) 4.31 avg rating — 2,200 ratings
141.
Pretty Deadly #2
Pretty Deadly #2 3.99 avg rating — 531 ratings
142.
The Opposite Zoo
The Opposite Zoo 3.63 avg rating — 493 ratings
143.
A Collapse of Horses
A Collapse of Horses 4.01 avg rating — 2,777 ratings
144.
The Dark Days Club (Lady Helen, #1)
The Dark Days Club (Lady Helen, #1) 3.79 avg rating — 20,107 ratings
145.
Elephant Complex: Travels in Sri Lanka
Elephant Complex: Travels in Sri Lanka 3.92 avg rating — 707 ratings
146.
Plutona
Plutona 3.46 avg rating — 3,127 ratings
147.
Death's End (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #3)
Death's End (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #3)
by: Liu Cixin
4.41 avg rating — 159,365 ratings
148.
Molly on the Range: Recipes and Stories from An Unlikely Life on a Farm: A Cookbook
Molly on the Range: Recipes and Stories from An Unlikely Life on a Farm: A Cookbook
by: Molly Yeh
4.17 avg rating — 1,634 ratings
149.
And I Darken (The Conqueror's Saga, #1)
And I Darken (The Conqueror's Saga, #1) 3.81 avg rating — 52,922 ratings
150.
Bullies: A Friendship
Bullies: A Friendship 3.30 avg rating — 494 ratings
151.
Alive, Alive Oh!: And Other Things That Matter
Alive, Alive Oh!: And Other Things That Matter 3.83 avg rating — 1,048 ratings
152.
Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley
Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley 3.71 avg rating — 13,520 ratings
153.
Float
Float 4.34 avg rating — 1,055 ratings
154.
Carry Me
Carry Me 3.75 avg rating — 630 ratings
155.
The Border of Paradise
The Border of Paradise 3.87 avg rating — 1,456 ratings
156.
The Night Gardener
The Night Gardener
by: Terry Fan
4.17 avg rating — 6,773 ratings
157.
Small Victories: Recipes, Advice + Hundreds of Ideas for Home Cooking Triumphs
Small Victories: Recipes, Advice + Hundreds of Ideas for Home Cooking Triumphs 4.19 avg rating — 1,144 ratings
158.
The Godfather Notebook
The Godfather Notebook 4.55 avg rating — 370 ratings
159.
Native: Dispatches from an Israeli-Palestinian Life
Native: Dispatches from an Israeli-Palestinian Life 4.01 avg rating — 434 ratings
160.
Exit, Pursued by a Bear
Exit, Pursued by a Bear 3.91 avg rating — 12,383 ratings
161.
Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan
Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan 4.33 avg rating — 2,165 ratings
162.
Full of Beans
Full of Beans 4.04 avg rating — 3,488 ratings
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