NPR's Best Books of 2018

100.
The Girl in the Green Silk Gown (Ghost Roads, #2)
The Girl in the Green Silk Gown (Ghost Roads, #2) 4.20 avg rating โ€” 2,946 ratings
100.
My Brother's Husband, Volume 2 (Otouto no Otto, #3-4)
My Brother's Husband, Volume 2 (Otouto no Otto, #3-4) 4.55 avg rating โ€” 7,352 ratings
103.
Deviation: A Novel
Deviation: A Novel 3.63 avg rating โ€” 273 ratings
103.
The Immortalists
The Immortalists 3.71 avg rating โ€” 216,752 ratings
105.
Ana Marรญa Reyes Does Not Live in a Castle
Ana Marรญa Reyes Does Not Live in a Castle 4.13 avg rating โ€” 270 ratings
105.
Doing Harm: The Truth About How Bad Medicine and Lazy Science Leave Women Dismissed, Misdiagnosed, and Sick
Doing Harm: The Truth About How Bad Medicine and Lazy Science Leave Women Dismissed, Misdiagnosed, and Sick 4.17 avg rating โ€” 2,917 ratings
105.
Give Me Some Truth
Give Me Some Truth 3.44 avg rating โ€” 582 ratings
105.
Who Is Vera Kelly? (Vera Kelly, #1)
Who Is Vera Kelly? (Vera Kelly, #1) 3.50 avg rating โ€” 7,451 ratings
109.
Who Is Michael Ovitz?
Who Is Michael Ovitz? 4.19 avg rating โ€” 2,420 ratings
110.
Antisocial Media: How Facebook Disconnects Us and Undermines Democracy
Antisocial Media: How Facebook Disconnects Us and Undermines Democracy 3.86 avg rating โ€” 581 ratings
111.
The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters
The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters 3.96 avg rating โ€” 25,933 ratings
111.
God Save Texas: A Journey into the Soul of the Lone Star State
God Save Texas: A Journey into the Soul of the Lone Star State really liked it 4.00 avg rating โ€” 6,875 ratings
111.
When Katie Met Cassidy
When Katie Met Cassidy 3.10 avg rating โ€” 14,715 ratings
114.
The Artful Evolution of Hal & Malโ€™s
The Artful Evolution of Hal & Malโ€™s 4.17 avg rating โ€” 6 ratings
115.
Arthur Ashe: A Life
Arthur Ashe: A Life 4.16 avg rating โ€” 424 ratings
115.
We Don't Eat Our Classmates (Penelope Rex, #1)
We Don't Eat Our Classmates (Penelope Rex, #1) 4.51 avg rating โ€” 11,391 ratings
117.
We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga
We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga 4.33 avg rating โ€” 2,644 ratings
118.
Greeks Bearing Gifts (Bernie Gunther, #13)
Greeks Bearing Gifts (Bernie Gunther, #13) 4.06 avg rating โ€” 6,013 ratings
118.
They Say Blue
They Say Blue 3.85 avg rating โ€” 2,163 ratings
120.
Bachelor Nation: Inside the World of America's Favorite Guilty Pleasure
Bachelor Nation: Inside the World of America's Favorite Guilty Pleasure 3.32 avg rating โ€” 12,413 ratings
121.
Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower
Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower 4.38 avg rating โ€” 13,757 ratings
122.
Ball Lightning Sneak Peek
Ball Lightning Sneak Peek
by: Liu Cixin
3.59 avg rating โ€” 851 ratings
123.
Unholy Land
Unholy Land 3.67 avg rating โ€” 1,216 ratings
124.
Hey, Kiddo: How I Lost My Mother, Found My Father, and Dealt with Family Addiction
Hey, Kiddo: How I Lost My Mother, Found My Father, and Dealt with Family Addiction 4.15 avg rating โ€” 34,782 ratings
124.
Underbug: An Obsessive Tale of Termites and Technology
Underbug: An Obsessive Tale of Termites and Technology 3.69 avg rating โ€” 394 ratings
126.
Your Black Friend and Other Strangers
Your Black Friend and Other Strangers 3.93 avg rating โ€” 1,491 ratings
126.
Unclaimed Baggage
Unclaimed Baggage
by: Jen Doll
3.74 avg rating โ€” 1,525 ratings
128.
Beneath a Ruthless Sun: A True Story of Violence, Race, and Justice Lost and Found
Beneath a Ruthless Sun: A True Story of Violence, Race, and Justice Lost and Found 4.13 avg rating โ€” 2,303 ratings
128.
Turnip Greens & Tortillas: A Mexican Chef Spices Up the Southern Kitchen
Turnip Greens & Tortillas: A Mexican Chef Spices Up the Southern Kitchen 4.03 avg rating โ€” 170 ratings
130.
The Benefits of Being an Octopus
The Benefits of Being an Octopus 4.21 avg rating โ€” 15,775 ratings
131.
Big Game: The NFL in Dangerous Times
Big Game: The NFL in Dangerous Times 3.68 avg rating โ€” 2,078 ratings
131.
To Be Honest
To Be Honest 3.55 avg rating โ€” 2,292 ratings
133.
Tigers & Tea With Toppy
Tigers & Tea With Toppy 3.49 avg rating โ€” 145 ratings
134.
Bitter Orange
Bitter Orange 3.58 avg rating โ€” 19,508 ratings
135.
Bloody Rose (The Band, #2)
Bloody Rose (The Band, #2) 4.18 avg rating โ€” 23,085 ratings
135.
Fear: Trump in the White House
Fear: Trump in the White House 3.87 avg rating โ€” 64,799 ratings
137.
Blue
Blue 4.17 avg rating โ€” 1,144 ratings
137.
This Is Not A Love Letter
This Is Not A Love Letter 3.65 avg rating โ€” 1,007 ratings
139.
Boom Town: The Fantastical Saga of Oklahoma City, Its Chaotic Founding, Its Apocalyptic Weather, Its Purloined Basketball Team, and the Dream of Becoming a World-class Metropolis
Boom Town: The Fantastical Saga of Oklahoma City, Its Chaotic Founding, Its Apocalyptic Weather, Its Purloined Basketball Team, and the Dream of Becoming a World-class Metropolis 4.38 avg rating โ€” 9,841 ratings
140.
Born to Be Posthumous: The Eccentric Life and Mysterious Genius of Edward Gorey
Born to Be Posthumous: The Eccentric Life and Mysterious Genius of Edward Gorey
by: Mark Dery
3.76 avg rating โ€” 1,311 ratings
141.
Brown: Poems
Brown: Poems 4.06 avg rating โ€” 677 ratings
142.
The Cabin at the End of the World
The Cabin at the End of the World 3.33 avg rating โ€” 88,897 ratings
142.
The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress and the Road to Civil War
The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress and the Road to Civil War 4.09 avg rating โ€” 2,491 ratings
144.
The Fifth Risk
The Fifth Risk 4.09 avg rating โ€” 47,222 ratings
145.
A Carnival Of Losses: Notes Nearing Ninety
A Carnival Of Losses: Notes Nearing Ninety 4.01 avg rating โ€” 750 ratings
146.
The Carrying
The Carrying
by: Ada Limon
4.38 avg rating โ€” 8,921 ratings
147.
Cenzontle
Cenzontle 4.19 avg rating โ€” 384 ratings
148.
Che: A Revolutionary Life
Che: A Revolutionary Life 3.90 avg rating โ€” 587 ratings
149.
Chesapeake Requiem: A Year with the Watermen of Vanishing Tangier Island
Chesapeake Requiem: A Year with the Watermen of Vanishing Tangier Island 4.11 avg rating โ€” 3,010 ratings
150.
Citizen Illegal
Citizen Illegal 4.37 avg rating โ€” 2,783 ratings
151.
Come West and See: Stories
Come West and See: Stories 3.61 avg rating โ€” 676 ratings
152.
Comfort in an Instant: 75 Comfort Food Recipes for Your Pressure Cooker, Multicooker, and Instant Potยฎ:A Cookbook
Comfort in an Instant: 75 Comfort Food Recipes for Your Pressure Cooker, Multicooker, and Instant Potยฎ:A Cookbook 3.90 avg rating โ€” 309 ratings
153.
A Common Table: 80 Recipes and Stories from My Shared Cultures: A Cookbook
A Common Table: 80 Recipes and Stories from My Shared Cultures: A Cookbook 4.30 avg rating โ€” 96 ratings
154.
Conspiracy: Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan, Gawker, and the Anatomy of Intrigue
Conspiracy: Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan, Gawker, and the Anatomy of Intrigue 3.97 avg rating โ€” 6,887 ratings
155.
Contact High: A Visual History of Hip-Hop
Contact High: A Visual History of Hip-Hop 4.54 avg rating โ€” 255 ratings
156.
The Court Dancer
The Court Dancer 3.76 avg rating โ€” 2,508 ratings
157.
Cravings: Hungry for More
Cravings: Hungry for More 4.17 avg rating โ€” 8,957 ratings
158.
Creative Quest
Creative Quest 3.95 avg rating โ€” 4,149 ratings
159.
Crudo
Crudo 3.18 avg rating โ€” 9,276 ratings
160.
A Cruelty Special to Our Species: Poems
A Cruelty Special to Our Species: Poems 4.22 avg rating โ€” 1,317 ratings
161.
Crux: A Cross-Border Memoir
Crux: A Cross-Border Memoir 3.86 avg rating โ€” 574 ratings
162.
Dactyl Hill Squad (Dactyl Hill Squad, #1)
Dactyl Hill Squad (Dactyl Hill Squad, #1) 3.79 avg rating โ€” 994 ratings
163.
Dancing Bears: True Stories of People Nostalgic for Life Under Tyranny
Dancing Bears: True Stories of People Nostalgic for Life Under Tyranny 3.91 avg rating โ€” 2,280 ratings
164.
Death of a Rainmaker: A Dust Bowl Mystery
Death of a Rainmaker: A Dust Bowl Mystery 3.78 avg rating โ€” 715 ratings
165.
Do Not Lick this Book
Do Not Lick this Book 4.21 avg rating โ€” 1,457 ratings
166.
The Dragon Slayer: Folktales from Latin America
The Dragon Slayer: Folktales from Latin America 3.75 avg rating โ€” 656 ratings
167.
Dragons in a Bag (Dragons in a Bag #1)
Dragons in a Bag (Dragons in a Bag #1) 3.85 avg rating โ€” 4,203 ratings
168.
A Duke by Default (Reluctant Royals, #2)
A Duke by Default (Reluctant Royals, #2) 3.88 avg rating โ€” 9,331 ratings
169.
Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress 4.20 avg rating โ€” 31,748 ratings
170.
Everyday Dorie: The Way I Cook
Everyday Dorie: The Way I Cook 4.09 avg rating โ€” 572 ratings
171.
Everything You Need For a Treehouse
Everything You Need For a Treehouse 3.82 avg rating โ€” 938 ratings
172.
The Faithful Spy: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Plot to Kill Hitler
The Faithful Spy: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Plot to Kill Hitler 4.43 avg rating โ€” 4,509 ratings
173.
Famous Father Girl: A Memoir of Growing Up Bernstein
Famous Father Girl: A Memoir of Growing Up Bernstein 3.90 avg rating โ€” 1,605 ratings
174.
Feast: Food of the Islamic Worldโ€•A James Beard Award Winning Cookbook
Feast: Food of the Islamic Worldโ€•A James Beard Award Winning Cookbook 4.35 avg rating โ€” 214 ratings
175.
Feel Free: Essays
Feel Free: Essays 3.82 avg rating โ€” 8,146 ratings
176.
The Fighters: Americans in Combat in Afghanistan and Iraq
The Fighters: Americans in Combat in Afghanistan and Iraq 4.33 avg rating โ€” 1,386 ratings
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